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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, 3IAT 29, 1906. Entered at the Postofflce at Portland, Or, a, Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. . INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. X (By Mall or Ezpreu.) DAILY. SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months. ............ ....... . 18.00 Six months ........ t-23 Three month One month -75 Delivered by carrier, per year. Delivered by carrier, per month - - .75 Lees time, per week Sunday, one year 50 Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday)... I SO bunnny and weekly, one year HOW TO REMIT Bend pwrtofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank, atamps. coin or currency are at the senders risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. Th. s r- ii i..-! . KnM.i.1 Avencj New York, room's 43-50. Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 610-012 Tribune Buliaing. KEPT OK SALE. Chicago Andltorlum Annex. Postoffloa Kewa Co.. ITS Dearborn street. St. Paul. Minn. N. St. Maris. Commercial Station. 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While they are reproducing- what The Oregonian said years ago about Jonathan Bourne, because he was a Oliver man, why don't they reproduce what The Oregonian said about toena- tor Mitchell because he was a silver man? Mr. Mitchell then was In posi tion to do Immense harm to the gold standard; Mr. Bourne was not. The Oregon la n's censure of Mr. Bourne was incidental only. Its censures were di rected mainly against the persons then claiming to be the actual chiefs of the Republican party, who were com mitting the party to the most errone ous and destructive doctrines. But the persons who now criticise and condemn Bourne because he was a silver advocate all supported Mr. Mitchell and his personal followers, who were Bllver men, too; In which they had the co-operation of the entire Democratic party. Bourne made no pretenses. He was earnestly and hon estly a silver man. Other Republicans coquetted with silver because they thought they smelled the fleshpots steaming down toward the end of the line. Another phase of this business. It Is a favorite notion and declaration with many that "The Oregonian has no in fluence," and "no matter what It says." In particular, this is the theme of the plVito-demo. organ of Portland. Tet all these people, including the pluto d?mo. organ of Portland, suppose they have made an invincible argument for or against sny man or cause, if they are able to quote what The Oregonian Bald years ago. In his course on the sliver question, for which The Oregonian criticised Bourne, let it be remembered that Bourne was not the chief offender, but men higher than he. Bourne came in for small part only of the criticism and censure. The whole Democratic party of Oregon was for silver, and it threw a greater vote for Bryan than it has been able to In any election since though that was ten years ago. Nearly all the active Republican politicians of Oregon, under the lead of Senator Mitchell, were either directly in favor of silver, or toying or juggling or dawdling with It, under the notion that it might .win. Among these were McBrlde. Ellis, Hermann, "Jack" Matthews. "Ike" Patterson, and many more. Bourne parted company with them at last, and supported Bryan. So would they have done, had they been es honest as he. But the suggestion that silver be substituted for gold as the basis of money never will come again. Tet It Is a contemptible thing, on the part of those who were then for silver, in com pany with Jonathan Bourne, to con demn him for his adherence to silver, s if it had been an infamy. Why don't they quote also what The Oregonian said in those days about other advo cates of silver. Including Mitchell and his followers, and the whole bunch of Democratic politicians, including Cham berlain. Bennett, Veatch, Milt Miller and the rest of them? Was it Important what The Orego nian said years ago? All these people said then It was not important at all. They affected to contemn and to de spise all It said; declared that its utter ances "had no Influence," and that The . Oregonian's support would defeat every cause it stood for. Tet now anonymous malignity can find nothing it deems so potent as quotations from The Orego nian during past years garbled, how ever. In many cases, to meet the de mands and rurposes of Its own dishon esty. Jonathan Bourne Is not the candidate of The Oregonian for the United States Senate. He is the Republican candi date, under the primary law. The Ore sjonlan did not support him for the nomination. But, since he Is the Re publican candidate, it now speaks for his election. Fair regard for the pri mary law, as well as party fealty, re quires It. The money question, predom inant ten years ago, is dead as Julius Caesar, and will reappear in its old form nevermore. The Oregonian be lieves it better to elect a Republican than a Democrat to the Senate from Oregon. There is no question but Bourne won the nomination fairlyj and the primary law itself is at stake upon the issue. What The Oregonian said about Mr. Bourn,? or any other man, ten years ago, when the money question was uppermost, is of no concern now. Or, if it is, then let what The Orego nian said about other Republicans who were advocates of silver, and about Democrats who. every one of them, were silver men also, be quoted or re produced to everybody's confusion and dismay. Consumption, the scourge of the In dian under civilized conditions, but unknown to the race in its savage state, is to be treated at Chemawa, or rather warded off from its menaced victims, by returning them to the old-time habit of their ancestors sleeping out of doors. Tents located ia the school or chard are provided for this purpose. This does not approach the fresh-air system of the bivouac on the ground, wrapped in skins or blankets. Summer and Winter, that made the Indians in their savage state immune from this scourge of civilization; but it may prove sufficient for the purpose intend ed. In any event, the plan Is worth trying, since its certainly serves neither the purposes of civilization nor of hu inanity to give Indians grammar and arithmetic with the accompaniment of a wasting, incurable disease. FOR AN OPEN RIVER. More than a generation ago Portland business men began extending their trade into the interior of Washington Idaho and Eastern Oregon. The crude steamers of the early days were sue ceeded by the palatial craft operated on the middle river, and afterwards came the fins steamers- plying to Lewlston and intermediate points in the three states. These steamers, which succeed ed the packtrain as handlers of freight. enabled the Portland traders and the Willamette Valley farmers to develop a new empire east of the Cascade Mountains. The railroad had not yet reached this empire, and the immigra tion which first entered this region of undeveloped wealth was nearly all from Oregon. Ties of friendship, as well as those of business, held together these two sections of this great empire, di vided by the Cascade Mountains, until long after completion of the Northern Pacific enabled another class of immi grants to pour in from the East. This second tide of immigration made no radical change in the social or trade policies shaped by the pioneers from Oregon. The Oregon country had been populated by a people whose bravery, integrity, industry and good citizenship had never been questioned, and, under such circumstances, the Eastern immi grants could not improve on the busi ness and social methods of those who had laid the foundation for the new empire. To a considerable degree these methods remain the same today. The. overwhelming cordiality with which Portland's delegation of business men was received in Spokane last week is a legacy from the old days before state hood had graced the Inland Empire. The Interstate Development League, projected by Mr. Wilcox and so enthu siastically approved by our Spokane friends, will be a modernized Illustra tion of the "Old Oregon" policy of help ing each other. The Interests of Spokane and Port land and-of all the territory tributary to the two cities are identical. There is an ever-Increasing interchange of traffic, to accommodate which a record breaking mileage of new road is now being constructed. The hamlets are growing into towns, and the towns into cities, and all of the interlying coun try is showing corresponding prosper ity. Before the coming of the railroad the traffic of that great empire follow ing the line of least resistance was floated seaward by the Columbia River, and that magnificent highway, draining an area of 245,000 square miles, also of fered the line of least resistance on all over-sea freight which the growing de mands of the interior called for. Construction of another waterylevel rail line down the Columbia and elimi nation of grades and curves on the line already in operation have placed the railroads in a position to hanelle traffic at reduced cost to the producer as soon as necessity forces them to do so. It is now in order to place the Columbia River in a condition to meet the changed traffic situation. In securing appropriations for improving that stream it is necessary that assistance be given by residents of all the terri tory involved. It ia especially gratify ing to have the assurance of our Spo kane friends that we can rely on them for help in opening the mouth of the river at the earliest possible time. That is the weakest point on this wonderful system of waterways, which extends for hundreds of miles through Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and it is also the point which can be most quickly remedied. An open river from Lewleton to Port land will fall as a regulator of freights if the traffic cannot be sent on to the high seas to as good advantage as it can be shipped from other ports. But, wiith the cork out of the bottle and an open river from the farms, fields and mines of the Interior to the high seas, we shall have a freight regulator of unequaled value. With the enormous increase in traffic due to irrigation, di versified farming and the opening up of the great lumber industry in the in terior districts of the three states, the money necessary for the accomplish ment of the end sought is insignificant in comparison. It does not detract from Spokane's generosity in helping Portland to secure this great regulator of freights to and from the Inland Em pire to state that she is also advancing the interests of the entire Northwest, In which she will always hold a position of great prominence. THT. SPANISH MARRIAGE. The youthful monarch of Spain and his more youthful bride will, for the next ten days, be conspicuous figures In the world's perspective. Upon this grandson of the profligate Isabella of Spain and this grand-daughter of Vic toria of England will devolve grave functions of state. Of the young mon arch, until his successful wooing of the English Princess, little was said that would lead any prudent father or wise mother to trust a daughter's happiness to his keeping. Of late, however, he has seemed to be a pattern of loyalty and devotion a young man eager as any plowboy to claim his promised bride, a model of propriety and boyish dlslngenuousness. So, while of the strain of royal blood that runs In his veins there is little to hope in the way of continued well-doing in King Alfon so, his present conduct is no doubt re assuring to his prospective Queen and to her widowed mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg. It ia probable that the latter, both from observation and experience, has learned not to expect too much of royal marriages. She is the youngest daugh ter of the late Queen Victoria, and was but four years of age when the death of her father. Prince Albert, dissolved the only royal marriage in recent his tory that was founded upon mutual affection and throughout its continu ance was a happy one. Of this ideal marriage she has heard all her life, but of It she remembers nothing. Her own marriage, rather late in life, was one of convenience, and she was neither a willing bride nor a happy wife. She accepted her lot, however, without use less protest, was & faithful wife and devoted mother, and decorously mourned her husband's death. Having learned the lesson ji endurance, the mother of the future Queen of Spain has no doubt instilled its precepts into the mind of her young daughter. If the latter has been taught to be happy while she may, not to expect too much In the way of continued loyalty and af fection from a King of the house of Bourbon; to welcome the children that may be born to her as a gift to the state; to sink her feelings out of sight when disappointments come; to bear all and do all in silence, thinking not of herself, but of the honor and happiness of Spain, she will fulfill the destiny to which she has been given for political reasons with dignity and with such con tentment as falls to the lot of royal women. It may be said of Princess Ena that she goes to meet her fate, whatever that may be, without a shadow of re gret or apprehension. Happy In the present, she does not look with dread to the future. Her first request made in Spain has been granted, and through it a life was saved. This is hailed as an augury of the quality of womanly gen tleness and mercy that she will bring to her high station, and is made the basis of the hope that her influence in polit ical affairs will follow lines of justice and humanity. PARENTS AND THEIR DUTIES. Perhaps some measure of good might be accomplished in Portland by the en forcement of that act of the last Legis lature which provides for the punish ment of parents who are responsible for the delinquency of children. Delin quent children are defined to be per sons under 16 years of age who violate any of the laws of the state or city, who are Incorrigible, who are persist ent truants from school, or who fre quent places where liquor Is sold or where gambling is carried on, or who spend their time in idleness or evil com pany. There are scores of boys In Port land who answer this description and who have frequently given the residents of outlying sections of the city great annoyance by their senseless pranks and acts of vandalism. While parents cannot be held ac countable for every act of a child, it would doubtless be possible to enlist the aid of many parents in the efforts of the police to keep children out of mis chief if a few parents who are grossly negligent were brought into court and made to exercise that parental control which it is their duty to exercise, or pay a fine. The parent who cannot control a child under the age of 16 years should be compelled to make a special contribution to the 'expense of main taining the peace of the city and pro tecting the property of Its citizens. The new law may not prove as effective as one might wish, but there would be no harm in trying it in cases of continued and persistent neglect. PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. The lower house of the Russian Douma, or Parliament, has passed a vote of censure upon the ministry and asked for Its resignation. In England such an occurrence would cause more or less comment, but no anxiety. Hap pening in Russia, it excites world-wide alarm and stirs the passions of the em pire to their depths. The English Par liament, which is a truly representative body. Is the supreme power in the land; the King is a mere phantom and the ministry is the executive agent of the House of Commons. Without a work ing majority in the House, the ministry is powerless. A vote of want of confi dence, therefore, simply informs the Prime Minister of the day that he has not . support enough in the House to carry on the government, and without delay or question he accepts his" fate and either calls a new election or re signs. In Russia things .are different. There the supreme power is the auto crat. The ministry is his executive agent, not the Douma's; and the Douma possesses only such power as the Czar has assigned to ft. It was elected not of right, but because Nicholas permit ted; and, should he see fit at any time, the feeble beginnings of representative government which he has vouchsafed to tolerate may be abolished. The minis ters are not responsible to the Douma, and in regard to exceptional laws and arbitrary acts of officials It has a cer tain right of complaint, but no correc tional power. The theory of the Czar and his advisers is that the welfare of the country is their concern entirely; the representatives of the nation have no effective voice in the matter; and their duty is done when they take what is given them in thankful silence. The same theory was held by the English monarchs at one time, but circum stances induced them to change their minds; and It seems quite likely that before a great while the Czar and his advisers will think differently about the Douma. The trouble with a Parliament is that. no matter how meekly and humble it may come Into the world, it is sure in a short time to become puffed up with an exalted opinion of its rights, dignities and authority. If it represents the peo ple, as the Douma does, it is sure to fall into .the heresy that the nation is more important than any individual within it, whatever he may call him self; and that the good of the whole people Is a thing of greater moment than the comforts and vested rights of any person or group. Just as the no tion Is slowly Invading the American Congress that the welfare of the coun try is of more consequence than the dividends of the trusts, so the Douma thinks that free speech, equal laws and chance for the peasants to make a de cent living: are more important than the privilege of the Czar and his friends and relatives to live In luxurious idle ness while the people are harried by Ir responsible officials and starved for lack of land to till. The Douma holds that the source of authority In the Rus sian nation is the people who elected it; the Czar and his ministers hold that the source of power is the autocrat. The two theories of government are ut terly Irreconcilable. Wherever thev have met they have begun a duel to the death, and they have now met in every, civilized nation of the world. Nowhere yet has the conflict been deci sively terminated. It still rages with varying fortunes, sometimes with a point scored for special privilege, some times with one for the people; but upon the whole the balance of the fight in clines toward democracy and equal rights. One of the orators in the Douma. dis cussing the Czar's refusal to grant the demands of the representatives of the people, stated the issue as tersely as it could be done, perhaps. "It is not the autocracy." he said, "but the represent atives of the people here assembled, who must decide what is best for the welfare of the country." Nicholas and his ministers refuse all the demands of the Douma which are of any conse quence, but they concede some things which raise a smile when we compare special privilege in Russia with the me tenacious monster In America. For class legislation the Czar stands pat, but his anxiety for the welfare of the horny-handed sons of toll almost equals that of an American political convention. He declines to make the rich pay their just share of the taxes, but he promises to reform the higher education. One would almost think that he had been taking counsel of our own beloved Mr. Rockefeller, whose skill in eluding the tax-gatherer and whose zeal for the higher education are equally wonderful and edifying. Still, eager as he is to "raise the Intellectual and moral level of the masses," Nicho las thinks a compulsory education law would be a crude piece of legislation. To the mind of special privilege any thing which favors the public is either crude or it attacks the rights of prop erty. So far as the morality of the Rus sian masses is concerned, it already compares very favorably with that of Nicholas and his set. The peasantry certainly have been guilty of outrages, but only after long endurance of pre ternatural cruelty and grisly wrongs; and they have never, even in the mo ments of their maddest passion, equaled the barbarity of some of the Czar's offi cials, whose favorite pastime seems to be murder and the torture of helpless prisoners. Every day or two we read of the dynamiting of a Russian official for fiendish crimes against women. To much of this cruelty the Czar consents, constructively if not actually. He has just decorated twenty of the officers who took part in the horrible repression of the peasant uprisings In the Baltic Provinces a transaction whose Incredi ble details have no parallel in the an nals of tyranny. The Czar has brought himself Into the present dilemma by making promises which he had no Intention to keep. He will wriggle out by making concessions when he is sufficiently frightened and he will sacrifice Goremykin as he did Witte. Little by little he will retire be fore the flood of popular wrath and as he retires he will grow less and less formidable. It is the fate of such char acters to irritate when they desire to appease and exasperate when they wish to soothe. The chances are that af fairs in Russia will march steadily toward revolution. If Nicholas escapes from the turmoil with his head on his shoulders, he will have nothing to com plain of as the world goes. Better men than he have lost throne and life to gether, and for less cause. The Idiosyncrasy that kept a timid young woman of this city five days and nights In the woods bordering River view Cemetery, unable or afraid to re spond. to the call of those who sought to rescue her, can only be set down as one of the unfathomable mysteries of the human mind. The Instinct of the dog-, who discovered the young woman, dumbly understood her wretched plight and persisted in calling attention to it, te equally unfathomable. The point where reason halts and imagination begins is here clearly outlined. As ex pressed by Whlttier: The outward, wayward life we see Its hidden springs we may not know. Senator Beveridge has accepted an lrivitation to deliver an address in Paris on July 4 upon the foreign policy of the United States. Because Bever idge is a member and leader in the United States Senate and is supposed to have talked over the subject matter of his speech with President Roosevelt, with whom he is on very friendly terms, his address is being awaited with Interest by foreign diplomats. However it may be regarded at home, it will be regarded abroad as a state ment of the yiews of this administra tion on international affairs. The discomfort- and misery in the ref ugee camps in San Francisco can be imagined but not described. Living in crowded tents and cooking In the streets are conditions that are barely tolerable under bright, skies. When heavy rains fall and cold winds sweep in from the sea, they are wretched in deed. All that can be done-to alleviate the distress of these people has been done. It remains for pity to look on helplessly and wait the slow process of events to house again the houseless multitude. It is true, after all, that a good name Is rather to be chosen than great riches. The McCurdys, Depews and Burtons and others thought they could have both regardless of how they obtained the latter. They were determined to have the riches any way, and retain a good name if they could. With good name gone, they are now left to dis cover that the great riches do not count for so much in this world as they had supposed. Honesty is the best policy.. New Tork Is a state of 8,000,000 popu lation, but is practically without repre sentation In the United States Senate. Depew is in hiding in a sanitarium, and Piatt, owing to infirmities, totters in and out of the Senate chamber but once in several days. It is not necessary to ask what the people of New Tork think of the situation. The question is. What are they going to do about it? Shall we have the debate on silver all over again? Shall we point to "the fall of prices" for Justification of the de mand for free coinage of silver? But prices haven't fallen, and the complaint now Is that prices are too high some say oppressively high, though meas ured In gold. Many things have been learned. Oregon's Republican Legislatures have sustained twenty-seven out of Governor . Chamberlain's twenty-nine vetoes. Probably that is the reason why the Governor prefers a Republican Legislature, It does the right thing, from his point of view, twenty-seven times out of twenty-nine. Now It la asserted that Governor Chamberlain is not a "yellow-dog parti san." Tet he has voted all his life for every "yellow-dog" candidate who had the nomination of his party; and he will do It right along without inquiring whether the candidate Is a "yellow dog" or not. A communication from President Cook, of the Oregon and Washington division of the T. P. A., will dispel a popular and well-olrculated illusion that "the traveling men are all for Tom Word." The number of "partisans" who will vote the Republican ticket next Monday is Increasing. The Tennessee lynchers of Negro Johnson are quoted as being "greatly surprised" that the United States has taken a hand. This is the great mod ern surprise administration for law breakers. An exchange asserts that In Moscow there is a law against the use of whips on cabhorses. The purpose evidently Is to preserve the whips for use on the backs of peasants. ' A sixty-foot lot on Third avenue that was bought six years ago for $5000 was sold the other day for $75,000. Seattle Is getting next to Portland's prosperity. "AX WATS IX THE WAT" ROW. Because Ragrtlme Tnse Was Played 1 at Funeral of Marine. Ill feeling in many branches- of the United States Navy department and par ticularly among the crew of the battle ship Wisconsin, on the Asiatic station, is aroused against Captain Hiram L. Beares, who, it is stated, ordered the band to play the doleful air, "Always in the Way," at the recent funeral of Private Lawrence, of the marines, at Cavlte, Philippine Islands. The dead man's friends assert that the music .complained of was a desecration of thesoleranlty of the death rite. The Navy department hag ordered an inquiry Into the matter. The Oregonian la in receipt of a letter, with poem enclosed, from a correspondent "B," a member of Uncle Sam's Asiatic squadron, and the latter says in part: "You will find enclosed a copy of tha Cablenews newspaper, published at Ma nila, Philippine Islands, in which is a poem by A. L. Price on the burial of a marine at Olongapq. He was accidentally drowned March 18, and the next day his body was recovered and buried. 1 was out hunting in the section referred to, when the affair happened. I heard some of the music and can testify to the truth of the statements made In the Cable news. I hope the poem will teach some people a lesson. The language In Mr. Price's poem la not what it might be nevertheless it is the prevailing senti ment." The song with refrain, "Always in the Way," has a suggestion of ragtime or vaudeville, and is known in this city. Words and music are by C. K. Harris. The verses represent the wail of a child for his dead mother, and although appro, prlate as a "weepy" song In vaudeville, it is generally admitted that no one with a sense of propriety would ever wish the tune to be played as a funeral dirge to express sorrow for the death of an adult. The poem referred to by "B" and writ ten by A. L. Price, who Is a private in the marines, is: We don't object to hlkln' through a hundred miles of sun. We don't object to chargin' up a mountain on the run. We don't object to livln' on a soldier's ration straight. We don't object to dyln'. but to reach the Golden Gate With rggtlme funeral marches when the band Is made to play It does sound a little awkward "You're always in the way." , We don't ask no favors from ye; you may do the worst ye can. For Congress can't make gentltmen where God has failed on man. To hell with all this sicknln' rot It's bad air, dry and warm. These rotten gags about respect that's due the uniform When shoulder straps can make, a man lose half his little head And make him Joke the holiness that wraps his country's dead. Tes, damn ye. we'll salute ye, and we'll all say. "Tes. sir." toot But we salute the shoulder straps; we wouldn't speak to you. Te're farther down beneath us than a dog a nigger owns, Te're dirtier 'n a buzxard plckln- flesh from dead men's bones. When the flag Is on our coffins ye will tell the band to play That good ol' ragtime hymnal, "You're al ways In the way." You've stolen from a dead man the last solemn funeral rite. You've put a daub of mud upon the flag for which we fight: You ain't disgraced the service, but ye know ye have, at least. Showed how little man waa in ye an' how near ye are the beast. Few men that hold commissions now would tell the band to play The ragtime dancehall music when a sol. dler's laid away. You're rotten. Mister Officer, I don't know what's your name. Nor who It was that raised you, but you're rotten all the same. I hope they'll weed the service soon of all such men as you; I'll give the service credit now of havin very few. Fer damn the men who wear the straps and tell the band to play At the funeral of a soldier. "You're always in the way." A Masterpiece's Low Estate. Washington Cor. New Tork Commercial. The Treasury Department has on its hands a valuable oil painting reputed to be a masterpiece of the artist who pro duced It, which will be sold to anybody who is willing to pay something like 50 cents a square foot for it. At that price it would come to about $2000, which is the upset price named by the Government for the picture. The painting is called the "Vale of Gol gotha," and represents the crucifixion. It was painted by Jan Styka. who spent several years In studying the scenery in the region of Golgotha, and who produced a picture 125 feet long. It was brought to this country for exhibition at the World's Fair at St. Louis, but did not reach St. Louis in time. It is now in the Custom House at Chicago. As it was brought here for exhibition purposes, no duty was assessed, but a bond for $2000 was put up by the owners, this bond representing 20 per cent of the supposed value of the painting. The company exhibiting the picture failed, and when the Government attempt ed to sell the bond in order to realize the duty on the picture, the securities proved to be bad. The painting: is, therefore, for sale at a price which will cover the cus toms charges. The highest bid received up to this time Is 1450. Jackdaws' Eecs Are In Demand. London Cable Dispatch. A demand has arisen for, Jackdaws' eggs, owing to the discovery that they can be substituted for plovers' eggs as a table delicacy. Some connoisseurs declare that they are far superior In flavor, and never have the acid taste that ia notice able in plovers' eggs when laid in marshy ground. The yolks, although rather smaller, are more delicate, and the whites are equally transparent. The growing scarcity of plovers' owing to the demand for their eggs in recent years, makes the discovery welcome to hotels and restaurants, where ' Jackdaws' eggs are now becoming a usual article on 4ho menus. Speaker Cannon Kmwi n Good Thing;. Philadelphia Press. Speaker Cannon prefers his present Job to being President. Doubtless he feels that he has a better eontrtfT of Congress where he is. ' Seismic Shake and River Improvement. St. Louis, Mo., Post-Dispatch. The earthquake deepened a Califor nia river 12 feet. Congress is waiting for a seismic shake to improve the Mississippi. The finest of Genius. Ellen Beach Yaw. (Miss Yaw is the California soprano who astonished the world some years ago by her ability to sing to a phenomenal height. She has Just returned from Italy to California, and has lately blossomed as a poetess.) Genius went wandering Into the night. In search of a long-lost singer Out -of the darkness into the light She dearly wished to bring her. She stole along through shadows dark. With weapons sharp and glistening; With noiseless tread and beating heart. Listening, listening, listening. When lot from out along the sky One tiny star came peeping; And then she heard a gentle sight The singing bird waa sleeping. "Awake! Come forth and show thy face, "Tls Genius who Is speaking; I'll carve it out with speed and grace. For long have I been seeking." The star's bright rays fell on the earth And set the shadows dancing. While Genius Joined the happy mirth With silvery laugh entrancing. She raised her weapon high In air, A shadowy form detaching: "Escape me. Singer, if you dare. Your skill with mine's not matching.' And so the singing-bird was caught. And e'er the dawn was breaking, A wondrous silhouette was wrought, - A lacs of Genius making. ESA A TACTFUL PRINCESS. She and Kins Alfonso Will Spend Honeymoon In Ireland, Toronto Mail and Express. Princess Ena is credited with remark able tact for a girl of 13, and it would ap pear that Alfonso recognizes her mental qualities, and values them not less man her charming appearance 'and gracious manner. No doubt he has sworn, after the manner of lovers, to be guided by her superior intuitive instinct, and to make her happiness and the welfare of their people his one ambition. It need hardly be expected that he will be able to keep every vow he has been making for the past few months, but those in a position to Judge assert that his naturally way ward and reckless impulses seem to be fast disappearing, and that he is ready and willing to put away childish things and show the world that he can rule and guide his people. Alfonso Is far from blind to the potential advantages of an English marriage. He has never lost an opportunity ' of protesting his admiration and friendship, and the fact that the roy al honeymoon is to be spent in Ireland is a compliment such as a man has few opportunities of paying. The ceremony will be performed in the historic Church of Atocha, where is en shrined the famous little image of the Virgin Mary, supposed to have been carved by St. Luke. The image is said to have been brought from Antioch in the early days of the church, whence it de rived its name. The original church was built in 1522 by Charles V., but was torn down in 1895 by order of Queen Christina, and the new edifice is not yet finished. Alfonso was baptised there, and on two occasions when his life was despaired of the Image, guarded by troops, was taken to Madrid and placed in his arms, ac companied by the prayers of the people. All Spain believes that "Neustra Scnora de Atocha" restored the young King to life. His marriage in the presence of the image is his way of acknowledging its beneficent influence, and Spain rejoices at this evidence of the young King's piety. The President Helps In the Sing-Ins. Washington, D. C, dispatch. President Roosevelt had a fine time of it on Saturday night. He slipped away from the White House without telring many people where he was go ing, and visited the home of the Sol diers, Sailors and Marines' Club, at 317 C. street northwest. There he helped the club members sing some songs, and he made a speech and was elected an honorary member of the organiza tion. Tickled over their success, the mem bers of the club hugged their secret tight in their uniform-covered bo soms and let not a word of the Pres ident's Intention get outside their own circle. When the President alighted the door of the clubhouse was opened wide enough to admit him and those who cam with him, and then it was closed with a slam. The men who fight Uncle Sam's battles on sea and land would not admit anybody else. The exercises were started just as soon as the President came in. Every body, including: the President, sang "America" and 'The Star-Spangled Banner" and some hymns. The Presi dent made a short speech, compliment ing: the men of the Army, the Narvy and the Marine Corps for their devo tion to duty and said some things in a patriotic vein. Then he told some sto ries about his personal experiences in Cuba, as a member of the Rough Rid ers. When he got through there was more singing, and then three cheers and a tiger were given for the Presi dent. A Reading- of Shakespeare Worth ST0. New York Press. While reading a paper-bound copy of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Noth ing." yesterday afternoon, in the Lenox Library. T. C. Windham, of 155 Waverley place, found a $50 yellowback between the leaves. Pinned to the bill and also to a page of the volume was the back of an envelope, on which was written in pencil in a wom an's hand these words: "As every person except our commer cial, financial and political grafters Is al ways more or less in need of this wretch ed thing we call 'money.' I feel sure that this $50. will fall into the hands of one who needs it. With it go my best wishes. From one who has money to spare and is a lover of Shakespeare. H. G." Mr. Windham didn't look as if he were In need of the cash, but as he could see no reason for declinin-t such a gift he tucked the bill carefully away in his pock etbook. Army General Made Lieutenant. Chicago Inter 5cean. An amusing story .s being told among the friends of General Samuel S. Sumner, U. S. A., retired, who was until recently the commanding officer of the Pacific division. General Sum ner, who was in Oakland, Cal., for a stay, left the city after the earthquake and'went to San Rafael. There he was Informed by one of the guiding spirits of the village that he must aid in pa trolling and guarding against fire and unruly refugees. Something in General Sumner's bearing evidently Impressed the man, for, after a moment's thought, he said: "I think I'll make you a Sec ond Lieutenant." 'Thank you," answered General Sum ner, "I don't think any rank ever con ferred upon me ever pleased me more unless it was when I was made a Major-General in the regular army." A Library Rival to Carnegie. Pittsburg Despatch. The giving of libraries goes steadily on, even without reckoning in Andrew Carnegie. Amos Barnes, proprietor of the Hotel Brunswick in Boston, is to give a $12,000 building to White River Junction, Vt., where he formerly lived. AN IRRESISTIBLE CUSS FIRST GUN FIRED IN OREGON. Bow the Election Will be Regarded tn the East. Harper's Weekly, May 26. In the political campaign of 1908 tha first gun will be fired by Oregon. In that state, on June 4, will be chosen a Gover nor, two members of the Federal House of Representatives, and ..a Legislature which will choose a United States Sena tor to succeed J. H. Mitchell, deceased. Those who deduce conclusions from the vote cast In presidential years will natur ally take for granted that Oregon will go Republican. In 1896 Oregon gave McKin ley a plurality of 2.117; and In 1S92 it gave three of its electoral votes to Harrison, the fourth going to Weaver, the Populist candidate. In the "three preceding presi dential years it had gone Republican. In 1900 it did much better for McKlnley than it had done four years before, giving him a plurality of 13,141. Mr. Roosevelt's plurality in 1904 was far larger, namely, 42.934. In 1902 Oregon had chosen a Dem ocratic Governor by 276 plurality. It can not, therefore, be taken for granted that Oregon this year will go Republican. How the exposure of the land frauds. In which the late Senator Mitchell and other con spicuous Republican politicians were im plicated, will affect the election cannot be foreseen. It is true that the frauds were committed by members of the Re publican party, but, on the other hand, they have been exposed and punished by a Republican Secretary of the Interior. As the tariff-revision Issue will not be pivotal tn the Oregon election, no con clusive inference can be drawn from It with regard to the composition of the next Federal House of Representatives. Nevertheless, Democrats all over the country will be encouraged 1 their candi dates Bucceed in Oregon. Gold Stream for Absentee Landlord, , Pittsburg Dispatch. There are eight estates, usually con sisting of one person, in Pittsburg. Pa., to which New Yorkers pay $29,700,000 every year for the privilege of living and working in Manhattan. Some of these property-owners are real New Yorkers, whose lives and interests are centered In the city, and who spend most of their time here, including that portion of the year when they swear o'ft some of their taxes. Some live abroad permanently, trying to penJ their incomes, which roll into the cof fers of these eight estates at the rate of $81,370 a day for every day in tho year. Beyond employing agents to keep their property up to the mark of self Interest demands, most of tiiese land lords do nothing much but sit tight and see the value of their real estate go up and up until its value is beyond all ordinary means of computation. The following list will show who they are and what they have and get: William Waldorf Astor, holdings. $103,000,00 3, daily rent roll, $27,397; John Jacob As tor, holdings, $130,000,000, dally rent roll, $27,397: Goelet estate, holdings, $30,000,000, daily rent roll, $8219; El bridge T. Gerry, holdings, $25,300,000, dally rent roll. $6849; Eno estate, hold-1-Ings, $12,000,000, daily rent roll, $3287; Clarko estate, holdings. $10,003,000. daily rent roll, $2739; Hammersley es tate holdings, $10,000,003, daily rent roll, $2739; Mary G. Pinckney, hold ings, $12,000,000, daily rent roll, $273. And there are others. Nordbsnsen's Ban on Trailing: Skirts. Berlin, Germany, Dispatch. The order of the authorities at Nord hausen forbidding women to wear trailing skirts within the boundaries of the town on the ground that they scatter germs and are a public nui sance, has resulted in an angry contro versy. The police have been ordered to arrest all offenders, who will be lia ble to a fine of $8 for the first offense. Obdurate repeaters will be liable to imprisonment. The women claim the right to wear their gowns as they please, and the legality of -the prohibition will bs tested in court. Typewriter Ribbons Cause Divorce. Emporia (Texas) Gazette. An Emporia woman brought suit In the District Court for a divorce from her hus band because she found a cancelled check In his check book for $2 for ribbons for his typewriter. Bedad! Irish Names. John Ludlow In Toronto Mall and Bmplrs. Names wid the musical lilt of a troll to thlm. Names wid a rolllckln' swing an' a roll to thlm Names wid a body an' bones an' a soul to thlm Sure, an' they're pothry, darllnt asthore! Names wid the smell o' the praties an' wheat to thlm, Names wid the odor o' dilllsk an" peat to thlm. Names wid a lump o" turf hangin' sweet to thlm Where can yez bate thlm, the whole wurruld o'er? Brannlgan, Flannigan, Milllgan, Gllligan. Duffy, McGuffy, Mullarky, Mahone, Rafferty, Lafferty, Connelly. Donnelly. Dooley. O'Hooley. Muldowny, Malone; Maddigan, Caddlgan, Hallahan, Callahan. Fagan, O'Hagan. O' Houlihan, Flynn, Shanahan, Lanahan. Fogarty, Hogarty, Kelly. O'Skelly, McGlnnlat McGinn. Name wid a fine old Hibernian sheen to thlm. Names wid the dewy shamrocks cllngln' green to thlm. Names wid a whiff C the honest potheen to thlm Bhure. an' they're beautiful, darllnt asthore I Names wid the taste o' the salt o' the earth to thlm. Names wid the warmth o' the ancisthral hearth to thlm. Names wid the blood o' the land o' their birth to thlm Where can yes bate thlm the whole murruld o'er? From the Philadelphia Record. 1 4