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Jamestown Exposition News Stand; Potts & Roeder; Schneider 4 Kaiser. rlne Beach, Ya. W. A. Cosgrove. rORTLAND, 8ATCRIAY, JUNE 15, 1907. THE TRIAL AT BOISE. From Vancouver we have a letter In which the argument is seriously at tempted that the murder of Governor tSteunenberg was procured by the mine owners, for the purpose of casting odium on the Western Federation of Miners. We shall not discuss eo shal low an assumption, nor comment now on the spirit that prompts it; which evidently is not inspired by regret that bteunenberg was the victim of the roubles between the federation and the mineowners. Till the trial at Boise shall have proceeded further, or 3s end d, we shall not enter into any detailed rxamlnation of the case or its develop ments. We simply said it was an in sult to intelligence to assume or pre tend to believe that the mineowners contrived the murder of Governor Bteunenberg, who had protected them and their property, repressed the law lessnes through which so many mur flers and other outrages had been com mitted In Idaho, and restored order there. If such assumption Is not an in liult to intelligence we should define It by a stronger term, if we could find one. The Oregonian is aware that ' there are two sides to the controversy in Colorado. The miners say they have been unjustly treated; or, as this cor respondent says, have been the victims Of "a series of crimes and outrages," it the hands of the mineowners. On their side the mineowners say that the crimes and outrages have been perpe trated by the miners. The Oregonian Is not going into this controversy. It would be fruitless. Besides, it has no direct connection with the murder of Governor Steunenberg. who, clearly, was 'removed" through the motive of revenge for the vigorous action he took against desperadoes and criminals in the Coeur d'Alene mining region. No candid mind can suppose there was any other motive; nave perhaps the ad ditional one of intimidating others in positions of authority. The man Orchard murdered Steunen berg. No doubt of that. He had ac complices. No doubt of that. The trial at Boise is to determine, if possible, whether Haywood. Mover and Petti bone were his accomplices (or princi pal?,, or not. The country doesn't bother about the repeated assertion that they were "kidnaped." The Su preme Court of the United States passed upon that; moreover, the word kidnaped" Is improperly used In the case of men taken from one state to another, under the forms of law, to an swer a criminal charge. The question Is, whether these defendants are guilty, or not. Of course, if it is assumed that the evils which individuals suffer from society under Its present organization are so great as to justify assassination, discussion or argument is superfluous, and were better declined. - APPLES. Those farmers who hesitate to plant apple trees for fear of overstocking the market may learn something now if they will. New York has just received a. consignment of apples from Australia and -New Zealand, and the fruit is said to be superior in appearance . to the (American product. The production of apples has developed rapidly In this country for the last few. years, but we still fail to raise enough first-class fruit to .supply the home demand and the foreign market. The best goes abroad; the inferior fruit la offered at home and naturally spoils for want of buy ers. There should be no Inferior apples on the market. It pays better to make the whole crop of first quality than to hare some good specimens and many bad ones. The prchardist who offers inferior apples for sale picks his own pocket;' and until everybody who wishes to eat apples can purchase a supply of good fruit from early Fall till late (Spring at a reasonable price there is not the slightest danger of overstock ing the market. The use of apples for habitual food, like that of cheese, is a practice which is only beginning to be common In this country." Americans used to be lieve that fruit waa all very well as a luxury, but of little value for nutri ment. The man who worked must have his rations of meat. We have now learned that, for sedentary work ers at any rate, fruit is superior to meat as a food. In fact, many sensible people have come to the conclusion that oar National dyspepsia Is caused by the use of too much meat at the table and the neglect of the more . rational diet which Nature provides. This view becomes more attractive when one remembers the constantly in creasing cost of meat with the small prospect there is that it will ever fall again to former figures. The enhanced value of land finds its natural expres sion in the rising price of meat, and unless some great commercial disaster should depress rents beyond all expec tation flesh : foods will never again be cheap in. America. Vegetable food Is not so dependent as meat upon rent, since more- can - be produced to the acre. It is ..therefore quite certain to happen in this country, as it has else where, that as the value of land rises people of moderate means must depend more and more upon fruit and grain for their diet.' No' prospect could be more agreeable for the orchard 1st; but it is also agreeable to everybody else, or It ought to be, because, when we have learned to forego our roasts and fries and have learned to "satisfy our appe tites with' apples and beans, we shall live longer and enjoy life better. TP TO THE CITY COCXCIl. Let us assume and it is assumption only that City Attorney McNary is right this time, and that the au thorities have no lawful power to close saloons on Sunday. What next? The City Council can, of course, remedy the matter by enacting a closing ordinance, and, if it does, there will be no further dispute or question about it. But sup pose that the City Council undertakes, as some suspect it will undertake, to enact an ordinance closing the saloons until 1 P. M. only on Sundays. What then ? But of course City Attorney Mc Nary's opinion is contrary both to good law and good sense,- for the City of Portland, ncr any other Oregon munici pality can undertake to enact ordi nances not in harmony with the criminal laws of the state; nor can the Legislature under the state constitution grant a charter abro gating, modifying or-jgnorlng those same criminal laws. The Sunday-closing law is a criminal statute enacted by the State Legislature. It applies to the whole state, and no exception can be made in favor of Portland. Of course, if the City Attorney is correct, and if we had no ordinance in Portland prohibiting the sale of liquor to minors and whether or not we should have such an ordinance would depend on the whim or caprice of the City Council every saloon in Portland could sell liquor with impunity to man, woman or child. Would the City Attorney un dertake to defend or excuse the sa loons for that kind of business? He must, if he is right in his astounding contention that the saloons of Portland are exempt from the operation of state law. CASSANDRA. Mr. J. J. Hill's state of mind must be something dxeadful. For the last few weeks he has done nothing but utter. the most gloomy predictions. Calamity oozes from his lips as the toads and frogs fell from the mouth of the wicked daughter in a fairy story. He has be come nothing less than a Cassandra, or, perhaps better, a Jeremiah. He is a prophet of woe, a herald of misery. His latest . threnody purports as fol lows: The business of the country has out grown the carrying capacity of the railroads; the roads cannot extend their accommodations because they have lost their credit; but the demand of the public for transportation will, of course. be insistent; hence the Government must come to the aid of the roads by lending them its credit. The next step will be Government ownership, to be followed soon by the downfall of repub lican institutions. Is not this terrible to think of? Why have the roads lost their credit? How does anybody lose his credit? Dr. Johnson said that no body could write a man down except himself. One may likewise say of a railroad that if it loses its credit it may thank itself. Loss of credit is the log ical result of the issue of fictitious stock. When people find out that rail road securities represent nothing but the airy hopes of speculators, they nat urally decline to buy them. The genu ine property of the, railroads is worth as much as it ever was, and. If it Is not already more than covered by bonds and mortgages, money can still be raised on it the same as on a house or a farm. It i3 only the inflated prom ises of promoters that have lost their power to evoke cash from the pockets of investor. The railroads cannot extend their fa cilities for lack of credit. Well and good. What were our great transpor tation, geniuses like Mr. Hill doing while they bad credit? They must have noticed that business was grow ing while their roads were standing still or deteriorating. Why did not they use their credit to enlarge their facilities while they had plenty of it? "What were they doing with this mag nitlcent credit which lias now burst like the bubble It was? They used it for trading stock, to gamble with in Wall street, to engineer combinations con trary to the law of the land. "What were you doing during the Summer?" asked the ant. ''I sang," replied the grasshopper." "Well." said the ant. now you may dance." The country is very much inclined to tell Mr. Hill and his compeers to go and dance themselves out of the trouble they have gotten into. It would do so only that the transportation problem is really pressing and must be solved in some way. Ultimately the solution will be reached by the development of our internal waterways, which have been shamefully neglected, mainly through raijroad influence: but this will take a long time. Something must be done immediately. One of the magnates has said that more than a billion dollars ought to be spent at once on the roads. It speaks beautifully for the executive ability of our railroad barons that they neglected the duty to improve their lines until the prospec tive expenso has reached this magni tude. Where is the money to come from? Perhaps the Government may be compelled to take the matter In hand. But in that contingency, one may pre dict that the business will be man aged somewhat differently from the scandalous old Union Pacific deals. where the magnates got everything and the public nothing. If the National credit is ever again loaned to the rail roads, or any of them, it will be, as other loans are made, upon good secur ity, and if the debtor defaults the Gov ernment will foreclose upon his prop erty. But this would not necessarily lead to Government ownership. Mr. 'Hill forgets that there Is an open mar ket where railroads can be sold like other property, and if the Government is watched closely enough it can sell to as good advantage as any other holder. But eyen if by that time the people should have come to think best for the Nation to retain the roads. what would follow? Why should the ownership of a railroad destroy our in stitutions any more than the ownership of a park or a battleship or a post offlce? The solicitude of Mr. Hill and his compeers for the perpetuity of re publican government is very touching. but their anxious forebodings seem a little superfluous. StAYOfi, SCHM1TZ Gl'IMT. Mayor Sehmitz is guilty. He will have to go to jail. There is where he belongs. He is just a common felon. But he is still Mayor of San Fran cisco. He should have the decency to resign, but, of course, there is no de cency in him and he will not resign. So we shall probably see the affairs of a great American municipality ad ministered and directed from a felon's cell. It Is a great reproach to Califor nia and to San Francisco that there is no way to remove Sehmitz summarily from office. It is a reproach also to the American method of administering justice that Sehmitz will probably be able to delay indefinitely infliction of punishment at San Quentin through ap peals to higher courts and through dila tory tactics familiar to all lawyers and common in their -practice. " Judge Dunne, however, who has some old fashioned notions about justice and its proper attitude toward lawbreakers, must have annoyed and discouraged the Mayor and his attorneys somewhat by Insisting that he be incarcerated now. It is humiliating and trouble some, of course, not to say unusual, to a guilty man to have to stay in jail while his . appeal is pending. What's the use of appeals at all if their pur pose is thus to be defeated? . It would be sad, indeed, if Sehmitz should be re quired to stay a long time in a San Francisco jail and then finally, when his case is ultimately determined . by some Supreme Court or other, he should be sentenced to a long term in San Quentin. But that's the chance he takes, and oughrt to have to take, if he insists on invoking the law's delays by malting a long legal struggle for the liberty to which he is not entitled. If there were more Judge Dunnes there would probably be fewer useless and unjustifiable 'battles between malefac tors and the law after the Issue has once been fairly and impartially deter mined. (Mr. Heney indicates that Ruef, the great municipal procurer for the avari cious and elegant Sehmitz, must go to Jail, too. ' That's right. Well done. Who next? THE MAN( HI RIAV FRONTIER. The recent clash of arms between Russia and Japan, following the drub bing administered by Japan, seems to have at last awakened China from her sleep of centuries, and she now looms large along the Manchurlan frontier. Prior to the war between Japan and Russia, the steady march of the Mus covite for a warm-water port in the Far Fast had never halted, except for breathing spells, while the railroad was being pushed ahead to make the move ment of men easier. Even while the Russians and the Japanese were en gaged In their fierce struggle for su premacy, the existence or rights of China were regarded as only incidental, and each of the contestants was un doubtedly imbued with the belief that the -pacification, elimination or appro priation of Manchuria would be a mat ter of minor difficulty as soon as it was decided who- was to be the future owner of the principal bone of conten tion. But China has gained wisdom with experience since Japan taught her that the stinkpot of the days of Confucius was a less effective weapon in warfare than the Mauser rifle and the Gatiing gun. While Japan and Russia have been nursing the wounds sustained in their recent conflict, China seems to have caught the slogan "China for the Chinese," and as a result the flag of the dragon will wave over Manchuria and outlying precincts for an indefinite period. Mukden, which will live for ever in the war histories of Japan and Russia, is now the Chinese capital of Manchuria, and law and order and re form are being carried on by a Chinese administration that finds it. unnneces sary to appeal either to the Japanese or the Russians for advice or assist ance. The ancient fear of railroads and sim ilar Innovations of the white man has vanished, and the Imperial government has purchased the Hsln Min Tun-Mukden Railway, arranged for construction of the Kuan Cheng Tsu-Kirni Railway, sanctioned an extension of the imperial railway from Hsin Min Tun to the Amur River, and. proposed a new road from Kai Yuan and Hai Lung Cheng eastward. This sudden change in Chi nese policy is disquieting for the Rus sians, but in the present unsettled sit uation along the rather poorly defined boundaries, which have shown so much elasticity since peace was declared. Russia is in no -position to strike a blow or even enter a protest. Japan, by ex ample, has taught the Chinese much that is now proving of practical value to them, and events , in the Far East have been coming so rapidly in recent years that there is good ground for the anxiety which Russia Is now display ing over the new developments along the frontier. From a trade standpoint, the rest of the world will view the rise of China with equanimity. This advance toward a higher civilization has been brought about by the reform element in China, which has never been antagonistic to foreign influences. There are wonder ful possibilities for trade in Manchuria and other Chinese provinces which lay in the path of the Russians on their march to the sea, and the prospects for America and other nations to share in this trade are much better under Chi nese rule than they would be under that of the Russians or even the Jap anese. The "open door" in the Far East would have been only a figure of speech had Russia secured control of Manchuria, but, so long as. that rich province remains under Chinese con trol, the big powers of the world will all insist on equal" commercial rights, and neither Russia nor Japan can in terfere. v Premier Stolypin has demanded that the lower house of Parliament exclude all the members of the Social Derac cratic faction on a charge of conspiracy to overthrow the government. From the results that have been accomplished since the Czar pretended to give the people permission to select their own representatives in the Douma, it is not at all clear why any attempt to change the old system was made. It Is true that the -people elected these Demo cratic members, but the autocratic power of the Czar was exercised to such an extent that the members elect ed by the people were powerless to act otherwise than under the direction of the Czar or his bloodthirsty Premier. It is now more apparent than ever that the reforms which the Czar has pre tended to institute were reforms in name only. Blood has run freely In Russia for a long time, but unless the present strained situation finds some relief there will be a deluge. ' Mr. Appleyard, of Philadelphia, is the latest individual to play the get-rich-quick system which was placed in cir culation by Frenzied Finance Lawson. Mr. Appleyard, being possessed of neither stocks nor money, sold a large amount of the former at prices so low that they seemed attractive to the buy ers. As the price advanced and he was unable to deliver the stocks, the buy ers insisted on money for margins.-The hero of Mr. Lawson's novel, who cor nered all of the money on earth by a system of this kind, had. no money to start with, and accordingly Mr. Law son made no provision in his scheme for the conditions which confronted Mr. Appleyard. The latter would seem to be in line for that $5000 check which Mr. Lawson offered to any man who could prove that his system for getting all of the money on earth was wrong. .Three thousand men have been thrown out of work by the closing down of Puget Sound and Gray's Har bor logging camps, and half as many more have been released from the Co lumbia River camps. There have been times in the past when the throwing out of work of 5000 men would be re garded as a hardship, but with such an enormous demand for all kinds of labor in other pursuits it may prove highly beneficial to have a supply made available. Present prosf acts indilate a record-breaking wheat crop in the Northwest this season, and thousands of men will bo needed to take care of it. More thousands are wanted on rail road work and for other industrial un dertakings now under way In Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The falls at Oregon City, discouraged and drained of their volume and en ergy, have lost their voice. . The mel low monotone by which pioneers who made their homes on the banks of the beautiful Willamette In Oregon City and its environments were lulled to sleep, has subsided; the voiceless wat ers trickle limply through crevices in the bare, brown rocks over which they once rushed uproariously. If any one has a picture of the "falls of former days," let him cherish it as a memento of the time when untamed Nature held sway at the falls of, the Willamette, since that time belongs to the past. Texas is still Texas. One of her Colonels was shot dead yesterday by the stepson of another gentleman with a military title because the now deceased Colonel had made disparaging remarks regarding the stepfather's testimony in the Brownsville shooting affair. The old cave-dwellers are said to have set tled their disputes with stone hammers and clubs, and, so far as Indicated by most of these . ratal -brawls engaged In by the Southerners, civilization in some parts of the South has not got very far past the cave-dwelling age. While Mr. Skiff, a Portland amateur angler, is to be congratulated on his successful fight at Willamette Falls against a thirty-nine-pound salmon with a nine-ounce rod. it is to be re gretted that no historian with powers of description was present. If Rudyard Kipling could enrich literature with his splendid tale of landing a fourteen pound salmon in the Clackamas River, what might he not have written if he had been so fortunate as to overcome with ordinary tackle this king among the royal fish tribe? The land immediately . surrounding Multnomah Falls has been, by order of the Secretary of the Interior, with drawn from public entry in any form. This means that this beautiful cataract will not be despoiled of its simple gran deur at any time in the future by men in search of power that may be con verted to commercial uses. A National park win doubtless in due time be cre ated for the permanent protection of these falls, and the wild grandeur of woods that surrounds them. J. P. Morgan has Just added another $200,000 collection of bronzes to his list of purchases. On his last previous trip to Europe he spent $1,000,000 for bric-a-brac, and his purchases this trip will probably . exceed that amount. Before the pessimistic Mr. Hill gets a hand or gan and tin cup and stands on the street corner asking relief, he might cable Plerpont to cut out a few bronze collections and save his money for much-needed betterments on the Hill system. The defense at Boise ' doesn't want certain testimony introduced "because there was nothing to connect Defend ant Haywood with the matter." Possi bly not. The defense makes it plain, however, that it fears that such testi mony will eventually connect Defend ant Haywood with the matter. Let the Government make a National park out of the land around Multnomah Falls and you can depend on Portland to do the rest. Its wondrous natural beauty may and will be enhanced by man's art. Ruef has once more proved himself shrewder than his creature. Better a confession than have twelve men pro nounce you guilty when you are guilty. If I had but served my town with half the zeal I served Abe Ruef, it would not in my stress have left me naked to mine enemies. E. E. Sehmitz. In 'view of the verdict, perhaps It is too late now for Mayor Sehmitz and Mr. Heney to submit their differences to The Hague tribunal. Heney, It seems, has also "made good" in San Francisco. Now, Captain Spencer, it's your time to move. Some small boys have smashed the windows of a Japanese gardener in California. To arms! To arms! Wouldn't Joaquin Miller's appear ance in polities remind you of "The Lay of the Lost ' Minstrel"? Sometimes the Justice mills of San Francisco grind slow, but a big grist is promised this season. PARTIES AND STATE POLITICS. A Discourse on the Primary Law and Its Censeqnesrn. The Dalles Optimist. The editor of the Optimist is a Re publican, was yesterday and will be tomorrow. He has always been a member of that party through prin ciple, and never held an office in his life, save little fourth-class postmaster jobs for convenience. Being a Republican, the editor of the Optimist aims to run a Republi can paper, a consistent one, not one that goes off in a tangent at every ill wind, not a paper that sulks and snarls and goes back on the party when most the party needs its serv ices; but a Republican paper all of the time for all of the party. We have from time to time had a good deal to say about the direct pri maries law, and have been taunted for not upholding it as a Republican measure, being often told that it was placed on the statute books by the Republicans of the state, and there fore the Republicans should stand by It. Suppose we look at this question a little more carefully, and first make the statement that we believe there are good points in that law, and that it works well in local, municipal and even in county elections, where the people and the candidates are pretty close together and tolerably well ac quainted with each other, but that It has been a dismal failure as to state and federal candidates. ye will not go into the last elec tion. We have said enough about that, and our views ought to be pretty well known. But we do say that the direct primaries law is wrecking the Republican party of the state of Ore gon, and we for one will not counte nance or uphold any law that places a majority of 25,000 in the minority. That is, a law that ties our hands so that a majority of 25,004 cannot elect its candidates. We believe that a party can no more exist without' a leader than an army corps can be without a com manding officer. Without a general In command an army becomes a mob. and without a leader a party disintegrates and goes to pieces by the very force of its numbers. The talk against "boss rule" and for "the rule of the people" is all very fine. It sounds good, and the Demo cratic papers of the state, and the Democrats themselves, make much of it. Why should they not when it dis rupts our party and solidifies theirs? Is it not true that the Democrats of the state have outwitted us and placed a lot of their own allies in control in almost all departments? Looking to the future we hear much talk about the coming Senatorial elec tion, and that Chamberlain will have a good show to be elected, and we must say his chances ' seem pretty bright, for he is a smooth politician, a good fellow, an able man. has made a good Governor, and Is known to more voteos than any other man in the state, and he will go Into the fight with his party solidly at his back, a united party, while the Republicans will go In with anywhere from two to a dozen self-seeking candidates, with no one to "stand for" them, no one to help them, nothing to assist them but their purses. So it looks as if Cham berlain would get a larger vote than any man on our ticket, and the sup porters of the direct primaries laws says that, under ' Statement No. 1, the Legislature will be bound to elect him. But listen! Where are the cham pions of Statement No. 1? Why, the move now is for the members, or rather the candidates for the Legis lature, to sign a "modified statement," to the effect that they will vote for the member of their own party receiv ing the highest vote. We had a good deal to say along that line last Sum mer, but were plainly told that we were a traitor to the party; and yet It is now to be worked by the very persons who then frowned on It, be cause they think In that way they can beat Chamberlain. This thing of loyalty to party sounds good, and it is good to be loyal; but shooting off one's mouth about loyalty and hiring press agents to shout It for you does not make a man loyal, neither does It make him a Republi can. Nor does it make this sheet an outcast, nor its editor an ingrate, if he points out the fact that the Re publican party of this state is going to the devil through this direct pri maries law, and if we keep it as It is we will in three years more see the spectacle of a great Republican state sending nothing but Democrats to Congress and the Senate, and more than likely our state officers will be all Democrats also, for the Democrats of Oregon are too smooth, too sharp, too wily for the Republicans. Is this treason to talk right out from the shoulder and tell the truth? If It Is, let our friends and enemies make the most of it; hut listen: the Optimist will be a Republican paper, and Its editor will be a private in the Republican ranks, and both will be remembered and looked up to as true and loyal when all of you time-servers, place-servers and . hypocrites have been relegated to the boneyard. And let these bob-tailed, silverized. So cialistic anarchistic sheets and shout- ers that are singing so sweetly for the direct primaries law make no mistake about It. If Washington, Were There. Lipplncott's. Two prominent society women of Washington were seated in the gallery reserved for the families of Congress men. "What a grand body of men!" ex claimed the younger of the two en thusiastically. 'Do you think ao?" asked the other demurely. "Why, of course I do. See how alert and businesslike they are. I am sure If George Washington could tjme back to Congress he would be proud of such a dazzling spectacle." "I fear, dear," remarked the elder of the two seriously, "that if George "Washington were to come back and see Congress he would lose no time in de livering another farewell address." Mr. Limoa Traveling; for His Health. Omaha Bee. In an interview In Paris. Tom Lawson predicts that President Roosevelt will be nominated by both the Republican an Democratic conventions next year. It may be added that Mr. Lawson has been suffering from a nervous collapse and Is traveling In Europe for his health. Evi dently his condition is alarming. ' Cauessiiia: the Name. Cornelia Walter McCleary In St. Nicholas. Twas the prettiest spaniel that ever was seen, . For hLs coat waa so silky, so Ions, and so clean. His teeth were like pearls and his eyes were like jet, (No wonder that Bess was so proud of her petl) As t lifted him into my lap to caress, I asked. "What's tbe name of your dog?" bhe said: "Guess'." So I guessed it was Jerry." If not, was it "Joe"? But she smiled and then laughed as she an swered: "Oh, no." "Perhaps It is 'Charlie. or. possibly 'Ned'? Then, maybe, it's 'Rover T' She shook her fair head. So I said, "It is 'Hero, I'm sure; now con fese." But it seems I was wrong. All she answered was: "Guess!" Then I tried all th enames that I had ever heard, Altho' some when applied to a dog seemed ahmird. 'Napoleon" met with a look of surprise: At "Caeear" a twinkle came Into her eyes. Then I pleaded. "Do tell me." "Why. Auntie." said Beep, "I have told you thr times that the dog's name la 'Guwrfl" RAILROADS SLOWER THAX CAXALS Object Lesson la These Day of Com timuous Freight Blockades. Minneapolis Tribune. Somebody has figured out that freight moves more slowly on the railroads of today than it did on the canals of the last century- This Is not unlikely when one takes into account the wjeeks and months of delay on sidings. Of course this is a temporary condition, due to the almost continuous freight blockade. But what is the cause of those blockades? Are they not due to" the ef forts of the railroads. In competition for business, to carry goods at too low a rate to furnish funds (to keep track and equipment up to the demands of increas ing traffic? You cannot have your cake and eat it. too. You cannot get the best service at the lowest cost- When competition to sell pushes the prices of any commodity continually down, the commodity Is bound to deteriorate In quality. This Is as true of transportation as of any article of ex change. American "railroads carry some kinds of freiuht at the lowest rate of land transportation known In the world. It would be strange If the transportation were of the highest quality. The very economies end profit-making devices with which railroads have tried to meet the steady decline of freight rates have continually diminished speed of or dinary traffic. Common freight Is side tracked and delayed to allow fast freight and passenger cars to earn an extra rate. The principle of getting the maximum of work out of every unit of rolling stock saves money, but It makes constant de lay to fill cars and complete trains. The natural tendency of this policy is t avoid excess of rolling stock, lest careless employes should use more than Is needed. It la no wonder that, when a season of unprecedented traffic crowds tracks and terminals and overworks roll ing stock, some freight should be carried at a lower rate of speed than that of the canals before railroads were built: Undoubtedly It is carried more cheaply for long distances, but it pays for cheap ness with reduced speed. Days of Standpatters Doomed. Wall Street Summary, Ind. Manufacturers know that the people will not tolerate the' tariff as it now stands much longer, and, like the mariner in the threatened ship, who throws part of the cargo overboard to lighten and save his vessel, the manufacturers are tossing overboard, or, rather, ar'e expressing a willingness to let go, certain tariff planks in the delusion that much will still be left them. They dare not openly defy the people on the joined Issue, and In this conciliatory, half-hearted way, are en deavoring to shelve It. The people, however, know more about the tariff today than ever heretofore, and doubt less will satisfy the manufacturers and standpatters when the first opportunity arrives. His Incapacity. Youth's Companion. Although Mrs. Harlow loved her hus band and admired what she considered his good points, it was a never-ending source of amazement to, her that he had boen chosen to fill the office of Mayor for three successive terms. "Everybody knows how much I think of James," she said In a dazed way to one of her husband's cousins. "I al ways said and always should say that he Is as good as gold. But if you'll tell me whether you think a man who Is color-blind, and who brings home toys that won't go when you wind them, and who still thinks I could like olives if I'd only try, is fit for such a position, why all I can say is, I don't." Souvenir Fiends Loot Japanese. New York World. Decorations for unusual bravery in time of action and medals for courage in saving life were stolen by souvenir hunt ers or others from the stateroom of Lieu tenant Mori, of the Japanese cruiser Chi tose, while that ship was at anchor In the North River. News of the theft be-, came known through naval officers who have undertaken to find the missing dec orations, if possible. Ten medals and decorations in all were taken, one of the decorations being the Order of the Ris ing Sun, which was given to Lieutenant Mori for exceptional courage during the attack on Port Arthur. Amendment IV ot Accepted. Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Jagway I wish I knew where my husband was. Mrs. Kawler You mean, I presume, that you wish you knew where your husband is? Mrs. Jagway No, I don't. I know where he is. He's up in his room, sleeping off a headache. Pays (40,000 for a Single Bloom. New York Herald. Princess von Hoenberg, wife of the heir to the Austrian throne, paid $40, 000 for a single bloom at a flower show held at Trieste for charitable purposes. Fighting; Turtles Upset Boat. Kansas City Journal. Two turtles, in a violent fight off Tampa, Fla., upset a boat and threw four fishermen into the water. Mr. Cleveland as Bachelor President. Bristol (Va.) Courier. A contemporary says "it Is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a man to become President of THE EMPTY CELL. 1 .TV- aui m m i T? imtulu man m IN THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN TOMORROW HOMER. DAVENPORT ' S NEW CARTOONS. Unquestionably the most ef fective work ever undertaken since the Oregon lad became famous. He champions the animals tortured to make man's pleas ure, using caricatures and vig orous English. These cartoons will be a fea ture of the Sunday Oregonian for several weeks. PORTLAND IN THE ROSE MONTH. Two pages of specimen roses half-toned from photographs of blooms taken from Portland gardens. One page of glimpses at bloom ing gardens in the Rose City. . Article by Frederick V. Hol man on "Portland, the Rose City," giving reasons why it deserves the name. THE GENTLE GRAFTER, . BY O. HENRY. This versatile writer, who now receives 20 cents a word for his brain product, never invented anything more ludicrous than "Jeff Peters as ft Personal Mag net," the second of a series now running in The Sunday Ore gonian. His stories always have an unexpected climax that fairly makes the reader shout. MR. DOOLEY , ON BASEBALL. Here is a satire that will de light every American man and boy who ever saw a game. Ho ruthlessly punctures the bag of pride that all cities have in their local team. "WHO .STOLE THE BRIDE?" Another of Dr. Furnivall's unraveling of a most mysterious crime involving no bloodshed. BUSTER BROWN AND THE BROWNIES. Best two pages of illustrated, fun for youngsters published in this country. ORDER FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER TODAY. the "United States unless he has a good wife." Nevertheless. Mr. Cleveland per formed the feat In 1SS4. TVhfR the Panama Canal Is Dng. New Orleans I'icayune. The. Suez and Panama Canals will shorten a voyage around our globe to not more than 25,000 mites, whereas without them it would be nearly twice that dis tance. The opening of our American Isthmian Canal will be occasion enough to Dnng an me nations i.ugei-'icr m t shout for Joy. Tonr Clothes as Social Barometers, New York Press. When a man wears clothes that are out of style, either he is so poor that he has to worry about something else or so rich ho doesn't worry about any thing. Speak Gently. i O. W. lAngford in ths Pathfinder. 6peak gently: It Is better far To nils by lovs than fear; Cpealc gently; let no baron, word mar The good thou mayest do here. Speak gently to the little child; , Its love be sure to sain; Teach It In accents soft and mild; -. . It may not long- remain. Speak gently to the aired oris, Grieve not tbe care-worn heart; "Whose sands of life are nearly run Let such In peace depart. 6peak gently, kindly to the poor Let no harsh tone be heard; They have enough they must endura? Without an unkind word. Speak gently; 'tis a Uttio thing Dropped in the heart's deep well ; The s-ood. the Joy. tbat It may bring. I Eternity shall telL , BOARD.1''" k rmlROAD 7. . .-.irnatn WiriDu