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... V i f MONDAY... JAUUARY H.?CJ. ;; , ,. r. ;;; poxiand. t Oregon, v.-, ;T H E O RrE :' '7,'l . n- - - . ,. ... ;C . Jackson ; PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL "PUBLISHINQ CO. . - i i i i i i " i i ' -.''--'-.- , -, ji - . . t Published vary' svsninf - ( except ..Sunday and every ' Sunday momtnf at The Journal Building, Fifth and YambUl y-.y , . i - -street, Portland, Oregon. -- t -r - t c-----. 1-t, j," , ' : J ; V t1- - QFFICtAt PAPER OF'THE CITY OF PORTLAND : ' THE FALL OF PORTARTHUR. V;:"'::- . t; . , - - ' A CCORDING to the origins) thur was to have fallen, pn 1 Iim-.u it gauallj fill just ' result achieved at even thiVlite date extraordinary in military annalsJt was the keynote to . 'the whole military situation for the Japanese. VVhatever v prodigies they might accomplish, whatever fheir success v; '' in other directions, all combined counted for nothing un- " tit 'Arthur -w as subjugated. That gave the climax and ftnishijig, touch' to its command of the sea; it made them '"perfect masters, of rorea, without whfch "everything that -i." japan has done is. literally wasted, and it made them c dominant in Manchuria. If Japan had been sufficient unto itself, if it had Jiad elbovr, room within ita own : - island empire, if it had there the territory and that ter ; -r ' Vitory .was. productlveI.there?'WOuld have been -no need V' to , stake viu whole existence on -.the. outcome . of the T "present war."?. But it had got beyond the point- where ; it could support its population on its own soil and there was no possible chance of working out its own destiny : -nles it-wa: given or -was-able o- wrest iree hand in Korea. V-". - ' . ". ?'.-.. A - V In full command of the sea, with Port Arthur within -i-5ts grasp, vithr its now acknowledged ability 16i take vi tare of; ttself either on landor sea.r perfectly .foot i i!oose to turn all its energiesln" the direction of Kuro - jpatkjn. it may not yet , be iaa position Jo terminate the '.'!" but it has not only achieved a tremendous jnoral , Victory,' buf it has jd fortified itself that all its'Totct? , ."are immediately available and it it in position-to dictate .the terms, of iht ifomingenconnteri,. If no other for ' ward movemehtis1 rjiade, if Japan electa, simply to fortify 'itself and hold Manchuria Russia, baa before it a military . ( Contract which is probably beyond its power to fulfill. .. .'( - The fall Jf Port "Arthur changes the iace of things. I It gives the whiphand to Japan and recent events have i shown that no civilized nation is better equipped or more p competent to--et tho perspective, or practically realiiee "lhe"lfwdveminfolike-Tidvantage of any new sit I Uttion that inay, arise.- ' ' " '. U " A :' .; tlCttONB VOtCByTILL TQRrWAR, y p ? h j fTp HE OREGO jflAN'S voicPis' still for yvarv It ' J I - clings to, rests upon and lives in the past:" "It, f , - says that thehope of peace among 4he civilized : ..tiauns of the world i an irridiscent dream, that, be- - , cause there -nave always .been wars there will always bearshaOfcOiSop "-.vorkrng for peace' aiitj; jnistfng that the powers . that " - be shall" preserve peac,-re ailly rainbow chase.rsr j Yet in Jhfr same article our. pessimistic morning co temporary admit -that war are not nearly so frequent aFfKey ftirrnerly were;-that-nations: do not go to war " now orx such slight pretexts and for such small cause as ' j they formerly did. If T&"ood deal of progress toward ' universal peace IiasJfen"'nTade, "why should not more progress be made in "the same:4irectioa?;Jtjba?ions ile- ': cline to go to war hoW for clauses which would nave . , formerly "rendered war ineVitablewhy jnay rfot 'the cause's .--Ybir.facJOQWprr'-ip;t!lt''' war..1h-Jnaiifiirfb'twff-fW - that terrible calatnity hereaftef Tht world moves: noth- :-2hiaT'anI till; to -say that the , i to stop halfway to say that mankind has now at tained its highest level-of life, hat farther progress-is impossible; for, just as surely as mankind moves for - -Ward and upward, just so surely will it move into broader " and rlpjrff maths of nrtce."- ' "TT "fi.. The mornino; champion of war says that no nation will allqw any. others' to interferAlflt Chooses to go' to war; .', nor to decide whether.its casus belli js .sufficient and " jugtinable briviC Righ.here is where ir. is mistaken. jWhen all the other nations say to oneTYou" tttffrt not f 0 T6"wif tJhth i:issue .It wiir not dare to do so. No ' nation is strong-enough to fight all the rest. Further mon.: Aefprt" thiseotury closesrth epeople of every civilized natiotv we may reasonably hope, will not permit 11 "their-rulers to go to' war, will, not do the i fighfihg.7 Fqr ,t he people, will learn that the "glories 6f war have been greatly magnified and niisrepresented; thtT3ley.are in large part the gory-shame of ambitious wholesale raur- ' derers. ' ' ;. T; t We suppose Ihefe will.b some future wars, but they ; will be more infrequent and more bpposed by the spirit and activities of the world progress, until war will be- t very rare and nroBa,! a brief The United States, if not so already, is to become tn niost essentials the greatest' nation of the world,-and , as such it is right tharits potential voiceshould.be for . ' , peace, for the world's peace," The Oregonian says that - the president, in issuing his recommendation for a peace council .of; the nations, . yielded . to "buncombe " lie --:-5 ielded, on the .contraryr t the opinions, the advice, the - council and petitions of the best brains and most worthy " Vsimis of this country ad-of-the world, and in doing' so " -'took a stand that entitles himio the world's respect and ' applause. ";ZZ. The Hague tribunal may not have accomplished much '"-'r as yet, but it is the formal, official beginning of a great v '.work, the greatest work of - thisjE.entn.ry, and whose re- ults will bless humanity for hundreds of generations to '." come. . v- 1 , ' ' -v.- " ' 'Roosevelt carries a big 'trick, but he wants no war andwill goTar to avo1d6"fi" Emperor 1 William . of - Germany talks in a bellicose tone, but his acts speak for " " " peace. King Edward of England maintains a high front, , wo: or Avcxrrox)- 'r"mer'fosn"TIadT In London TelearapKi. AncetorlWBq"havti"pUyed - -wsr- ; rlort paftare nuturslly the American 1 wojnanalrtalm,Ifltn atrstn " stretches across the'waler m& she can ponnert herself with xrest European , families, sor much the better. If not ; end she esn still find an ancestor amon the. first' settlors, she la satisfied, ilf rhe'ran find one smong the early colon Mt she la-deHahtod ' V In any even American women have all determined to have ancestors of some Y kind of their very own. That the world V- Ins y ackirowlede their success slonf this line Href nrlie Innumerable o " clettes Meed on the posMsslon of slm- liar ancestral qualifications by the mem- '; " ber, and having no other object than ' hr perpetwsttow ef -th sme and deeds " -of their forebears. - It Is needless to say . thai the more all-embracing these organ isations are the more popular they are. end whereas the Dauahtera of th JL.n- rlnnatl and the Daughters of the Reyo " lutlon. which admit only the descend ; - p In the direct line of the officers V of the Revolutionary wsr. are small and not very flourishing nrganlsettonsivthe ' TMoahtera of the Amertmn Revolution, which admlta the descendants of the : rrlvate as well. as the officers. Is a . very large and very-popular society, not that It counts itself any the lens ' select then th Dames or the Cincinnati . Jsnghtere not a. bit of IIT. , All 4hsesocielles he ire branches all - ever the I'r'ted fltslea and mar be said te emhrare practically all the Amertrana Whnae blnnd has hern unmixed with that ,' or iorlguri tot several geaeratlona. G.QNJ D A I L Y J O UR N A L AN lNDPENDBNT.'WWlPAPERt ,v , ' ' ''V '. "7" '" but-he-would do before 'going to calculations Port-As- the Fourth of July; six ninths latex' Ths ym invnivc rraw in war num.. . nrmin. ...... of a church with is one of the most Itwapart of the from barbarism not tolerate war. throughout the its consolatiou. .T wards. 1 he whole coming to the iiiteresting sign o a revolution- worthy pondering progress toward peaceJ tw Jfear. MORE evemV thaYtfceHK There are ancestral aonlams- which take In almost every one"rtioee family lived In the United States SO years ago. - But the American woman yearns "Wr reality. - Btie wants ancestors, and She wants them more abundantly,. but, aha wantsthem'to have more than namea and crests. Bhe longa -for them to have had old silver and old lace and otA"ma hoa'any and old.nortralta.- It Isn't only that these articles furnlah so nicely, but they make one'agrandparents seem ao awfully real. Cnaequently the women of the Vnttet Btatee aren't merely en gaged In their ancestral . labors In dig ging In old tombs and musty documents. They are also very busy collecting from hH of-the out of the way little towaa and farm houses where colonial and rev olutionary reliea are In biding the rare old thlnga which In som Instances were their grandfather's. and la other Could have been their grandfather' If that old gentleman had nly thought to, acquire them,, The American drawing-room ta full of these ancestral rellca which givt suah ' satisfying loUdl'ty-; Ui- ancestral clalma. " ... , .' i """"J" ' ruwrtom to tin ; cof jnmAToms. The Oreaon Itafly Journal, In dlsciiesl Ing the connection of Senator Mitchell and Congressman Hermann with the land frauds, utters the most unlmpaaslonedH Judgment on the accused that has yet been given li the public., ---.. Justice to the accused. Justice to Ore gon. Justice ta the people of the Vntted giatea.'who own the timber lands -of the governmejit. Is f burden of the editor ial uttaraac bt Tha JournaJ, t much that he would not like-to do war .again. Delcasse is the ' represen tative of "a nation that -all but conquered all Europe a century ago, but he steers clear of any entanglement that n e Vee" C,T ? """"a'"' max 300,000,000 adherents, urges that the time harnow come to make the dominant note of Christ endoni'a practical demand for the cessation of war. Rabbi Mendes, and many other high teachers of Judaism, call on their brethren of Christendom to unite with Jews for the great work of abolishing war. Secretary John Hay.i.admittedly a competent and practical statesman, strikes the highest note in a great international peace congress ' . : -' : , iZZL--Tt--.. Practical men, business men, publicists," philosophers, teachers, statesmcnyJhe world oyer, believe and a y that war has served whajeVer usefulness it had and must nd. transition from savagery tabarbarisnvj to 'civilization, but 'civilized world will APPARENTLY ON A NEWTACK. E WERE "somewhat entertained "tfironrVilot deeply instructed by, the leading editorial in this morning's issue of the Oregonian under the. caption,; -tTh(- Newspaper " meaning itself. Tin its .opemng-sMtences it speaks with a considerable degree of animation of the general prosperity that prevailed Oregon country during the year just closed it speaks of its own prosperity and of that ot its evening satellite during 1004 and says that month. by month the -caslrTeceipts of both exceeded the record of 1903 by 20 per cent, something apparently calculated to arouse enthusiasm even in those not prone to excite nrent. But the pessimistic note loon creeps in. . Two paragraphs' farther along it goes-on tosay, thojugh this journal canpot boast of having made much money"; it has stood for something, which it apparently holds forth for fail ure. to. meet more matenaLJC- ' r . . . attai. jnu iooks uxe aicase oi eaten- ing - tmngs coming ana going, anu men mmim iiicm both ways. " It did well in. 1903, but it did ao per cent better- in 1904 and yet it cannot boast of having "made much-money." If it has done as well as it claim to bave done, if all conditions were right for "money making, if it did so much better last year than,the year before why, oh why. did it fail to make something? Are we "really millennium when the Oftgbnian, nevep. hitherto regarderT: as being above - turning 'an. Honest peimy7aseSc1ied"tharstaterofrrrnism when it js very much more concerned about""'standing iqr omething" than it is abT5uTadhig to the bank accoifnU'pf the two gifted men who own it? lHasoin really become a sec ondary consideration and has the day of new and high ideals dawned in wpe-lik th first page of its New Yeat'a.editionf 'V'V -v.-" .These- are interesting suggestions; we should like to pursue. thenOomewhat and may on another. occasion: Bui today we simply-eall public attention to jhem as an of the times, as perhaps the indication which unknown Q;tlje world, has beet ;n ovef on thtt second day of the glad ANARCHY IN COLORADO. rpHE SITUATION, in Colorado is larfrom edifying. r-Th ereareTnanyhaTgetf-fraudnd1-! i Ktn liavo hren nrnvfd. hut no one is simole enough to;believe with the forces back of Peabody that on one: side therrwai perfec't ingenuousness and Other appalling crookedness. .Things are not usually .thai man iredTracticalTwHticwheretsgefterany caseof iTjf orfe andJialf dozen of the other and where when the shout of fraud goes up the experienced man looks to find a. case.of the pot calIingTh kettle black. It -was Tather -vAhemently-announced and-somewhat generally believed during the campaign, that the kitting governor, had a walk-over, in the fight for re-election. As it turned out he was decisively defeated on he face of the rehirns.'. It is now announced that the man who was elected is to be counted out, that the legislature when it convenes will accept a minority report aho wing a suf ficient majority for Peabody to overcome the majority in the" rest rJjUK,state that has already been recorded for his rival Adams. . -y " ' "The facts may be glose.d oyer as they will, but the impression will remain that Adams has been cheated out o the office to which he was-elected. It is-a spectacle far from pleasing to patriotic citizen no matter where he live and jf carried out, as now seems entirely likely, it will-react upon those who iave engineered the deal. To add emphasis to this statement it may be said that Adams,-twice before governor, of the state, is in every respect as. representative a man as Peabody. He is a man oi large -mean wh made his money in mercantile pursuits and who is now "identified -with-iome' of the strongest, financial institutions - of - the Mate. There is, therefore, not even the poor justification for the act that Adams is an irresponsible agitator who would precipitate further trouble-m-rase- he - was seated But- bove-and bevond thisPbTicourse, is the fact that he was elected, - PdOheptOa that win so expresses is uring oycuumcu uj nit jisii lature for purely partisan reasons. , WHAT OSKKAJI VATT IS 'OB. rn an Interview printed In the Nine teenth Century' ..and After, Count von Buelow undertakes to show that the new German navil policy , la not aimed at Great Britain. - A war between Germany and Great Britain would be good for tune for their rivals, say th chancellor.- While such a war "would com pletely dcatroy Oerman trade, ks far aa one ranTIudge, and would sertously-dam-age 'British trade, our rivals would util ise the opportunity for securing the markets of .h world without firing a shot.- , V ' . - The chancellor says Oerman'a navy I purely, for defenstv . purposes, and remarks that "foreign countries must reconcile themselves to he fact-that the German merchant beyond the eas I no .longer the poverty 4Stiicken t restore who must content himself with picking up the crumb from under the table. He how takes his seat hett his fellow, and we are -fully 'entitled to atand up and defend the right which are our In com pany r with th cltlsen of other - nations.--" - ' - ,.' " . ' - - , . - taadlng' rag West s, . -From, the New Tork Tribune. .' ... The weakness of th Republican, party at PD4 l It strength. With' such an endorsement that given at th re cent .election greater thing may prop erty'"benected of It than ever before. To ueaerve tha high confidence" reposed In It, It will have- to do something more than "stand pat", and .enjoy th fruits et it victor, . Smkll Gliangc If Mr. Chadwlck wa tnsan, aurety Becawith et L muat hay been. Th Morrisons treat bridge may yt ta opening beat Fort Arthur In falling.'. A bishop and a priest have crowded In front of th Chadwlck and Fatteraon persona. After reading .recant new from Or' gon oaetern visitor next aummer twill leave their land at home ' T ent of modistes raa make look itke tn I fashion plates tn her windows. -Resljy, th Talbot-Irvln controversy Is not considered by most people woxtn the space Some papers devote to It. j '.Of course It-Is possible that a slot ma chine asent may nave written a Utter containing is lying excuse for a financial deficit. Portland politic would not suffer any moral .deterioration; ' If the Columbia county authorities should keep -C B-rkn-rat down there lnderinitely- Mor power to .the General Electric company. It needs this in It buslnees, and is going to have It, whlob will be a good thing for Portland and other lower WUlamett Yailay .to wn . . , j - ' Senator- Mltchtll did right to go back to Waahlngton to attend to hi Important duties there. He cannot afford to dance attendance on -the federal grand Jury all wlnrer nor can. the atata afford' to hav him do . z-- 'J " " - "Two fellows nicknamed "Happy" and "jolly, committed suicide in New Tork together.; perhaps In toe hope of 'being able in tha hereafter to live up to. their pseudonyms, their earthly maaka having oecom 100 milk ... i President Bitot of Harvard university laments that w are making or leaving nothing to Interest archaeologlsta 1.000 year hence. Well, there are th Demo cratic party,' and th Multnomah county Republican machine. -f r n3ii oyjnvjii.iTw owrnt ',tjvw wai 1 should meet with ready co-operation In Ms -purpose of breaking up the Hum fishing monopoly on Rogue river. SuChra monopoly 1 ; undemocratic -unjuat to many people and th law authorising It Is a blot on th statute book.(. Th Wf Sid Enterprise says: ''Cut politics out and organise th legislature on a business basts for the benefit of th people, one." Does the Jdepend eno paper .auppoae that thectnlllenlum haarlved, and tha t- Republican, .politi cian are. sprouting wing Several- railroad ' official were de layed It hour or mora by a lid In Cow Creek canyon, and ' ao may henceforth hav a better aDDreclatlon of how thou sand of passengers have felt under Ilk circumstance. But a passenger is lucky ta. be only delayed Instead' of killed on maimed in Cow Creek canyon; which baa aa bad a reputation, though of a jllffer- tnt kind, Tanner craeK aewer. Uncle "Tommy Piatt felt so rood over that . J, joke.-pethaps orrthe first tint, lhhla life.' ;Flattald: "T am always Interested in good government. I've a, little list of recommendation that I shall make to Mr.TNlxon ana to the governor." -Th Jok is - - la th - firt statement.' The seoond on la a purely business, statement. Newberg will Improve it sch ing to th extent of $10.000.,... .. . From all part of Oregon come report of satisfaction with ISO and bright pros pect lor IWb. - ! -fr Next Monday Forest Grov will decide between algh-llcsnsed saloons and. th Commercial elub. . . . 8Jm continue aleepy. Albany Demo crat - But it. I awake enough to kick at uca a remark. . ' ' rT A Milton' butcher advertise hi shop s a "one-horse meat market," perhaps meaning only on cayua at a urn. . McMlnnvill may extend it boundaries so aa to -take In Upplneott's addition to Dayton, to -their mutual advantage. " ATamhlll ' county Lewis and -Clark convention will be held at MeMlnnvilla Wednesday. Old Yamhill can't be kept olit. - -. ' A McMlnnvflle - mair'rcrturnlng from Mlohlganbrought back a, lot el apple, to get even with th fellow who carrlea coal to Newcastle. tiio or tn m the tree for hi best- girl. He ha been breaking th steels' .in - th old one for would do th square thing and give her a new on. Coo Bay Newai It I - anticipated that there will be considerable travel between Coos epunty and Portland during the fair neat spring and summer, and already there la talk of several more steamer calling at Coo bay on north and outh-boiind tripe l - Will Oregon coal bed be developed next yearf Inquire th Portland Journal. Douglas county' big coal mine, located near fOlktoa,' moat assuredly will be de veloped, says the Roseburg Plalndealer. In fact It Is well along In the stag of de velopment at th present time. It pro mises to be a great producer of a flo duality of coaU-r -. -i Newberg. ay th Enterprise. Is grow ing steadily and fast and will tak on a healthy growth in th next year or two.- - There I nothing of th "boom" order In the building up of this town, but a substantial, permanent' growth that will Increase a th many stranger to this western coast begin to learn of th many advantage educational, social and home that this part ot Oregon of fer.. , ';f't , ; ; A large number ot men hav signed a publto "request" that all sheep be kept off a certain described district In Grant county. In commenting on which the Fossil Journal says: ' "If would be of Interest to know how much of th land within th prescribed boundartea men tioned I owned by th parties who hav signed th requeat to sheepmen to atay oft the grass.' And If any sheep-shootthg should hereafter occur on government land within the "dead line' established the state authorities will hav some Ides where to begin a search for th guilty parties. - - ----:-;- -. -O regon Didelihts ) , HilUborrf needs an opera-hous. :y ". ooi bulld- 'ViiSv e'i .e.. CJuinine Queen's -I ohic l rust '. Telegram In New York World. PhlladelDhta A merger of the two greatest chemical cbnaern In th world, effected by Mr,' Ann M. Welghtman Walker, has again brought "th Qulnlri Queen" into' th publjo eye. Vtt a for tune and a business representing more than 1 100.000.000 only four month ago, Mrs. Walker haa Justified th confidence of ber father, th lata WlUtara Weight man, by her conduct of the'bualnea and bar management of th lortunO- '. '-1 1 With a truly remarkable aptitude ror Duainess Mrs. tvaiaen upon tn aeaio of her father on Aug. It, set about Im mediately to bring the vast property left to her under her personal control.' She started by having herself put upon th payroll of power V Welghtman- at the alary her father had fixed ' f orlttm lf. With a thorough grasp of th busi ness ehe corrected several evil whleh her father had permitted, to exist out. f personal regard for. th drl lot. .On of the wa tardiness. . -,- 1 Som of the, older 'employe of th firm -reported for duty whenever It beet ulted them and left off work at their own convenience. Mr .Walker, waa in supreme command only 41 hours-when h had a check clock Installed in the plant, and a general order potd noti fying all hands that they must work according to an established schedule, A strik wasx threatened by th employe. 8h sent for th ringleaders, - told them her ideas of builnesa and terminated th interview by saying that all thoa who oould not or would not worka glveh humber of "hours for a stipulated rat of pay oould quit. The (00 employ heard the ntg from MraWalkrM not one reslgaed. ' A few daya later Mr. JVaiker ordered th paymaster to- put rfp.' 1114(00 In en relopear giving ItO to each empfoywwlth her compliment, without regard to agj dr term of service. The not- accoml panylng th gift wag brief : - - ;, "With th beat' wishes of th William Welghtman tat.' . m Th eaUte of Wlllmra Welghtman In cluded more than; IIO.SOO.OO. in Improved real estate when lt cadi under the control of Mr. Walker. All of th 400 properties included In this holding are In flrat-cla condition and om of them are notable specimen of architecture. - Mayor Weaver hag bee experimenting with municipal, finance-rerlnc. h has been in office and today no man know where or how the city stands in th matter of future revenue. Mayor Weaver, declared . that th tax rat would remain at $1.50 on the $100 aasesa roent and psopoaed that the board of re vision and taxes should, through real estate assessor, increase th aaaessable valu of all Philadelphia real- tat aeoond'tlm . within two year. -' Comp troller Walton, who. In th matter of taxation peak with authority abov the mayor, officially announced that th rate would hav to be Increased to 11.10 to tneet th fixed charge of the-clty, While the two official and the H0.- 000 property, owners in -tn -city - war fretting over th matter and explaia tng their poltlon Mra.'Walkr directed Edward. T. Davis, ,her real eatate man-ageiv-ia announce that she had 110,000. 00O worth -of Philadelphia real eatate to 11. ' - - -i .'-,' ' - "". ' Mayor Weaver called Mr." DavlS up on the telephone to : Inquiro why Mr. Walker proposed to dispose of her hold ings. Th answer was in effect ss fol- lows: .;- - : ..'.''''- ':,: :?''" The present administration or tn l-etty U not af. Real estate is and naa been at the mercy of -patty c"jr 01 ficials. Greater profits can b derived from other Investment. Totf gentle men make real eatate a nuisance to larg owners. Mr. .Walker aoe not car u Urlfl with your ubordlnateiHej prop- erne ar ror saie. - - - Thia l.flvllke little talk waa followed by -th al f 1 1,000, 80 worth-of Teal estate in th heart or in-cuy. - - j- The? haa. been no very radical in crease tn th assessmani ana u. j rat remain at tl.eo per hundred, dol lars. taxable value. ' - Mrs. Walker sold th Darlington tor1 No, liss-lizs unesmut street, or iov 000, being $11,000 a foot front, th high est price ever obtained for a Chestnut street property with more -than JO X001 froiltaa. Mrs. Walker took out building permit for a great greenhouse, now building at "Ravenhlll" th country - horn of ht father. and for a $10,000 addition to on of the apartment bouses sh owns In Wt PhlUdelphla" Bh oiractea me making of thee lmprovemnt In person. For many year Edward T. Davie has been th actlv manager of all th real eatate owned by Mr. Welghtman and by the firm of Powers 4k Welghtman. . Mr. Ayelghtman'would not consider any real estate propoaitlon or mortgage unleaa th first paper aubmltted to hint bore the Indorsement of Mr. Davis. Mr. Welghtman frequently said that Mr. Davia wa lndlepensible to htm. On Jan. 1 Mr. Dayls severs all connection with th Welghtman Interests. - .Tha allmax of all that Mrs. waiver ha don cam on Wednesday last when she authorised the announcement that a merger of th Power A welghtman and Roaenararten Interesta had been effected as of JanrnsoS. The two' chemical houses are among th oldest and largest in America Together they will sbao- llutsly aorarnath-xratnln-4rad.at-th world. Th term Of tn merger nave not been mad publlo and probably will not be. Mrs. Walkar abhor all pub licity and recognising th fact that he? vary great business interest and wealth make Mrnori or les a puouo person age, she has eaussa it to ow -very -u-erslly understood that sh baa certain private rights -which mut b.rspected at all time and by all perron. : - AX OUTCTDBaVfi Portland! Corrspondenc of the Salem - journal. r It is the aenerai verdict of street talk that th Williams administration of city affair is already condemned. Th swr scandal, th brldg frauds, th financial disorder, th attitude of th city govern ment toward gamblere, crusades against slot machines, and yet thousand of them running all thee and many more ar In laid to thejloor 01 the wiuiams administration.. I In th daya of th Simon regime m 17.000 newspaper per aay war Issued,' beside Innumerable ether pub lications, all pouring out condemnation on the boa and th corruption 1 and tha high taxea, and th people wer told with latlon that the overthrow of th machine meant' th advent of .th mil lennium In municipal affair.. Well, it hasn't come, and th paopl ar ready for a change. - Prom Folk In Missouri to frauds In Alaska and indictments In Oregon, ther Is a reforms wavs'sweeping over th country. , It may eve break out in tn Oregon legislature" ahd enact a flat salary law. and break Into other depart ments of stat. Ther 1 a reeling grow ing that government I costing too much, and. that -no serious effort ha been ' mad to , Introduce business methods, - . If over there lived among author-maa-agera a man of up and down mostly down that man 1 Edward K. Rlc. He It wa who gave u "Evangeline" and a number of other Boston, producuona whose live were shorter by years. He wa on hi Jaat legs when a few sea sons ago he secured backing for a big musical comedy. "King Highball.'' - It failed. HI mat attempt wa a .Broad way production - of -"Th Maglo Cap.' That Failed. -He 'changed the tlU to "Th Show G(rl." Again It failed. Ha laid it away in a storeroom, tha cnry and costumes representing an outlay -of tbouaande n thousanda of dollarsk On day at th opening Of last season B. C Whitney of Detroit went to. Rio and asked him to set a figure on the "plant." - A though b wars aahamed to tak th money, Rlc accepted a few pal try hundred, and Whitney took th pro duction. - Cutting it down to fit the mailer houses, th Detroit man proved the play, put a good. company Into It. and presented it air-through th eaf atk6-ent prtoea "At th end of vlght weeks th show was $0,000 ahead. and it has literally corned money-ante. - "Th Show Girl"- opened 'a weak' n- eaaement at th Emolr yesterday after noon, and. elevated a. New Year's audU no., to a atate or 'fiuarity wmon oor- dered on rioting. - Tak my word for it, th show la superior to that of last sea son In th east a statement that stands' for a good deal. It goes with a whirl. swing, swish and dash that fairly takes th breath away. Th costumes ar a gorgaous - aa they ar numberless, th arlrla aa shanely a they ar fair of fao. and a actlv ao many kitten. -Th cborua sings with th might of three times Ita number, and haa been eupero ly drilled. Th specialties ar rich, the principal clwer nothing, in fact, that la required in tn oomposiuea ot snur leal malang ot tbl nature geam to be lacking. ' There wasn't much of a plot to "Th Show Girl and thUi-is les now than before. An American theatrical 00m- ut afrand in Greece. "At th tlma he i."btn neatered to Seath by hi par- former for back alary, the manager of tha trouoo comes into poaseaaien maglo cap, by wearing whloh h"may accomplish anything merely by wishing, rnm thai moment he la oompleto Boas ter, and th author ba crammed lu all th abaurd poaaiblllUe of th Bltuation. Hilda Thomas, vivacious ss vr, oai nrreediut HteHa - Mayhew-a - the su- bretta Sh haa many apeclaltle In th haw. and each went for tremendous en core But Mis Tbomaa doe not lng nr aid. - Her beat work Is In lmlta- tlona and hs 1 at hr very beat ag th Bowery concert-hall -girl making br first appearance. Sam J. Mylle, i who nlava Manacer Fly. I distinctly lt He haa th real method of a lovrooare dian, not unlike tho of Francis 'Wilson. rMiia ov (afterward Psyche) wa a picture. Her other nam 1 Etell'Blrd. XflB,HalV'tha-'Rub". ffho "llowed th how; Thoma Shea, OaTrlckV-th bad aetor, and cnanes -i-nr, aa . .. eat. found abundant - comedy- after the people feature with th show wrs) all through making thlr eeleetlona . - There ar o many big. poclaltl that to enumerate them, would be Impossible. Th. anna- and' ensemble. ."Psyche, - for The,'n Waiting." and th fascinating finale. fTha Flag. H Fight B- wore nerhao th moat beautiful. although non Of ttrnn -recetvea less tnan two recalla ana ftqunuy n a ir. .n on niaa -The fihow Qlrl". If you care to e the beat popular-priced- musical show rvald W W an ags." XJUST WOBO1 lait aa-o the theatrical world learned that Augusttn Daly's nam attached to a manuscript gave It a 'blown-ln-th-bottle" guarantee, and fw of that-la-mented man's works ar more worthy than-rh-it-Wordth - Columbia atnek cnmnanVa currant bill - t is- th story of sp iron-nanaea pa- net. who endeavors to select a husband forJil daughter; gainst hetwiAr-an aged theme, to b ur. . But tn gwniw. of Daly come to th front In It treat ment, v He Introduces -a barone, on - 1..'a. the olav. her nrom- - 1 m - lnnc finding it exouse In continual ef forts to bring father and daughter to a harmonious understanding?. 'In thafand sh succeed not only In tbl purpo. which 1 rather Secondary, but in her main oblect that of bringing to ber hov shrln th man who bellvd him elf a woman-hater. -Th play waa don her by Blanche Bate eeveral season . :' ' -'.''. Th hlnlng light or last nignt s per formance was unquestionably George Bloomquest, that sterling young actor whoa vogus amounts, locally, almost to madneaa -He 1 seen aa Alexander Alry. a frothy, "unconsidered trifle." a Mr. Daly designated him., ambitious for liivg conquests, but meeting with doubt ful sueceaa It la a refreehlng piece ot light eomedy Mr. Bloomquest gives. H I breesy by nature and . haa a rare power of aultlng hi facial xprlon, which 1 no trill to th utterance. On or two of hi scenea last vnlng. no tably that- which- follow his ejectment I from th baroness' - apartment,; war thoroughly artistic. - . Miss Count lsa. has - not appeared . to better- advantage in many . week than as . th baroness." Her " wooing , of the astut Rutherell In th first aot and th reading of the beautiful story of th Ilttl Image, th inoldent upon whlcn'jUi reconciliation depend. . were- accom plished splendidly.- Mr. DUls oxoela in pur eomedy roles, but h waa neverthe? leas equal to th occasion In portraying th broken-hearted, aristocrat, John Rutherell. ; Mr. Baum was convincing throughout a th scientific, theoretical student who has learned all about women In his books and wants non of them -only to bar com a toy In the hand of on of them. On of Mr. Barren choicest impersona tions 1a that of th old . organist Mr. Bowles " appeared. .only jlwjc as florl Ragoleft, bnt scored both times. ' - Mr. Bernard bad a small part as Stuyve. Charles York gav a good idea of Mos sop, in dialect.---Th. second .and third feminine roles wer excellently handled by Ml Douglaa and Ml Brandt ' But th play's th thing. It is full of Dalyness. -- . - - ' . 4 . "Your heart, complains- th ingenue, "has been a regular hotel, changing boarder vry $4 houra" ' "Well,"- respond, th Juvenll. not th least disconcerted,- "I treat them, wall whll thy ty." "--- Say th Baroness: "True, a woman can do anything with-a man unless ther' another woman. ' '. "Whr r. you so Uolly t ask this same character. ' ' 1 "Because." replies th senslbl daugh ter, "I hav no time to be unhappy." Th same bill wilt run out the week, aa usual. RACES WHITNET. - -r Mr. Saagwin Idea. ,.'", From th . Brooklyn Eagle. - ' . Tha Idea of a Jewish republlo, under a Jewish flag. Is attractive tn many of thoe who HstftUto th urglngs of Mr. Zangwlll and other, but w Imagln that the number of Jew' who - woud leave Now Ttork to live In a new Palea tine would be about a Israel aa that of the Irishmen who ar willing to re sign American cttlsenshtp to free Ire- land or, Uv ja if, after. It Is fx ---L 'S-aWl' NS-W 00$,&00-1t Scbtland'a Singular - Ckurcli Crisis :r . From th w Tork Herald,' ' J'- ' It la difficult for tho unfamiliar witb Scotland ecoleslasttcal sf fairs to ' realise how completely th people of Scotland ar absorbed In the church crista Every other question, fiscal re- -form, not axoapted, iiaa itaen. . over shadowed and will remain so until par- ' Uament Intervenes, ,ss - every , ones 1 : ' agreed It rtust, and effect a, set tie- ' mnta . ' ' . .- ,r v-,!--. , .. Th Establlslved -Church of Scotland, though not directly affeeted by. th . - case. . I directly Interested in It, , for it is a Presbyterian body Ilk th United Frees snd We Free, and th oueation of th relaxation of th Confesaton of - ( raitn, whioo partly lea to.nne ruptur - among tha Free, Is being agitated In ". th Stat church also, Thua tb mat- ; ,j ter in dispute do not concern on sect .. only, but Scotland being what Itta . s Presbyterian country they ar really; ' ' of national significance. , , - . -Th altuatlon l-unprodntd;-n th iaau of It Is so uncertain that ven,., thoa -moat- Immediately af footed -. on - : Ithej 8lds-wotild-b- hsrd -putto.gtater-" th exact position - of matters. , Th house of lord has produced a stats of ' chaoa in the - affairs of th .largest church" in - Scotland, the. United Fre ; Church, and Scotland is 'wondering what new worlds' will be evolved out ot this) disorder. , . -.- ' ', . -'. . ' -'.The Fee church wa formed In 1$4---by the withdrawal of a great body ofl ' mlnlaters and members from th Estab lished ohurch. They did not renounce r " tha idea of a stat church, but held thst It must be a national church, lndepnd- v ent f th civil maglatrata. l " As yars went by and a ,nw-genr r tlon grew up tbl principle . wa abaiv-. , doned Snd'th Fre. church regarded . . itaalf aa a voluntary church and passed ' - Ureaolutlon tn-favor of dlseatabllahment,-' A remnant, however, .always . adherea to th old ides. - ' - 2 At th m tlrts thaTrechurchi ; . has become - permeated by . th teach Ing of th higher critics, and It hag . ,' revolted against tb harsh Calvinism ' of th Confession of Faith, which d- -clarea that only tha elect can b aaved , and that the rest ot .mankind are or- ' dallied to - deatruotlon. In- the Free ohurchadopted - kJl aeclrlorylet-TlaxnanhCOTrsBtonL-,-of Faith, on this and other point. . TbtSr gava great offenae to the orthodox, r Eight year later tb Pre church united, with another- Presbyterian - body.--th- United -Prasby tartans, who 4 hav nvr believed 4n a stat churcb. ' .- Thia wa th Jaat straw upon th. patience of those Free ctjajphmen who stick to th old establishment- principle. -; snd dislike th high orlUotsm. Thy Stood out from the union and claimed '.. all th property of th Free church on 1 the ground that the .majority .bad aban- doned their principles. Th Scottish. ; court decided agalnat them., but . th , house of lord baa decide tn their favr. ' - The amaxtng results of this decision. I can b lyallsad whn , nna cnoslgnra tn slses of th two sections Th United . Free and th Wee Free There werer 1,104 congregation In th Fre church at th tlm of th union.- Of these 1,071 Joined the union and $ stood out. Ther are three divinity scnoois. to pro- fessors In. them Joined th. union. . The church haa more" than 100 end aIonaabroad.ifivar.."alnglajina otptnaC missionaries -wnlwlth . th Union, Tb- hous of .lord has how: decided that . th whole of -thl organisation; th phurch buildings, ,Ois eVlleges,-ttha . missions snd ths lnvted . fund. amounting to ever i $l,000,000-r-belong not to th' majority, but to. th it con gregation who stood out. . .:' Thara la great Unwillingness to ques tion a decision by th hous of lords. ... Iti Is regarded as right in law. tnouga 1 aoma challenge thia ana.noia tnat.tno hous of lords -was-mistsken- n -Spplyf ' Ing th principle of trot to a church which is not a body wlth-f lxd- artlctaa of sssoclaUon but. a body with Inherent powers -of growth. -.X. " r.- However thl tnay be, every oh is. agreed that th decision cannot be car . rled out In Its ntlrty.-, Th We Free. r oven If they Hook possession 6f every thing, would be unsbls to-carnron ths ohurch. .1 For th upport- or 7 noma charges jon in una, rre n" toTrals mor than I1.000.0Q0 a year, Th Wee Free can raise only $10,000 or ; -$11,000. - Ths same applies to, tnlsslon. which ar mainly supported by current subscriptions snd which tns Wee Free cannot maintain unlee they grow nor- . mously in numbers and rourca However devoted they may d mrm , causa - ot - their church and thalr . d-' Tt vntton 1 rcognlsd throughout tha -t country thy. cannot maintain, th m-.- ehlnery ef a churchy which, has taxed eventh resources of It me mbers In 'j ' th -richer parte of scotiano,. . . : Jvord Davey. on of the Judge who- gav th . decision) - ha himself - ug- , tested thst th fairest way would ba -to dlvld th property In proportion to th ! of th two sections. It la now offlclsliy announced that th grov . emment will appoint a oommllon to consider th present crisis, th terms ofl. th commission to b tatea .mroT ,. - -r. : . January J. 1S05. It snowed last nlglt, snd during this day th am seen ot gayty wa renewed at th second vil lage., .and. all th man returned In . th evaTiin-. '' '- ' -3" ; mow o cV-r azi or mjmT' ""From th Minneapolis Journal. -ttera are aoma of the Tulea Edmund t Rusaell one read to the Eclectic club on "How to Get Rid of a trover: " Step often on ni xei. - ' ' ;. 1 Move your hand a little vry tlm. .;. h open hla mouth. It wUl make hint nervous.--. --j i - --z. s Always rlcil mn ne samirea, e--. Let blm e vou convening with . i ' per lor men whll h lt bord and un-1 v noticed In th background. Do not mov whn n attempts to m- ( brae you. ; . Should h error a care xturn. a mtiwr aslda 1 ' ' '' . - ' Ask him tolov you wnen n is tiiso. t Never laugh when he laugba i hoth should happen to laugh at ths ' aama tlm show that you ar not Uogh- lng at what h 1 laughlng.- - Wbn h want to teu you a story Interrupt him With another on that ,, haa nothing to do -wlthths ons he Is about to Wl you. - . ' . Find fault with ail plana ns maaes for your pleasure. . Aak him continually for thing bej cannot gtv you. - t ". HottMMTtt. From th Philadelphia Press. Csssldy 'Tis a foln red flannel shirt y hov on ya1" v Casey Ay i -its tome sruri . ana a great bargain. J V Cassldy It looka.- good, but do It shrink In the waahin'T Casey I dunno. Shure. rvs only- nasi it monf. -. j , ' .' h.Ai..i.ia 1 . "'""I -Lewis Incl Clark ; -