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time ngo Mr. Daniels resigned and
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as publisher of the Four Track News.
But It Is gratifying to his many friends
that IiIb old associate and a man uni
versally liked, Mr. W. B. Jerome, Is
still at tho helm as special agent of
Now York Central lines at La Sallo
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OUR TRADE WITtf CHINA.
EDITORIAL J
The election for tho second tlino of
Gcorgo 13. Chumbcrlaln, a Democrat,
to tho ofllco of governor of Oregon, a
strong Republican stnto, Is ono of tho
resultB of tho recent political battlo.
Four years ago tho Republican par
ty was split in twain by factional
warfare, which fact gavo some cnuso
for tho succoss of Chamberlain, but
this year ho faced a united party, and
his victory Is a llttlo short of mar
velous.
Tho New Ago will not attempt to
offer n prediction as to tho ultlmato
result, but It seems very plain that
unless a halt Is called something very
Lcrlous will happen to tho Republican
party as a political organization in
thin stnto.
Tho Orcgonlan, ns well na tho lend
ing speakers during tho campaign,
dwelled upon tho necessity of electing
tho head of tho ticket, and tried In
vain to convluco tho voters of tho ut
ter foollHhncHs of putting n man In
olllco Hlmply bocnuao ho was n "good
fellow," when ho was a member of an
opposing political party.
Wo cannot vlow tho ro-olectlon of
Chamberlain in any other light than
n very rcgrotnblo eplsodo, nnd that
It will bo so regarded by Republicans
everywhero goes without saying.
A Philadelphia man saved a woman
who weighed 200 pound from drown
ing at ono of tho Eastern watering
places tho other day. The report
says that ho held her up with ono arm
nnd Bwam ashoro with tho other. At
las had an easy job compared with
what tho Philadelphia man had to do. disposal
"What Is lovo?" asks a Philadelphia
lady In a pathetic letter to ono of the
editors In that city. Whoro savo In
Philadelphia could a woman who felt
tho need of editorial help in such a
matter bo found?
Tho lady who got married nftor
writing "Tho Memoirs of n Bnby" has
Just becomo a mnmma. Now she will
hnvo a chanco to dccldo whether thero
ought to bo a sequel or not.
Ambassador Cheng Discourses Be
fore Cleveland Business Men,
Oloveland, Jnne 8. Sir Cheng Tung
Liang Cheng, tho Chinese ambassador
at Washington, was a guest of honor
and the principal speaker at a dinner
given by the local chamber of commerce
today. Ho paid an eloquent tribute to
the memory of the late Secretary John
Hay. He dwelt at length on the in
creasing opportunities fqr American
commerce in China. Ho said in part:
"China and tho United States seem
to bo admirably situated for close com
mercial relations. With a chain of
insular pucseasions extending across tho
Pacific, tho United States has its trad
ing poBts at tho very gato of China.
Even now the cotton mills of tho South
depend upon tho China markot for the
of their products; for China
takes from tho United States moro
than half of its total exports of cotton
manufactures. Even now the mills ol
tho Northwest find China a good custo
mer for their flour.
"Tho commerce between tho two
countries has steadily grown to Its
present proportions in spite of all dis
couragements and restrictions. With
a hotter understanding of each other's
needs nnd conditions there is every rea
son to bolteve that the growth will bo
much moro rapid in the future."
CATS IN ANCIENT HISTORY.
CLAIMS COPYRIGHT ON VOICE.
An Illinois girl who desires to be
como a great pianist hns taken an in
strument Into tho woods nnd will do
her practicing there. Isn't sho enti
tled to a Carncglo modal?
Cnrrlo Nation has left Kansas. So
thero is nt least ono place on earth
that Is glad it got left.
DEATH FOR THE INSANE.
BAD BEEF SLEW SOLDIERS.
General
At tho national prison congress nt
Qulncy an old topic was brought up
for dlsciiHHlon anew when n dclegato
suggested legislation permitting In
turablo porsonn to tnko their own
lives and nlso legislation authorizing
tho stnto to dispose of tho permanent
ly Insane nnd Irredeemably criminal
nnd Incurnhlo by putting them to "an
cosy death."
Passing over tho pertinent obser
vation of nnother dolcgato that re
fornm nro undertaken to snvo llfo, not
tn destroy It, ono may ask whero theso
lmmauo advocatex of wholosnlo
lolling would begin nnd whero
they would stop. "Uso ovory man nf
tor hl deserts," wi'h Hamlet, "and
who Hliould 'flenpo whipping?" Do
claro that tho insnno nnd incurnhlo
and hopelessly criminal or vicious
.must dlo for tho snko of social health
nnd progress, nnd who will ho snfo in
theso days of fearful and wonderful
tbcorlcH of degeneracy and Us vari
ous "stlgnmtu"? Consult Ixmbrosa
end Ferrl nnd Max Nordau, nnd very
few of us will 'senpo branding as de
generates. If thero Is nothing tho
mnttor with tho lobo of your car or
tho color of your hair, or tho slro
and number of your Angora nnd toes,
something Ih suro to bo wrong, In tho
opinion of tho "exports," with your
political or Hoclal or literary opinions.
Modesty not tho most conspicu
ous trait of our scientific criminolo
gists. They aro an cocksuro ns they
nro merciless, Every distinguished
man of tho ngo, except Alfred Austin,
has been weighed nnd found wanting
ly tho criminologists, And how froo
ly tho term "lunatic" Is applied to
persons who nro a dozen yenrs In ad
anco of tho mass Is, or should be,
notorious. Theso advocates of gcntlo
deaths and lothnl chambers would
croato a social wilderness and call It
progress. Torrlblo as tho problem of
ino sunmergcij is, society will prefer
to gropo on nnd stick to Its present
religious nnd moral precepts, regard
less of tho solemn wnrnlngs of tho
social pathologists Wo aro not yot
cu "tho other sldo of good and ovll."
Miles Says Disclosures Aro
Not Now to Him.
Kansas City, Juno G. GonornI Nel
son A. Miles, who is horo on his way
to Colorado to address tho State uni
versity etuudents, said tonight:
"Tho disclosures about beef nnd
othor packing houao products now bo
ing exploited are no nowa to mo. I
know it seven years ago. I told what
I knew then. Had the matter been
taken up at that tlmo thousands o(
lives would havo been saved. The
adulteration of food products is tho co
lossal crlmo of the times.
"I bellovo that 3,000 United States
soldiers lost tholr lives becauso of adul
terated, Impure, poisonous meat. There
is no way ot estimating tho number of
solldors whose health was ruined bv
eating Impure food. I know only of its
harvest among tho soldiers nnd can
only guees how many lives it has cost
tho republic.
"I havo a barrel of testimony on tho
eubjrct in tho way of ntlldavits that I
collected whim I mado my investiga
tion soven yenrs ago. Tho investigat
ing committee closed tho cnao nnd re
fused to hear tho 200 witnesses wh.iai I
had ready. At that tlmo I could hnrs
secured tho testimony of 100,000 men
that tho canned beef sold to the army
was Impuro, ndultorated and unwholesome."
Sousa Accuses Phonographs of Pi
racy and Injury to Music.
Washington, Juno 8. At the hear
ing on tho copyright bill today John
Philip Sousa, the composer acd band
conductor, testified that in every ono of
tho catalogues of tho manufacturers of
taixing maenmos was a list ol some
twenty to ono hundred of his compos!
(ions, but ho had yot to receive tho first
cent for what ho regarded as this "pi
racy." Mr. Sousa condomned tho ma
chines roundly.
"I toll you tho human volco Is not
heard as It used to ho," ho said, "and
I prophesy that tho vocnl cords may by
their tll8iiBo becomo usoless.
"Ano'.hor ovldonco that theso ma
chines aro taking the musical initiative
from our people is that tho sales of the
banjo, tho mandolin nnd tho guitar are
greatly decreasing nnd tho dcnlers toll
mo this is on account of tho Increased
use of tho tulking machines."
Victor Herbert followod Mr. Sousa,
speaking, ho said, for many brother
composors, for the provision in tho bill
intended to protect their rights.
WATER DELAYS TRAFFIC.
Cloudbursts on tho Columbia Play
Havoc with O. R. & N. Tracks.
The Dalles, Or., Juno 4. As tho re
sult of a series of heavy rains yesterday
afternoon, culminating In a eevore
cloudburst at ono point, throo bad land
slides have occured on tho O. R. & X.
roadway in consequence of which there
is anothor hlockado of trafllc, although
a large forco has been sent to the scene
of disaster, and hopes nro entertained
tint tho trackB will bo cleared today.
Two of tho elided took placo bet Keen
Qulnn and Hlalock, and are each fully
300 feet wide, with from one to seven
feet of debris deposited on the tracks.
The worst elide, however, occured at a
point three miles east of Hlalock, where
a heavy cloudtmrat came down the
canyon and carried out three bents of
the railroad bridge, cutting out a ditch
35 feet in width and 18 fee deep.
A force of 250 men was tent out from
this place in response to the demands
of the situation along tho main lines,
while 60 additional men were dispatch
ed to the Columbia Southern line at
Ulgge, where steady showers have pre
vailed all day, delaying tho trains, but
causing no washouts of the tracks,
So far as known there were no fatalities.
HIO.HT MAN IN RIGHT PLACE.
During tho twenty odd years which
Mr. Geo. H. Daniels served tho New
York Central IIhcb na chief of lta pas.,u,,s,on,
City Will Investigate.
Chicago, June 4. The city has de
cided to appoint a commission to in
vestigate the conditions at the stock
yards, with a view to determining how
far tho recent criticism of innthols em
ployed is justified, Mayor Dunne to
day, after a conference with Health
Commissioner Whalen, decided to ask
the co-operation of the Federal govern
ment, and the authorities will be asked
to name several members of the com-
Sulcldo Clause Invalid.
Albany, N. Y., June 8. The court of
Appeals yesterday affirmed th cost and
judgment of 12,202 In favor of Anna T.
Fago, of Wyoming county, against tho
Supreme tent of the Knights of the
Maccabees of the World, a fraternal or
ganization. Tho plaintiff's husband,
whojield a policy, committed suicide,
and despite tho fact that tho by-laws
stato that no benefits shall bo paid to
tho honetlcfariea of a member who com
mits suicide, the lower courts awarded
tho plaintiff a verdict and the highest
stato court has affirmed tho Judgmont.
Denver Wants Big Convention.
Denver, June 0. A movement was
launched yesterday at a meeting of the
Denver Convention league to bring both
great national conventions to this city
two years hence. Especial effort will
he made lo secure the Democratic con
vention, but an invitation will bo ex-
tenueu to notii conventions, it was
agroet that at a meotlng to be held In
the near future, Judge JohnI . Mulltna,
Democratic committeeman for Colo
rado, and Hon. A. M. Stevenson, Re
publican committeeman lor this state,
will he officially notified.
Always ask for the famous Genera
Arthur eigar. Esberg-Gunst Cigar
O., general agents, Fortland, Or.
Pat Feline Caneed Adam 'Whole
hot of Trouble with Ilia Wlrea.
We have read with great Interest
your scientific arttclo about cats, de
scribing how tho electricity developed
In their backs and tnljs by friction had
exploded a gas tank, etc, statements,
and It Is recorded In tho Talmud that
when tho Lord gavo unto Eve n cat to
console and comfort her after being
banished from Eden sho was particu
larly charged to beware of the sparks
einunntlng from the cat's back during
thunderstorms, nnd to go bnck still
further, when Adam's first wife, tha
lovely Llllth, quarreled with her but
band It Is said tho trouble aroso over
tho fact that Llllth Insisted upon hor
cat sleeping on tho foot of tho bed.
Again we aro told that tho lire in
Noah's ark was kindled each morning
by spnrka from tho cat's tall; and, by
tho wny, this cat was sneezed from the
nostrils of tho Hon In tho nrk, at the
Lord's command, In order to destroy
tho rats and mice which overran tho
hip.
Although the cat Is nowhere mention
ed In holy writ, an old Arab legend re
counts that Phnroh's daughter, tho fair
Norlda (tho ono who found Moses In
tho bullrushes), was extremely fond of
cat, and while she In her tent snt
knitting socks for little Mose tho cat
would play with tho ball of yarn.
And Herodotus tells us of the swnrms
of cats that bung around the houses
of the slaves when they were build
ing, the pyramids nnd when tho cats
became sick from overeating bey
would wander off to tho banks of the
Nllo to get Bomo catnip, and ho nlsr
Informs us that In tho thirtieth dynas
ty of the Egyptian kings It was a capi
tal offense. to kill n cat, nnd that wbeo
ono died tho master of tho houso cut
olf his hair, whiskers nnd oycbrowi
nnd sat In a public placo covered with
sackcloth nnd ashes, and nt this tlmi
cats wcro cmbnlmod nnd mummied by
being soaked for seventy days In Na
tron, tho belief being that at tho gen
eral resurrection their spirits would
return and Inhabit their bodlc.
Wo may horo say that wo have In oui
twHsessIon tho only mummied cat In
this country (although thero aro
number In tho Urltlsh museum), whlcb
was taken from a tomb In Thebes.
Thero Is one peculiar trait In felines.
In case of danger tho mother cat will
always pick out first from her litter
tho toms nnd tnko them to a place oi
safety, letting tho tabs look out foi
themselves, Thero are hundreds ol
other queer things. about cats which
would no doubt Interest your render!
If you could sparo tho space to havt
them described. Now York Herald.
"Oldest Hunk in the State u( Washington."
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The old custom of having tho minis
ter and the school teacher "board
round" is not wholly forgotten, ns li
seen In an Incident reported by tin
Florida Times Union. Tho parhon Is a
successful circuit preacher, who In hit
younger days was sent us a missionary
to Florida. Tho town was off from
any railroad line, and was sparsely
populated. Tho new minister gathered
tho people and told them that ho in
tended to establish n church; that
churches brought schools, schools bot
tlers, and settlers prosperity.
"I havo no money," ho said, "but 1
Intend tlmt you people shall care foi
me. What can you do for tho preach
er I don't Intend to put tho burden
of my living on any ono family, but
upon all of you, turn nnd turn about
I will not go, however, whero the latch
string Is not hanging out of tho door.
What can you do for tho preacher?"
Ono old lady, who had a dim recol
lection of n small church In tho piny
woods of Georgia when sho was a girl,
aid:
"I kin cat him, but I can't sleep
him."
"That's good," responded tho pnrsoa
"Now who next)"
"Well, If Bister Jenkins Is gwlue to
eat htm, I'll ngreo to sleep him, but
I can't wash him."
"Thnt'H good. Who next?"
Hero nnother sister spoke up : "Well,
I reckon I can wash him, but I ain't
much on b'llcd shirts."
Whother any ono was found to "bllo"
tho parson tho story does not state.
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Huneblnsr Auuhcruirloa,
"There's u young man who's u money
saver. He'll be rich some day."
"What's he done?"
"Well, for one thing, ho married a
girl whose birthday comes on the Mtn
of December, ami ho Insisted on being
married ou that day, too." Cleveland
Leader.
Tate yitol Trouble,
"Mr. IMchley hud nothing but prals
for your work for him lefore the dtl-
tens' committee." said tho friend.
"Yes," replied tho lobbyUt. gloomily,
"nothing but praUe," Philadelphia
Ledger.
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