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s N THE MORNtNG- OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1901. ftg "" V&Q&Xl&t Entered at the Postoffiee at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance Daily, with Sunday, per month $' S3 Daily, Sunday excepted, per year......... 7 TiO Daily, wlrh Sunday, per year. 9 00 Sunday, per year ........................ 2 O0 The Weekly, -per year ............... i 50 The "Weekly. 3 months - 50 To City Subscribers Dally, per -week, delivered, Sundays exccpted.l.c Daily, per week, delivered. Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. Cnltod States. Canada and Mexico: 10 to 14-page paper ..................... ....lc 14 to 2S-page paper ...................... ..-2o Foreign rates -double. .News or discussion Intended for publication In The Oregonian should be addressed Invaria bly ""Editor The Oregonlan," not to the samis of any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply "'The Oregonian." Eastern Business Office 13, 44. -45. 47. 48. 40 Tribune building. New York City: 40? "The Rookery," Chicago; the S. G. Beckwith' special agency. Eastern representative. For sale in San Francisco by L. E. Dee, Pal ace Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros., 233 Sutter street: F. TV. Pitts. 1O0S Market street; J. K. Cooper Co.. 740 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear, Ferry news stand. For sale In Dos Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 259 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 109 So. Spring street. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. For sale in Omaha toy Barkalow Bros., 1C12 Farnam street. For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Dake News Co., 77 W. Second South street. For sale in Ogden by W. C. Kind. 204 Twenty-fifth street, and by C. H. Myers. For sale in Kansas City. Mo., by Fred Hutchinson. 004 "Wyandotte street. On .file at Buffalo. N. T., In the Oregon ex hibit at the exposition. For sale In "Washington, D. C, by the Ebbett House news stand. For sale in Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrick. 906-012 Seventh street. TOD ATS "WEATHER Showers; fresh to brisk southerly winds. YESTERDAY'S "WEATHER Maximum tem perature. CO; minimum temperature, 03; pre cipitation, 0.21 Inch. PORTLAXB, 3IOXDA.Y, OCTOBER 2S. THE SCIENCE OP lUXICIPAIi GOV ERNMENT. "The "Victors" is the name of a new novel published by Frederick A. Stokes & Co., New York. Three men start to gether la a. little town in Michigan. All of them reach 2Cew York, and one of them, Maguire, becomes the. great po litical boss of the city. His aphorisms on "practical politics" are full of world ly wisdom. "'Very well, now," he observes, when wonder is expressed at the enormous power of "the machine"; "what these jays of yours have not tumbled to is that the business men of New Tork will pay good money to be let alone." Of those who protest, and talk about moral and financial reform, he says: These people don't understand the first prin ciples of the American Constitution. They don't know what this great country Is made for. The foundation stone Is liberty. The ordinary. every-day man in the street -wants liberty to -make money; as much and as fast as he can. If you give him that he asks no odds of anybody. He doesn't want to bother too much About politics, or about anything else, txcept the raking of the boodle. Therefore, we officials relieve him of all trouble, provid ing he votes btralght and keeps our side In, so that we can do bis political -work for him in order that he may devote his "whole atten tion to the piling up of his -wealth. He ought to be a grateful beast to us for our care of him, but sometimes "he is not, and this makes pol itics an uncertain game This fits closely. A passage of great er length Is worth quoting, for its clear exposition of methods often employed la application of "practical politics" to the science of municipal government In these United States: "We will take the case of a saloon-keeper on the corner. The law requires him to close his premises at certain hours and to keep them closed on Sundays and at other stated times during the year. The human throat has been constructed without regard to the calendar, and one of its peculiarities happens to be that It Is as likely to become thirsty on Sunday afternoon as It -was the previous "Wednesday. Hence a demand for alleviation. Consequently. Sunday trade is brisk and profitable because there arc more dry throats about the streets that day than any other. The saloon-keeper refuses to pay. Very good. He shall respect the law, -which Is also very good. A police man an incorruptible officer who scorns the surreptitious glass of beer parades In front of the saloon. He does not need to say anything. The thirsty throats pass ilm by and go to the next place. This makes all the difference be tween profit and loss to the saloon-keeper, and there is a touch of opera bouffe about the busi ness. Imagine him attempting to complain that he is compelled to abide by the law! "What are the police there for but to accom plish that very object? The stricken beer mer chant may proclaim, that other shops are al lowed to remain open. Are they 7 It is easy to make rash assertions, but difficult to supply legal proof. The thirsty throats cannot be expected to turn state's evidence upon the man who kept an oasis in the desert, and there can be no other witnesses. But even if a man could summon up proof strong as Holy "Writ, It would have little effect upon a Judge owned by the organization which exacted trib ute. It needs no ghost from the grave to show us that there Is exactly one of two things to do shut -up shop or pay the sum expected. Still, after all, law-breakers are a small minority In any community. The bulk of the people desire to make their living as honestly as may be. "What, then, of those reputable dealers who respect the law and hope rigidly to abide by it? They also have two courses before them. They may sat aside a fighting fund, of necessity much larger than any sum exacted from them by the party In power, en gage an expensive lawyer and defend them selves from court to court, ultimately victo rious, perhaps. Or they may pay blackmail and work in peace. Well, now, why can't good citizens organize to suppress and hold down this sort of thing, and various other abuses and vices, including official blackmail? The truth must be told. They don't want to. The Independent (New Tork) of October 17 has a pow-J erful article on this subject It is a tremendous indictment of the "better element" of citizenship. "The strength of Tammany," says the Independent, "is not in the ignorant and vicious classes, but in the respectable, church going, well-to.-do "business classes; .and Tammany knows it, and they know it, and everybody who Is not a simpleton knows it." The Independent explains that "the average business man, right down in the bottom of his heart, does not want an unflinchingly honest busi ness administration." He wants a "pull" on his own account; he wants an administration that will wink at his encroachments on the sidewalk; one that will favor him in assessments; one that will let liim use sand for cement in building, violate the ordinances against soft coal and the storage of noxious materials, and not be too par ticular about the use of property for questionable or Immoral purposes for such property usually yields highest In come. Here you have it The municipal eatesman, in his study of the science and application of practical politics in municipal government, will soon dis cover these fundamental truths, and he banks on them.. The remedy suggests Itself, but it "is not likely to enforce it self. Mrs. Roosevelt" "wife of the President, Is credited with the remark tfcat any woman with common sense can dress well on 5300 a year. Some of the -women of the swell setuanswer that $10,000 a year -would not be too great a sum for the wife of the President; and they In timate that the present lady of the White House will show herself lacking in taste and spirit if she do not spend that sum. Of course, it will depend on the standard of "taste and spirit." Mrs. Roosevelt was talking of women of "common sense." GOOD MR. DOLGE. "With the passage of Mr. Alfred Dolge into bankruptcy, there perishes from the earth another of the beautiful dreams of sanguine visionaries. Dolge virle, N. Y., has long been the delight of the tender-hearted. Pullman's model town did no more than Dolgevllle did for its workers. They were comfortably housed, they had no end of privileges and presents. They had good wages, profit-sharingand pensions. Life In Dolgevllle was one grand, sweet song. Thither flocked magazine-writers, cam era In hand, to enlighten the -world upon the long-sought panacea for la bor's ills a recognition of the working man as a man and brother that genial kindliness and financial beneficence of employer that thawed all hearts of em ployes and solved an Immemorial prob lem. Here is a career that forces pity while it may evoke a smile. Dolge is a Saxon by birth, and at the age of 53, when he should be enjoying the fruits of a lifetime of useful and honorable en deavor," he is in Southern California whither he may have gone, either to die of chagrin or spend his closing days in peace. His successful years gave great promise. He perfected the manu facture of hammer-felt used in pianos, and led the world In its production. He supplied piano factories everywhere with sounding-boards also, and turned out 1500 pairs of felt shoes every day. He made Dolgevllle. Its people, his employes, numbered 2500 souls. He gave them broad streets, electric lights, a picturesque park of several hundred acres, schoolhouses among the best in the state, clubhouse, gymnasium, lec ture hall, reading-room, library and bowling alley. This admirable man's theory was that If you deal justly, and even liberally, by your men, the work given in re turn would be ample repayment for the outlay. He set aside a portion of his earnings and put it into a premium fund for specially good work, a life-insurance fund, a mutual aid society and a building fund. Enjoyment of all these blessings was secured by only nominal co-operation on the part of employes. He set aside money for pensions, accru ing in graded amounts after specified terms of service. He built houses for his men and sold them to them on in stallments of $10 a month. He distrib uted earnings on the endowment plan. All this elaborate scheme was crowned by the annual reunion and banquet, at which the proprietor and his 2500 em ployes fell upon each other's necks, passed loving cups and offered testimo nials of reciprocal- esteem. These bright occasions, when the "healthy, in telligent, contented appearance of the work people" not only "bespoke pros perity," but ''showed what may be done 'by the well-directed energy of one man," were the inspiration of re formers, and almost persuaded the skeptical to belief in the philanthropic theory of business. Nothing much is to be said of the sad end of this story except that an other model has collapsed and gone to join the way of unnumbered 'similar en terprises. There Is, we may be sure, something radically and fatally wrong with their attitude to the workingman. Not Pullman's model town nor Car negie's benefactions suit the workman's sense of justice or win his respect A man wants what he earns. Anything less angers him, anything more excites his contempt. The man that is any good doesn't want a souphouse opened to him, or free books spread before him, or luxury dealt out in stated por tions by some rich man priding him self on his charities. He wants what Is coming to him. For that he is, willing to fight, and he expects his employer to do the same. It is the glory of organized labor in the United States that it sets the work ingman on a pedestal of free manhood, removed alike from the degradation of the slave and the servility of the sup pliant beneficiary- of private or public charity. He doesn't want favors from church or state, or from "the quality"; he wants his rights. The millionaire needn't do anything for him but pay him what he owes him. If the laborer can get what he earns he will pay his own way, clothe and educate his family, rent a ward in the hospital when he needs "it buy his own books Instead of sponging his reading at free libraries. And if the millionaire will pay his labor what it earns for him, he will not have so much money that he can't spend it without turning himself into a gigantic eleemosynary institution. The best thing Dolge ever did was to fail. He may in this way correct misapprehen sions our debonair reformers were fain to draw from his happy home at Dolge xille. DISHONEST 3IILK, ETC. Commissioner Bailey's regret that the state law defines pure milk as milk that is 3 per cent butter fat would have more point if the law did not follow his own -recommendation based on a year's experience in the office of Dairy and Food Commissioner. This is his own definition. However, he fails to take Into consideration the following clauses in the present "pure-food law": Section 3. An article of food or drink or medicine shaU-bo. deemed to bo adulterated within the meaning of this act when (1) any substance or substances have been mixed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect Its quality or strength; (2) if any Inferior or cheaper substance or substances have been bub stltuted wholly or In part for It; (3) If any valuable constituent has been wholly or In part abstracted from it. Does not this adequately cover wa tered or skimmed milk, as well as milk that may be adulterated with so-called preservatives? It Is a notorious practice of milkmen to rob half their milk of its cream be fore delivering it to their customers. They milk their cows twice a day, and "deliver to their patrons 6nce a day. The evening's milk is kept until morning, and then skimmed and mixed with the fresh morning milk. The milk Is then sold as all fresh. The cream is so much substance taken from the' milk, and it is clear gain to the milkman. He does not sell milk with the under standing that he is to retain half Its cream. Commissioner Bailey Invites Portland consumers to send him samples of sus pected milk, and promises to "cause the arrest" of the dealer if he finds them "deficient" Every citizen could do this for himself without a State Dairy and Food Commissioner. And-.every citizen might 'prosecute the vender of fraudu lent milk, even without a "pure-food" law. "Who is required by statute tjo inspect every creamery and cheese factory in the state at least once a year? Must the citizens both do the work and pay others fpr doing it? STANDARD IS TOO. HIGH. The annihilation of the great seaports of the world continues, and at the rate in which they became unfit for shipping in the last ten days it is only a question of a few months when there will be but one strictly first-class seaport In the world. For the exact . latitude and longitude of that one favored port, readers are referred to the Lower Co lumbia papers. The French bark St. Donatien, while outward bound from Portland, swung out of the channel and struck a floating log, causing a slight leak, which was repaired two days later and the vessel proceeded to sea. Dam age nominal. Taking this trifling ac cident for a pretext, the Seattle and As toria papers proceeded to convince themselves that Portland is no longer a seaport. They argued that a port where such accidents happened could not be a seaport. Assuming that they were correct, it is apparent that Portland is going down to oblivion with considerable com pany. f For example, the following dis patch appeared in all of the Pacific Coast papers a day or two after the accident to the St. Donatien: Seattle, Oct. 19. The Board of Survey on the collier steamer Mackinaw, which last Thursday dragged herself across Duncan Rock, at the entrance to the Straits, find the damago to the vessel was much more serious than was expected. The Injuries are on the port side. Fifty feet from the bow is a great hole in the hull, where the vessel struck. Her entire bot tom is scraped from that point to within 50 feet of the stern, where there is another large hole. It will cost probably ?50.000 for repairs. The collier is now in drydock at Quartermaster Harbor. This, of course, is a hard blow on the owners of water-front property in Jlm hlllvllle, for if a $200 damage to a vessel disqualifies a port from being in the first rank, consistency would,' of course, put Seattle far in the rear of Portland. On the same date the maritime papers of the East printed the following: Boston, Oct. 19. Schooner Damon, from Ban gor, while entering port this morning, ran aground on the Lower Middle; will float at high water. Could anything be more distressing? Here is a port that has been seriously regarded as a "seaport" since way back when the tea ships came in and paid no wharfage on their cargo. And yet It cannot come anywhere near grading up to the Astoria-Seattle standard, for even a Maine lumber schooner .goes aground. Poor old Boston! She may be the seat of wisdom and culture, beans and "sich," but as a seaport she is no longer deuce high. Two days elapsed after Boston went off the commercial map of the world before anything serious happened, and then the telegraph told the following tale: Hamburg, Oct. 21. The Hamburg-American liner Phoenicia, from New York, on her way up the Elbe, grounded at Schulau today. She is lightering.' Dunder and blitzen! Right there at the home of the marvelous Deutschland and the headquarters of the greatest shipping company on earth! And "lightering" actually "lightering" ! This surely is an error, for has not the "hammer brigade" at Astoria steadily sought to convince us, and incidentally themselves, that Portland Is the only port on.earth where lighterage was ever known? Hamburg has fallen. She can not reach the Astoria seaport standard, and the fame of owning the fastest and finest steamship in the world cannot save her from hopeless oblivion. "With strict impartiality the hand of fate reached back across the ocean a day later and the Associated Press pa pers all printed the following: New York, Oct. 22. The North .German Lloyd steamer Allen, from Genoa, Naples and Gibral tar, grounded about 4 A." M. on the east side of the channel abreast of the west bank light ship In the lower bay. She floated about 10 A. M. arid proceeded up the bay. At last reports New York was still doing business in a small way at the old stand, but she can never hope to be a seaport so long as such accidents happen. If Astoria succeeds in having her seaport standard generally adopted, we must necessarily cast vabout for a new term to apply to the cities and towns where the commerce of ocean and shore meets. CROWDED WITH STUDENTS. There seems to have been a sudden and great awakening among the young people of the state in regard to the ad vantages offered by the State Agricul tural College at Corvallis for educa tional equipment along industrial lines. The number of students enrolled for the term Is greater than ever before in the history of this old-new college. The present buildings are inadequate to accommodate properly the classes and their work, though the faculty has made ingenious shift to provide space equal to the pressing needs of the pres ent, and the new Agricultural Hall will be constructed, it is hoped, in the near future. The increased attendance upon this college Is a plain advertisement of the agricultural prosperity now prevailing In Oregon. Mortgages have been lifted from farms, new agricultural machin ery has been purchased, the farm buildings and fences have been re paired and smartened up with paint, and the crop returns show a surplus to the thrifty farmer's credit In bank. What more natural and sensible than that he should be willing to devote some of the gains of his own and his family's Industry to the industrial equipment of Ills boys and girls? And what more fitting than that these should choose the "farmer's school," as this state educational institution is called? The quipment of this school Is excel lent; its curriculum Is varied to meet the wants of all who expect to earn their own way in the world by intelli gent, well-directed effort, of the type that makes the head save and direct the hands. Added to these are the pleasures of a most delightful rural community, the direction of a compe- "tent corps of instructors, and the fact that there Is no individual charge for tuition. These things being true, It is not surprising that the State Agricul tural College is crowded to its doors with students, and that there is impera tive need for thenew building for the construction of which provision has al ready been made. The real cause of surprise is that the number in attend ance Is not approaching one thousand instead of five hundred. The recent decision of theJSTew York Court of Appeals granting ffnew trial to Roland B. Mollneux meets general approval. The question at issue was whether or not the prosecution could prove or try to prove a man guilty of a crime not charged against him in the indictment, in order to secure his conviction of the specific crime actu ally, charged against him. The court, in support of its view that a man sh.all be tried only for the crime charged against him, among other things said: This rule, so universally rccognlzad and so firmly established In all English-speaking lands, 13 rooted in that jealous regard for the liberty or the individual which ha3 distinguished our Jurisprudence from all others, at least since the birth of Magna Charta. It is the product of that same humane and enlightened public spirit, which, speaking through our common law, has decreed that every person charged with the commission of a crime shall be pro tected by the presumption ot Innocence until he has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In the conduct of the case, the prose cution virtually put him on trial at the same time for the alleged commission of the murder of Henry C. Barnet, who had died some months earlier from the effects -of the same drug, cyanide of mercury, which, according to the theory of the prosecution, had been sent him by Mollneux, with whom he had quar reled. In support of this theory the trial court admitted in evidence the declarations of Barnet to two physi cians that he had received Kutnow pow ders by mail, which proved to be the same poison which killed Mrs. Adams. The court ruled this to be incompe tent evidence. Severely as Molineux's crimes are held in reprobation, this rul ing is so plainly on the side of justice that the good name of New York jus tice is by it greatly enhanced. Another week has passed, and still Miss Ellen Stone remains a captive in the Balkan Mountains. Her fierce cap tors are masters of the situation, as they would, of course, kill her without compunction, if pressed too hard by troops sent out to effect her rescue. Untrammeled, they could readily elude capture, should it cqme to that. The physical condition of the Unfortunate missionary must be, by this time, piti able in the extreme, as she has been hurried from place to place regardless of fatigue, and has been all this time without change of clothing. Her help less condition may well excite the pity of civilized humanity. Doubtless all Is being done that is possible to do for her rescue, but unless her situation is very much more favorable than the Christian world has reason to believe, she is likely to perish from exhaustion and privation, even if she Is spared a more wretched fate. Personally her situation is a desperate one; diplomat ically it is complicated, and -official measures for her relief are likely to be too slow to be of service in saving her life. The Incident of her capture and detention Is sufficiently appalling in all of its phases to deter, it may be hoped, zealous young women in the future from engaging in the effort to convert the barbarous Turk from Mohammed anism to Christianity. The matter is one wherein a visionary possibility does not justify the actual risk. The New Orleans Picayune says that the notoriety of. the Booker Washington incident will "exert great Influence in causing the migration of Southern ne groes northward." The Picayune is a newspaper of moderation and judg ment; yet this would seem to be a fan ciful conclusion. It appears to pro ceed from some of the Picayune's pre possessions, for it goes on to say: The Picayune has long held that the only reliable solution of the race problem in the Southern States is to hasten the dispersion of the- blacks among the population of the Norths ern States, so that they shall not have pre ponderating numbers In any section, state, city or county. Then they would no longer be a menace to civilization or social order in the United States, and if it should turn outthat this result Is accomplished through President Koosevelt and his particular notions of the so cial relations of the races, his Booker Wash ington dinner will prove to be one of the greatest blessings that could come upon the country. The Woman's Club of this city pro poses to discuss the "color line" at an early date. The evil genius of thai? or ganization seemed to be in control when this matter' was put to vote. A club the rules of which strictly forbid the discussion of politics, religion and tem perance in Its sessions makes a bold venture into the realm of inharmony when it enters the "color" arena armed for battle. It's supreme proof of Depew's brav ery that he lb willing to risk matri mony, and, besides, to marry a woman who speaks four languages. Schley has turned the word "caitiff" into such a good meaning that any man of the Navy might feel flattered to be distinguished by It. Anarchism and socialism have noth ing In common, but nevertheless a good marly people take it upon themselves to explain the difference. England can sing the praises of Rob erts and Kitchener, but she cannot blame Buller for the fact that the Boer war Is not ended. Here to Stay. Atlanta Constitution. The negro is here to stay. It is bet ter that he should be educated better for him and better for all. Much has been done for him already, and much more can be done. The warmest encourage ment Booker Washington received has been from the people In. the South. He was sympathetically received by an Im mense audience of Southern whites In At lanta eight years ago. Wo refer to the magnitude of his work only to praise it and to arouse the whites to friendly emu lation. Let the truth be known that the negroes are going forward! It will the better stir us up to our own work. In Georgia the assessed value of property held by ne groes is placed at $15,000,000, representing a real market value of $30,000,000. Of this sum ?1.000,000, of assessment, or $2,000,000, market value, was added In the year just closed. The wealth of the negroes of the Southern States Is not less than $100,000,000. The building up of wealth follows a sharp ening of the Intellect If the untutored colored men of the past quarter of a cen tury could amass almost half a billion of dollars, why can not the educated negro during the next quarter of a century quadruple the amount? .A Soft Answer That Failed. Chicago Record-Herald. "And always remember this, my son," said the man who was trying to give his boy a proper start in life, "that 'a soft answer turneth away wrath.' " "No it don't," little Willie replied. "Day before yesterday at school I had Charley Jameson nearly scared to death, but I gave him a soft answer, and that made .him think I was afraid, so he got mad and hit me on the nose before I knew about It. You don't get me to go givln' any more soft answers. A good big bluff's the thing to fire at them if you want to turn away wrath." THE OREGONIAN'S HANDBOOK. This Is a Good One. New York Evening Post Closely following the St Louis Exposition- will be one to be held in Portland, Or., in 1905, to commemorate the centen nial anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition. This expedition, under the patronage of the National Government, went westward from St Louis, and reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1805. The expedltloh was primarily one of exploration,, and incidentally one of discovery. The last named feature was most potent as affecting the future of the vast section subsequently known as Ore gon Territory, and now containing three states of larger size, and extensive parts of two others. This gave the United States its first footing on the Pacific Ocean, and opened the way to develop ment westward. Like the St. Louis Ex position, that in Portland is to be a glori fication of territorial expansion and an ex pected promoter of trade expansion. " 'Where Rolls the Oregon.' The Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair," is the am bitious and rather too comprehensive name chosen for the Portland enterprise, selected, some of the literature on the project tells us, "after much careful thought" The idea of the exposition originated with the Oregon Historical So ciety, and has the hearty approval of the Chamber of Commerce in Portland, the Board of Trade and the Manufacturers' Association, all of which bodies arc work ing in -harmony. Direction of the enter prise is in the hands of a company or ganized by 50 of the wealthy and represen tative men of Oregon, and capitalized at $300,000. An appropriation of a like amount is expected from the Legislature, to which is to be added an anticipated subscription of $300,0CO by Portland citi zens, and the $1CO,000 proceeds of a spec ial tax on Portland property, if the citi zens consent. A liberal appropriation will, of course, be asked of Congress. Idaho, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Navada and Utah have arranged for offic ial representation; the British provinces to the north will exhibit their resources, and Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, the South American republics, Hawaii and the Philippines will also figure prominently In the exhibits. Our Commercial Position. Bradstreet's, New York. The centennial celebration of the ex pedition of Lewis and Clark to the Co lumbia River country, resulting in the acquisition of Oregon Territory, will be celebrated In Portland In 1S03. The Morn ing Oregonian, of Portland, has issued a booklet giving sketches of the early ex ploration of the c'ountry and valuable In formation concerning its remarkable de velopment within a hundred years. The territory acquired by Lewis and Clark now contains three of the large states of the Union and the finest stretch of sea coast on our Northern Pacific Coast. Port land in 1S00 was the fifth port in the United States in the volume of exports of wheat and flour. It is also a great lumber-shipping point The population in 1900 was 90, 426. The city is the terminal point for several railroad lines. The official name of the centennial will be " 'Where Rolls the Oregon.' The Lewis and Clark Centen nial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair." Of National Importance. Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. This is an era of centennials. In 1903 that of the purchase of Louisiana will be duly celebrated by the great exposition in St. Louis. Another event of National Importance was the expedition of Lewis and Clark which opened the way for set tlement of the magnificent country in the far Northwest. The City of Portland, Or., will celebrate the great achieve ment with an exposition in 1905. That is an interesting country, and those who wish to obtain valuable Information as to its history and progress can obtain it in the most compact and satisfactory form by sending 7 cents to The Portland Oregonlan for a copy of the beautiful pamphlet which It has just Issued. This Wonderful Section. Nashville (Tenn.) American. We are in receipt of a very attractive handbook on Portland, Or., and the vast tributary country of which this city is the principal financial and distributing center. The book Itself is unique in Its make-up, it is well illustrated and it con tains Information of Portland and the wonderful section of the country tributary which will be found of special value. Portland lays claim to being one of the leading deep-water shipping ports of the United States. The publication of the handbook is made commemorative of the Lewis and Clark expedition to Oregon, an event of historic significance, partic ularly to Tennesseeans. The articles bear ing on this conquest of an empire will prove of special interest Pnclccd With Information. Sacramento Bee. The Oregonian has issued a neat little handbook on Portland and the resources and attractions of the State of Oregon. This publication is profusely illustrated with half-tones, has numerous maps and much interesting descriptive matter. It is packed full of useful information. The booklet is commemorative of the Lewis and Clark expedition, whoso centennial anniversary it to be celebrated by an exposition at Portland In 1905. i CAN DRESS WELL ON ?tfOO. 3Irs. Roosevelt Declares "Women Need Not Be Extravagant. Chicago Chronicle. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Mrs. Roosevelt was discussing her Winter toilet today with a friend and remarked that any woman with common sense could be well dressed on $300 a year. The mistress of the White House further explained that hitherto she had never spent that a year, but she supposed a greater outlay would now be necessary. Mrs. Roosevelt said her plan had been to buy three gowns a year, and to get the best of material and to employ the best artists. These gowns were a street dress of cloth, usually of tailor-made ef fect; an evening gown and a gown which could be used on all occasions In the house. Every season this thrifty housewife has her attire" remodeled and trimmed with the late trifles, and by this programme has always a complete wardrobe of up-to-date costumes. Mrs. Roosevelt believes in purchasing the very best of everything. Her chil dren wear sailor hats, but she pays 55 apiece for them and they last for years. She laughingly acknowledged the sailor hat Archibald is now wearing adorned the head of Kermit for two Summers. Mrs. Roosevelt will go to New York next month to attend to some details re garding her wardrobe for the Winter. She is fond of black and white combination. The gown for the New Year's recep tion, her first official appearance as mis tress of the White House, will be of white sajtin made on severely plain lines and trimmed with old lace, an heir loom. s The" Anarchist of Force. Chicago Inter Ocean. The anarchist has sworn society's de struction. He Is not content to1 persuade civilization to change Its basis, but makes war upon its representatives with the weapons of war. He is inaccessible to the "humane treatment" for which his excus ers plead, because he denies all the stand ards of right and wrong which civiliza tion has set up. Nothing Doing: in Their Line. Chicago Post. The anti-imperialists were startled in Boston yesterday by the suggestion of one of them that they change their name and play Micawber for a while. The rea son for this proposition seems to be that the member in question has discovered I there Is no imperialism In the country. AMUSEMENTS. "Rudolph and Adalph." the funniest and best-acted comedy that has been seen at Cordray's for years, delighted a packed house at that theater last night Dan and Charles E. Mason, the twin stars, who furnish most of the fun, are both German dialect comedians, whose every word and gesture is provocative of mirth, and who keep the audience hilarious all the time without overdoing anything. The company is very strong. The plot hinges on mistaken identity, two Dinkenspiels of identical appearance being taken for each other in a series of complications which become more involved as the play pro ceeds, till it looks as if it would be impossible to untangle it Finally, in de spair of ever being able to get things straightened out, each determines to shave off his beard, and the shaving Is done on either side of a glassless mirror, the two Dinkenspiels posing for each other's reflections, in a manner that Is the most laughable thing in a laughable play. The two wives of the principals, Rudolph and Adolph, one a sweet young thing of 20 and the other a flre-eatlng virago rising 50, add much to the Interest of the tangle. The company is all good. The two Ma sons could not be improved on In their parts. Their dialect is funny because It Is the kind one" hears from the lips of many a German. Their acting is exceed ingly clever, and their singing a feature of the evening. Their best songs were the German versions of various rag-tlme ditties, but they were tumultuously ap plauded for everything they did. Lottie Williams Salter, who plays the part of a Casino soubrette, Is bright and vivacious, and sings as well as she acts. Her coster songs in the second act were especially well done. Estelle Gilbert, as Mrs. Rudolph Dinkenspiel, did a remark ably fine piece of work with her part, that of a savage old termagant, as did also Nellie Maskell, whose cook was as clever a bit of acting as one could well wish to see. Lew H. Newcomb. as Jack Mar- den, and Beatrice McKenzie sing a num ber of good songs very well, and earned fully their share of the applause, which was very large. The Laurence eisters, well remembered by the frequenters of Cordray's, contribute a dance which ehows that they have improved considerably since their last appearance here. The audience was captured from the first, and after that they laughed louder and louder as the play unfolded, until they could laugh no more. There can bo no question that the comedy Is decidedly the biggest hit of the season, and one of tne Digegst since the theater was opend. "Rudolph and Adolph" will run all the week. Wiedemann's Second IVcek. The Wiedemann Comedy & Vaudeville Company began its second and final week at the Metropolitan Theater last night, by presenting to a crowded house the five-act society drama. "A Great Di vorce Case." It proved to be the strongest and best-acted play the Wiedemann com pany has thus far given. It told of the separation of a man and wife through the scheming of a female vampire, a money-loving, heartless creature, and the devotion of a wife, though wronged and abused by her husband. The scenes were dramatically intense and the Interest throughout was keenly appreciated. Frank Long, as Harry Grantly, the di vorced husband, acquitted himself cred itably. Jack McDonald, as Mortimer Theopolis Muggs, gave the best character he has attempted yet Myrtle "Vane made an excellent Florence Grantly, the di vorced wife. Pink Mullally, as B:anche Sterling, the much-worried, soulless, coin getting trouble-maker and separator, filled all requirements of the part. The remainder of the oast took care of their parts commendably. Tonight, "In the Rogues' Gallery." C03IZXG ATTRACTIONS. "A Texas Steer" at the Marqnam Tonight. Hoyt's most laughable satire upon Na tional politics, "A Texas Steer," opens its engagement of three nights at the Mar quam Grand Theater this evening. "In it the playwright aimed higher than In any of his other farce comedies, but at the same time he filled It with fun and merriment. The piece deals with poli tics, both local and National. It carries one into the midst of the intrigues and plots so common with Washington po litical life, and gives the audience a crude but absorbing idea of the ways cf the average politician and ofllce-seeker. There Is a love story interwoven, and an occasional touch of pathos. James R. McCann, as Maverick Brander, is still at the head of the organization. Of the others, Gustave Ncaville. as Major Yell; Edward L. Boas, as Colonel Bragg; Lizzie Kendall, as Mrs. Brander, and Katie Faw cett. as Dixie Style, will also be seen In their original parts. This season two notable Improvements have been made In the Bossy of Lydia Dickson and the Brassy Gall of James A. Devlin. "The Casino Girl." George W. Lederer's latest musical com edy tfb be sent on tho road, "The Casino Will, )(II1 UU OCCU ill. lalU UlUHiUlim J.HV- ater Friday and Saturday nights, and at the matinee Saturday. Of the Casino successes, none has won greater glory than this musical extravaganza, which has a record of enormous popularity both in New York and London. It Is an enter tainment with bright musical numbers, and is interpreted by a company said to be fully equal to Its requirements. Man ager Samuel E. Rork. under whose Im mediate supervision the original New York and London production of the piece is touring the country, will bring his organization to this ' city. Sons of Henry George in Poll ten. New York World. The sons of tho late Henry George aro divided on the Issues of the Mayoralty campaign. Some days ago Henry George, Jr., emphatically declared for Mr. Shep ard and the rest of the Democratic ticket. Yesterday Richard George, his brother, announced that he would support Mr. Low and the entire fusion ticket. Both will take the stump, and it is pos sible that the two brothers will meet In joint debate. a Afrnld of Publicity. New York World. Senator Frye confesses that he has "worked nut a new subsidy bill," but refuses to make public its provisions, say ing. "I am unwilling that Its features should become the shuttlecock of Journal istic comment," Does Senator Frye Imag ine that President Roosevelt will sign a subsidy bill that will not stand the test of full publicity and discussion? Bryan I ilisht. Kansas City Journal. Speaking of Charles A. Towne, Mr. Bry an says: "Some may be disposed to stamp tho word 'failure' on the political career of our distinguished guest" Mr. Bryan is right. The "some" Includes all who know anything about Towne and his career, not even omitting Mr. Towne himself. That's why the silver-tongued spouter quit poll tics for oil. "Where' the Train for llonse?" Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Queeres' kind o' feller never like to roam; All the time a-askln': "Whar'a the train fer home?" Couldn't get ontang'ed from the flowcrln' vines Loved that little village down thar In the pines. Queeres' kind o' feller hardly left the track 'Fore he'd be a-wrltln: "Folks, I'm comln' back!" Nuthin' couldn't hold him shore to find him still Comhv'down thebls road, back to "Wells' Mill. Way he's raised, I reckon jest content to be In the ol' homc-pastur' whar ho felt do free. An thar they'll hoe an' plow him. an never let him roam. Fcrevermore a-askln': "Whar's the train fer home?" X0TE AND COMMENT. Now for seven months of It Our friend the sun has holed up for the Winter. It looks as if Death had transferred his favor from the football game to the auto mobile. General Alger'3 war history has not yet been mentioned as among the first books of the month. Sir Thomas Lipton says he will yet have the cup. Has he been figuring with some expert burglars? Mr. Richard Croker. of England, 13 in New York City. looking after his extensive business interests. The best thing Caleb Powers can do la to be hanged, and have It over with. All trials look alike in Kentucky. Admiral Crownlnshield has been sent to sea. ir Corbln could be ordered into the Held, peace might be restored In Washing ton. Colonel Watterson will find that order ing a keg of mint julep for tho use of every meeting he addresses Is expensive business. If some enterprising imprcssarlo could secure the coronation ceremonies for a New York opening, what a fortune fce could make. Now that General Buller is out of the army, he can engage to eat his Christmas dinner where he Hkes without fear of the paragraphers. Senator Jones has rejoined the Republi can party. Other wanderers would do the like if they were not afraid they would have to go 'way back and sit down. J. Pierpont Morgan, it is reported, is going to organize a warship trust He can get all the big guns he needs from among the railroad presidents in his em ploy. Among current newspaper lllngs at tho fair sex is a story of a husband and wife who, while driving in an Eastern city, turned the corner Into a narrow street and encountered a heavy wagon. There was no room to pass, and the lady. In toplofty tone?, demanded that the team ster go back. The husband mildly 'sug gested that It was difficult for the man to back his horses out of the way, but madam was determined. Finally the teamster said: "Never mind, mister, I'll back out I'm sorry for you. I've got a woman at home just like that." Cresceus, the trotting champion, who is In Kansas City this week, may shortly be seen on the vaudeville stage In an act that Is both novel and original. A vaude ville manager has offered me owner of the horse 513CO a week for 20 weeks. Tho scene is to represent a race track. The horse will be led on the stage booted, harnessed and hitched to a sulky for the race, with all the accompaniments of trainer and assistants. Then a paro ramlc view of Cresceus going at full speed will be produced by the blograph. The horse will then be brought back on the stage, having first been sprinkled with soapsuds to give him the appearance of having in fact gone a fast mile. After ward the trotter will be led back on the stage and the. process of "cooling him out" gone through. ' When Colonel Joyce, one of Cromwells men, went to Holmby to remove King Charles I to safer quarters, there being a plot among Presbyterians to kidnap him, ho took along 3C0 troopers. When Charles stepped out of his house he was con fronted by this considerable force. The King at once asked whether Joyce had any commission for what he was doing. "Here," replied .Joyce, turning in his saddle as he spoke and pointing to the soldiers ho headed, "is my commission. It is behind me." "It Is a fair commis sion," replied King Charles, "and as well written as I have seen a commission In my life." When It comes luncheon time, chats a correspondent President Roosevelt sweeps' his gazo around his office ana says: "Well, let's all go and have somg luncheon," and then marches in at the head of the company that happens to be with him, whether it 13 one man or a dozen. These meals are not formal af fairs. The guests go in and take pot luck. The Roosevelt menu Is simple. The President believes in plenty of plain food. There are usually some oysters or clams, a soup, a roast and some simple dessert. Sometimes there la an entree, and often some dish like chicken pie serves for every meat course. Game Is frequent ly served. The President say3 he can talk better at the table with less fear ot Interruption than In his- office, and he urges everybody with whom he has any particular business to eat with him. One prominent visitor last week said just be fore he left: "Mrs. Roosevelt ought to send me a bill for board. I have beep here two days and I have been twice to luncheon and once to dinner with tho President." The meals are all jolly. Of ten politics is not alluded to, and the gucsto stray off into discussion of hunt ing or the Spanish War. or the care or children, or the merits of Rudyard Kip ling, or' something else equally far re moved from statecraft PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Why They Quarreled. "You are looking beau tiful tonight: I suppose every one tells you that, but I mean It." Brooklyn Life. Plausible Theory. Biggs I wonder why some people are always borrowing trouble? DIggs Probably because It lan't necessary to put up any collateral. Chicago Jfews. A Promise Kert. "Blanche's papa, paid a round million for her Count." said Miss Flypp. "She always raid she wouldn't marry a cheap man," added Miss Klttish. Detroit Free Press. How It Originated. Teacher Why did the Pilgrim Fathers set apart a day of thanksgiv ing? Johnny I s'pose they wanted to play football with the Indians. Harper's Bazar. Farmer- Gray Did you hear the loons lat night. Miss Cltybred? Miss Cltybred Were those loons? Why. I thought It was some col lege boys giving their college cry. Boston Transcript. f Perhaps Fannie Was Envious. Cora Paul told me last night that he wouldn't marry the prettieat woman living. Fannie Then your chanees of getting him are very good. Chelsea Gazette. Dibba (facetiously) This is a ploture of my wife's first husband. Dobbs Grsat snakes! What a brainless-looking- Idiot! But I didn't know your wif was married before she met you. Dlbbs She wasn't. That la a picture of myself at the age ot 20. Tit-Bits. The Eternal Woman. "I know that Justice la blind." mused thu fair defendant, adding the finishing touches to her toilet, which eonslBted of a Tarls gown, a picture hat. and other bcautlfiers; "I know that Justice Is blind, but thank goodness the Judge 13 not." Baltimore American. Her Objection.' "You are not singing that beautiful song. 'I Want to Be an Angel,' with the rest ot us." said the teacher. The llttlo one shook her head. "What's the use of tell ing a stpry about it?" she demanded. "I'm having enough trouble learning to play the piano without bothering with, a harp." Chlca- i so Post