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Newspaper Page Text'I THE HORDING OKEGONIAtf, MONDAY, APBIL 21, 1902. MONOGRAMS MEET DEFEAT THEY SCORE ONE RUN TO PROFES SIONALS' FJVE.. Fleming's Pitching; the Star Feature Vlsnenx'a Men KeJLfi, Down to One Hit. ' The Portland baseball, team, ."won. the sec ond game from tha Monograms yester day afternoon, by- a score of a to 1. The game was a good one from start to finish, and was evenly contested, except In the second half -of the second Inning1, when Portland bunched In four runs, sending Anderson, Hupp, "Nfced and Tigneux across thenlste In? rapid succession. This was caused by errors on the part of the Monograms Infield. In the fourth. Inning Zan made a cafe hit, got around the bases 'and scored on an errOr by "Vlgneux, great ly delighting1 the spectators. Portland lecored again In the fifth, hut after that It wast all off, and Vigneux's colts, try jes they wduld, could not run the gauntlet. Fleming pitched for the Monograms and Shis work was brilliant. -During the. entire (game his opponents made but one safe hit. fxnany of them, fanning out In quick suc cessjon, while others threw up tho sponge (at .first Engle pitched for Portland un ItU the third Inning, when Joe Mahaffcy itook the box, holding it down until tho game; was ended. One safe hit was made off Mahaffcy, and one oft Engle, Zan doing rthe stunt in each Instance. Van Buren (and Hupp, two of Portland'3 new men, (showed up well, especially at tho bat. (Jake Delsel continued his good work at (ehort, and. Anderson, Muller and the rest (of the old guard played consistently. The sensational feature of the game was & neat double play from Parrott to 'Bchmeer In the sixth, "Vigneux and I. Ma l&affey being the victims. The day was warm and sunny, and about 1000 spectators nenjoyed the sport. Ed Rankin acted as lanplre. , , It Is rather early to form opinions con cerning Portland's baseball team, espe cially the now players. However, the fans jtvho have watched tho preliminary games are pleased with the outlook. The Monogram team contains some very teleyer players and, with a little mora 'practice, they will make things lively for everything in their class. Tho Fidelity baseball team has been re organized for the season, and will appear in natty uniforms of navy blue and ma roon. The team, is open to meet any nine Jn the- state, Sonograms and Upchurch preferred. The nine defeated Hlllsboro a week ago in a well-played game, by a score of 8 to 7. The team lined up -as fol lows: Brown, catcher; Hoyt,' pitcher; Newell, shortstop; Charles Gell, first base; Cal Gell, second base; C. Patterson, third base; Senner, left field; Jagger, center field, and Belt, left field. Games have fceen arranged with Newburs and Forest "Grove. T The Portland Academy baseball lads are now "turning out Tegularly, and have al ready -won a victory over the Vancouver 'High School. The boys are in excellent jform, and bid fair to secure the Intorscho lastlc championship of Portland. Litt will captain the team and play second base. "Williams will be .in the box, and Stott -will play his usual position behind the 2at. Chalmers, Johnson and Hughes will play shortstop, first base and third base, respectively. The candidates for field po sitions are Kocrnor, Sutherland, Fcnton and "Wood. Professor H. H. Herdman will coach. Lewis A. McArtbur Is man ager,, with Carleton Harding as assistant. The first game in the city will be next Saturday, with the Portland Business Col lege. On the following Saturday the team will probably go to CorvaJlis to play the Oregon Agricultural College. After that throe games will be played with the Hill Military Academy, and a return game, on P A. fifild, with the Vancouver High School. Other games have not yet been arranged. Bruce Honeyman has been appointed captain of the second team, which Is turning out each night for prac tice with the first team. Harold Bristol, who was the crack pitcher for Portland Academy two years ago, has succeeded In making the 'varsity team at Cornell University, where he Is taking a course In forestry. Bristol ac companied the Cornell team on its re cent Southern trip, and played In eight games. Speaking of the game with tho "University of Georgia, the Cornell Alumni News says: "Tho featuie of the game was the great pitching of. Bristol. For live innings he sent the Georgians out In one, two, three order, and allowed only thirty-two men to come io bat. He pitched the entire game, and struck out eight men." Joe Tinker is a great favorite in the Chicago National League team, and the papers of the Windy City say that he Is a wonderful third baseman. It Is the opinion among Chicago fans that Tinker will "make good," and that he will play at either third or shortstop. Mike Lynch 2ias an even chance to break into the loutfleld, and Jimmy "St. Vrain is doing great work in the box. Salisbury has pitched several games for Philadelphia and is doing fair work. Glendon, at "Cincinnati, Is suffering from a sore arm, Jbut friends say he will be ono of the chosen few. Northwestern Games. SPOKANE. April 30. Spokane, 13; Spo Jsme Athletic Club, L SEATTLE, April 20. Seattle, 2; Ever ett, 0. TACOMA, April 20. First team, 8; sec ond team, 1. Butte Beats Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, April 20 Butte, S; Salt Lake, G. Batteries Gay and Zearfoss; Thomas tand Clifford. Helena Beats A then a. ATHENA, April v 20. Helena played terrorless ball in tho first game of tho sea son today, and defeated Athena, 3 to 1. The homo team's run was- scratched in Shalcer, otraed by Dr...Tcnn CI Lac, T Gordon setter "''''','""-r'. " r n r-rt-o fooeeiioaooooo3tt,,ata:,00, ,,,..--,,,.. 1' during the seventh. Flannerv. at short -was the stellar attraction. OREGON CITY WINS. Hlllsboro Baseball Nine Is Defeated, 13 to 4. OREGON CITY, April 20. Hlllsboro went down to defeat before the Oregon City baseball nine this afternoon by a score of 13 to 4. About 200 people went out to "Willamette Park to see the gsme, which, though full of erroro, was very In teresting throughout. In tho third Inning, Oregon City mado seven rune. Hlllsboro made four runs In the first two Innings, but after that was unable to score. Belt replaced Graham In the eighth inning, for Oregon City. The line-up was as follows: Oregon City. Position. Graham, Belt .p Lee L F Martin C HeCgp3 2 B Davis 3 B Clarke S S McFarland - 1 B Hiilsboro. ....... Mclnnls Mills Swope Nathman ... Bredemelr Hart Yanderzander Callff R f. Bandehaer Rapp c F Somers Buns by Innings Oregon City 0 0 7 2 3 0 0 1 13 Hlllsboro 3 100000004 Struck out, by Mclnnls. 6; by Gr?ham. 6; by Belt, 5, Errors, Oregon City, 12; Hllls boro, 6. One-base hits, Graham, Leo, McFarland, Callff, Clarke, 2; Rapp, 2; Swope, Mclnnls, Somer3, Vanderzander. Two-base hits, Nathman, Callff, 2; Rapp, isomers. Umpire, Ed Reckncr. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburg Beats St. Louts. ST. LOUIS, April 20. St. Louis played another poor fielding game and lost the last of tho Pittsburg series today by a score of 10 to 2. Wicker pitched in fair form. Attendance, 13,000. Score: R. H. E. R. H. D. St. Louis... 2 5 jPlttsburg ..10 12 3 Batteries Wicker and Ryan; Tannehlll and ZImmcr. Umpire Cantlllon. Cincinnati Beats Chicago. CINCINNATI, April 20. The Cincinnati team won the final game of the scries from Chicago today. The game was the best of tho four, and ii was anybody's game up to tho last man In tho last in ning. Attendance, 13,000. Score: R. H. "E.J R. H. E. Cincinnati .2 7 1 Chicago .... 1 6 4 Batteries Phillips and Bergen; St. Vrain and Kling. Umpire Emslio. Rational Leagnc Standing. T3I . Won. Last. P. C. Pittsburg 3 0 1000 Chicago 3 1 .750 Brooklyn, 3 1 753 Philadelphia 2 r CCT New York 1 2 333 Bf&tpn l '3 .250 Cincinnati 1 3 .250 St. Louis 0 3 ' .000 American Lenjrnc Standing. . Won. Lost. P. C. Boston i 0 1003 Baltimore 0 1 .000 Exciting- Game at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., April 20. The base ball game this afternoon between Walla Walla and Pendleton resulted in a score j of 2 to 1 In favor of Pondleton. It was the best exhibition game played hero this season. The excitement was great i from start to finish. The scores were al! 1 IVEL RUSTIC, OWNED EY L. A. KLEIN, SAN FRANCISCO. FRIZE ""IVINKIXG BULL DOG. made In tho 11th Inning. Twenty-flvo hundred people witnessed tho game. REVDZTW OF THE DOG SHOW. Jndse. Fred Mcnscll Praises the Port land Exhibit. The recent bench show of the Portland Kennel Club was undoubtedly the finest exhibition of its kind ever held In the Pacific Northwest, if not on tho entire Pacific Coast. Tho exhibition was a thor ough one, covering many and varied classes of dogs, and was managed with a degreo of accuracy that speaks well for its promoters. Fred Mansell, the English fancier, who judged the show, certainly demonstrated his knowledge of dogs, as his awards were just in every instance. Speaking of the show yesterday, Mr. Mansell said: "I feel that I can hardly allow my first visit to the Pacific Coast, in pursuit of .my favorite occupation, to pass without some public expression of satisfaction with tho treatment which has beon Itccorded me by the members of the Portland Kennel Club. Coming, as I did, from the largest and best-ordered ex hibitions of dogs in England, and with a familiarity with dogs extending over a period of 40 years, I assure you that I was most agreeably surprised at the order. cleanliness, and thoroughness of the Port- Portland. Clans winner Laddie dcjjs. yaco'-a.pe.eoo- SSTff land show. In my opinion, the exhibition, as far as tht quality of. sporting -dogs was concerned, compares very favorably with the best English shows. "It is difficult for tho minor breeds to make up such numerous exhibits as are seen In my native land, but I can say that I have Judged many English shows that wore considerably Inferior to the one just closed. The promoters of the Portland show are a self-supporting body of ama teur dog breeders, and a more willing and energetic set of people I never mot. I was quite prepared for the large attend ance, for It has been my observation that wherever the English-speaking race re sides, there, too, you find an Intense love over domestic , animals. I can say fur ther that I am truly grateful for an op portunity of visiting the great West, a part of the world I have always longed to see. "In regard to the dogs themselves, I can ray .that the beautiful bitch that carried off first honors would sell for 100 in Eng- land. She is a beauty, and would win honors at any show. All the different class winners, especially the pointers, set- ters and cockers, are very valuable ani mals. In a few more years the Pacific Northwest will be able to cope with any part of tha globe as far as exhibition dos are concerned." Photographs of several of the prize-winning dogs ue shown on this page. Cycle- Racea at Vailsbnrar. NEW YORK, April 2a The estimated number of persons at tho Vailsburs cyclo track today was 6CO0. The feature of the day was tho quarter mile, flying start, for profcsslomlK. It was won by the National champion, Frank Kramer, In 2S 2-3 seconds. This creates a new world's record. J. A. McFarland, of San Jose, CaL, was second. Tho old record was made by Dr. A. L Brown, of Decatur, in., October IS, 1S4. In the five-mile handicap for profession als, both the National and the five-mile J champion were beaten. Kramer took tho lead with the bell, but In tha home stretch Fenn, the five-mile champion, overhauled him, and McFarland, coming fast behind, managed to beat thsm both out by a few inches. Iowa laws require Jus of easoline to ba labeled. By a recent decision the seller of aa untasrs Juc of the fluid rauat pay tbo dam age caused by an exploeloa following a girl's attempt to quicken the kitchen fire. trv W., owned by Charles IL Carter, rendietqn, Or. Prize pointer dog of the show. DUKS, ST. BERNARD, OTOfED BY THEO. A. GODEL, ST. BERNARD DOG IN SHOW. BUSY ON FIELD AND TRACK OREGON ATHLETES TRAIN FOR IN TERCOLLEGIATE GAMES. Meets "With Pacific and "Washington Still in. the Air Bnlltosscrs Are Active. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, April 20. Despite the unfavorable weather which has prevailed most of the time during the week, the campus oval ha3 presented a lively scene each afternoon, with men practicing field and track events, under Wright has been clearing land in the the direction of Trainer Redmond. The Molalla country, and first noticed the fa men are rapidly developing Into form, and talltles among 'the pheasants during a everything will be In readiness for tho warm spell last November. At that time tryout, -nhich will take place next Satur- day, on the racing track at Bang's Park. The werk of Trainer Redmond is show ing up splendidly, and the 'varsity will haye a team this year that will make It interesting for all comers. There promises to be some keen compe tition in some of the events, and it is ex pected that the tryout Saturday will de- i velop tome valuable new material. Cap- tain Payne is, of course, a winner suro in the half and quarter, but thcro will bo new entries in the half-mile run In the ' persons of Oaks and Rlddell, both from The Dalles High School. Oaks will do the half In good time, and will prove a valuable man. Johnson, from the Eugene High School, and Harnes, from, the Cot- tage Grove High school, are the leaders ' In the pole vault. Johnson docs -the vault " In beautiful form, but has not yet gone over nine feet. Sheldon, Williams and i Graham are working at the hurdles. Shel- j don has something of tho characteristic i stride displayed by California's men last year, and ought to do the hurdles In win- j nlng time. Fred, Lewl3 Is doing splendid- t ly in 'the 100-yard dash, and is covering 20 feet In the broad jump. Henderson , Is showing up well in the broad Jump, ' and will also be a prominent man in the , weights. Henderson is one of tho best physically built men in college. Grlder ! is doing 3C5 f eot with the discus, which Is i but four feet less than the championship ' throw made by Fields of Washington, and ' now that the champion from the north . has quit college, Oregon ought to make j a favorable showing in this particular t event. Redmond is in good health thl3 , Rnrlnjr nnil if ho fturrtwdn Jn rimlnlnir ! his old form, be will be a serious factor in the quarter-mile run. Meet With Pacific Doubtfnl. Tho matter of securing meets seems still to cause considerable trouble for Manager Goodrich. Pacific University asked Oregon early in the season for a meet, but now Manager Glbsdn is dolay- I irar matters by refusing to meet Eusreno unless the relay race is cut out. The For- ' est Grove people say they cannot And ma terial in 10 men for a relay team, and that, insomuch as Oregon will havo a euro tin tu. uo uii.u0 vi-uicoc uiuvu !!. siug3 were found in the crop. The same having practlcod this event before thl3 from these completely sealed tho lntes year). the meet should be held without , tlnes and brought about a slow death, the relay,. Manager Goodrich thlnlss Pa- oir. Wright found about 100 birds that clflc University has as good chances for . were in this condition. The quail were a relay team In 10 men as Oregon will . also affected In the samo manner. have at Seattle, and that since Facifio was the first to ask for a meet, Oregon is net bound to make the concession of abandoning the relay race. This event appears in all other intercollegiate track meets, and there is no good reason for cutting it out with the team, from Pacific University. If the meet with Pacific falls through, Manager Goodrich has the rromle of one with Corvallls. It Is thought that the Oregon Agricultural Col lege has material for a good team this year, and would make thlnga interesting for their old-time opponents, the boy3 of old Oregon. Trouble. "With Washington. Tho trouble with the Unlvorslty of "Washington lies in the controversy wheth er or no Seattle should be permitted to enter men la the track events from tho -ft PORTLAXD. BEST Law and Medical Schools. The con tract between the two universities re mains yet unsigned, but things will prob ably soon be settled In & manner agree able to both sides. Balltosaera at "Work. The baseball men are practicing each night on Klncald Field. Next Saturday a practice game will bo had with a picked team from the faculty, and on the follow ing Saturday a match game will likely be played with Willamette University, at Salem. Peat ICIIIh Off Pheasants. Deo Wright, of Mol&lla, reporto a new pest that Is killing off Chinese phcasantr in hi3 neighborhood. It seems that the birds on the lowlands have been feeding on small slugs, which clog up their throats and cannot be swallowed. Mr. ' he 3aw a number of dead and sick birds. but supposed that they had been wounded during the hunting season Just closed. y m a i i I I i I VICTORIA NIPPER, OWNED BY E. L. REBER, SEATTLE. NER OF SECOND PRIZE IN OPEN DOGS. Tbe same fact was noticed during the warm, days In February. As thero had beon no hunting at that time, Mr. Wright thought the case peculiar and investigated it. A number of birds were captured and examined, but no trace of gunshot wounds was found. A number of them were cut ' open and dissected, and In all cases small Golf Meet This Week. The annual Sprlr;r golf tournament of the Waverly Golf Club will be held Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of this week. Many visitors ara expected to enter from Seattle, Tacoma and the British Columbia cities. Whitman to Meet Idaho. The track athletes of Whitman College and the University of Idaho will hold their annual' dual field meet at Moscow tomorrow. In tho coldest partB of Siberia a rainbow may sometlme3 be seen .all day long la a cloudless sky. It Is supposed to be due to the reflection of the sua oa fine particles of. snow in tte air. Qreson's Jessie XI, owned by ly F. Wnmslcy, Pendleton, Prize animal in the whole show, and winner oC nine first and npeclal premiums. FISHERMEN'S NEW SPQRT SPORTSMEN CAN NOW BIAKE CASTS for black: BASS. Oregon. Streams Have Beea Surrep titiously Stocked 'With. Gaxaest Fish ox Earth. Native Oregoniana generally are up to date In all that pertains to trout fishing, but few of them know anything about baas fishing, which is considered superior sport at the East, because it Is only lately that there has been any baS3 fishing in this region. Although it Is not definitely known when or where boss were intro duced here, as they were. It appears, in troduced snrreptitl6usly by several par ties, at 'different tjmes and In different places. It la now generally knbwa that there are a number of pieces of water not far from Portland which aro well stocked with bass, and also thai there are many places In the Willamette where fair bassr fishing can be obtained by thbse who know how to fish for bass. Willamette Slough, on tho Columbia, and Willamette Falls, at Oregon City, are the most accessible points where basB are caught. There are many persons In the state who have learned bass fishing hi Eastern, or rather "Western" waters, for the Upper Missis sippi and its tributaries and streams emp tying into tho Great Lakes, furnish the finest bass fishing in the world. Now many Oregon sportsmen are look ing forward to enjoying the sport of bass fishing, of which they have heard so much, and are anxious to learn all of the Eeorets of. the "art," which Is quite dis tinct from that of trout fishing. There are several varieties of bass, the gamest of which is the red-eyed, small mouthed, vicious kind, which Is the true black bass, and as game a fish as swims. Tho next In esteem -with sportsmen Is the Oswego, or large-mouthed green bass. Both these varieties of bass are now to be found In the waters of this region, but there are several other and inferior kinds of bass, as the rock bass, striped bass, which have not knowingly been Introduced here, which Is a good thing, as no one cares to fish for them when the little mouthed black base and the big-mouthed green, or Oswego bass, are available. It may be added here that In the vast region east of the Rockies, where the stream? and lakes are inhabited by all the different orts of baBS. the same fish has different names in different sections, and there i3 a chance for endless disputes in regard to varieties of bass, but small mouthed black bass and big-mouthed bass are the species whose acquaintance all fishermen desire most particularly to form. The baits used in bass fishing are nu- t merouB, and run from that old stand-by, the "angle or earthworm, up tirrougn live minnows, frogs (small) and crawfish, to a great variety of artificial baits, as spoons of many kinds, phantom minnows, rubber frogs, hellgrammltes, etc., while at times a bait of 'salt pork, with a bit of red flannel attached to the pork, is a great killer. The person desirous of enjoying the sport of bass fishing in Oregon will, there fore, see that he has to make himself ac quainted with the tastes, and likings of the ba6S for many kinds of baits, both WIN- natural and aryflclal, beside the artificial fly, which he may investigate later. Thrro is one bait urcd in this region which Eastern bas3 fishers know not of. and which is the moat deadly lure for trout of all kinds, and which will doubt less prove as effectual with bass, that Is -"salmon roe." This deadly bait la tabooed by all "spprtsmen," but they all use It just tho same, at times, and If a bait of fresh salmon roe does not cause any bass, black or green, big or Httle-mouthcd, to lose his presence of mind, then bass are su perior In. intellect to other fishes. All kinda or any kind of tackle may be used In fishing for bass, from the fancy split bamboo, down to the plain cane or bamboo pole. Bass fishing is different from the generality of trout fishing, aa the baas favor larger streams and deeper water, and much bass fishing is done from boats, but there are many places where opportunities can be found 4for bank cast ing. At suitable times differing with iiia seasons, bass will be found In swift rif fles. In quiet, shady pools, In eddies under bluff banks, on sand-bars below Islands, and in deep sloughs; In short, in any placo where food Is borno along by the current, or where it Is whirled around in eddies before going down stream. With these few pointers and others that may be obtained from books, or better, frcci old fishermen, there will be no trou ble in the skillful Oregon, trout fisherman Or. Teddy Roosevelt, owned by D. prize. English, setter t becoming. a eklUed bass fisher,. If hecan .only find- where tK bass mOstongre-t gate. TRAUf TO 3IEBT STANFORD. aahinsrtoa Athletes Expect to Wis Meet on. May 2. SEATTLE. Wash., April JO. The ath letes, o the. University of Washington are training industriously for thtlr duat field' meet with Stanford University, which, event will occur in this city on May 2; Tho 'varsity men believe that they can defeat the Southerners, and 30 men are now at work under the direction of Cap tain Fred Chestnut. In the sprints, Washington will be rep resented by Pearson, Biggins and Chest nut, all threa men being exceptionally fast. Pearson and. Higgins both have recorda of 10 1-5 seconds for the 100-yard dash, and Hlggins, who ran for the Uni versity of Oregon in 1S97. has; a record of. 33 seconds la tha 220-yard dash. Pearson, Huntoon and Klnner are doing good.-work in the 440-yard dash, and Twitchell, Hill and Boetskes are looking out for the dis tance runs. In the Jumps, Washington will bo represented by Grant, Ccsgrove and Pullen, while Sergeant and McDonald will look after the vault. Both men are doing better than 10 feet)ln practice. In the weights, Sberer, Richards and Gard ner are the best men in college. Gardner has a record of 114 feet for the discus throw; and. In practice has thrown the hammer 110 feet. In the shot-put, Mc Donald has done 87 feet 4 Inches. The, relay team will consist of Huntoon, Chest nut, J. Pearson and R. Pearson. The Washington men are firm in the be lief that they will lower Stanford's col ors, and they are confident of winning from any college in the- Northwest. The second meet of the season will oc cur in thla city on May 16, when the dual meet with tho University of Oregon will be pulled off. Two years ago Oregon de feated the University of Washington In this city, by a score of 62 to CO. Last year the annual meet was held in Eugene, the Oregon team winning by 68 1-S to 5SVS. The "Washington men believe that they will turn the tables this year, and say that they will score twice as many points aa their opponents from Oregon. After the meets- in this city, the Univer sity of Washington team, will cross the mountains and "hold dual contests with Whitman College, Pullman Agricultural College, University of Idaho, and the Spo kane Athletic Club. SECOND GUN CLUB SHOOT. Local Sportsmen Contest In Handi cap Trophy Series. The. season shoot of the Multnomah Rod and Gun Club handicap trophy series wag held at the Irvtngton. shooting grounds yesterday afternoon. It was an ideal day for shooting, the attendance was large, and come excellent scores were made. If the clubmen continue to show up as they did yesterday. Portland can look for a good share of the -honors at the North west shoot to be held here June 2, 27 and. 23. The contest Is at 25 targets at unknown angles, and the following- are the scores that were made: Carlon, 24; Remington, 24; Abraham, 23; Powell, 22; Winters, 22; Gowanlock 22; Oregon 22; Montelth, 20; Eubanks, 17; Gulst, 1": Bateman, 13. In the morning practice the results, were: Morning; practice 25 10 15 25 30 v IS Winters 21 S 15 23 26 8 .. Remington 17 T 13 22 Abraham ., 21 7 1J 23 23 7 12 Gowanlock 15 T 7 14 4 .. Montelth ..'. 20 .. .. 21 .. .. 8 Gulst 17 6 5 IS 21 4 7 Sidney U 7 6. .- T! .. .. Halver 12 .. 3. Carlon 20 9 11 13 Powell JT .. 10 Eubanks T Ellis 18 .. .. 11 Pugh 14 Hudspn 18 Graham ..., ,.12 .. .. 13 Oregon 15 Jones Gust 5 7 Bateman 13 Lndlea' Nlptht at the Club. The Indoor athletic committee of tho Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club has Issued Invitations for a ladles night en tertainment at the clubhouse this even ing. A g6od programme ha3 been ar ranged and a pleasant evening- assured. The Sale of Little Rhody. Springfield Republican. The syndication of the Etate of Rhode Island has finally been perfected, and Its sale to monopoly for private profit Is complete. Thla Is made evident In the hasty passage of a bill by the State Legislature Incorporating the "Rhode Island Company:" With power to lease, purchase, acquire, hold, possess, exercise, use, enjoy and dispose of property, rights, contracts, powers, privileges and franchises of any and every jras company, electric lighting company and street railway company in corporated under the laws of the State of Rhode Island; and with power also to acquire, hold and dispose of the stocks, bonds, securities ami obligations of any and every such company, and of any and every corporation, wherever organ ized, which owns or controls at least a majority of the stock of any such com pany. This clears the way for the merging of al! the. lighting and street railway companies of the state into one great security-holding concern like the North ern Securities Company or the United States Steel Corporation, and a beginning will at once be made of absorbing the gas, electric lighting, and railway com panies In Providence. The capital stock of the company at the outset is fixed at $2,000,000, but this may be Increased to any amount on vote of a majority of the stockholding interest. No limit is placed upon the charges which the com pany, through its sub-companies, may Impose on the public, save that they must not exceed the rates in force at tho time of acquiring the sub-companies. Within that limit the company can do as it pleases. It appears to bs above public regulation; and while the measure, aa at first considered, mado the contract be tween the state and the company spe cifically perpetual for all practical pur poses. It says nothing On thla point aa finally enacted. Thus Inferential!? tho grant Is a perpetual one. In return for these extraordinary privileges the com pany is to pay Into tho State Treasury a franchise tax of 1 per cent on gross receipts from the sale of gas and electric ity, and of from 1 to 15 per cent on gross, earnings from Its street railways up to 1905 and 2 per cent thereafter. P. Ewna, dog-u, novice Portland. First class.