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Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck. 900-812 Seventeenth street; Louthan & Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets; A. Series. Sixteenth and Curtis streets. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers, with south erly winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 62; minimum temperature. 43; pre cipitation, trace. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. It), 1002. AX OREGON LYNCHING. It has been so long since a lynching took place in Oregon that within recent years the assertion has been frequent that the history of the state is free from the disgrace of such episodes. "While this is not strictly correct, the self respect and orderly habit of our people are such that the law has almost with out exception been permitted to take its course. Coos County, In particular, the scene of yesterday's outbreak, nae pun ished its offenders with exemplary promptness and rigor. The certainty that the negro wretch would have' met condign punishment In due process of law is chiefly pertinent, however, in stamping the weak and foolish deed of mob law as unnecessary as well as lawless. No such outbreak of lynch law should be suffered to pass without severest reprobation, for the eradication of lawlessness from Its life Is one of the things most to be desired by any community. Especially in a new and ambitious region like Coos Bay, the effect of an occurrence like that re ported from Marshfleld can only be .to militate against both capital and set tlement. "Who does not know that the horrors of Southern lynchlngs hang like a pall over the industrial development of "the black belt"? Honesty impels, however, the cogni zance of extenuating circumstances. This outbreak was conducted, if there are degrees in crime, with quiet and decorum that contrast favorably with similar affairs elsewhere. There was no display of infuriated attacks upon other negroes, no disgraceful melee and scramble at the conclusion of the scene. The crime was one of those unspeak able vile offenses for which no legal punishment seems adequate, and the execution of the lawless verdict was done with a grim and quiet determina tion which reduces the disorderly influ ences of the outbreak to a minimum and carries with unequivocal meaning its message of swift vengeance to oth ers who may be called on to face a like temptation. The reflective will draw an indirect lesson from the episode, which may temper somewhat the bitterness with which Southern problems are apt to be viewed in the North. The victim of this Marshfleld lynching and his crime Itself are legacies of, the Importation of Vir ginia negroes into Southwestern Oregon some years ago to take the place of striking miners. The experiment was not justified by its results, which In clude this negro's crime and punish ment, for the Imported blacks were gradually displaced by -the former em ployes when the difficulty between op erators and workmen passed. Probably not to exceed 100 negroes re main in the employ of the coal mines of that region, which have a combined force, above and below ground, of per haps 1000 men. The hundreds of ne groes remain in the vicinity, and yes terday's occurrence Indicates that they are a menace to order and contentment "We can see here how vitally the com munity at large Is concerned In matters which private concerns are apt to re gard as their exclusive business. "We can also sea how great the temptation to the employment of lynch law must be in a region where a large por tion of the population consists of brutal and Ignorant blacks, and where sparse ly settled rural communities live in con stant fear of assaults and irremediable dishonor to the women they love and have sworn to protect. "We would not do injustice to any one In so serious a matter, but It seems to us that this lynching, as well as others in Northern States, may be In some measure indirectly attributed to the in crease of Southern lynchlngs and to the considerable body of public opinion that has been enlisted in their defense. Law lessness can breed only lawlessness. Lynching is more certain to breed crime than order. So long as lynching is up held on any grounds, it will not only prevail, but it will increase". No crime, however revolting, justifies resort to mob law, whether in Oregon or South Carolina. There is a blot upon the his tory of Coos County that can never be erased and, can only be dimmed by greater circumspection from now' on. Oregon will be in next year's table of lynchlngs, whence it has long been proudly absent, and from the Southern papers we shall hear admonitions that the Pacific Coast is estopped from con demning Southern lynchlngs. The Portland National bank state ment shows a gratifying increase of business in the past year. Every Item except capital is materially greater than last year. Deposits have Increased 52,296,107 10, or nearly 25 per cent Cash in the banks is only $895,323 64 greater, indicating that most of the money Is out at work, as it should be. However, of the additional money the banks have out. only $619,790 8 is in loans and dis counts, while S8S7.604 58 is in bonds and stocks. This may be taken as an Indi cation that there is comparatively little local demand for money in mercantile or industrial pursuits. Continuance of this condition Is likely to crowd money into development of natural resources as the only alternative of unproductive idleness. A HERO OF GETTYSBURG. The last New York Legislature ap propriated $12,500 for the transportation to Gettysburg, Pa., of fifty survivors of each of the New York regiments be longing to the Twelfth and Twentieth Army Corps in the war for the Union to attend the dedication of the eques trian statue of Major-General Henry "W. Slocum, which will take place today on the Gettysburg -battle-field. Governor Odell and- staff will be present, and the family and military comrades of Gen eral Slocum. General Slocum was a native of New York who was graduated from "West Point In 1852. ranking No. 7 in a class of forty-three members, which Included Generals D. S. Stanley, George Crook, A. V. Kautz and Alexander Mc Cook. He resigned from the Army In 1856, became a lawyer In Syracuse and was elected a member of the State Leg islature as a Democrat At the out break of the war he was appqinted Colonel of the Twenty-seventh New York Regiment, and fought it so gal lantly at first Bull Run that he was made Brigadier-General of Volunteers in August, 1SGL In the Peninsula campaign of 1862 General Slocum commanded a division at Gaines' Mills and at White Oak Swamp, and was promoted to a Major-General of Volunteers In July, 1862. He won further distinction at second Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam, and was promoted to the command of the Twelfth Corps, which he led at Fred ericksburg and Chancellorsville. 'At Gettysburg General Slocum commanded the right wing o our Army. Under General Hooker he joined the Army of the Cumberland after Chickamaujra, in November, 1863. and August, 1864, was appointed to the command of the Twen- tietn Army Corp3, which was the first of General Sherman's troops to en ter Atlanta after Its evacuation. When Sherman moved from Atlanta on Sa vannah, General Slocum commanded the left wing, and In the march from Savannah to Goldsboro, N. C, received the whole brunt of General Joe John ston's brilliant surprise of Sherman's Army at Bentonvllle, N. C, March 19, 1865. General Slocum, with the Four teenth and Twentieth Corps, stood off Johnston until dark; then he sent a young Lieutenant named Foraker to ride through the enemy's lines and tell Sherman, who was with the right wing, composed of the Fifteenth and Seven teenth Corps, of his danger. Young Foraker, who was only 18 years of age, got through, and Sherman started to Slocum's relief, and General Slocum, In his account of this last battle of Sher man's Army, said he was glad to say that "Lieutenant Foraker," who volun teered for this daring service, had since been Governor of Ohio. Since Slocum's death he has become United States Sen ator. After the war General Slocum re turned to the Democratic party and was three times ejected to Congress, from Brooklyn, X' Y., but he was always a , broad-minded, intensely patriotic man;' he fought the Tammany Ting in the state, fought the' McLaughlin ring In Brooklyn municipal politics. He was a very pure, high-minded citizen, who, whether in peace or war, always placed his country before party. He denounced the pension Vol! as unduly large, and said that if he were Pension Commis sioner and given authority to purge the roll of illegitimate persons, he had no doubt that the annual appropriations for pensions could be reduced to at least $100,000,000, and probably $75,000,000. He was an able writer and lecturer on the military operations of the war, of which he had special knowledge, and he al ways held that Hancock was the real hero of Gettysburg, and said that Meade wanted to retreat the night of the sec ond day, but was outvoted by his coun cil of war. In which General Slocum supported General Hancock's view that the Army should stay and flgbt it out. General Slocum saved Sherman's Army at Bentonvllle. N. C, for Joe Johnston had completely outgeneraled Sherman and struck one of his wings with his whole army. Nothing but Slocum's stout and skillful resistance saved him until Sherman came to his relief. Slocum served in every battle .of the Army of the Potomac from Bull Run to Gettysburg, inclusive, where, next to Han cock the victory was due to Slocum's care of our right wing. Transferred to the "West, General Slocum commanded the left wing of Sherman's Army on the march to the sea, and through the Caro llnas, commanding not less than 30,000 men, when he was but 36 years old. It Is fitting that New York should erect a statue to Slocum, for he was the most distinguished soldier in the Army of the Union who was born and bred in the Empire State. FRENCH GASCONADE. The recent speech of M. Pelletan, the French Minister of Marine, at a ban quet In Tunis, Is of no sort of serious consequence. Either the Frenchman had too much wine in or he Is a polit ical crank whose utterances will be promptly disavowed by the French Government M. Pelletan has In turn used offensive language to Italy, Ger many and Great Britain. General An dre, the French Minister of "War, was gully of a similar indiscretion at a ban quet a few weeks ago. The German press calls the French Minister's utter ances "a champagne speech," and that is probably what It was. Emperor "William of Germany has more than once at a banquet made speeches equally foolish. The English press also laughs at the Frenchman's speech. There Is not the slightest prospect, near or remote, of any trouble between France and any of the great powers of Europe. All France desires Is to be let alone. It Is true there Is a Jingo party in France which has been trying to stir up feeling against England for some years past because of the Fashoda In cident, and England's conduct during the Boer "War, but without success. The French Government knows that England has twenty-nine first-class battle-ships against seventeen for France and Russia combined; Knows that Eng land has forty-one first-class cruisers built and building against thirteen for France and fifteen for Russia. A war between France and Great Britain could not possibly be undertaken suc cessfully by the former power, even when backed by Russia. Within thirty days after a declaration of war England would attack the French fleet In the Mediterranean and in the English Chan nel with double the French naval force and defeat 'It. Then would follow the blockade of every Important seaport of France, which would soon bring France to terms. France -does not want any war with Great Britain, and when M. Pelletan Is sober he knows It There Is nothing remarkably in theact that at a convivial banquet his tongue escaped from his best control. There is not a nation In the world that has not had to apologize for the loose talk of gov ernment officials at political banquets. Frederick the Great became involved in war with France because he made wicked Jokes at a banquet about Mad ame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV. The reckless talk of the young officers of the King's household troops at a banquet at wllch Marie Antoinette and the King were present Increased the flame of popular insurrec tion in the first year of the French Rev olution. Lord George Germain drank too much wine at a banquet and forgot to send Sir William Howe a peremptory order to make a junction with Burgoyne sure by having his troops at Albany by the time Burgoyne reached Tlcon deroga. Even Webster sometimes said things at public banquets and even in formal political speeches which could only be explained upon the ground that when the wine is in the wit is out. This Is the only explanation of some of Emperor William's speeches. It Is the explanation of much of Andrew Johnson's discreditable talk. Europe will only laugh at M. Pelletan and bid him beware of talking politics when the bottle Is passing rapidly to and fro. All men feel arrogant or opulent or pugnacious when they drink too much, and Frenchmen are no exception to the rule. . HENDERSON DISCREDITED. The signed statement of Chairman Al brook, of Speaker Henderson's district, wired to The Oregonian and printed yesterday, tends' to put the Speaker's withdrawal In much less favorable light than he appeared from his own unsup ported assertions. Observe that Mr. Albrook is himself most conservative on the subject -of tariff revision, loyal to protection and very doubtful about the potency of tariff reductions In their bearing on the trusta If this is the way Chairman Albrook talked to the Speaker, his utterances fall far short of Justifying Mr. Henderson's characteriza tion of them as free trade. Little weight is to be attached to the editorial rage of thick-and-thln party organs, like the New York Sun and Philadelphia Press, which feel impelled to resent anything that can menace party success. But the accumulating evidence that the Speaker was more or less disingenuous In his announcements cannot o lightly be set aside. The op position to him among the Republicans of his district, though ominous, seems not so much based upon his tariff views as upon other complaints; and disaffec tion with his administration In the House had apparently reached propor tions sufficiently portentous to Justify apprehension. Another aspect of the affair he will have difficulty in smooth ing over Is the embarrassment heaped upon Secretary Shaw, with whom the Speaker has been closely affiliated and whom President Roosevelt has called Into the Cabinet They are all In error, however, who fancy they see In the shock thus Indi rectly administered to the no-revision wing of the party a sign of evil omen. The place for tariff discussion and tariff action Is the Republican party, and none are so Inimical to its welfare as those who seek to stifle all agitation of the subject and to cram down the people's throats the falsehood that there Is no difference of opinion among Re publicans on the tariff question. The only hope for the party's continuance In power lies in the prospect that discus sion will make clear the right way to revise the tariff and control the trusts. In the light of open day let these probr lems be considered and the remedies ap plied. Only so can the party retain the confidence of the masses. Deceit and hugger-mugger lead only to defeat THE VACATION HABIT. The Summer excursion season came to a close on the first of September. Passenger agents of all lines agree that it was the most active season in the history of railroads. From Eastern cit ies the travel to the seashore was far in excess of that of any previous year, and the patronage of the short-haul trips was so large that It was Impossible to provide adequate accommodations for it And all this in spite of' the fact that the Summer was remarkably cool, a condition that has a tendency to dis courage traveling for pleasure. We have, however, the fact upon undis puted authority that more people left home for longer or shorter Journeys be tween the first of May and' the first of September of the present year than ever before In the annals of a flitting genera tion. The causes are not far to seek. In the flrst place, the abounding pros perity of the country, extending to in dividuals, gave them money for good clothes and traveling expensea Wage earners not only had money for the necessaries of life, but they found them selves with a surplus that admitted of a "lay off." Whether or not they were wise In taking one, the future will de termine. One, thing Is certain, they had their "trip" and generally enjoyed it, and it is not improbable that the mem ory of It may be a solace when "hard times" again supervene and the wage scale is lowered to meet the changed conditlona Closely following prosperity as a fac tor In excursion activities is the growth of the vacation habit The "go fever" is actively contagious, and under cer tain conditions becomes epidemic. Until within relatively recent years the Sum mer vacation, with Its attendant jour ney, long or short, was taken by com paratively few. Conditions have been reversed, and the stay-at-home Is now the exception. Modern facilities for traveling have contributed to the growth of the vacation habit, and, in deed, have rendered Its phenomenal growth possible. Properly Indulged, this habit Is restful, by making the subject tired in another direction; healthful through Its means of taking the thoughts of the ailing Individual away from himself and centering it upon other things, and enjoyable In the sense that everybody enjoys doing what everybody else does. Wi.th these counts in Its favor .and prosperity behind It, the vacation habit Is likely to continue to expand, regardless of the fact that unduly indulged, it depletes the family savings and caters to a spirit of unrest under the name of rest The poultry exhibited at the State Fair Is a credit to the exhibitors and to the state. No branch of rural Indus try In Oregon has shown mo're marked Improvement In recent years than has poultry-raising. While,' judging from late exhibits, there is little room for fur ther Improvement In breeds, there Is room and demand for the extension of the poultry Industry In the Willamette Valley. The high price of eggs and chickens in our market at present, and the fact that our Thanksgiving and Christmas supplies in both of these lines will be largely snipped in from other states, furnish sufficient proof of the correctness of this statement. It Is a matter of pride that flne fowls can be and are produced in Oregon. It would be gratifying to be assured that there are enough of these to meet the de mands of the home market. If this ex hibit teaches anything beyond the fact that there are some enthusiastic poultry breeders In the state, It Is that we should bb done with candled eggs from Iowa and gaunt fowls from California, In the opinion of American and Brit ish experts, ,the infantry syetem of the German Army is Impracticable In ac tion. To the dismay of the Emperor, his guests at the late maneuvers at Templehof field and at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, who were Invited to criticise the system, were unanimous In the ex pression that it is a primitive organiza tion which would tumble together like a house of cards under a galling fire of long-distance artillery and other weap ons of modern warfare. The drill of the German Infantry Is severe and Its movements are perfect. In compact or ganization there Is nothing else like It In the world. With short-range guns It was practically Invincible, but with artillery that annihilates distance and rifles with a range of 4000 yards it In vites destruction. At least, this Is the opinion of Generals Corbin, Wood and Young, who witnessed the late maneu vers as the Emperor's guests, and of Generals Hamilton ,and French, of the British Army, who' were there in like capacity. General Young, who is fresh from the Philippines, and General French, who was In SMith Africa, have had experience In modern warfare which has taught them that compact ness in the movement of troops on the battle-field can but result in wholesale carnage and defeat The hints given the Kaiser are timely, and will doubtless be acted upon, since he is one of those who believe profoundly that a. nation's life depends upon the Invincibility of Its army. Judge Charles B. Storrs recently killed his friend. Major Charles A. Smylle", on an Adirondack lake, mistaking him for a deer, and Herbert Short, of Cleveland, N. Y., was shot and mortally wounded by his companion, who mistook him for a deer. These accidents are without excuse. No man has any right to shoot at "big game" In the woods until he is absolutely certain as to what he Is shooting at. It is true that under this rule some "big game" might escape, but there would be sufficient compensation In the fact that no human creature had been potted. A long list of "big game" slain would be small consolation for kill ing a fellow creature in reckless anxi ety to secure it. The wonder is that such accidents should seem to be far more numerous in old states, like Maine and New York, than they are in new states, like Oregon. Possibly some of these Eastern sportsmen deliberately In tend to pot some of their offensive near relations or unwelcome friends, and re sort to the pretense that they mistook them for "big game.". .William Rufus, King of England, was killed accident ally by one of his friends while hunting, but the friend fled the country, as it was not safe in those days to kill a King, even unwittingly. The young Queen of the Netherlands Is back to her post of duty, having to all appearances recovered entirely from the Illness that so recently threatened her life. Wllhelmina is of sturdy Dutch fiber, and may yet triumph over the marital mistake that within the flrst year after It was made so nearly ended her life and reign. Her husband, 'the stolid and brutal Prince Henry, has probably been brought under some de gree of control by the Queen-mother and the States-General, and she, having outlived her romance, will no doubt be able to pass on, unvexed by his neg lect, to a serene old age. Such a les son the lesson of indifference to what at one time promised to be great happi nessonce learned Is never unlearned. It Is not likely, therefore, that the brutal neglect, Indecent excesses and gross extravagance of the Prince Con sort will ever again have the power to menace the life of the Queen of Holland. She will take these things more ration ally after this, and no doubt In due time gladden the hearts of her loyal subjects by presenting them with an heir to the throne, perhaps a large family of them, as did her revered kinswoman, Victoria of England. Mother Nature, contrary to her wont, has supplied the needs of her children In Labrador and Newfoundland this season abundantly. According to re ports, the fishermen have had this year the' biggest catch of cod and haddock taken on . those weather-beaten coasts for forty years. In some places It has been Impossible to care for the catch, so fast wa3 the haul. With an abun dance of the "fruit of the sea" In store, these hardy folk face Winter cheerfully. Sympathy Is wasted upon them under such circumstances, since they would not exchange conditions and surround ings with any other people on earth. The tribal government of Indian Terr rltory will expire by limitation in 1906. A meeting of the chiefs and governors of the five civilized tribes will be held at South McAlester on the 25th of the present month to formulate a plan for bringing their territory into the Union when the time comes, without the polit ical handicap of a Junction with Okla homa. There are evidently some poli ticians among these chiefs, to whom the possibilities of the United States $enatorship are alluring. The late W. Si Strattcn, the million aire mineowner of Cripple Creek, was In 1895 an enthusiastic supporter of Bryan. He, however, lived to see the fallacy of the free-silver contention, and four years later threw his influence and drew his campaign check in favor of McKlnlgy. He believed Implicitly in Colorado, and was liberal in his public benefactions. He left no children, and It Is supposed that, the larger part of his Immense fortune has been devised to, the state The feeling in the City of Mexico for the adoption of the gold standard Is srrid to be growing apace, and the Mexican Herald says: "The country looks to President Diaz and Finance, Minister LImantour for safe piloting .out of the region of monetary reefs and shoals, and will not be disappointed. When the government acts it will be with wisdom and energy." SPIRIT OF THE NORTHWEST PRESS Protection Needed for Range Flocks. Welser Signal. The two-mile limit law in Idaho Is at least peaceful, and Is far more satisfac tory than the Oregon system. In the lat ter state flocks have been mercilessly slaughtered by armed men. Oregon needs some kind of a law to stop that. Posters Don't Do the "Work. Seattle Times. One of the Chicago theaters has fol lowed the example of all of the Boston and many of the New York theaters in" giving up poster advertising In order to buy more!,space In the newspapers. The managers 'at these theaters do not deny that poster advertising may be valuable, but .they find that fox; their business newspaper publicity Is so . much more valuable that they consider Inexpedient to do all their advertising In the dailies. An Equine Orepron Acrobat. . Albany Democrat. One of the attractions at the state fair at Sacramento, Cal... is a horse, which dives from a height of 40 feet Into a tank of water. He Is trained and owned by Ed Mosher, a former Albany young: man. Mosher flrst trained a horse to make the dive for some California men, by -whom he was employed, when they concluded they could save a big expense by running him themselves. They saved the expense but the animal won't dive without Mosher. Mosher then trained another horso, for w,hlch he gets $100 a dive. Before Taking, It's Different. Yakima Washingtonian. In a recent Interview, Herb Baker, of Goldendale, said: "For a railroad commission? I should say not. Why. we have a little town of only S00 people and in It we raised $15,000 to help build a railroad. Walt un til we get our road built and then we'll think about a commission Our road Is the Columbia & Northern, it Is to run from Lylo to Goldendale, a distance of 42 miles, and then to be extended on to North Yakima and Toppcnish. 52 miles further. Already 35 miles are graded. .The iron has been purchased." Snre Preventive of Fires. Whatcom Reveille. The genius of -the Post-Intelligencer's editor shone forth Sunday In a fresh place. He. submits an Interesting disser tation on forest fires and what he terms "two practicable suggestions as to meth ods of preventing their ravages." For the edification and permanent enlightenment of men who clear land we submit the "practicable suggestions" . of the P.-I.'s agricultural editor: One Is the requirement that In the rainy sea son following the removal of timber from the land In logging operations the debris be burned. The other, that the eettlnc of fires for the purpose of disposing of the slashed timber on land In process of clearing be forbidden, save during the months when rainfall I abundant. How beautifully- a Washington slashing would burn just about The middle of the Spring equlnoxl We have only one sug gestion to make that the opposing polit ical party embody that brilliant idea In a plank In their platform. Perilous Performances Unwise. Lebanon Criterion. One of the principal attractions at the Portland Carnival last week was the "looping the loop," a daring bicycle feat In which the rider rode down a steep In cline and then head up and around a loop with his head downward. In nearly every attempt to perform this dangerous feat there was an accident Several by standers were nearly killed and the rider escaped, death only by a hair's breadth. Such performances are a disgrace to a civilized people and should be prevented by Ian. They are no better than a Span ish bull-flght and much worse than a prize-fight. It Is said that great crowds flocked to see the rider risk his life and lustily cheered him on. If people did not care to witness such sights they would not be attempted. Let Portland, which has long boasted of its intelligence and refinement "Go way back and sit down" and give the people time- to redd of the gladiatorial contests of ancient Rome. Is Henderson's a Case of Flqne? Tacoma News. This extreme devotion to the DIngley tariff bill, on the part of Speaker' Hen derson is heroic, but it seems foolish. The United States has had 35 different tariff lawB In force since 17S9, and every one of them has served in a greater or less degree the purposes of "protection." So far as the DIngley bill schedules are concerned, they differ in many respects from the McKlnley bill schedules of 1890. For example, tlnplate was "protected" more heavily by the McKlnley bill than It Is under the DIngley law, and there are In numerable differences between these two high protection laws. But even the DIng ley bill h'as a free list 342 paragraphs In length. It will not do to proclaim that the DIngley bill is a fetish, or an Inspired document and stand for Its lnfalllbiilty In every line. The tariff Is and always has been a good deal of a local Issue. The Republican leaders are considerably divided In opinion as to what ought to be done regarding the trusts. Some, like Congressman Babcock, believe In amend ing the tariff so as to lower the rates on foreign articles which compete with trust-made goods. The DIngley law, like the McKlnley law of 1890, recognizes the principle of reciprocity, and President Roosevelt stands as the most prominent advocate of a reciprocity treaty with Cuba, Speaker Henderson certainly goes to a great extreme in announcing his ad herence to the DIngley bill In every par ticular. It is not a good thing- for the country to have too much tinkering with the tariff, but, as The Oregonian recently remarked, the tariff was made for man, and not man for the tariff. Speaker Hen derson has sacrificed one of the most prominent and powerful official positions in the country for what" seems like a bit of pique over the attitude of his constitu ents on the tariff question. Failure In the Open River Work. Lewiston Tribune. The neglect and delay of the Govern ment officials In carrying out the act of Congress providing for various river Im provements is an unfortunate and costly piece of business. The cause of the fail ure Is that the Government required all the available engineers at the petty and contemptible war mimicry off the New England Coast, while meantime the daws of the land and Industrial needs of the people were held in suspension. The utility of the so-called war game may be understood from the statement that while the exercises were In progress and the military establishment placed on a footing of constructive hostilities with an Invading force, the Duchess of Marlbor ough with a retinue of gallants ap protched the war-ships In a yacht when the maneuvers were suspended In order that she might be entertained and served with tea on board the attacking fleet Thus was the serious reality and practice of war exemplified In exercises requiring the neglect of the National commerce and Incalculable losses to private Industry where needed river and harbor work had been provided for by Congress. Mean while the season when the work should have been undertaken has passed and a full year of progress lost to those sec tions dependent upon tho Improvement of the waterways for the utilization of the country's resources and the carriage of its commerce. This Is not all, and may not be the worst A year's delay Is likely to mean that the appropriations cannot now be expended and the results ascertained In time to report to the 58th Congress for the continuation of work upon such lines as may be found neces sary or desirable. This may involve another two. years delay, and all In order that the Administration may develop a war spirit in the American people Instead of building homes und acquiring the means of cultivating the utilities and graces of peace. OREGON HIGH IN INTELLIGENCE Chicago Tribune. Probably the mcst light upon the pres ent working of a school system Is thrown by the per cent of children between 10 and 14 years of age who are able to read and write. The following table has been pre pared in the Census Office, showing the' per cent of persons aged 10 to 14 years who werereported as able to read and write in 1900 -and 1SD0 the states being arranged In the order of increasing education: 1CC0. I 1890. Tsefcraska 99.66Iowa S9.23 Iowa 99.b3;Massachusetts ...:9.17 Oregon &9.M,onio 9S.92 Ohio S.5lKansas ...stuo Kansas fcMi,ConnectIcut 9s.9 Indiana 9sf.45llliuols , 9t..5 Connecticut 99.4a.Vcbraska ,98.75 Utah S-J.34.New York 93.62 Massachusetts . .S9.3j Wisconsin S8.&5 Michigan SJ.bOjMlnnesota 9S.?i Washington ....99.au,Oregon .98.i0 Minnesota 9.23Mlcnigan .9S.17 Wisconsin 99.2;indiana 9S.C0 New York 99.26, California 97.9J Illinois 99.1SNew Jersey 97.s6 "Wyoming 9-J.jPennsyivanIa 97.82 Vermont 9a.jaWashinston 'J7..5 South Dakota. ...99.AMaine 97.5i California 9S.99 Vermont 9r.5 Pennsylvania ...9S.!J9;South Dakota.... 97.55 New Jersey 9S.hiColorado 97.21 ldahp 98.77New Hampshlrc.S6.63 Colorado 98. te.Montana 26.47 New Hampshlre.98.31,Litah S6.2I DIst. of Col 98.25, Wyoming 9R.23 Ithodc Island ...98.12,ldaho 96.13 Montana 98.v7jRhcde Island 9o.03 Maine a.92,Nortn Dakota S5.53 North Dakota. .. 97.65 DIst. of Col 94.61 Oklahoma 97.26,Mlssourl 9I.4i Missouri 9S.64Ncvada 92.S3 Delaware 95.45;Oklahoma 91.81 Maryland 95.36 Delaware 90.W West Virginia. ..94.74Maryland S0.51 Nevada 9L8eVest Virginia. ...9.16 Kentucky 9l.36iTexas 85.65 Texas 90.74 Kentucky S5.17 Florida ,...86.24 Florida 82. 13 Tennessee 85.0SiTennessee W.-j4 Vlrrginla S4.33jAnzona Arkansas S3.80 Arkansas 77.S3 New Mexico S0.07VIrginla 77.3i North Carolina.. 7S.25iMIssisslppl 73.4 Arizona 77.79New Mexico 72.04 Mississippi 77.62North Carolina.. 69.33 Georgia 77.2lGcorgia .66.75 Indian Terrltory.75.61Alabama 64.50 Alabama Tl.ll.South Carolina . .61.01 South Carolina. .70.44Lcuislana 57.25 Louisiana 67.12 The Democracy and "Antl-Imperlal-Ism." Memphis Commercial-Appeal. "Ve must say that if the Democratic party follows Mr. Carinack's lead In this matter. Its action will, In our judgment, prove simply suicidal. Mr. Carmack Is at present saturated with anti-Imperialism. His whole heart is In this issue. Just as in 1896 his whole heart was in tho free coin age of silver at 16 to 1 independent of any other nation. This tendency of hi3 to exalt one idea, to be possessed by that idea to the exclusion of all others, is an Intel lectual sin to which he Is peculiarly liable, and It Is a tendency which throws the shadow of dcubt upon his future, and which makes him a decidedly unsafe men tor. If the Democratic candidates for Congress make the fight on the Issue of Imperialism, It will be because Mr. Car mack has forced that Issue to the front; and if we are defeated upon it he will bo held responsible. Mr. Carmack and Mr. Bryan are both very much interested In this Issue, and they hove delivered enter taining addresses upon It. But the atten tion given them should not deceive them. There are three insuperable objections to the Injection of Imperialism into the coming campaign. In the first place. It has already led: the party to overwhelming disaster. In the eecond place, it is 10,000 miles away. And In the la6t place, it is dead. For the Democratic party to go gabbling about Aguinaldo. the Injustice of retaining a territory that we have paid for, and the general Infamy of a shadowy Imperialism, when there is a burning ltaue ngnt nere at home, affecting every man, woman and child In the Republic; affect ing the safety of Democratic institutions and imperiling those principles which had been established by the wisdom" of the ages and which are about to be over thrown by the brutal philosophy of a coterie of vulgar parvenues. Is to make the defeat of the Democratic party a moral certainty. The people of the United States without regard to party are de manding relief from the trusts; and while they are complaining of the criminal ex actions of the meat trust, what do they care about phantoms In the Philippines? "When they are demanding bread, how will It profit the Democratic party to give them a stone? Not Particularly Significant. Baltimore Sun. When the Democrats carry an election In Arkansas not even the most hopeful and enthusiastic Jacksonian believer that the victory presages a political revo lution throughout the country. The people .of that state long ago formed the habit of returning a Democratic majority. In Maine the majority of the voters are Republicans, and, like the suffragans of Arkansas, voting for the party with which they have long been Identified has become a matter of habit. On Monday there was an election In the state -or Thomas B. Reed. The Republicans won, of course, just as the Dutch always pre vail in Holland. When the country gets ready for a change it will not look to Arkansas or Maine to set the ball In motion. Mormons at Home and Abroad. Washington Post We seem to be in the way of making ourselves ridiculous. Germany Just now Is overrun by Mormon missionaries and we are assuming the role of their pro tectors. Not long ago the German au thorities served notice of expulsion on 22 of these Utah evangelists, whose ac tivities in the empire had aroused the Tesentment of the clergy, but at the earnest request of our diplomatic repre sentatives .those notices were temporarily withdrawn. Mormon emissaries in Illi nois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ten nesseeanywhere you please, in fact are tarred and feathered, ridden on rails, driven out, sometimes shot, even hanged, and a paternal Government looks on in silent if not cordial approval. American Tax on Art. Baltimore Sun. P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, Is credited with the statement that ho "knows personally of $30,000,000 of paint ings, now In Europe, but owned by American collectors, which will never be brought into this country as long as the 20- per cent duty on works of art remains In effect" The tax on art is Indefensible from every point of view. It is a tax on education, on esthetics, on enlightenment The effect, aa Mr! Widener points out, is to lock up Ameri can capital abroad. Collectors of paint ings invest large sums of money Jn works of art and the foreigner gets the benefit not only of the money, but of the paintings as wll. This Is an ab surdity. The duty on art ought to be abolished. Bribe-Givers and Bribe-Takers. St Louis Republic. If there Is any difference in the degree of guilt, the briber Is more guilty than the bribed. He Is the tempter in the case. He is wealthy and powerful himself, or the representative of wealth, power and -Influence. Even where a boodle combine for thievery is In existence, as was the case In St. Louis, the fact does not In any manner lessen the moral responsi bility of the man who offers a bribe. As a rule, the promoter of big projects in the franchise field Is a man far above the ordinary Intelligence. If he resorts to unlawful methods In furthering his enterprises he may Justly be held to a responsibility in exact proportion to his standard of intelligence. Spoiling nn Infant Industry. Washington Star. Perhaps it Is just as well that Miss Stone has not realized a fortune from her lecture tour. It would be unde--sirable to give the brigands an idea that they are conferring a favor when they capture a missionary. NOTE AND COMMENT. Faro Bill and the Itellcf Fond. 'Taint no use you ccmln Round to bother roe 'Bout them furrlnmlsslons Fur across tho sea. What d'ye say? Them sufferers By the forest to? Wall, thafo different, mister. You kin ketch jny game! Wouldn't give a marker Fur a lazy shirk. Loafln round the Bad Lands, Let 'en go to work I Ain't no use fur preachers. Lives. In lordly style; But them burned-oui farmer- N You kin hev my rile" Farmed It? Wall. I reckon. Whar else wuz I raised; , But In ole Wisconsin Where the forests biased. Maktn' hundreds homeless? Tell you. It was tough. Guess I know what tires m&as You kin take my stuff. - Can't forglt ens Summer. I was just sixteen. When us boys 'n' father Come home from Haclno, ' Found our houses In ashea. Cows "n horsfs dead. Little Kate "n" mother Burned to death In bed. Take my hunch, a feller's ,r- Dealt a crooked han. Los In' of his mother 'Fore te U a man. ' " And if aha and Katie Had been left to stay, I might be a better man Than I am today. Here, you fellers, ants. All that you kin rpare; Here's a proposition , Strictly on the square. - Thar's my contribution. . ' Every bean I've got. Fur the farmers, rr.Ister7 Take the hull d pott Nevertheless, the ne-sro 13 dead. What can bring rain unleso It is tho State Fair? It was a fearful provocation Mr. Mlnto offered Old Prob when he put Into cold tj'pe the words, "dry and smoky Sep tember." A fact and comment by the Cedar Rap ids. Ia.. P.cpublican, . are as follows: "An Alabama college has brought some can nibals from Africa and Is making an effort to break them of their habits. There arc so. few people In Alabama ' really fit to eat that the cure may be permanent." A trail of lese-majesty convictions has followed Emperor William's recent trip through Germany. A Berlin dispatch says that the Dusseldorf visit cost an ag gregate of ID years of Imprisonment for insult to majesty. During 1902 643 pros ecutions for lese-majesty were tried In Berlin, of which 1S6 were thrown out of court as false. The sentences varied between five years and 12 months. Clarence H. Mackay, erstwhile the bon vlvant and man of pleasure, who arrived from Europe a few days ago, is to give up a life of ease and don the harness of his recently deceased father. One of the greatest undertakings which will occupy Mr. Mackay's attention will be the lay ing of the Pacific cable by the Commer cial Cable Company. This cable Is to run from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands and by way of the Philippines to the Asiatic. Coast. So that he may have more time to devote to his affairs, Mr. Mackay' has sold hi3 extensive racing stable. A man was brought before Judge Ken nedy, of San Francisco, for violating a city ordinance in driving a delivery wag on on the boulevard. "Don't you know, sir," said the Judge with every appear ance of sternness, "that you have com mitted a heinous offense by driving your delivery wagon where only the rich can drive without molestation? Get a heavy four-in-hand with a flunkey, dressed in monkey-fashion and blowing a postilion's horn, sitting behind exchange your light delivery wagon for this and you will never bo arrested." The Judge then dis missed the case after denouncing the ord inance as a "piece of class legislation, petty, absurd and unworthy of enforce ment." t A Portland stamp collector, who fre quently receives stamp papers that are published In Europe, has a little collec tion of the curious advertisements that appear In some of them, printed In tho English language. The following are samples of "English as she is wrote," and are cut from a philatelic journal pub lished In Amsterdam, Holland : This advertisement Is sent free to all dealers and collectors in the different parts of the world. Readers whishlng tho copies regurlarly may remld us. 7& pence for postage. Advertisements must be prepaid. Manucrlpts must be in before the 20 of each mounth. This jornal appears the 1th of each mounth. THE ENORM SUCCES of our second stamp-auction is best proved, that already at this moment still larger collections are furnished for tho next auction, which will take place in September. Sendlngs for this auction are still ac cepted till medio August. Our conditions may be called low and the account follows some days after the auction. The stamps, sold by us, are fully guaranteed as to authenticity and soundness, except when' this Is given otherwise In the catalogue. PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPI1EHS Yeast Did you say the old fellow was rich? Crlmsonbeak Rich? Why, he's got coal to burn ! Yonkers Statesman. "Didn't 3'ou see the present DImpIeton gave to his wife?" "So. I didn't hae time to before she had exchanged It." Detroit Free Press. Its Joys. "There are Jest two things I ilka about a vacation." remarked Uncle Jerry Pee bles; "the goln away and the glttin' back." Chicago Tribune. Marian I showed those verses you wroto me to papa, and he seemed pleased. Harry He did? Marian Yes. He said he was so glad to seo you were not a poet. Puck. He Do you think blondes have more ad mirers than brunettes? She I don't know. You might ask Miss Turner: she has had experlenco In both capacities. Chicago Daily News. "She seems to be doing everything she can possibly think of to ape high-toned people." "Yes; she told mo that she even thinks of hav ing an operation for appendicitis." Philadel phia Evening Bulletin. "And what brought you to this?" asked the good man. who was passing through the police Btatlon. "De hurr-up wagon," replied the tough boy behind the bar; "did ycr fink I come la a tallyho wlf somebody on top tootin a horn?" Chicago Record-Herald. "Give him plenty of rope," quoted the stran ger, "and ho'll hang himself." "Mebbe ho will," returned Alkali Jake, "but out here wo don't take no chances. If we give him the rope, you bet we'll make a sure-thing Job of the hanging." Chicago Evening Post. "That," said Farmer Corntossel, as he looked admiringly at his hat, "Is what I call a bar gain." "It's a little battered." ventured the boarder. "Yes. It only cost 60 cents, an lt'3 Just as battered and out o shape as If it was a genuine Panama." Washington Star. Cross Do you think that dyeing tho hair is as dangerous as the doctors make out? Crabbe Certainly; you may take my word for It. Only last year a rich uncle of jnlno took to dyeing his hair, and in three weeks he was married to a wldo wth four children. Glasgow Evening Time.