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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, SATURPAY, DECEMBER 27, 1902. N SWEPT BY THE DALE Denmark Has Visitation of Wind and Flood. COPENHAGEN TRAFFIC STOPS Capital of K1b" ,.C;;i Off From v -i ill?" Island People Killed on Street by Falling Wlrei-Baltlc Sea WreclcB. COPENHAGEN. Dec 26. The worst gale of many years visited Denmark Christmas night and this morning, and has done enormous damage to property and shipping. -The telegraphic and rail road services have been interrupted. It Is not safe to walk the streets of Copen hagen, owing to the falling lines, etc. Some streets were closed to traffic to avert this danger. The hospital reporta show that several persons were killed and many sustained Injuries In the city. The pillars 'holding up the overhead trolley lines were blown down and the street-car service was stopped. Many houses have Teen unroofed and some mills and fac tories bave been partly destroyed. The water in the sound rose suddenly nearly as high as it did in the great flood of 1S72 Several ships dragged their anch ors ana" collided or were sunk in the outer harbor. The ferry service between the Danish islands and Sweden has been forced to .stop. The gale was accompan ied by thunder and lightning. Telegrams received here from the prov inces report enormous damage to prop erty throughout Denmark. Two boats have beeo wrecked off Elsinore and eight persons were drowned. Eleven men of the crew, including Captain Tobaisen, were drowned In the wreck of the Norwegian bark G. S. Penry. which went ashore at Scaw. The Penry will be a total wreck, and her cargo Is washing ashore. Only six of her crew were saved. There were severe gales InUhe south of Sweden. FITZ KNOCKS OUT HI$ MAN Rat Jeffries Goes Into Training: for His Xext Exhibition. BUTTE. Mont. Dec. 26. A special to the Miner from Bozeman says that Rob ert Fitzsimmons knocked out Mike Ranke, the heavy-weight fighter of East ern Montana, 15 seconds after the bell had sounded for the second round. Ranke weighed 190 pounds, and went down before a heavy Jab on the Jaw. Jeffries did not appear. It is understood he will train before meeting any one again with a forfeit up. PRIZE FIGHTING IN 1S02. Graphic Description of a. Mill a Cen-tar- Ago, Yesterday morning a great concourse of people flocked to the "Wormwood Scrubs, about four miles from Tyburn turnpike, to see a pitched battle, for 20 guineas a side, between a Jew of the name of Black Sam a person not much in the habit of fighting, but who has long been considered an adept In the art of sparring and a young man, a boot closer, well known as a pugilist. Tom Jones seconded Black Sam, and Seabrook seconded his opponent. At o'clock, tie ring being formed, fWfotRitn -the odds 6 to 4 in favor , of the Jew. The.bittle consisted of 32 rounds, find never was witnessed more severe fighting. The first round the Jew hit the boot closer a violent blow on the nose, from which the blood gushed out; It appeared also bent, and he fell to the ground. The second round was In favor of the Christian. On the first set-to he gave the Jew a knockdown blow; however, the odds still continued on the side of Black Sam. They continued the battle until about the fourteenth or fifteenth round, with out any material odds on either side, al though much hard fighting had taken place. The sixteenth round the Jew feigned a blow at his opponent with his left hand. but struck with his right, and hit him a severe blow on the right eye, which caused it In a short time to swell and close, and he was never able to recover the sight of It during the remaining part oi tne battle. The odds at this time were the same as at starting. Notwithstanding: the boot-closer had lost the sight of his eye, he continued to fight hard, and in the twenty-fifth round had the odds In his favor, having placed a severe blow on the Jew's right eve. which also closed, and they were now considered on an equality. The thirty-second round, which was the last, they both seemed determined to de cide the fate of the battle, each fighting in a most savage and ferocious manner; the Jew, however, being the strongest followed his opponent up, and placing a blow under the boot-closer's chin. knocked him down, which finished the battle. Axcer this severe contest was concluded. the boot-closer lay in a state of total In- sensloillty, and could not be moved off the ground for near an hour. This was thought at first to have proceeded from ine very great fatitrue he had undergone. but as late as 10 o'clock last night he baa been attended by a surgeon, and great doubts were entertained of his re covery. ine Jew was also much beat London SURE SHE IS A WINNER. Builder of New Cnp Defender Confi dent in His Work. NEW YORK. Dec. 28. r.n to the Tribune from Bristol, R. I., where uie new Keei sioop is Delng built to try Issues with the Constitution bia for the defense of America's cup, show that extra care Is being takerf n the plating of the lead keel. Tobln bronze plates have been snuc-lv ftttt-X n lead and secured to it by hundreds of screws. The edges of the plates butt so snugly that they form an nhsnintAiv SmOOth Surface. It Is SId Tho -nrnrlr Is regarded as the best ever seen on" the keel of a cup yacht While none of the frames have been set up yet, they are nearly ready and soon after the stem and stern posts are in place the frames will be set up at the rate of between six and 10 a day. Those who are- In close touch with Captain "Nat" Herreshoff say they never saw him so confident as now. He firmly believes that he has designed a boat that will beat the Columbia and the Consti tution easily. From the water line up, it Is said, the plans for the newboit show a slight "tumble home," which means that her beam will be greater at the water line than on deck. The new boat has a longer keel than either the Constitution or the Columbia and she Is also to be a trifle longer over alL Her floor will be flatter and her bilges rounder than those of the other two. ONIA" ONE FAVORITE WINS. Larry Wilt Saves tne Day Sanello Improves His Style. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 26.-The weather at Ingleside today was fine during the greater part of the time, but the track was very sloppy owing to the heavy rain last .night There were a number of upsets Larry Wilt being the only favorite to land' The feature was the six furlongs' handi- cap, for which Sad Sam was sc -7-to-lO fa vorite. He led for a time, but stopped, and Beau Ormonde won easily from Irene Lindsey.-Sunello showed sudden Improve ment ana won the last race. As a result of the reversal the Judges recommended to the stewards that Sunello and his trainer W. Delaney, be suspended pending further investigation. The Pride, who was favor ite for the fifth race and made a poor showing, was claimed by T. "Wellman, owner of Moeorita, for $623. Results: Futurity course selling Bernota won, St. Sever second, Xarabel third; time, 1:13. One, mile, selling Larry "Wilt won, L O. TJ. second, Sir Lewis third; time, 1:47. Five and a half furlongs, .selling Som enos own, Quatere second, Sir Preston third; time, 1:11. Six furlongs, handicap Beau Ormonde won, Irene LIndsey second Sad Sam third; time. 1:15. Futurity course, selling ilocorlta won, Edinborough second, Azarlne third; time, 1:14. Mile and 100 yards, selling Sunello won, Hungarian second. Nlnnle Nolan third; time, 1:52. Races at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26. Crescent City race summary: Selling, seven furlongs Floyd K. m won, Mauser second, Helen Hay third; "time, 1:29 2-5. , Six and a half furlongs, selling Boundlee won, Stratton II second, Four Leaf C. 'third; time, 1:22. ' Seven furlongs, selling Rankin won, MaghonI second, Marcos third; time, 1:30. Handicap, six furlongs Pageant won, Mrs. Frank Foster second. Sheriff Bell third; time, 1:14 1-5. Mile and a sixteenth, selling Sarllla won. Rough Rider second, Charles Ramsey third; Xlme, 1:48. One mile Potentate won, Major ManBlr second, Smile third; time, 1:41 2-5. Commissions on California Races Accepted, Portland Club Cafe, 130 Fifth, street. Direct from the tracks. OREGON ATHLETE HONORED. DIclc Smith Chosen to Captain the Colombia Football Team. Dick Smith, of Klamath Falls, Or., has been elected captain of the Columbia Uni versity, N. Y.. football team for next season. Smith Is a graduate of the Univer sity of Oregon, and is known throughout the Pacific Northwest as an athlete of more than usual ability. He played tackle and halfback on the Oregon eleven for several years, and was also a member of the university track team. He established a number of college records, which still stand at Eugene, and his Northwest Inter collegiate record for the 16-pound hammer throw will probabiy go unbroken for some years, as Smith burled the massive weight 127 feet 9 Inches. Smith left an excellent student record at the State 'Varsity, where he won several scholarships and oratorical prizes. He entered the law department of Columbia In 1901. and has played halfback on the 'varsity eleven during the past two seasons. In line-bucking,Smith Is consid ered the peer of "Weeks, the famous Co lumbia halfback, who has been chosen for the All-America eleven. Close of Cowboy Toarnament. PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 26. The cowboy tournament closed today. Ed Harrell, of Globe, in a contest between the three best timemakers during the two previous ex hibitions, four steers being loosened at once, got a rope on the odd steer, thus winning the tournament championship. James Gibson, of Globe, won the broncho- riding contest and made the best Individ ual time In steer-tying yesterday. Two men were thrown and trampled upon, but were not seriously hurt Tie Game at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) The All-Stars football team, of Portland." and the Artillery played another tie gam here today. This is the third game played by the Att-Stars, one with tne seventeentn ana two witn tne bat teries, resulting In a tie, neither side scoring. The game today was the most exciting of any of the series, and at tracted a large crowd. Enrollment at Cornell. ITHACA. N. Y., Dec 25. The Cornell University register was ready for distrl butlon today. The book shows that the total number of students In attendance to date Is 2968, a gain of 176 over fast year, This year there are 380 professors, in structors, etc., being an increase In the teaching staff of 30. Forty-six states and 16 foreign countries are represented in the student body. English Coal for America. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. The American demand for English coal Is again in evi dence, cables the Tribune's London corre spondent Four large steamers, carry ing among them 17,500 tons, has this week been fixed on the Newcastle market for New York and Boston. The coal covered by those transactions Is for January load ing, and the rates at which the vessels have been chartered: show a smart ad vance. Ten" People Are Made Five. CHIPAGO. Dec. 26. Rev. N. B. Naylor performed a marriage ceremony last night bywhich five couples were united, says a l tr H. E. Thomas, Manager P. U. Football Team. special to the Chronicle from Armstrong. Mo. The brides and bridegrooms formed a circle around the minister and with clasped hands took the vows. They be longed to a matrimonial club and had agreed to be married at the same time and by the same minister. The Colonel" Producing Copy. Salem Journal. This Christmas eve as the Journal Is being printed there Is a group of boys at the window watching the editor pound the typewriter. They wonder at the fly. ing fingers rattling down on the keys and what they are producing. They have no envy In their make-up. Their greatest achievement Is as yet capacity for en joyment They are so far in life freed from the clash and spur of competition with their fellows. Would not this be a beautiful world If we did not pull and strive to defeat each other so much In business and In all the walks of life? If each were only animated and sparkling and bubbling over with good will toward all humanity. Four new lighthouses have been erected re cently on the coasts of the Red Sea. ALL RAIL ACROSS ASIA DETAILS OF SD3ERIAN CONNECTION DISCUSSED IN PARIS. V Railways Blake Estimates for Trip Through Aia(to Europe Shorter Time Passenger Facilities. Reports are at hand of a conference In Paris in relation to Siberian Railway ar rangements for1 through bookings, fares and baggage between Europe and Asia by the Siberian line,, says the Shanghai Times. The conference was convoked by M. de Peare, representative of the Chi nese Eastern Railway, and was composed of representatives 'of French, Dutch, Bel gian, German, Austro-Hungarian rail ways, of the International-Sleeping Car Company, and of the Southeastern and Chattam Railway. Discussion covered the question of the cities and stations, as, for instance, Lon don, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and St Petersburg, where through tickets might be bought for Dalny, Pekln, Shanghai, Yokohama PROPOSED AS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO. 1 ;CLARENCE S.BARROW, COUNSEL FOR UNITED COALWORKERSl Clarence S. Darrow, who has received wide public notice since his appointment as counsel for the United Ulneworkers before the strike commission. Is Droposed as an Independent candidate for Mayor of Chicago. He was born In Ohio, studied law, and wept to Chicago In 1887. He first attracted attention by an able ad dress on taxation, appearing on the same platform with Henry George in 188S. The Nation at large first became acquainted with his name during the famous trial of Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the great railroad strike In 1834. What ever Mr. Darrow's private opinion may have been concerning the Incidents that led to Debs' indictment, no amount of legal ability he possessed could save the strike leader from just punishment, for public opinion was a unit in condemning the acts of violence which resulted in flagrant destruction of life and property. Two years later Mr. Darrow ran for Congress on the Bryan-Altgeld ticket, but was overwhelmed in the Dolitlcal landslide. of that year. His connection with the Debs case had Identified him permanently with the cause of organised labor, and in 1808, when Thoman L. Kldd, general secretary of the Amalgamated Woodworkers' International Union, was Indicted with two oth ers for conspiracy in the woodworkers strike at Oshkosh, Wis., Mr. Darrow was at once retained as chief counsel for the defendant His friends are fond of as serting that his arguments In that trial constituted the most remarkable defense of the organized labor movement ever made. They are also responsible for the statement that Mr. Darrow's oration had such an effect upon the opposing coun sel that he became a convert to Its doctrines. Recently he was elected to the Illinois Legislature on a public-ownership platform. and other important places in China and Japan. All questions of train connec tions, prices of tickets for children and servants, and all matters of a similar na ture were treated. It is probable that a single ticket will be good for six months and a return ticket for two years. The amount of baggage which each traveler may take with him without extra cost will not be less than the SO kilogrammes now allowed on the Continental railways. In a letter addressed to the companies concerned by M. de Peare, the following was represented to be the state of facts: At the beginning of next year the Chi nese Eastern Railway will be opened to regular traffic over the entire distance. This line, a continuation of the Trans Siberian line, will constitute a continuous railway uniting Western Europe and the far East In comparison with the tea route this new. service will have every advantage as regards comfort, speed and transport As regards speed it is to be noted that the distance from,, the big towns in Western Europe up to the Rus sian frontier stations Alexandroff and WIerballen takes from two to three days, and from these stations to Port Arthur (Dalny) 15ft days; secondly, that from the same frontier station to Inkow Nlu Chwang), and thence by the Northern Chinese Railway to Pekln, counting 2i hours' for the Journey from Inkow to Pekln, will take IS days; and, finally, that from Port Arthur (Dalny) to Shang hai or Nagasaki by sea takes from two to three days. The Journey, then, to Pekin will take from 18 to 19 days, and to Chinese or Japanese ports from 20 to 21ft days. In comparison with the sea route from English ports and from Hamburg the difference Is considerable, for It takes from 31 to 32 .days to reach Shanghai via Brindisl or Naples and the Suez Canal, or from" 31 to 33 days via Vancouver. So that the land route shortens the Journey by from 13 to. J5 days, which makes a full saving of nearly a month In the double Journey. But the new line offers still other ad vantages. By 1906 will be completed the work on the trans-Siberian line for In creasing the speed of the trains, and. the St Petersburg-Vlatka line will be opened, which will .shorten the Journey by three more days. At present the coBt of the Jburney, food included, from London or Hamburg to Shanghai and Nagasaki, Is, via America, first class, 16S4 francs, and, second class, 1067 francs; via Suez, first class, 1974 francs, and, second class,. 1094 francs. By the land route across Siberia the price of tickets, including the It francs per day per person for meals and the additional charge for express trains, is at present about 1067 francs- first class, and SSI francs second class. The comparison thus Instituted concerns merely first and second-class passengers In express trains. But for thlrd-clasa pas sengers as well there will be considerable advantages, for the sea Journey from Hamburg to' Shanghai costs about 601 francs, but the Siberian route only about 276 francs. As regards comfort the lat ter route Is preferable. One advantage, for Instance Is undoubted, namely, that on land the traveler remains in touch with the rest of the world. To provide for the needs and comfort of travelers on such a long Journey It will be necessary to or ganize express trains with dning and sleeping cars. It will also be necessary to begin a direct and rapid service be tween the pors and principal cities of Western Europe and the Russian fron tier stations of Alexandroff and Wirbal len. From these two fronter points rapid trains with dining and sleeping cars will be dispatched three times a week to the Chinese frontier and beyond to Dalny (Port Arthur) and Pekln via Moscow and Irkutsk. These trains will have direct connection with the steamers of the Chi nese Eastern Railway, starting at -least once a week for Shanghai and Nagasaki. With regard to the Chinese mall via Si beria, a naval officer, writing from Wei Hal Wei to England, states: "We have Just had a signal to say that there Is a trl-weekly mall running across Siberia, and that letters with Russian stamps will be sent by it taking three weeks to Lon don." The letter containing . this state ment bore the Russian postmark-of Chifu, September 1. and was delivered at Sldcup, Kent, on September 30. The next day, October" 1, a' second letter was received, bearing date of Wei Hal Wei, September 5, and Russian postmark of Chifu of the same date, thus showing a transit of 26 days, or, probably 25 days, to London, as compared .with the usual five weeks. Th stamp Is the ordinary Russian one of 10 copcKs, with "KItal" (China) . printed across it in rea inK. CHINESE WANT HOSPITAL New York CclcKtlolx Will Establish. the First Institution of Its Kind. New York World. Steps are being taken In this city for the esiaoiisnment or a umnese hospital which, it is oeiievea, will be the first regular In StltUtlon in this eountrv. Manv nt tVio nn lestlals residing In thn Pell-strpnt aontinn known as Chinatown are said to have lost tbelr faith In Joss sticks and the beatin of tom-tom3 as cure-alls, and nrnnnsA t establish a hospital, the staff of which shall be- entirely Chinese who h flvn nnm. pleted their studies in this country. One ot me leaaing uninese doctors already has made application to the State Board of Health for permission regularly to prac tice his profession, and if he shall be sue cessful several others, who have been practicing medicine secretly, will follow nis course. To Inspect Paris Gas Works. NEW YORK, Dec. .-Semiofficial an nouncement was made today that George C. Knapp, president; Anthony N. Brady, vice-president, and C. K. G. Billings, chairman of the board of directors of the People's Gas Company, will soon sail for J France to inspect the gas industry in Paris, with a view to bringjng about a merger oi ine several gas companies in that city. Marconi Congratulated .Ajjaln. GLACE BAY, N. S Dec. 26. The fol lowing message was received today by Marconi in reply to his wireless telegram to the Intaliah Minister of Marine: "Considering the co-operation of the navy as a duty which was owed to you, I am happy and proud to have been re sponsible for arranging that it should be given. I congratulate you cordially upon the great success obtained. MORIN." " Will Vote for New Catholic. Bishop. CINCINNATI. Dec. 26. An official letter from Rome creating the office of coadjutor to Archbishop Elder, has been received In Cincinnati. A vote will be taken by the Irremovable rectors and councilors of the diocese, then by the bishops of the prov ince, and afterward by the archbishops of the country. The . three lists will be sent to 'the propaganda, which will rec ommend to the pope, who will announce his decision. Companies Will Not Combine. NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 26. President Dryden, of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, issued a statement today announcing that the, plan proposed for the merger of the Prudential Company and the Fidelity Trust company of New ark has been abandoned. T. B. REED'S LAST ARTICLE VIEWS ON TRUST REGULATION AND TARIFF REVISION. Extracts From the ex-Speaker's Arti cle la the DecemberNumber o the North. American Review. The elections for this year have taken place, and we have escaped the one great danger of a Democracy, which Is .the de cision of great, questions witnout aiscus slon. But we have by no means got rid of the questions. We have now upon us the duty of discussing them with such care as will tend to decide them correct ly. We have had a season of prosperity which has no parallel, even in our own remarkable history. There has been a movement of concentration; and business has been carried on on so great a scale that we are ourselves frightened by the tremendous growth, but we are doing it In such a fashion as to Influence the Old World. Conservatism, or the unwillingness to welcome new things, has Its uses. Mo3t new things are not good and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force them selves upon the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest considera tion, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice. Toward such a movement no one has a right to look askance. Above all, no one has a right to presume such a movement wrong. It may be wrjong; but when business men all over a great nation pursue the same course, the presumption ought to be that they are right Nevertheless, the first Idea Is to make them stop. The history of corporations can be put Into few words. Men of sense are un willing to risk their all In one enterprise or business. If they can limit their risks, and If by union with others whose risks can be In like manner limited they can make a strong company, much idle money can be utilized and both capital and labor employed. On this basis, and the basis of easier management,' corporations were formed and have gradually grown in full proportion to the growth of the world. In our day this growth has taken a new form. That form has been forced upon business men by competition with one another. If a number of concerns united .to save expense and the duplication of management, others had to do likewise. Those unions of capital have been forced upon the capitalist The element of force we must all bear In mind if we wish to understand this question. Perhaps you think that men were glad to get into these unions and went cheerfully into combinations. Such was not the fact. Men hated to give up their independence. They and their fath ers had built up their business. They were proud of their business. They were proud of their success, and meant to leave their establishments to their children. In the new combination only one could be the head. The others must go out prjtake rear seats. Then came the task ofvalu ing, which encountered the natural unwill ingness to have others do better than we do, until the task of consolidation grew almost Impossible. Why was it .not ab solutely Impossible? Simply because of the murderous competition. It was union or bankruptcy. Of course, after there had been a few examples, It became, eas ier. The rising tide of prosperity helped also, because It raised not prices only, but values, and men were reconciled by get ting, more than they hoped for, though they got no more than belonged to them. , It would be natural here to say. Why not let competition go on? What we want is the results of competition low prices, so that we can buy all we want The' an swer to this can be made, and. It Is worth attention. With small factories scattered around and a country store in. every vil lage; competition did Insure us low prices, but did not escape the evils we will hereafter speak of. So long as competi tion could be carried on on the basis of living and letting live, all went well; but as capital grew in amount and mills in size, competition, became m6re violent and property ceased to make returns. Now the doctrine of competition, most invaluable In Its way, has Its limitations. Being bu man, It is not aiuunmixed good. Destruct ive competition is an evil. The world can not afford to have a trade which does not pay a fair profit Hence, when a trade ceases to offer a fair profit, there has to be a remedy, and the remedy chosen here was in reality not a new one. It Is Impressive upon us at this time on account of Its size. In a small way It has gone on ever since business became business. But are we to be exposed to the mercy of those people wbo pile up millions, and have we no remedy by law or constitu tional amendment? Yes, we have many remedies, on the stump and In the news papers. But the experience of mankind Is universal that Providence has not left us to the stump orator or the newspapers, or even to the statesman. Somehow after much blundering, perhaps, but somehow every newmovement bas In Itself the ele ment of protection of the race. For In stance, we are. all afraid of monopolies; we fear that somebody by some new scheme will squeeze us permanently, and yet that has- never happened. But, you will say, what can prevent these great aggregations of capital from charging what they like? The answer is that what prevents them from charging an unfair price Is the well-founded fear that they will thereby risk and lose the vast sums already piled up. In other words, the same state of the world, the same general wealth, which en abled one big pile of capital to get together will enable a larger pile to get together, and, by means of more modern machin ery, to destroy the attempted monopoly. When one set of capitalists of great re nown a year or two ago attempted to take control of Pacific business, the undertak ing was not so vast as to prevent men whose names were.up to that time, but inue Known irom meeting them and mak ing at least a drawn battle. The fact Is that every business man now knows that the only monopoly anybody can get, except the" temporary one of patents, to which no one objects, Is by producing somo nrMnia cheaper and selling it cheaper than any other maker. Whether such mnnnnnli' Is obnoxious and to be stamped out I leave to the wise declamation of the friends of tho people. , It would be a good plan if somebody who believes In the efficacy of legislation would sit down and draw his statute and put into words his constitutional amend ment. and see where he would arrive "Error," says the wise Latin, "lurks in generalities." To talk of doing something by means of. something, if you do not specify the something to be done or the way to do it ,1s a waste of time. After all the language which has been used about the great corporations, one Is. a little surprised at the lack of speci fication. Almost everybody announces that what we need is "publicity." Et;en this Is vague. Do you expect the public to be intrusted with the cost sheets? If you do not. then what will your publicity amount to? If you mean by "publicity" such a statement as will enable the out sider to buy wisely, or the stockholder to sell at the true value, I fear we may be going beyond the province of free government, which certainly thus far has left the task of keeping his fingers out of the fire to the citizen whose fingers they were. But cannot we stop this stock-watering?' Must we not do It? Well, the value 6f stock is very much a matter of opinion. It will be noticed that the stock of one of the greatest companies can be bbught for less than $40, The par value Is $100. In the judgment of the Trorld there is 60 per cent water, and In. the market the water Is squeezed out Could a Legisla ture do it more effectually? As that same stock sold at 55, there was a time when there was only 45 per cent of water. Is It proposed In the new Constitutional j amendment to specify how often the test for water Is to be applied? Are the stock holders to be assessed dally for the vari ations of each day, o;r are the directors to be indicted daily?. Shajl officers of the Government determine the value, or the public In open market? There is a piece of wisdom as old a3 the world, which is worthy of all consid eration. Let us not be in haste about great matters. When you don't know what to dp, don't do It If the proposi tion Is to press the oak back into an acorn. It had better be carefully consid ered. H. The proposed treatment of corporations, even If something ought to be done, is a fine example of how easily men mistake their wishes for their reasons. It Is pro posed to repeal such portions of the tariff act as have made these corporations prosperous. Of course, this Is not intend ed to attack the tariff. All we are try ing to. do Is to sap the prosperity of Insti tutions which have grown so large as to frighten us. Why do they frighten us? Because they are great and Strong and wealthy. Of course, then, their great ness and strength rfnd wealth are funda mental facts beyond dispute. No tariff law, of course, can be made which does not apply to all. Hence, if the tariff is so reformed that the big', strong and wealthy corporations go to destruction, how are the small ones to be saved? Really, to .the calm and judicious mind this seems like free trade for Its own sweet sake. c Protection in some lands may be the subject of discussion and debate. How it can be that in this country, and at this time, passes all understanding. In the United States the policy of protection has had a century and a quarter of alternate triumph and defeat The triumph has always been followed by prosperity, the defeat by hard times. The Idea that protection Is In the nature .of medicine, to be dropped, as soon as possible. Is an Idea we had better ex amine. What if It is food? The medicine notion comes from the early arguments for the selection of Infant Industries to be fostered and cherished. Time and ex perience have enlarged that notion of pro tection. They httye shown that protec tion Is not a privilege, but a system. A privilege might be robbery. A system must justify Itself by results. The principle which underlies protection Is the securing at all times to the American people the markets of America. It means that the work of this Nation shall be done by the people of this Nation. All health comes from the marrying of labor to the raw material. In a country like ours, extending over such vast regions, there can be no lack of materials,. Any system which enables our people to do our own work is the system which can give, and has given, the best results. The enemy have all along sneered at the Idea that taxes can make us rich. But 'this Is simply to beguile by words. Would It be any less absurd to say that taxes gave us good currency? And yet they did. We tax state currency. We do not raise one cent by the tax; it simply bars out the state currency. We used the tax as a way of accomplishing a re sultas the means to an end. In like manner, we used the taxing power to create n barrier behind which we could do our own work. All the theorists, the men who thought there was nothing In the world thoy could not think of, de clared that we would be ruined. We have not ,been ruined, but we are to day a very lively example of a people who do their own work. What would you say was the Ideal industrial condi tion of a Nation? Everybody at work. Just now we have everybody at work. And yet we think we want some thing else. If we keep on fussing we shall get It With all the world, except Eng land, including her own colonies, of our opinion, with success embroidered on all our banners, we are invited to surrender our views and give place to a beaten world. Why? Simply because jjf that human unrest which is part of the history of the - race. We,, being also of limited knowledge, are much given" to be be guiled" by generalities. Here Is one line of generalities. Is the DIngley tariff bill the end of wfsdom? If not, then It can be improved. A tariff bill could be framed, we think, which would be free from all the errors of that celebrated bill and retain Its virtues. Where would you enact sucfr a bill? Why, in your own mind, of course. Unfortunately, a bill enacted in the mind has no extrater ritorial force. A bill enacted by Congress, like the progress of the world. Is the result of a fierce confllot of opposing human Interests, and must be so. When men talk carelessly of tariff revision, they talk of a tariff never yet established, and one that never can be. They dream of a tariff which exactly suits them in dividually, while a real tariff bill Is one which measurably satisfies the coun try as a whole. But can we not have, sitting in per petual session, a body of men, non-partisan, judicious, wise and Incorruptible? Yes. In your mind. You can hae any thing In your mind. Imagination is un limited, and it is very delightful to wan der round among possible Impossibilities. Just think of a non-partisan free trader sitting on a tariff tax! Of course, he would be above any prejudice except his own. I saw one Tariff Commission sit In 1S82, and Its report was not enacted Into law. All Its mistakes were, and tho result was satisfactory to nobody. What we had better do Is to. remember where we are and what our dangers are. Enterprises of business are not entered upon by helter-skelter. They are the re sult of calculation. One of the first in quiries of the promoter or maker Is, How many of our present conditions are to remain? If there are to be uncertainties in the future he w!!l not dare to act What can you Imagine that would dam pen a business man's ardor more than to be called on to guess what a new tariff bill would be! The prophetic instinct in the human creature is there beyond Its limit We ought to let the tariff alone; we ought, to defend it against all comers for the good of the Nation. We are doing more than well and need not hunt for disaster. That will come In due time. Cnsc Wins on Fonls. . VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 26. Dick Case, of Seattle, was awarded the de cision in the third round of a fight with Jack Leedham, of Vancouver, here to night Case was fouled half a dozen times, and vas beating the Vancouver man when the fight was stopped. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. H G McKInley andJ W Tormmerson. Mo A Gelser. Baker 'city J E McKowen, Seatl Wm O'Donnell do G T Williams. Wn.ih Geo F Lush. Seattle G W Dorman, St Paul W J Ball, Tacoma A Domangeon. do W G Sawyer, city A Roderick Grant, do L MacGlllls, Wis W L Ramsey, N Y W M Lincoln, do C-fiJ Chubb, USA J R Bordages, Tex R R Hazelwood, do Hal W Green, do F J Welnand, Chgo D F Rowe, Houston W L Redles, U S S Wisconsin tt l, ueiss, Gresham A S Kerry', wife and daughter. Seattle W J McKlttredge. St Paul H M Parry". Seattle F I Dunbar and wife, Salem C F Whaley. St Paul J S Cole, S F THE PERKINS. G E Curlr cltv Chas Overllp Oninr Mrs Curl, do C T Taylor, Grass Val W H Odell. Salem A T Kelllher. do N T Palmer, do Ella Goodman. Prlnvl F S Dustan. Mich J M McShaln, LaGr Mrs McShaln, do Mrs J Miller. St Louis J E Kelly, city Theodore Osenbaum. Vancouver, Wash R L Dryan. For Gr E R Names, Eugene J Salsmlt, do J D Mayor, Vancouv F E Blair, Eugene Mrs Blair, do MIs M Allen TJp1 O Overlie, do A Wm Sanders, Was! W T Howard, Junctn J F Miller, Lyle N Coleman, Tacoma John Hammer, do John Crawford. Whatc Wm Bacon, Iowa W A Johnston. Dalle Mrs B F Scott, Penln Mrs L Tetusch. do E E Robinson. La Gr R P Youngman. Gupls J T Reynolds, Seattle M T Nolan and two daughters, The Dalles M A Means, Lewlston Mrs Mean9. do MIsa Means, do L E Loomls, Nahcotta E C Genereaux, Seatl B R Rhodes. Centralla! C E McLellan. Pehdln j no x tJrooks, Mnpls Mrs RhodM. rin T H Allraan, Cathlamt W H E Warner, Seatl W Hull, do E Burkhalter. Olyrop J H Devlin. Chicago T A G arrow. Or J T Kimball, Hubbrd a ai Kider, St Paul H E Crosby, The Dalls R E Allison. Ashland J Jacob, S F P Rendy. Warren. Mln W H Kenoyer, Chehls CHRISTMAS MONEY. HOW TO SPEND IT. An Investment That Will Prove Perpetual Source of Profit and Pleasure. Don't fritter away the check father gave you Christmas on trifles that will soon be forgotten, Use it wisely. Make a beginning wijh it on something that will be a solid satisfaction in all the com ing years. Buy one of our holiday pianos. The low price and easy terras at which we have been selling our beautiful holi day Instruments still continue. A large number of our choicest ones are still on hand, and cur prices will never be lower nor terms easier than they are now. Only $25 for a start and $10 or $12 each iuonth afterwards makes the finest instrument we have yours. This means one of the kind of pianos that has been creating a marked Impression the country over pn account of exception artistic merit case design and durability. This Is the season for making good be ginnings, and there can be no better one made than to provide the .means of good music and pleasant entertainment in your home. Think about this before you dis pose of that Christmas check and then come In and see about one of our pianos. Eilers Piano House, 251 Washington street, opposite Cordray's Theater. Mrs Kimball, do Alice Cary. .Sclo Josephine Fullerton, Corvallla L K Stlnson. Salem J Roberts. Vf. W Nell Carney, Wash Fred Wynne, N T C Cleveland', Gresham C H Fraser, Kelso. Wn Jas Cooley, Van, Or Mrs Cooley, do C M Dunlap. SpokanJ J N Miller, St Louis Mrs Miller, do THE IMPERIAL. C W Fulton. Astoria J A Hamilton. Tacoma Mrs Hamilton, do Wm 'Hanley, Uurns Mrs Hanley do R L Lincoln. It Grande Dr G M Asherbury, I r Seattle iVvery C Mooro. Idaho Mrs Moore, do A C Laurence. Salem H W Taylor, Cascade E H Test Ontario J I Matherson. La Grande Mrs Matherson, do J B AVIlklnson, Spng Yf R A Stewart. Seattle C MelvlUo. Boston G W Rea, Heppner A H Mason, Brldgept G C Blumenthal. No Yakima C C Irwin, Vancouver, Wash J H Padden. do J W Wentworth, do G W Eyer, Eusene Chas Butler, do Mrs Butler, do H Gilchrist. Centralla Miss Gilchrist do H S Barber, St Paul H C McAllister, Chgo Mrs McAllister, do J T Fltzrerald. clty Henry Goetz, do Austin Fraln. do Albert Brlx. Astoria S B Huston. Hlllsboro G G Blnsrham. Salem. Mrs Bingham, do F T. White. Denver Mrs White, do Ben D Boswell Bosweil Springs G E Flsk, Spokane I L Coey. Burns M Monsoir. Eugene Mr. & Mrs Sanderson, Eugene A C Burdlck. Seattle D Stockton, city H C Small. Baker City E G Patterson, Seattle H Bamberger, Baker C C Wentworth. Shebog I gan Falls Mrs Wentworth, do Mls3 N Trcton. Moscow P Hemmlnger, Mosler CHARLES. W A Campbell. Seattle A G Henderson, vv V O W Haar. do J B McKenzle. Ward ner, Idaho Mrs McKenzle, do W E Frazler, Albany THE ST. R V Parrot & w, ButtevlUe H H Drapes & w, Skagway H Reeve, city . H C Reed, Etna, Wn. E Culbertson, Clats- kanle Mrs Goodwin, Sauvle's A Dapp, do W Spuckelmelr, city W S Davis, do G Garrett. Salem S Davis. N Y H H Letson. do E Krealer. Warrendl T fiiBflhfl Inn, nIK" J Desmond. McMlnnvl L McLaughlin, Alban: C H Ives, do P Muller. Woodland J B Yeon. Rainier H Johnson. Carrolton G Bohme. La Center E A Amys. Etna. v n J D Lee. Salem J Manary. Marshland RxShcppard. do G a$ Prettyman, city C FIdler. Fishers G Barnard, city E T Conant Houlton G L Caulflcld. do O T Haskell, Toledo, H Johnson. Carrolton W B Benton, Spkne G Johnson. Carrolton H W Jones. Macleay J H Day, Aberdeen C Leach, do H J Walt, Olympla H Wohl. Stella. Wn Lee Shearer, do P C Blythe, do Mrs E Cllne, Kelso E Kautz. Chcmawa C B Defendorf. Lyle J Brophy. do t T E Cornelius. Salem J Nevln. Cape. Horn' L Jasper, do G Garrett. Salem A Swift. Sightly T Thompson, do G Elliott. Salem C E Delvall. do M L Marshall. Welser, Idaho' T Coyle, Grass Valley J Donohue, Grass V J Udev. do Wash E Culbertson. Clats kanlc R Culbertson, do H T Wert & w. Salens S B Welst. Stella R Barr. Woodland Mrs L Barr. do G H Geddis & w. Or C J W Heeks & w, do A J Lanes. Mayvllle R J Taylor & w Van ' couver. Wash H Moys. Rainier J L Laffertv. city J Nevln. Cape Horn F A Martin, do G Weeks. Marshland E M Ball. The Dalles Mrs E A Ball, do H H Thomas, do W Ferguson, city G Miller, Warrens G L Jennings, ancvr J Hollls. Carson. Wn O W White, Cascade L C Du?ul3. do J D Buckmeyer, do A C Ponyoy. do E Stewart, do G T Murray. St Helens W E lies, ButtevlUe H E' Bell. Wrangel C LUlIe. Marquam W Llllle. McMlnnvllle T P Randall. Or C H H Randall. Toledo J T Hattan. do E S Cramer. Salem C W Fowler, clty T Wtler. lone. Or S N Warfleld. do S Wellcr. Dayton. Or H Wlnster. Ashland J H Laws. Or City C Yresheo. Fisher's L E J Marvin & w, Nehalem W Bush, do E P Berdlne. Gresham J Reave, do G L Simmons. Mntesno J B Welst. Stella Joe Denning, do H Reeve, city W S Dlnp. -Stella J N Young L Grande E Burkhalter, Olympla G Canfleld. do J W Burkhard, do W i. Emerson Sc w. r R Coleman, Oak P j Astoria Hotel BrunHTTlclc, Seattle. European plan, . popular xatca. Modem improvements. Business center. Near depot Tncoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. Fl rat-class restaurant in connection. Rainier Grand Hotel. Seattle. European plan. Finest cafe on Coast Hdqrs. naval, military and traveling men. Rooraj en suite and single. Free shower baths. Rates. 51 up. H. P. Dunbar. Prop. HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH It makes the toilet something to be enjoyed. It removes all stains and roughness, prevents prickly heat and chafine. and leaves the skin whiff i soft, healthy. In the bath it brings a glow ana exnnarauon which no com mon soap can equal, imparting the vigor and life sensation of amildTurk fsh bath. All Grocers and Druggists. TO KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM, In the Only Possible Way of Hnvlnj? a Permanent Cure. If you see a woman or a man with lux uriant glossy hair, you may be sure neither has dandruff to amount to anything. In nearly ever case where women and 'men have thin brittle hair, they owe ft to dan druff. There are hundreds of preparations that "claim" to cure dandruff, but not one but Newbro's Herpiclde tells you that dandruff lg the result of a germ burrowing Into the scalp, and that permanent cure of dandruff and its consequent falling and baldness, can only be had by killing the germ: and there is -no other preparation that will destroy that germ but Newbro's Herpiclde. 'Destroy the cause, you re move the effect." For sale 'by all drug gists. Send 10 cents In stamps for sample to The Herpiclde Co., Detroit Mich THIS. REMEDY la rare to GIVE ATISFACTIOJf ELY'S CREAM BALM , j OItsj Rsf!f at Ones It cleanses, soothes nd heals the diseased tV?. cures Catarrh and drives away a. f?nM HAY FEVER . O-V TT t A PtTV. Head QUicki. ft b"W " ,M Taste and S';. HestoYes thTses l byallfTrUU1 SIUli1n",S8v80c DruKl' of , ViHBRg, 5$ TVarrep St, New Tork, CATARRH Is