THE MOBNISQ OBEGONIAy, MONDAY, PEBRUAHY 23, 1903.
KEEP EYE ON TAFT
Coming Man for Presiden
tial Nomination.
MOODY IS WEARY OF OFFICE
Find JCavy Clique Too StronsT for
III Jierr Broom GrokTenor Wnlls
Ineffectively Asrnlmt Govcrn
mcnt Irrigation lu the West.
"WASHINGTON'. Feb. 13. "Keep your
eye on William II. Tall." Is a remark that
Is heard In many quarters In Washing
ton theso days, when the Presidential
outlook la discussed. This remark Is not
made publicly, but among Senators, and
Representatives, particularly Republicans,
It Is frequently heard In private conver
sation. The proportions assumed by the
agitation ol the race question In the
South and the radical stand of President
Roosevelt lead many men of prominence
to predict that there will be a mighty ef
fort made at the next Republican Na
tional Convention to prevent his renoml
natlon. Public declarations of this sort
have come from the South time nnd
again, and there are Republicans from
other sections who are not altogether
pleased with the Administration. Some of
the older Senators are among this latter
class, as evidenced by Senator Hoar's
recent denunciation of the President's
Interference w'th pending legislation.
These men who arc not favorably Im
pressed with the Adm'nlstratlon almost
all refer to Taft as the coming man. "We
want a conservative, safe man In the
White House," they say. Taft seems to
fill this bill. It Is pointed out by some
of his admirers that he declined the ap
pointment to the Supreme Bfnch In order
that he might be free in the future to be
come a candidate for the Presidency.
While all this talk Is preliminary. It Is in
teresting. The developments of the next
year may be a great factor In determin
ing what man shall be nominated by the
Republicans at their nest convention. At
present, however, no man's chances begin
to equal those of the present incumbent
of the Presidential office.
Dlstaxtcful Duty.
A rumor was recently set afloat to the
effect that Secretary Moody contemplated
resigning as Secretary of the Navy, but
investigation discloses that there Is no
justification for the report. It Is learned,
however, that Mr. Moody Is greatly dis
appointed in his new ofllcc, as he finds
himself virtually a figurehead, under the
domination of the Navy clique which
has for years controlled the affairs in
this department. When the Massachu
setts man entered upon his Cabinet office
he set to work to bring about several'
much-needed reforms In the Navy, prom
inent among them being the curtailing of
the shore or clerical work of naval oQ
cers, and the requirement of longer sea
service. But today the old order of
things prevails. There has been no re
form. The clique decreed against It, and
their will has prevailed. When Secretary
Moody started In with his usual vigor he
carried on personally a great deal of the
Important work of his office, as he is
naturally a worker nnd'enjoys being busy.
Of late, however, much of this work In
fact, far more than under Secretary Long
-passes through the hands of the Assist
ant Secretary. Mr. Moody takes compara
tively little Interest In his work. No
doubt he regrets his retirement from Cqn
frress, for had he remained he would un
questionably have succeeded Mr. Cannon
as chairman of the appropriations commit
tee. When he was tendered the office of
Secretary there was no Intimation that
David B. Henderson would retire from
Congress; hence no indication that op
portunity would be afforded for a promo
tion to this Important chairmanship. This
disappointment, coupled with the recog
nition that the Secretary of the Navy Is
in most respects a figurehead, are respon
sible for the lack of interest shown by the
new Secretary in his departmental duties.
The Secretary now performs the distaste
ful duty of arbitrator between the war
ring factions in his department in the ad
justment of squabbles In the inner circle,
but beyond that seems to be subject to
the will of the clique.
Philippine Railroad.
Strange as It may seem, up to the pres
ent time there has not been a single ap
plication for a railroad charter In the
Philippines from American capitalists. On
the other hand, an English syndicate Is
making a vigorous effort to get a fran
chise which will give to it practical con
trol of the railroad field In the Philippines.
In order that this may not be accom
plished, and that Americans may control
the railroads of the Islands, Secretary
Root Is attempting to stimulate public
Interest in the construction of a "trunk line
of roads. He haa recently sent to tht
Islands two expert civil engineers w'lth
Instructions to make a survey for a trunk
llae to take in the Island of Luzon. Ho
hopes when their report Is made public,
together with a statement of the advan
tages offered In the construction of a
railroad system In Luon, that some of the
capitalists of this country will take the
natter up. Arthur W. Ferguson, the ex
ecutive secretary of the Philippine com
mission, who Is In Washington at this
time, says there are splendid opportuni
ties for realizing largo profits on railroad
Investments in tho archipelago. The route
to be surveyed p a33 cs through the richest
portion of Luzon, penetrating the best
rice and sugar country, and to the south
of Manila enters the richest mineral sec
tion. The Island is practically unexplolted.
ana there is now no means of quick com
munication. The construction of a rail
road in Luzon will lwolve a heavy ex
penditure, as the heavy torrential rains at
certain seasons make It necessary that
there be a deep stone ballast throughout.
Much-Deeded Legislation.
The Senate has passed and sent to the
House a bill which empowers forest su
pervisors and rangers to arrest persons
found violating the laws and regulations
governing such reserves. At the present
time the ridiculous situation is presented
of a full set of rules and regulations, with
no authority to carry them out. The Attorney-General,
more than three years
ego, called attention to this ridiculous
situation, but up to this time Congress
has failed to act. It was shown that
persons have been frequently discovered
by the forest officers in the act of com
mitting some gross violation of the law,
but as the law afforded no right of ar
rest there was no remedy at handy and
before the matter could be laid before
a United States Commissioner, perhaps at
great distance, the person committing the
offense was out of reach.
In his report Attorney-General Griggs
said:
The statutes for tho protection of these
forest reserves seem singularly deficient
in that they do not provide any efficient
means for the arrest of persons violating
the laws or the rules and regulations for
the protection of these reservations. These
laws, rules and regulations afford little
of the protection Intended without some
provision for the speedy arrest of persons
violating them. The protection of. these
large territories is a difficult matter at
best, and is substantially impossible with
out authority for the speedy arrest of
persons committing depredations thereon
or otherwise Injuring them, for In most
' cases, end in the worst, before complaint
could be made, a warrant obtained and
an officer to serve It, the damage would
be done and the offender beyond reach."
Representative Grosvenor. of Ohio, has
never become reconciled to the action of
tho House last session In passing the
general Irrigation law over his protest
and that of other recognized leaders on
the Republican side of the chamber.
When the House was recently consid
ering the bill making appropriation for
Irrigation experiments under direction of
the Department of Agriculture. Grosve
nor made a short speech in which he pre
dicted disaster of one sort and another
as a result of the Irrigation law. Among
other things he said:
"I want to point out how rapidly the
suggestions which I had tho honor to
make a- year ago are coming true. I said
then that the march of this combination,
this irrigation trust, would be felt in the
Treasury of the United States for a great
many years to come, but I djd not think
It would make Its appearance quite at
the end of a single year,
"It has organized a sectional party in
the United States large enough and
strong enough to take from the agricul
tural colleges of the country all possi
bility of any support out of the public
lands, -and has transferred it under the
pretense I use tho language not offen
sivelythat some day or other It will be
turned back again Into the public treas
ury. It has moved its great column of
political force westward until the pic
ture which we have looked at In our
younger days with so much pride, pur
porting to give the movements of the
star of empire, turns out to be a very
faint little picture as compared with the
mighty progress of this combination. It
has gone out Into a state and subjugated
it. a state with some thirty-odd thousand
people, growing smaller, and threatens to
create not exactly nor by any means cre
ate as the Lord created things In the be
ginning of creation, out of nothing a Sen
ator who will be crowned with the glory
of having Initiated tho successful battle
In favor of National Irrigation. He earned
all the promotion he will get. and I con
gratulate, and do not envy him for it.
"Mr. Chairman. I fought against the
progress of this combination once, but I
witnessed the strength of It. and I appre
ciated It. It Is not so strongly represented
now as It will doubtless be in the Fifty
ninth Congress, when there will be six
more Irrigated and irrigation Senators and
fcur more Irrigated members of the House
of Representatives. The Kastern portion
of this country the people who are pay
ing taxes upon hundred-dollar land will
have but little use to appeal to the Gov
ernment, for all of the resources of the
Government are to be expended for the
purpose of taking the public lands of the
country, quadrupling them In value nnd
selling them to purchasers, and then giv
ing the money to the combination that
has got up this Irrigation scheme. It is
too large a contest for me. I retire with
whatever honors I may have won by an
exhibition of more courage than discre
tion, and I shall never oppose an appro
priation for It again until it gets so largo
that the pay of Congressmen Is affected
by it, and then I will rebel." (Laughter.)
Llttlefield on Sulzer.
If Representative Sulzer. of New Tork.
ever entertained any curiosity as to the
estimate placed upon him by the average
member of Congress that curiosity must
have been satisfied by Representative LH-
tlefieM, of Maine, during the debate on
the anti-trust bill. In a protracted speech
Sulzer had ridiculed the member from
Maine, declaring that he had changed
from a trurt-buster to a friend of cor
porations. He also took occasion to urge
the passage of the Sulzer antl-tru9t bill.
As he concluded, LHtlcfleld made a brief
reply. He said the Sulzer bill had been
drawn by an eminent anti-trust lawyer,
and Indorsed by a leading lawyer of New
York, and had been twice voted for by tho
Democrats. He then read one paragraph
from the bill, as follows:
"The claim that any such testimony or
evidence may tend to Incriminate the per
sons giving such evidence or testimony
phall not be used against such person on
the trial of any civil suit or criminal pro
ceedings." "What does that mean?" asked LSttle
fleld. "That is not even common sense.
It is not even common nonsense. That
provision In the bill simply discloses the
fact that the man who drew it did not
know how to use language to express a
coherent Idea. It Is a tale told by an
lalot, full of nound and fury, sicnlfvlnj:
nothing. I think the distinguished lawyer
who drew it and the distinguished gen
tleman from New Tork (Sulzer). eminent
as a legal luminary, had embraced an Idea
which he might have bad In his mind and
might think he thought or that he
thought. He probably Intended to provide
that the evidence given should not be used
against the party giving It in any civil
trial or criminal proceeding, and the wit
ness should not, therefore, be excused
from testifying. That would not have
been worthy of a student In a law school."
Barton Waxes Sarcnstle.
When the House was considering the
Indian appropriation bill. Representative
Burton, of Ohio, took occasion severely to
criticise the Indian policy of the Govern
ment and to ridicule many of the practices
now in vogue. But more than all else, he
held up to public gaze a text-book on the
"Course of Study" for Indian school?,
from which he quoted. Mr. Burton said
he perused this work carefully and found
it "to lay out a sir years' course In agri
culture," and gravely gave a number of
pedagogical platitudes, as Instructions to
teachers. For the first year It says:
"Do not restrain the natural curiosity
of the child and his tendency to ask
questions."
The second year they should have some
light work to do. euch as shelling corn for
the fowln." In the third year they are ad
vanced enough to "drive the cattle." In
the fourth year such progress will have
been made that the pupil can be told of
the necessity of keeping the place free
from weeds. The next year they are to
be taught the meaning of "caDlllarv at
traction." "The-e Is the reason. Mr. Chair
man," exclaimed Mr. Burton, to the
amusement of the House "why so many
farmers have been unsuccessful, and that
we have had ouch a knocking at the doors
of Congress for appropriations for tho ir
rigation of arid lands. It Is because the
farmers do not understand capillary at
traction." Mr. Burton closed his ridicule
by quoting from the "Course of Study" to
the effect that In the sixth year the teach
ers must "show that a number of dogs
consume and do not tend to add to the
revenue of the family. Endeavor to lead
him (the pupil) to Independence.' 'Teach
him Independence in the sixth year." said
Burton, "when for five years you have
been destroying all Independence and pre
venting him from forming habits of self
reliance by keeping him in this kind of
tutelage." -
Department of Commerce.
Too much credit cannot be given Senat
or Nelson, of Minnesota, for his persist
ency in securing the enactment of his bill
creating a Department of Commerce. The
Senator intradural a Mil fn- thi. ..
- w JUIIUSa
In the second session of the last Coneresa.
inicu uccsuse 01 me snortness of
time for its consideration. He was
Dromntlv on hand nt tha nii.. - .1
present Congress with the same measure.
uiiu Hum wmi ume unui in a conferees
had agreed he was incessantly at work,
either in the Senate or House, urging
favorable consideration for his bill. In
the lower body he had an enthusiastic as
sistant in Chairman Hepburn, of the in
terstate commerce committee. It has
long been a pet idea of Senator Nelson's
that there should be a new department to
Tl 1 v th rflnpKllftn In th. T-- 3
elsewhere, and to concentrate under one
ucttu ait uuicuub uiivuis nestings with
commercial affairs of the Nation.
Ills Look Asralnst Him.
Several days ago the Supreme Court
had intended hearing the arguments in
what is known as the Montgomery wharf
case, arising In Portland, in which Senator
Mitchell was to appear as attorney for
Mrs. Montgomery. On the day set, how
ever, the Senator was confined to his bed.
and his secretary, Mr. H. C. Robertson,
who had previously been admitted to prac
tice before the Supreme Court, appeared
to ask that the argument be postponed.
Mr. Robertson, email of stature, looks
several years younger than he actually Is,
and as he started within the rail of the
court, prior to the assembling of thit, au
gust body, one of the attendants stopped
him. saying:
"My boy, that space In there is reserved
for attorneys."
It took some little argument to convince
the attendant that one so young should
bo entitled to be heard by the highest Ju
dicial tribunal In the land.
Delayed Pension.
Representative Moody has secured fa
vorable action on two pension casts that
have been delayed from time to time be
cause of Irregularities, one of the bene
ficiaries being a constituent of the late
Representative Tongue. The latter is Au
gust L. Kidder, of Roseburg, C2 years of
age. who served as a sergeant in Company
B. Fourth Iowa Infantry. In 1SG1 and 1SC2.
when he was promoted to Second Lieuten
ant of the same company, and served as
uch until lWt. Kidder is now drawing a
pension at the rate of $12 a month. There
was a reluctance on the part of the com
mittee to grant the Increase, but the affi
davits filed by Mr. Moody at last won a
concession of 13 in addition to his present
allowance.
The other case is the allowance of CO
a month to John M. Drake, of Portland.
This Is a Senate bill, passed by that body
earlier in the session. Drake served as
Captain of Company D, First Oregon Vol
unteer Cavalry, and Lieutenant-Colonel of
the First Oregon Volunteer Infantry. He
first entered ..ic service In KGL as First
Lieutenant of Company D. and was later
promoted to Major, and then to Lieutenant-Colonel
In ISC He is now 71 years
old. and draws S12 a month. Late exam
inations show him to be totally Incapaci
tated for manual labor. His four years
of faithful service was considered Justifi
cation for the Increase.
ALASICA COAL LAND LAW.
Allow Selection and Minlnc Under
Rules by the Secretary.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 22. The House recently
passed the Alaska coal land law prepared
by the committee on public lands, after
a brief explanation by Chairman Laccy.
As passed the bill provides:
That any terson or association of perrons
qualified to make entry under the coal-land
laws of the United State who shall have
opeaed and Improved a. col mine or coal mines
on the unsurreyed public land In the district
of Alas lea. and who may desire to enter and
purchase the same according to the provisions
of the said coal-land laws before tne extension
of the rcbllc-Ur.d surveys over th lands on
which such mines ar located, shall tile in the
proper land office an application to enter the
lands held and claimed by them, tocetber with
a plat and Held notes of a survey of the same
made under the direction of the Surveyor-General
of the district of Alaska, showlns the
boundaries of said tracts and their location as
retards rermanent natural landmarks or other
surveys. All tracts shall be rectangular In
form, contalntnc 40. SO or ICO acres, and dis
tinctly marked by monuments on the ground,
and the boundaries of the same shall be true
east and wist and north and south lines as
nearly a practicable. Upon presentation of
the said plat and field notes the application. If
otherwise recular, shall be accepted as thoush
the tracts sought to be entered were embraced
wlthtn the regular public lace surveys.
Sec 2. That the Secretary of the Interior
shall make all hecrssary rules and regulations
for the purpose of carrytns Into effect the pro
visions of this act.
SIRS. GORETS JEWELS STOLEX.
Pari OfUcIal Suspected of Tamper
ing With Her Effect.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2i Mrs. P. T.
Dickinson, of Alameda, lias received a
letter from Paris, which stated that be
fore the effects of Mrs. Ellen Gore, her
niece, who was shot and killed in the
apartments of the Russian singer,
Rydzewskl. on the night or November 15,
left the American Consulate for New
Tork, it was discovered that Jewels to the
value of over S3000 had been stolen. Mrs.
Dickinson's news came from a friend now
in the French capital, who secured an in
ventory of the articles sent to S. Mallet
Provost, the New Tork attorney, executor
of Mrs. Gore's will, and the writer was of
the opinion that the property was tam
pered with while It was In the possession
of the French police and morgue officials.
In addition to the Jewels stolen there are
said to be many valuable paintings and
plr-ces of costly bric-a-brac missing, no
accounting having been made for it by
the authorities, but the exact value of this
property cannot be fixed. Tho letter re
ceived by Mrs. Dickinson states that val
uable rings, brooches, lockets and pins
were deprived of their settings and that
the stones stolen were of the finest
quality.
IlallroafX Superintendent Sick.
MISSOULA. Mont Feb. 22. F. W. Gil
bert, assistant general superintendent of
the Northern Pacific, is an inmate of the
company hospital, in this city, with an
attack of pneumonia. Mr. Gilbert, who
has his headquarters at Livingston, has
not been feeling well for the past few
days, and Saturday started for his home
at Spokane. While en route he grew
worse, and telegraphed to have Dr. Buck
ley, of the horpltal at this place, meet
him at the tram, which he did, and after
diagnosing the case, pronounced it a bad
attack of pneumonia, and advised Gilbert
to go to the hospital for treatment.
Anphyxlnted by Gna.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22. Patrick
Devaney, a driller at the Union Iron
Works, and Axel Gustafson, a carpenter,
were found dead in their room at a hotel
In the Potrcro district today. The room
waB full of gas, and from the fact that
the men were lying abed partly dressed, it
Is believed that death was due to accident.
The men had been visiting down town, and
the police say they were evidently care
less in turning off the gas.
Andrew Olsen, of Verboort.
FOREST OROVE, Or., Feb. 22. (Spe
cial.) Andrew Olsen, aged 75 years, died
at Verboort today, where he had lived
ten years. He was born In Sweden end
came to Oregon about 1S70. Deceased had
also resided in Columbia and Yamhill
Counties.
Rural Mnll-Carrler at Hood River.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.-A. W. Mach
en, general superintendent of free deliv
ery systems, has announced the appoint
ment of Wesley E. Sherrlll as rural letter-carrier
at Hood River, Or., end Mar.
shall Isenberg as his substitute.
Same Problem Elsewhere.
Sacramento Record-Union.
The Portland Oregonlan suggests that
tho Legislature of Oregon should make
an inquiry as to the number of people In
tho asylums supported by the state who
have relatives of the blood who are able,
and, under the law, should either main
tain them wholly or In part. It says the
belief has good foundation that there is a
large number of the character indicated,
and that there should be such liws made
as will compel families capable of sup
porting their dependents to contribute to
their support and thus prevent them from
becoming burdens upon the taxpayers.
This suggestion may have some applica
tion to this state. The 'belief is reason
ably entertained that here also there are
a good many people In our asylums whol
ly supported by the commonwealth who
have relatives of the blood amply able
and bound to by the law and morals to
maintain them. Of course, as to some
of the institutions, and possibly as to all,
the law now requires that those who are
able shall pay in whole or in part for
their care, support and treatment. But
it is believed by not a few people that
this provision of the law is much evaded,
and is not sufficiently rigorous in the
showing required to bo mado thit the de
pendent has no relatives of the blood who
are abla and bound Ho maintain them.
This belief may not have a good founda
tion. On the other hand, the suggestion
Is of sufficient value to Interest legisla
tive committees upon hospitals and pub
lic institutions In soma inquiry in the
direction indicated,
ROBBED A LITTLE GIRL
HIGHWAYMEN TOOK 33 SHE HAD
TO PAY GROCER.
Crime Committed on Stairway Lend
ing Up the Bluff nt Oregon City
Xo Clerr Left.
OREGON CITY. Feb. 22. (Special.)
Nona Chappcl. the 12-yoar-oId daughter of
Mrs. A. L. Snider, was held up last night
and robbed of J3. The family live In the
Methodist Church parsonage on Railroad
avenuo end the little girl was sent about
1:30 P. M. to A. Robertson's grocery on
tho hill to pay a bill. She was given the
money In three gold pieces, which she tied
In her handkerchief, swinging It as she
went along the street. As she climbed the
Seventh-street steps, leading to the hill, a
tall man. wearing a long, black overcoat
reaching to his hec!s and a black Fedora
hat, passed her. When she reached the
turn about half way up the steps the man
placed a handkerchief over his face and
turned and came down the steps. He de
manded the money In a gruff voice and
the frightened child gave It to him with
out a minute's hesitation. The man ord
ered her to walk to the top of the hill and
he walked swiftly down the steps. As soon
as he was out of sight the girl ran home
and breathlessly told her story. The
police were notified, but as there Is no
clew to the robber he probably will es
cape. XO RECOVERY OX AX ORDER.
Must Be Accepted Ilefore It I Good
in Wnnhlngton.,
OLYMPIA. Feb. 22. (Special!) Tho case
of Nelson & Brecht, respondents, vs. Nel
son Bennett Company, a corporation, ap
pellant, appealed from Chehalls County,
has been reversed by the Supreme Court
and ordered dismissed.
The basis for the action was a written
Instrument from the firm of Mounce &
Blue directing Nelson Bennett Company
to pay to the rejpond-ntn between JoW
and $000. The appellant refused to pay
the sum and the action to compel pay
ment was instituted, trial was had and
a verdict rendered by the Jury for the full
amount.
The Supremo Court decided that recov
ery cannot be had on the written Instru
ment for the reason that it is an order,
ruid therefore a negotiable Instrument,
and docs not bear tho written acceptance
of the appellant.
Involved In tho case was a question of
general interest In the matter of payment
of jury fees. The trial Judge. taxed
against the appellant the sum of $12 Jury
fees. Tho Supreme Court holds that the
act of 1SS3 (Session Laws page 421), repeals
all prior" statutes, and provides a new
schedule of Jury fees under which the tax
ing of a Jury fee in this case was error.
UXIVERSITY STUDEXT MARRIES.
Takes n Girl From Outside the
School Will Continue Studies.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Feb. 22. (Special.) Another student from
Baker City has sprung a surprise on the
students by getting married. Lewi than
two weeks ago a Raker City bov wedded a
Baker City girl, both students 'at the uni
versity this year. That event was a very
Interesting bit of news to the students,
because such a thing as' marriage Is rare
In college life, and especially at the Unl.
versity of Oregon. But last evening, at
the home of the bride's parents In this
city. Mr. Chester C. Fisher married Miss
Stella Monroe. Miss Monroe has never
been n student of the university, but that
fact makes little difference in this case.
Mr. FMicr Is from Baker City. He is a
member of the present senior class, hav
ing entered as a freshman In the civil
engineering course four years ago. Fisher
will continue bin studies, and If nothing
Interferes, he will be graduated in the
class of 1D0&
CAME TO OREGOX IX 1852.
Denth of Old Settler nt Fifteen Mil
"Wasco County.
THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 22. (Special)
Absolam Dempsey Bolton, one of the old
est residents of Wasco County, died at
his home on Fifteen MHo yesterday after
a short Illness from paralysis. Mr. Bolton
was a native of Virginia, where he waB
born February 12. 1S22. and where the early
years of his life were spent. Shortly after
attaining his majority he moved to Iowa.
In which state he was married to Miss
Olivia Bolton In 1SS2. In the same year
they crossed the plains to Oregon and set
tled In Lane County. In IKS Mr. Bolton
removed to Wasco County, locating on
Fifteen Mile, where he has resided .cier
since. About two years ago Mr. and Mrs.
Bolton celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary. Besides his widow he leaves
six children: D. L nnd J. P. Bolton, of
Wrcntham; Mrs. Addle Bolton and Grant
Bolton, of Boyd; George M. Bolton, of
Moro, and D. D. Bolton, of this city.
POETRY AND SOAP.
The Courts Undertake nn Adjustment
of a Mnse-Merchandiae Hlx.Up.
New Tork Mall and Express.
Judges Wallace, Coxe. Townsend and
Lacombe. of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, in this city, have proved
themselves to be men of nice sensitiveness
as to literary concerns. Ordinarily tho
proceedings of the United States Court do
not involve many things of romantic In
terest, nor of those which turn urjon mat
ters of the imagination. The ordinary
Police Judge has more of tho stuff of ro
mance In the cases before him in one day
than the United States Courts have in
half a year.
Nevertheless, some matters which touch
upcti the affairs of the muses do come be
fore these courts, disguised in commercial
garb. The ges named above, for In
stance, have Just rendered Judgment on
the question whether the "Brushwood"
edition of Kipling's works Is entitled to
coyprlght protection by virtue of IU hav
ing printed on the title page an elphant's
head, inclosod in a circle, which the au
thor claims as his private trade-mark.
And the court denies the claim that it is
so entitled, and denies it on this ground:
"It is offensive to tho esthetic and poetic
taste to place such poems as the 'Reces
sional' and The Last Chanty in the same
category with pills and soap, to bo dealt
with as so much merchandise."
The sensitiveness of tho court to this
consideration of esthetic propriety has tho
practical effect to deny to the author a
full degree- of protection from reproduc
tion of some of his works. He might
wiih, therefore, that his Judges were a
trlflo less delicate in their feelings that,
for Instance, through a certain rough-and-ready
disposition to class poetry with pills
and sonnets with soap, they stood ready
to treat this proposition as a purely com
mercial one. That they are unable to do
so is an indication that there Is vastly
more sentiment at large In this Intensely
practical comer of the world than Mr.
Kipling himself Is likely to suppose.
The point on which this decision Is ren
dered at least debars Mr. Kipling from
setting the Judges down, in any "cussing
of the court" that he, as a disappointed
litigant, is prlvtllged to engage In, as
"Goths and shameless Huns."
Both Beantlful and Talented.
New Tork Sun.
Mme. Roger-Mlclos, who has come here
from Paris, has the uncommon reputation
of playing the piano well in addition to
being a beautiful woman. This combina
tion of gifts is rare. Beautiful pianists
are unusual, and their talent likely to be
In inverse ratio to their pulchritude. Mme.
Roger-Mlclos, however, would be consid
ered good looking according to standards
not sp lenient as those by which pianists
i-e Judged. She Is young, has severely
Classical features, and accentuates this
peculiarity by appearing usually In cos
tumes modeled on tho antique fashion.
She Is n Parisian and belongs to the little
group of women who are seeking to re
store the classical style In dress. Emma
Nevada was the first of these to bring
this new gospel of dress to New Tork
on her visit a year ago. It Is not record
ed that she gained many adherents to
the new doctrine, which is that all stuffs
have been used until no beauty Is to be
found In them except that which, lies in
classic outlines.
MODEL HOUSEKEEPING.
Exhibition That Show How Science
Can Be Applied to Dally LI vine
New Tork Evening Post
There is now to be seen at the Educa
tional Museum of Teachers' College an ex
hibition of model housekeeping, unique in
conception and In treatment. It has been
arranged by Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, of
Teachers' College.
The aim of the exhibit Is to show how
science can be applied to daily living so
as to obtain the greatest economy In time,
labor and expense in housekeeping. Par
ticular attention has been bestowed on
the subject of shelter. 'The great moral
question of the home." the projectors of
the exhibition asp-rt. "cannot be separ
ated from the proper housing of the fam
ily." Illustrating the principle are shown
methods of window ventilation, a base-,
board for a kitchen, the possibilities of a
run-down farm and of a very old country
house adapted by a college professor, sug
gestions for a house to cost $3000. plans
of college dormitories, suburban resi
dences and the home of a professor of
borne economics in Leland Stanford, Jr.,
Unlvcrsltly.
The protection of the person Is next
shown In the application of home econo
mies theories to clothing. Placed on view
are samples of fabrics for outer garments,
underwear and bed covering. It Is pointed
out that the ventilation of the body de
mands as much thought as the ventilation
of the home.
Home economies as applied to food is
represented by a copious bibliography. A
collection of pamphlets Issued by the De
partment of Agriculture on foodstuffs Is
a prominent feature, while among othen
exhibits are a number of specimen bllls-of-fare.
showing 10. 15 and 20-cent menus.
That part of tho exhibit also Includes a
dietary computer and outfit, and has for
Its aim the combination of food materials
in right proportions.
One of the most interesting phases of
the display is the section designated "Bus
iness Methods Applied to the Home." As
object lessons In home economics there
are samples of good, though Inexpensive,
wallpapers, rugs, the furnishing of a ten
ement, a division of labor chart, an ex
hibit of the card catalogue system and
model laundry work.
An outline of Instruction In home econo
mics Is the final exhibit, among Its fea
tures being syllabi of courses of. study at
tne university or Chicago, In high school,
from the kindergarten through the Wash'
ington Normal School, and at the Uni
versity of IIllnoL". Here also may be
Inspected notebooks of courses and a
complete outfit for work In rural schools.
BORROWED HER BABY.
A Mother Made a Scene While Sot
Guilty" Was Playlnrr In Dayton, O.
Kansas City Star.
He Is 3 months old and Is earning $7
mis weex. That Is what the Infant son
of Charles Hopper, stage manager of the
Gllllss Theater, is doing. He takes a nart
Un "Not Guilty," now playing at that
house, and for appearing for 15 minutes
at each performance he gets 70 cents. In
the last part of the third act of "Not
Guilty," a scene in Union square, New
York, the wronged woman of the play
brings her baby upon the stage. And
Hopper. Jr., blinks stolidly at the lights
and behaves Just as though he knew how
much money he was making.
In each town where the "Not Guilty"
Company plays a baby Is rented. Some
times Manager Schiller pays as high as
iu tor tne DaDy tor ten performances. At
Dayton, O., a short time ago. the failure
of the rented baby to arrive for a matinee
performance got the manager badly en
tangled. The time came for the baby to
go on the stage. It had not arrived. Con
sternation reigned for a minute or two.
and then the news was carried to Mr.
Schiller In the box office. In that Dayton
theater there was a matron's room, where
babies In arms were left by the mothers
during the play. Into this room the man
ager dashed, and seizing the first baby he
could grab, sent it back behind the cur
tain Just In time for it to reach the ac
tress arms as she received her cue.
When the baby appeared on the stage a
shrill shriek went up from a woman In the
audience, and with frantic cries the
mother rushed down the aisle. She de
manded her child, she called the actress
and manager kidnapers and created an
exciting scene among the women of the
audience. Then she ran for a policeman
and had Manager Schiller arrested. Fi
nally, however, with the restoration of
her baby and an explanation, nnd the as
surance that there was no Intention of
kidnaping, she withdrew her charges. In
cidentally several box seats were given
the woman for the enforced use of the
child.
THE DOMESTIC LITTLE JAPS
However Rich the Family, Women
Arc Taught to Sew and Coolc.
Table Talk.
Even the highest" class Japanese women,
and no matter how rich their family may
be, are brought up to bo uhle to sew, cook
and attend to their homes. In Japan the
highest class of women never go to mar
ket. The market comes to them that Is,
the dealers call and offer their wares for
ale at their customers' doors. The fish
merchant brings bis stock, and. If ani
ls sold, prepares It for cooking. The
green grocer, the sake dealer, and, now
adays, the meat man. all go to their
patrons' houses.
Nearly all Japanese women make their
own clothes; at all events, even the very
richest embroider their garments them
selves. Dinner Is served at or a little be
fore dusk the year round. A small table
about one foot square and eight inches
high Is set before each person. On this Is
a lacquer tray, with space for four or five
dishes, each four or five Inches In diame
ter. There are definite places for each little
bowl and dish. The rice bowl Is on the
left, the soup bowl In the middle. One's
appetite is measured according to the
number of bowls of rice one eats. A maid
Is at hand with a large box of rice to re
plenish the bowls. If a few grains are
left in the bottom of the bowl she Is aware
that those eating have had sufficient; but
should one empty bis howl she would once
more fill It.
A Dellcloua Flff Custard.
New York Evening Post.
A fig custard pudding is made of one
half pound of good figs, a pint of milk,
the yolks of two eggs and the white of
one, one-half ounce of gelatin soaked in
cold water, two tablespoonfuls of pow
dered sugar and a half cupful of any kind
of fruit Jelly.
Soak tho figs in warm water until quite
soft, then split and dip each piece In the
Jelly, which has been warmed enough to
allow the figs to be well coated. Line a
buttered mold with the figs. Heat the
milk and stir Into it the well-beaten yolks
and the sugar. Return the saucepan to
the fire until the mixture thickens. Add
the soaked gelatin and set the pan aside
to cool. As soon as it begins to harden
add to It the white of the egg, well beaten,
and beat the mixture until it Is quite
spongy. Fill the flg-llned mpld and set in
a cool placo for several hours. This may
be made the day before using, and is a
good Sunday tea dessert.
STRIKE IS ON AGAIN
KESWICK MIXERS SAY" COMPACT
DOESN'T PLAY FAIR.
Compnny Denies the Charge Hotel
Man, Opposed to Union, Killed in
Dispute With Union Man.
REDDING, Cat. Feb. 22. The strike at
the Mountain Copper Company's mines
and smelters at Keswick Is on again. An
SO-day strike was recently settled ap
parently to the satisfaction of both sides.
Today the local committee of the Western
Federation of Miners announced that the
company was discriminating against union
men In employing workmen, and had In
formed a number of union men that they
would not be re-engaged. A strike was ac
cordingly declared. The manager of the
company denied the statements of the
committee.
As a result of a discussion of unionism
today near Keswick A. Carman, a hotel
man, who was opposed to labor unions,
was shot and killed by George R. Gallin
gcr, a freight agent and member of a
railroad union.
IN THE SOCIAL WHIRL.
Coins; to a Party In the Ile.Isht of
the London Season.
Scribner's Magazine.
We had yesterday a typical London sea
son evening. 'We dined at Lady Vivian's
a large, handsome dinner, everybody
rather In a hurry to get away, as there
were two bis parties. Lady Derby's, In St.
James place, and Lady Salisbury's. In
Arlington street. We drove down Picca
dilly with much difficulty, getting along
very slowly, in spite of our "white card,"
but finally did arrive at Lady Derby's.
The staircase was a mass of people struggling-
to get In. an orchestra playing and
about 1200 people In rooms that would hold
comfortably about half. Of course, on
such occasions one doesn't talk. We spoke
If you have weak lungs you have reason to
fear pneumonia, and should keep at hand a bot
tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
counteracts any tendency of a cold or attack of
the grip to result in pneumonia, and is pleasant
and safe to take. It always cures, and cures
quickly.
MENS
DISEASES
CONSULT THE
OLD DOCTOR
DR. W. NORTON DAVIS
THE ACCURACY OF
OUR TREATMENT
We have the largest practice
because we invariably fulllll our
promises. We have frequently
made reference to our original
and supremely effective methods
if treating men's-dlseases, which
may teem to apply that we treat
all cases of the same diseases
In exactly the same manner.
The opposite Is true. Out of an
hundred casts that would appear
Identical to the average medical
eye. there will scarcely be two
requiring the same remedies
throughout. However, the same
general system of treatment will
be followed In all, though the
details of the prescribing will ba
varied according to the charac
teristics of each case. This close
attention to little requirements
is of utmost importance, and is
a distinguishing feature of our
practice.
COXSDI.TATIOX FREE
We charge nothing for consul
tation or advice either at our
office or by mail. Instructive
book mailed free to those who
write.
FREE!
Send for book
of treating
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Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co.
Sixth Street, cor. Alder, Portland, Or.
No one but the sufferer can realize the untold misery of mind attend
ing the realization of a growing weakness, nnd the fear of an entire loss
of MANHOOD. For years we have been advocating nnd proving to
the world that impotency Is dependent upon some local Irritation of the
PROSTATE GLAND, caused by either an uncured disorder or some ex
cess, and that a treatment directed towards the removal of this local
Irritation will restore the functions to their normal conditions. To the
sufferer we would eay. avoid exciting remedies, and call or write to Us
for a description of our local method treatment, which never fails to
bring desired results without taxing the stomach with drugs. Colored
chart of the mnle organs and interesting mutter relative mailed free. We
treat men only, and disorders peculiar receive the latest and most perfect
attention.
DR. TALCOTT & CO. 2S0PUlai ilr:cet
to our host and hostess, were carried on
by the crowd, made the tour of the rooms
and got down again with much waiting
and Jostling, as there were two currents
coming and going. However, we did final
ly get our carriage, and then, with many
stops and very slowly, got to Arlington
street, where, apparently, the same pcopla
were struggling on the staircase, the same
orchf.itra playing, and Just as big a.
crowd (I should think the whole Conserva
tive party), for. though the house fct
larger, they had invited more people, so
the result was practically the same. Wei
did exactly the same thing, exchang?d a.
few words with Lady Salisbury, made ihe
tour and came home. V e were two hours:
performing these two receptions, but I'
suppose it was risht to do It once. How
ever, the English certainly enjoy the
sight, and don't mind the waiting. Lady
Jersey, who Is a grandmother, told me
this afternoon she had bored herself to
death last night. "Why did you go?" T
said, "you mcst know these bis political
parties by heart." "Oh. I like the parties."
she said, "only I didn't get to cither."
and then she explained her evening. She
started alone In her carriage at 10 o'clock:
for Lady Derby's, waa kept waiting an.
interminable time In Piccadilly, and when
she finally did reach Lady Derby's door
, a friendly Hnkman advised her not to gOi
In as everybody was coming away, and
she would never get up the stairs, so she
turned back and proceeded to Arlington
street. She had the same crowd, the same
! Jong wait, and when she arrived at Lady
; Salisbury's the party was over, and no
one coma possibly get In. It was then
midnight, and she drove home, having
passed her whole evening since 10 o'clock
in her brougham In Piccadilly.
Cnrnesle Can't Esrnpc Them.
New York Tribune.
When Andrew Carnegie arrived at the
Now Wlllard Hotel, in Washington, the
other night, he received a surprise In the
shape of a letter which demonstrated to
him how the postofilcc officials follow his
. ,ww,iijii-uuj. me letter arrived on the
train before his. and came from France.
" tiuuresseu simply:
: ANDREW CAUN'EGIE. Esq..
: Care Steel Trust,
United States. ;
Mr. Carnegie was astonished. "It seems
I'm pretty well known, doesn't It?" ha
said to the clerk who handed the letter to
1 htm with his key.
"Weakness"
To produce temporary activity of the
functions In cases of so-called "weakness"
Is a simple matter, but to permanently
restore strength and vigor is a problem
that but few physicians have solved. We
never treat for temporary effects. Under
our system of treatment every bit of Im
provement Is a part of a permanent cure.
Though other physicians have, through
our success In effecting permanent cures,
been convinced of (he fact that loss of
power, prematureness, etc., are but symp
toms resulting from chronic Inflammation
or congestion In the prostate gland, none
have aa yet been able to duplicate our
cures. Our system, which Is mainly a
local treatment. 13 the only effective
means yet known for restoring the pros
tate to Us normal state, which always
results in full and complete return of
strength and vigor. Such a cure Is abso
lutely permanent, because the condition
resfionslble for the functional disorder is
entirely removed. It Is the only kind of
a cure a patient desires, and is the only
kind of a cure we treat for.
Contracted Disorders
The Importance of quickly curing con
tracted disorders Is being more fully rec
ognized among the medical profession.
The tendency of these dlreases Is to grad
ually extend backward, involving In a
chronic inflammation tho most vital cen
ters of the organic system.
The serious results that may follow
could scarcely be exaggerated. Safety
demands an absolutely thorough cure in
the least possible time. We have treated
more cases of contracted disease than any
other physicians in the Northwest. Our
cures are thorough and are accomplished
in less time than other forms of treatment
require in producing even doubtful re
sults. Wo employ remedies of our own
devising and our treatment la equally ef
fective in both recent and chronic cases.
Varicocele
A thorouch cure without pain or cut
ting. Every case of varicocele we treat
proves the superiority of our mild and
harmless method, and the folly of resort
ing to surgery. The patient Is not obliged
to remain a single day from his business.
The treatment we employ Is distinctively
our own, and can be had at our office only.
Do not submit to the knife or hospital
expnses. when a complete and permanent
cure can be had without the k-as of time,
and without pain or cutting.
ok describing our method eppn t
ting diseases of men A VCEr i
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MEN
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