Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 22, 1904, Page 7, Image 7

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    THE MORNING OEEGOMAK, PjRrDAY, JANUARY 32,-130
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National League Seeks Peace
With "Outlaws."
CANT WHIP THEM INTO LINE
President Hart -Leaves Chicago for
California to See if Terms Can
Be Arranged With Recalci
trant Coast Magnates.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2L (Special.) Great in
terest Is manifested here and In the Bast
in the mission of President James Hart, of
the National .League, "who started today to
arrange a conference with the "outlaws"
of the Pacific Coast.
California holds the center of the stage
in the baseball world there these days,
owing to the efforts of organized baseball
to bring the "outlaws" within the pale of
organization. One of the striking peculi
arities of this angle of the National sport
is the fact that the organization is un
able to affect the "outlaws" in any way
and must sue for peace instead of whip
ping the recalcitrant Pacific Coast League
Into line.
Organizations, the strongest and closest
ever known In baseball, must send peace
delegates to California instead of the
Coast League praying for admission to
and protection from the organization.
Recent events have made the "outlaws"
stronger and more independent than ever,
and they will have to see their way clear
before "they will permit themselves to be
drawn Into, any alliances.
It is realized here that the sale by D.
E. Dugdale, Of the Seattle franchise to A.
Lou Cohen, president of the Seattle Club
of the Pacific Coast League, practically
knocks the last prop from under the op-,
position to the so-called "outlaws." It is
said this action will restrict the Pacific
National League to the Rocky Mountains,
and an effort will be made by that organi
zation to build a four-town league of
Butte, Salt Lake, Ogden and Spokane,
while the "outlaws" have complete and
undisputed possession of the Coast with
the best baseball cities.
The ending of the war on the Pacific
Coast will mean that the "outlaws" can
retrench on their salary list and general
expenses, except where they see it to their
advantage when good players are cast
adrift by dissensions between leagues
bound by the National agreement. This
make's the "outlaws' independent with a
prosperous season ahead of them, and will
make It harder than ever for the organ!
zatlon" to get them into the fold.
FALL COSTS RACE.
Oarsman Stumbles as the Field
Breaks at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2L Immediate
ly after the field broke in the fourth race
at Oakland today. Oarsman, the l-to-2 fa
vorite, stumbled and threw Jockey Won-
dorly. The boy escaped Injury- With
Oarsman out, the event proved easy for
Waswlft, a 7-to-l chance. Grater was sec
and and Hugh McGowan third.
Scherzo, winner of Jhe third race, was
bid up from 5400 to $800 by Frank DoS,
out no was retained.
Casclne was given a bad ride by Bell in
the fifth race, and after he appeared to be
winning was beaten by Princess Titiana,
the even-money favorite. ' .
Jockey Bullman, suspended for failure to
keep his engagements, will be allowed to
tide in the Lissak handicap Saturday. Re
sults: Seven furlongs, selling Llbble Candid
won. Harbor second, Emily Oliver third;
time. l:2Ss.
Three and one-half furlongs, selling
Arlsbe won, Delcarlna second, Sea Air
third: time. 0:43.
Five and one-half furlongs, selling
Scherzo won, Targette second, Quaker
Girl third; time, 1:09.
One mile and 50 yards, purse Waswift
won, Grafter second, Hugh McGowan
third; time, l:4S?i. -
Futurity course, purse Princess Titania
won, Casclne second, Letola third; time,
1:10.
Seven furlongs Ethel Abbott won.
Mountebank second. Bill Massle third;
time, l:2Stf.
TALENT HAS BAD DAY AT ASCOT
Only One Favorite Wins-Hurdle
Handicap the Feature.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2L The talent had
another bad day at Ascot, but one favor
ite, Stemwlnder. out of six coming home
In front. There was a good crowd in at
tendance, and the bookmakers again car
ried home a comfortable sum.
The feature of the day was a hurdle
handicap at a mile and a quarter over five
hurdles. Three of the contestants came to
grief. Lurdan and Ceylon fell at the first
Jump, and Heir Apparent lost his Jockey
at the last jump. Cambacerres, at 7 to 1,
won easily from Poorlands, the even
money favorite, who carried a bunch of
weight. Indian II was a poor third. Sum
mary: One mile, selling Taxman won. Rio
Chleo second, Jinglor third; time, 1:43V.
Two-year-olds, three furlongs, selling
Brown Study won. Molar second, Hllona
third: time, 0:37Vi.
Handicap hurdles, mile and one-quarter
Cambacerres won, Poorlands second, In
dian II third; time not given.
Slauson course, selling Andrattus won,
Athelrose second, Sceptre third; time.
Five furlongs, purse Elwood won, Dar
gln second, Atlantlco third; time, 1:01&.
Slauson course, selling Stemwlnder won.
Best Man second, Tower of Candles third;
time, 1-.12&.
Owners of Ascot Park Want to Sell.
SAX FRANCISCO, ' Jan. 2Lv-Rumors
were afloat today that the management of
the Ascot racetrack at Los Angeles Is
about to sell the property, owing to un
raitlsfactory receipts since the opening of
the racing season a month or so ago. It
is authoritatively stated that negotiations
are in progress.
x Thomas IL Wlftlams. of the California
Jockey Club. Is in Los Angeles, but de
nies that he is trying to buy. Edward E.
Corrigan is also there, and rumor also as
sociates him with the Impending purchase.
The horsemen of the state are watching
the affair with great interest.
At New Orleans.
NEW" ORLEANS, Jan. 2L-Crescent City
results:
Six I furlongs Shortcake won. Respon
sive second, Snowcap third; time, 1:15 1-5
Mile Felix Bard won. Caterpillar se
ond, Circus Girl third; time, 1:42.
Six furlongs-Clangor won. Big Ben sec
ond, Parislenne third; time, 1:14 1-5.
Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Lura
itghter won. Ethics second. Hands Across
third; time. 1:15 4-5.
Three and a half furlongs Friar Tuck
won. Marret Wilson second, St. Resolute
third; time. 0:43 1-5.
Mile and an eighth Handspinner won.
Free Admission second, Leeklng third
time, 1:56. '
Decide on Early-Closing Races.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 2L
(Special.) Tne State uair Board this
year decided to have early-closing stake
races, a hey were dispensed with last
Tear, but the action did not prove s&t-
Jsfactory. The State Fair Board met In
this dry Tuesday night and decided to
have a 2:11 and 2:18 eariy-clostng races,
entries to be in by May L At Portland
the early-closing races were made too
slow and the time was changed.
FIGHTERS HELD TO GRAND JURY
Boston Shows It Is In Earnest About
Fi wYCatiilij TA i 'lOa
BOSTON, Jan. 2L The carrying out of a
plan of the Boston police to stop all box
ing exhibitions and prizefighting in Bos
ton today resulted in the holding to &
grand Jury of Joe ChoynsM and Kid Car
ter, who were arrested Tuesday night at
the Criterion Athletic Club, after Carter
had knocked Choynskl out In the first
round. Eight others were arrested on a
charge of aiding and abetting a prize
fight, and were held to a grand Jury. Ball
for each was placed at $500.
Top Prices Realized at Horse Sale.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2L Top prices in the
Splan horse sale at Dexter Park pavilion
have been paid by Easterners. Prince
Katon, a bay stallion, sired by Red Heart,
out of Aurora Hlghwood, was sold to R.
"Weston, of New York, for $3750, and Hat
tie B. and Lady Bess, a team of bay
' EX-SEATTLE MANAGER WHOSE VISIT HAS AROUSEfc
THE FANS
D. B.
mares, sired by Falrlawn. went to L. W.
CIlinaiV 0IB0?tm' t0T,l xr a
Nowood, the stallion, sired by Nutwood,
out of Isora Wilkes, was sold to M. E. Mc-
Faffey, of Stllesvllle. Ind.. for fl750.
DEATH FROM ELECTRIC CABLE
Guy-Wire for Smokestack Touches
Wire Carrying 18,000 Volts.
ANGELS. Cal., Jan. 2L John Maltman,
brother of President Maltman, of the
Maltman mine, of this city, was killed this
afternoon while engaged in stretching a
guy wire to a smokestack on the engine
house of the mine.
While attempting to tighten the steel
wire it touched the big cable of the Union
Light & Power Company, which carries
18,000 volts. Maltman was standing In a
pool of water and the circuit was com
pleted with deadly effect
Ho called out to the men working with
him: "Shake me, boys," and fell to the
ground. His right hand was horribly
burned, but he was still alive. Every ef
fort to revive him tailed, and he soon
passed away. Maltman was Interested in
mining properties at Nome.
Money for Covered Track.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, Or., Jan. 2L (Special.) The
plans of Trainer W. O. Trine and the
athletic council to secure a covered track.
In order that training can be started im
mediately, are about to succeed. At a
meeting today of the student body almost
$150 was raised, which, with the help of
tho town, will be sufficient.
It Is the intention to cover a track 110
yards long with a heavy canvas tent open
at the sides. This will be the first move
ment of the kind in the state. From the
present outlook the track team this year
will be the strongest In the history of the
C. A. C
Dunsmuir Will Test.Log Law.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 2L Jame3
Dunsmulr has decided to test the consti
tutionality of the new land act which pre
vents the exportation of rough logs to. the
United States. He has always claimed
that his Vancouver Island Railway land
Is exempt from taxation. However, the
government has insisted on royalty being
paid by the American firm which recently
bought 5150.000 wortn or tne Dunsmulr
timber. Moreover, any Americans who
buy will have to pay 51 on Umber export
ed as logs. Dunsmulr says ne will, if
necessary, take the matter to the British
privy council, the last court of appeals.
Kenny Not In It With Jeffords.
TT7TT. DKT.PHIA. Jan. 2L Yank Ken.
nt Vow Tnrlc tried to co sli rounds
with Jim Jeffords, of California, tonight
at tne uroaawaj ahucuc v.iuo, out was
so far outclassed that the referee ended
Via fltrht ao speonds before the first round
was up. In the two minutes and SO sec
onds the bout lasted. Kenney was knocked
down four times and ne was ail nut out
when the referee stopped the fight.
Father and Son Burned.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jan. 2L
Ozma Mothato and his 4-year-old son.
Juan, were burned to death in a fire
which broke out at their home last night.
The mother, grandmother and two chil
dren managed to get out. but In an in
credibly short time the building was de
stroyed. Chehalls Wins at Basket-Bail.
CHEHALIB. Wasn., Jan. 2L (Special.)
Chehalls defeated Centralla at basket
ball tonight by a score of 17 to 12.
SMSern &o3 California Raeea
jij 'rect wires. We accept commissions
b. phone front responsible parties at Port
land dub, 130 6 th street.
ALL UP IN THE AIR
Dugdale Comes, and Then
Goes Away Again.
TALKS WITH THE BROWNS
Nothing Done Toward Signing the Se
attle ManagerThree Years'
Lease on Vaughn-Street
Grounds. ,
D. E. Dugdale left Portland yesterday
afternoon for his home In Seattle, and the
best that the newspaper men got out of
the fat manager was a breezy smile. Dug-
DUGDALE.
dale was in consultation with the local
tasail moguls twice during the day, but
the r. . ... .
the ripe and Juicy things which the fans
expected would happen as a result of his
visit came not. Beyond the smile one
that never wears off the ex-Seattle man
ager Informed his inquisitors that he had
met, talked with and had offered no prop
osition to the owners of the Browns. For
once in his life. If never before, it was
proven by lnvsetigatlon, that Dugdale had
told the truth.
This leaves the local baseball situation
Just where it was .before Dugdale took
the center bt the stage In a word It leaves
the whole works, like a toy balloon, up in
the air. But some one must pull things out
of chaos and do that within the next few
days, for if they don't Portland will
have the unpleasant distinction of having
the other teams In ihe league signed up
and ready for business before they get
started. Some of the wise magnates may
think they have oceans of time between
now and March 24. If this notion is hidden
away In their cosmos, the quicker they get
a germ exterminator, the better it will be
for Portland's baseball club. In less than
two weeks It will be decided whether tho
Coasters are to Join the fold of organized
baseball. In a month and one day It will
be necessary to have the team on the
Spring training-grounds and In Just a
month from that date the baseball season
of 1904 will start. Now anyone who has
mixed up In the game knows that the
time is short and whatever Is to be done
i must be done soon.
One thing Is', sure, the local moguls must
I choose between Ely or Dugdale. Dugdale
' says he left the city without making the
club owners a proposition. Whether he did
or -not doesn't matter, for the club has a
proposition from Ely. Long before Ely
became manager of the club he was will-
Seattle Boy Rivals Don Quixote
DON QUIXOTE has been rivaled by
Willie Steele, a 16-year-oldl Seattle
youth. Attired In leather breeches, a cow
boy hat and carylng a large revolver-and
a supply of dime novels, the boy rode Into
Portland yesterday morning on a Jaded
horse on his way to the mountains of
Northern California.
He was in search of bandits, or Indians,
or excitement, of any sort that might of
fer itself. The quiet city life had become
unbearable to him and he yearned for an
atmosphere of physical violence and ac
tivity. Riding behind him on the tired beast,
which, with Its rider, had been on ex
tremely short rations since leaving the
Washington metropolis several days ago,
was Albert Steele, 13 years old. Young Al
bert was not in quest of danger, but
rather had been Induced to sign on the
expedition in the guise of Sancho Panza,
in order to see something of the world and
keep the danger-seeking youth company.
On the way to Portland the lads say
they had no noteworthy experiences, ex
cept the insistent cravings of empty
stomachs. When they reached town early
in the morning both were nearly famished,
and they were unable to get anything to
eat until young Steele pawned his re
volver, thus leaving themselves helpless
should they run across "Scar-Faced Char
He. the Chief of the Plutes," or some other
noted and ferocious villain of the realms
of 10-cent literature.
They were; taking In the sights and were
attracting much attention because of the
older lad's strange attire, when a police
man discovered them. Both were taken to
the police station and their fatigued horse
was sent to a livery barn to be cared for.
Both were locked up in a cell of the
city jail pending an answer to a query
regarding their Seattle connections. Un- j
less their parents come to their rescue j
lag to buy 'stock in the. club. He was even
willing to grab up a controlling Interest.
His offer still goes and It may be that
after all he will beat Dugdale to. it. now
that there is a disposition on the part of
some of the stockholders to sell out. One
reason why the team hasn't been sold
long ago is because these who have had
the lion's share of the stock looked upon
their Investment as a good one and they
were apt anxious to selL They are not
anxious to get out at this time, but they
arc business men and naturally when an
opportunity offers Itself to make a barter
and when it looks good, it Is no more than
natural that what they bad bought they
would sell.
Dugdale might have bad a notion that
the business men who had financed the
Browns were dead anxious to dump their
holdings. It is no discredit to Dugdale if
he thought so. for he Is 'not the only out
sider who has thought so, and Journeyed
to Portland expecting to pick an easy
bargain. Dugdale found with others that
the Browns were not for sale, but If a
price, one big enough to be tempting, was
offered It would not be winked at. Dugdale
may or may not have been given a figure
at which he could buy the Browns. If
he did it was a stiff one, that goes with
out saying. He likes Portland, but he likes
Seattle better and he would rather stay
out of baseball a year and eventually land
In Seattle than tie up to Portland. Rumor
his it that Parke Wilson has not been
signed by Lou Cohen, and, if this Is so,
the fat magnate may make connections In
his home city.
In the meantime Fred Ely Is not idle.
In spite of the Dugdale flurry he is going
forward with the signing of players.
Mlque Fisher blew Into the Lewis and
Clark City yesterdayand he and Ely had
a long talk oer a number of players who
have asked the new Tacoma manager for
a berth. Who these players are neither
of the managers would give out, but they
intimated, that they were. men who had
been factors In htth the' major and minor
leagues in the E jt.
Fisher had a .bundle of bouquets to tos3
at the men who are associated with him
In Tacoma. He is on his way to Sacra
mento, where he will remain until it is
time to take his team to Fresno for Spring
practice and' when this time arrives he
will bid a last, but glad farewell to Sac
ramento. One of the " Important moves made by
the baseball people yesterday was the
signing of a three-year lease for the
Vaughn-street grounds. By this move
baseball Is assured on this side of the
river for three years and when the tracks
are laid the cars of both the City & Su
burban and the Washington-street lines
will unload the fans at the ball ground
gates.
KILL GAME OUT OF SEASON.
Valley Hunters Slaughter Deer and
4 Birds at WHI.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 21. (Special:)
There i3 much complaint hero among
sportsmen and others interested in the
protection of game about' the unlawful
killing of igame of all kinds. It Is a mat
ter of common knowledge that the game
laws are being violated almost every day
and there seems to be no attempt to stop
the violations.
Just now it Is safe to say there is con
siderable hunting of'deer in the low foot
hills, although the season' for killing them
closed nearly three months ago. The re
cent storms id the mountains here re
sulted In much deep snow, and the deer
are driven down to the low foothills,
where they can secure feed. In this way
they become easy prey to the hunter, and
within 20 miles of Eugene it is said
hounds can be heard any day.
People who live in the mountains make
no secret of the fact that they fre
quently supply their tables with "hill mut
ton," but of thls there-is little or no com
plaint. Nobody begrudges the settlers the
luxury of venison, steaks -so long as he
confines himself to the matter of supply
ing his table. But when hams and Jerked
meat are brought to . town for sale, or
when men go out from town to hunt for
the sport of it. there are many who would
like to see the law more carefully ob
served. It may be said also that most of those
who are believed to violate the law would
be glad to see more strict enforcement.
They mostly ga out because they believe
that unless they kill game out of season
It will be killed by others Instead of be
ing protected.
And deer are not the only game killed
out of season. It is common to hear men
in the valley talk about killing "jack
rabbits," and by this they mean anything.
That name applies to Denny pheasants
particularly, which require careful pro
tection at this time In order that they
may be left for propagation in the Spring.
The desire for enforcement of the law
is general, but complaints are not made
because nobody wants to Incur the enmity
of his neighbor, and officers of the law,
whose duty It Is to prevent violations, sel
dom happen along to witness a violation.
Curious Democratic Optimism. .
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
During the brief space of Roosevelt's
Presidency the Nation lias, passed from
quiet to unrest, from conservatism to rad
icalism, from patriotism to selfishness. We
have a poor politician where we expect a
statesman and an unsafe man where we
need a wise one. If the Democrats, who
are now harmonized, nominate a man who
can get and hold the elements which have
forsaken the Republicans there is no rea
son why they could not defeat him or
any other man his party will name. The
Republicans are aware of this, and that
Is one cause of the growing opposition to
his candidacy. They know that he is the
easiest man for the Democracy to defeat,
and the grafters and politicians love their
Jobs too well to stand by a loser.
and promise to care for them both will be
turned over to the keeping of the Boys
and Girls Aid Society.
Willie Steele, of Seattle.
CLEARANCE SALE"
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BEN SELMNG
LIBRARY FOR BERKELEY
BUILDING THE GIFT OF LATE
MILLIONAIRE C. F. DOE.
Portion of Estate Set Apart for the
Purpose Amounts to About
$700,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 2L (Spe
cial.) A large part of the estate of
Charles F. Doe, the millionaire who died
January 16, at nls residence In San Fran
cisco, is to go to the State University for
library purposes. The estate Is worth be
tween $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, the supposi
tion being that its value is near the" lat
ter amount.
Of this sum 24 per cent is bequeathed
in trust to the Board of Regents of the
university for the erection of a library
building for the academic department at
Berkeley. Whatever part of the money
Is not needed for the .building is to be ex
pended for books. This bequest amounts
to between $500,000 and $700,000 and an ap
praisement of the estate will probably
show that it is close to the latter figure.
Doe was a wealthy lumberman and had
Interests in California, Oregon and Wash
ington. In Oregon he owned extensive
timber lands and was part owner of vari
ous lumber companies. Several thousand
dollars are given to charitable institu
tions of San Francisco.
To his only surviving brother, Bartlett
Doe, the decedent bequeathed several val
uable pieces of city realty, Including the
St, Nicholas Hotel property on Market
street.
This bequest is in trust, Bartlett Doe to
have the use and benefit of this property
during his life, and at his death it is to
go to the residuary legatees. After his
death It is to be divided between some
20 nephews and nieces. '
PRUNES FOR ST. LOUIS FAIR.
'
Growers Are Called On for a Contribu
tion of Ten Carloads.
SALE1T, Or., Jan. 21. (Special.) Bruce
Cunningham, chairman of the special com
mittee of the Northwest Fruitgrowers' As
sociation, today issued a circular letter
which will be mailed to every prunegrower
in Oregon, asking for donations of prunes
of the 40-50-to-the-pound size for use in ad
vertising Oregon prunes at the St. Louis
Exposition. I
The circular recites the beneficial results
to be gained by demonstrating to Eastern
people the value of the Oregon prune as
an article of food when properly cooked,
and says that ten carloads will be re
quired. Local receiving agents will be
appointed to solicit donations of prunes.
The fruit thus gathered will be brought
to a central point and shipped to St. Louis
not later than March 1. The fruit will be
carried to St. Louis by the railroad com
panies free of charge. Growers who have
already sold their prunes are Invited to
make donations of cash.
CALLAHAN WAS MURDERED.
Body Was Found on the Car Tracks
in North Seattle.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. An autopsy today
showed that Daniel E. Callahan, who was
found In the middle of the car tracks in
North Seattle, yesterday morning, was
murdered. There is evidence of several
blows ion the head, which did not fracture
the skull but produced blood clots on the
brain.
The man was yesterday thought to be
E. B. Perry. Perry turned up today and
said that he and Callahan had been com
paring time books and accidentally got
them mixed.
Rainy Daisies Produce Results.
New York Press.
While the dainty daises laid themselves
open to deserved animadversion by at
tending their banquets In gowns with
trains that had to be clutched with the
Only a few days more of RE-
MARKABLE PRICE IN-;
DUCEMENTS IN MEN'S ;
AND BOYS' SUITS AND
OVERCOATS. Soon it will
be too late. Better come in
today and make a decided
saving.
Hat Special
Clearance of broken lines of
MEN'S HATS, extraordinary
$2.50 values, special .
See them
hand of the owner, there is no doubt that
the object for which the organization was
formed ostensibly as come Into view.
More women in New York: are wearing
short or "ralny.-dcy" skirts this Winter
than ever before, and there was an illus
tration of It on Saturday in the snow.
In the late afternoon upper Fifth avenue
was thronged with short-skirted girls,
their cheeks aglow, their eyea bright, as
they plunged along with both arms free.
True, they could not give the clinging ef
fect, which Is the excuse for wearing the
train, but they made better time, and,
with arms akimbo, gave the lungs the ex
ercise that brought out the ruddy color.
The Rainy Daisies builded better than
they knew. Many of them actually are
amazed that a real dress of reform has
been Inaugurated when ao many of the
meetings have been devoted to sotto voce
criticisms of the millinery of the mem
bers.
Chicago Theater Fire Headlines.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"The headllners of the country simply
frothed at the mouth over the Chicago
disaster," said an observant man, "and
they seemed to have made an effort to
outdo each other in depicting the awful
ness of that fearful event. The naked
facts of the fire were bad enough, and the
ordinary man could not read the details
without becoming somewhat tearful. The
mere announcement of the simple fact
that so many lives had been sniffed out
within the short space of 15 minutes was
quite enough to shock the man of ordi
nary feeling. But the headllners on many
of the newspapers, and many of the news
paper men who wired stories out of Chi
cago, seemed to entertain the idea that the
dreadfulness of It all might be overlooked
unless put forth pronouncedly In hot lan
guage and big black type. So they spread
out the awful feast for the eyes. No
doubt many timid Teaders were fearfully
shocked by tnese men. and It would not
surprise me to know that many readers
put their papers aside with a shudder.
Really It was some little time before I
could make up my mind to read the story
as put forth in aome of the yellower pa
pers. I do not like the shocking thing.
I have always entertained the opinion that
the newspapers of the country should
minimize the shock as much as possible.
Of course, shocking events must be noted.
They are a part of current history. The
newspaper's function is to gather and ar
range for the reading public the facts of
history as they develop from day to day.
Necessarily much that will shock the
over-sensitive person must be put in type.
That is all right But why should the
beadliner. and the man wto is assigned
to write the story try to make the thing
worse than it really Is? In the case of
the Chicago fire special efforts seem to
have been made in some quarters to de
velop the revolting details or the thing,
and to give them consplculty, often to the
point of exaggeration, in the headlines.
This Is a mistake. It may pay for a
while, because of the tolerance of one
part of the reading public, and the pru
riency of the other, but in the long run
the newspaper that presents the facts as
they are will be the one most favored by
the public."
Bay State's Favorite Son.
Boston Herald. Sfw '
Richard Olney is a man of such pevSmal
worth and proved ability in professional
and public life that the people of the state,
irrespective of party, are proud of him as
a citizen and have profound confidence in
the nobility of his character, the patriot
ism of his political motives and the Intel
ligence of his will to lead the nation in
conservative ways of peace and prosper
ity. In recommending him to the favor
able consideration of the National Demo
cratic party the Democrats of Massachu
setts have recognized his primacy. They
offer the ablest and soundest man in their
ranks and one who la believed to be the
peer of any Democrat in the land In the
Qualities .which at this juncture are requi
site to success In the appeal that the
party must make to the calm Judg
ment of the people. We congratulate the
party In this state for sinking all minor
considerations and setting an example of
the right spirit in this matter of. the
choice of a, candidate.
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LEADING
CLOTHIER
NO PUMP, SAYS ENGINEER
WITNESSES IN CLALLAM INYE3
TIGATION SAY OTHERWISE.
Connection Between Feed Pump and
Bilge-Box of Lost Vessel thi
Question at Issue.
SEATTLE. Jan. 21.-Chief Engineer da
Launey, of the wrecked steamship Clal
lam, declared before the Marine Board of
Inquiry now Investigating the disaster
that he did not expect to get a fair deaL
The statement was made when he was
asked to accompany the board to the
home of H. A. Spencer, a witness, who
was ill, for the purpose of taking testi
mony. De Launey was asked to go along, as
Inspector Turner said that he might have
a fair show. It was In answer to this
that the engineer said he did not expect
It, The investigation today adjourned un-
til next Thursday morning.
The proceedings today were mainly di
rected toward showing the existence of a
pump connection In the engineer's depart
ment, whjch Chief Engineer de Launey
.testified was not there. Yesterday Chief
Engineer de Launey swore that there was
no connection between the Clallam's feed
pump and the bilge box, and he repeated
It, asserting also that the feed pump
could not be used in handling either sea
water or bilge water.
Several witnesses, notably John T. Hef
ferman, who had the contract for install
ing the Clallam's pumps, and S. E. Lucas,
a pipe-fitter in his employ, testified to tho
existence of the connection.
Hiram A. Spencer swore that he had
put in the connection in question.
"Was there a suction from the feed
pump to the bilge box?" Inspector Turner
asked Spencer.
"Yes," he answered. "It was a. 2-inch
pipe." He testified that both the fire
pump and feed pump could pump from
the sea, from the bilge and from the tanks.
A Crisis in New Jersey.
Chicago Evening Post.
The domestic problem has reached New
Jersey, where the housemaids of Orange
have formed a union, the starting point
of which Is a minimum compensation of.
$25 a month for eight hours of labor each
day, with half a Thursday and all of Sun
day off. The minor considerations are al
most too trivial to attract attention, con
sisting of such reasonable demands as tho
use of the parlor three nights a week, the
use of the piano for practice after break
fast, and a maximum answering of the
front bell six times in an afternoon. It is
universally recognized that this is the day
of feminine emancipation, and no advo
cate of true womanhood will hesitate to
grant all the small favors which Bridget
and Hulda ask in the name of feminine
progress. In these days of pianolas
and aeolians and angeluses there is no
reason why the kitchen should not be sup
plied with means of musical relaxation,
though we hasten to explain that we seelc
no excuse to deprive the ladles of the as
sisting department of any of their drawing-room
privileges. Let us try to make
the poor girls comfortable and happy on
their own terms. Why expand our chests
and prate about this country of "liberty"
if there is no "liberty"?
Lawyer What la hla reputation for truth
and veracity? Witness Best la the world
don't even go flshla'. Cleveland Leader.
Pot Infants and Children.
The Kind Yon Have Always Bough!
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