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THE M0R3ESG OBSGONlAff, THUBSDA.Y, JUNE 2, 19QX. Entered at the Postofflce at Portltrfl. Or es second-class matter. KKV1SKD SUB S CRIPTI O N ' RATES. By mall (postage prepaid In advance) 23 ally, with Sunday, per month $0.85 Daily, with Sunday excepted, per year 7. SO Daily, -with Sunday, per rear ......... 9.00 Sunday, per year ... ................ 2,00 The Weekly, per year 1-30 The Weekly, 3 months SO Sally, per week, delivered, Sunday ex cepted 15o Dally, per -week, delivered, Sunday In cluded 20c POSTAGE KATES. United States. Canada and Mexico 10 to 14-page paper ........ ....... .lc 20 to SO-page paper ..... ............ ...2c 2 to 44-page paper ....... ...... ......So Foreign rates double. The Oreconlnn does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot under take to return any manuscript sent to It without solicitation. No stamps should he in closed for this purpose. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICES. (The S. C. Beckwith Special Agency) New York: Booms 43-49, Tribune Building. 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Wheatley, 83 Stevenson; Hotel Francis News Stand. Wcshligton, D. C. Ed Brlnkman. Fourth and Pacific Ave., N. W.: Ebbltt House News fitand. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, C4 dep.; minimum, 61. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers; southwest erly winds. PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1004. SIMPLE AND DIRECT INQUIRY. Is Oregon n Republican state? Is Republican sentiment In Oregon high and strong, or only feeble and flabby? Will Oregon put energy into the Re publican National campaign, by a strong majority, or leave It to be ques tioned "whether the Republican party and Theodore Roosevelt have a real strength, or not? This Is the matter at Issue, in -the election of next Monday. It is not ques tioned that if some of the local candi dates of the opposition -were elected the public business -would be carried on properly but no more properly than Republican officials would carry It The members of a party should stand, by their party and by its candidates, -when there is no good reason, affecting the character or capacity of the "candidates, why they should not." Here and now there is no such reason. "They who. are supporting a party in good faith have a right to expect that others who profess the party's creed and purposes will do the same. Were there any division m the Re publican party on matters of high Im port, it would be very different But there Is none. On all questions of real importance there Is a united party. Is Oregon, then, a Republican state? Then let Oregon say so, with her loudest yoice. Here again is The Dalles Chronicle. It professes to be a Republican paper; yet because The Oregonlan refused to support a Republican ticket when the party refused to come out clearly for the gold .standard, it is unhappy be cause The Oregonlan is supporting the Republican ticket now. But hasn't the Republican party come up to the sup port of the gold standard? And wasn't It right that It should do so, and. be forced to do so? "Who Is sorry? Again, would our good Republican friend at The Dalles be "better pleased If The Oregonlan, and all others who were In strumental in forcing the Republican party of Oregon to the gold standard, were opposing the party now? Or is he one of those still sore because whipped into support of the gold standard? Away with trivial things! I.s It good for the country that the policy of the Republican party should maintain the ascendant In its affairs? If so, Oregon could do nothing else so effective as to put In a big Republican majority In June and elect as many as possible on the Republican ticket If you are not ashamed of your party, stand by it Above all, stand by It when it is right, as it is now. THE TVIIX OF MRS. S. G. REED. By the will of the late Amanda "W. Reed, Portland lhas come into a legacy rich in the widest Interpretation of that very familiar term. Only a woman of large generosity and abounding charity could have devised her great wealth in ways so far-reaching; only -a woman with quick sympathies and of practical philanthropy would have sought out as her beneficiaries the helpless and the lowly, and at the same time extended the means of self-help through educa tionol opportunities to young men and women who have their own way to make in the world. "Without children of her own; desiring to pay homage due to her husband as the founder of her fortune, Mrs. Reed gave of her sub stance in perpetuity to the establish ment and endowment of an institution of learning in this city and directed that It should be called by her hus band's name. The beginnings of the wealth of the late Simeon G. Reed were, as is well known, laid in Portland. A large part of his holdings, acquired in the years of his active business career, still re main here, in substantial evidence of his confidence in the future develop ment of the city and of the enterprise of its people. It is a fitting tribute to his memory this will of his widow and sole legatee which bestows upon his and her home city the wealth here ac quired, in ways of practical benevolence and liberal education. The document bears evidence in every important item of thoughtful consideration. The claims of blood and of friendship were fully recognized and duly allowed. The ex tremes of human helplessness and need as represented "by homeless infancy and necessitous age were remembered. The unfortunate of her sex were not for gotten. Assistance was given to all worthy, institutions in the city that seek to bestow help through the medium of self-help, and afer all of these came the crowning gift in tne munmcent pro vision for an institution of learning at which our young people, unable to go abroad, may secure at home the advan tages of higher education and of tech nical training. This instrument commands at once the admiration and the gratitude of the people of Portland. In spirit It Is iden tical with that of the' late Mrs. Rosa F. Burrell; It will be wider in its influ ence only because the fortune that It devises Is larger. The two documents. executed by women who were associ ated In charitable and church work and In social lines for years and filed within few months of each other, constitute in their simple intent a legacy to the City of Portland of which, in the higher sense, it may well -be proud. WHERE IS THE FRANK AND BOLD? Friend and foe unite to honor the Prohibitionist for his manly courage and straightforwardness. Differ as one may from his views, we can only ad mire the directness with which the Pro hibitionist goes right to the heart of the liquor problem, blurting right out what others only dare darkly to hint at call ing a spade a spade and assuming di rectly and candidly the logical conse quences of his creed. The Prohibition ist has often noticed this engaging quality in himself and with all his mod esty sometimes mentions it to the dis paragement of other persons who fool ishly imagine themselves also actuated by good motives. The Prohibitionist knows that he is himself the only Truly Good, and he is brave enough to assert as much and brand the mere ordinary temperance worker or church member as a fraud of the first water. The superior conscience and superla tive moral courage of the Prohibitionist must be accepted as the explanation of the frankness with which he avows the consequences of the proposed "local op tion" law. This must be why he re ports the Texas law as "local option," not prohibition, although a letter from Sulphur Springs says "prohibition has succeeded here in every way beyond our expectations," and another from J. Price at Weatherford says "prohibi tion is a success in our county." This must also be why the Prohibitionist so frankly avows the purpose of the law to close up every saloon possible, reduce the consumption of liquors and .strike a blow at the brewing and dis tilling interests. "When the full purport and effect of the proposed law can no longer be concealed, the Prohibitionist true man and fair fighter that he is. In stantly acknowledges the truth and stands to his guns. Therefore we In cline to reject as spurious a certain leaflet ostensibly issued by the local option committee (at whose expense Is not stated) in which this paragraph ap pears: When adopted oh June ,0 this law or itself will not close a single Baloon, nor will It put out ol business a single brewery or distil lery, nor wholesale liquor-house. The law. when enacted, will not affect the employment of a single man In the State of Oregon, nor Will It change any existing' conditions unless saloons shall be barred by the petition and vote of a majority of the people themselves at a subsequent election. Do not be alarmed, gentle reader. You can vote for this law In perfect safety, for it alone will not affect your personal freedom or your business. Not at alL It must first be put Into effect A policeman must first arrest you, a Judge, In fact fintl you guilty. Be not afraid of the law. It cannot hurt y6u. It may even-cause more liquor to be used than ever. The fact is, it is a li quor measure in disguise. "We must also reject as spurious an utter ance of the Newberg Graphic, which avows that "The Oregonlan is not will ing for the majority of the voters to decide by ballot whether Intoxicants shall be sold In a community or not, The Oregoriian's objection to the law Is not that it prevents a community from deciding whether it shall have liquors sold in It or not but that It prevents urban communities from so deciding by putting it in the power of rural com munities to decide for them. "We all know the bold and gallant Prohibitionist who looks the whole world in the face and tells the truth though the heavens fall. "We have his exalted character from hla own- lips But he is not on this local option com mittee, strenuously assuring us that the law will never, never do what it is de signed to do, and that prohibition by counties is only prohibition by pre cincts. "Where is the bold and gallant? "Where Is the truth-loving and the pol-icy-desplsing? Perhaps he will return about June 7. The hop crop of Oregon is worth $3,000,000 per annum. Hops are used solely for the manufacture of beer. Ma jorltles for prohibition are expected In the hopgrowlng counties. Perhaps In this expectation the Prohibitionists are right Now why should these people expect to sejl their hops to be made Into beer for others to drink? And sup pose the brewers of the country, ac ceptlng the challenge of the Prohibition hopgrowers, should refuse to buy the Oregon product wouldn't this put the Oregon hopgrower and hopplcker and all persons connected with the hop in dustry out of employment? Is there no common sense extant? But the Pro hlbltlonists say the hopgrower can raise wheat But why doesn't he raise wheat now? Because wheat is not a profitable crop and hops are. Besides everybody can't grow wheat for man doth not live by bread alone. ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE NULLIFIED The millers of the Middle "West tlr Ing of their Ineffectual efforts to Induce the railroads to abolish a dlscrlminat ing rate against flour, have at last taken the matter up withthe Interstate Commerce Commision. In support of their cause they submit that at times when railroad competition was fierce last Spring, wheat was carried from Buffalo to New York, en route to Eu rope, at a rate of one-fifth of a cent per bushel, while a rate of 9tf cents per 100 pounds was charged for flour. The differential has not at all times been so great, but has always been sufficient to put the American miller at a certain disadvantage in competing with the foreign millers. This discrim lnatlon has proved so favorable for the foreign millers that modern mills of great capacity have been erected in various parts of the United Kingdom within the past few years, a .single plant now under construction at Lon don being capitalized at. 52,500,000. In creasing production and Increasing de mand have, of course permitted Amer lean mills steadily to increase their output; but that the Increase is not in keeping with the increase In the dlmen slons of the crop is evident by the Gov ernment figures. These show that in the five years, 1894 . to 1898, Inclusive, theaverage wheat ex ports did not exceed 15 per cent of the average crop; while in the five succeed ing years, the average exports were more than 19 per cent and in two years, 1899 and 1902, they increased to 25 per cent and 23 per cent The Pacific Coast miller -who-finds a marttet for his sproduct across, the Pacific where there 4s "no such, unjust differential ex- I actea. Toy, the transportation lines, thus has a decided advantage over the mill ers who operate from 1000 to 1500 miles from tidewater. The farmers in this territory also profit by the milling demand, for the millers are enabled to pay so much more for wheat -than it 13 worth for ex port that the wheat exporters for the past few years have been unable to buy any whe"at until the demands of the mills were satisfied. It Is the farmer after all that should be considered by the Interstate Commerce Commission in deciding this matter; for if his product is worth more money as flour than as raw materia. It naturally follows that he will share with the miller in the in creased profits. ' In our local field, where there is al ways a big demand for bran, chop and middlings, it easy to appreciate the economic advantage of grinding the wheat at home. It not only enables the stockmen and dairymen to secure feed for their animals at reasonable prices, but the conversion of wheat into flour gives employment to a large number of men in the mills and machine shops. If the complaint of the millers of the Mid dle "West is well founded and they cer tainly fortify It with figures easily veri fied the only advantage possessed by the foreign miller is in, the freight dif ferential. In effect this discrimination deprives American mill employes of an opportu nity to labor and takes away from lis large quantities of mill "offal" which it furnishes cheaply to foreign produ cers of meat -and dairy products. While there Is little hope of the Middle "West millers ever being successful in cutting into the trade now controlled by "Pa cific Coast mills, the millers and wheat growers of this section would like to see an adjustment of rates which would enable the Eastern men to put more flour on the European markets which rightfully belong to them, and still fur ther lessen their incentive for searching for an outlet from this Coast Exclu sive of this feature, it is apparent that their demands are right and should be granted. PASSING OF A PHANTASM. It has long been the theory of cer tain estimable people that the rights enjoyed by the American citizen 'extend themselves automatically over the de pendencies acquired by the United States.in the war with Spain, The Con stitution, they feel, goes there ex pro- prie vlgore, with all Its' appurtenances and belongings, Inferences and Supreme Court rulings. This theory has never been more attractively and effectively stated than by Mr. Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court, In the opinion he handed down at "Wash ington on Tuesday, thus: In my opinion the guarantees for the protec- tlon of liberty and property embodied in the Constitution were for the benefit of all. of whatever race or nativity, either In the states composing the Union or -in. any territory, how ever acquired, over which, and for tho Inde pendence of which, the United States may ex ercise the duty placed on it by the Constitu tion. The ConsUtutlon declares "No per son" (not American citizen) ehall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise Infamous crime except on presentment or indictment of a grand Jury and the unanimous verdict of competent Jury copposed of 12 persons. The conclusion reacnea oy me court is so ODViousiy forbidden by the. Constitution that I cannot re gard the judgment of this court otherwise than as an amendment to the ConsUtutlon by Judicial action when another mode of amend ment ts expressly provided for In that instru ment. This judgment, which does credit to Justice Harlan's Impulses of patriotism and philanthropy, is here reproduced for no other purpose than to point out that It is not the law. "What is more, Justice Harlan is the only one of the nine Supreme Court Justices to hold the dissenting and Ineffective view. The conflict that existed on the Supreme Bench when the so-called Insular cases were decided at the October term of 1900 was then divided 5 to 4, and now stands at 8 to 1. The contention that the Constitution ties the hands of Con gress in dealing with the- dependencies has gone the way of all things fatuous and unsound. It will never be heard of again. "We come back to the doctrine of Mr. Charles A. Gardiner, of the New Tork bar, that every proposition of this kind is a political question, whose arbiter Is not the Judicial department but Con gress and the executive. This is why the Supreme Court is so careful to hold up the Government's hands In every case involving the freedom of the pollt leal departments of the Government In dteallng with the dependencies. To take any other view would be to place limi tatlons upon , the necessary prerogatives of sovereignty. Inherent in this as in even' other nation. But as Justice Day shows In the ma jority opinion, this view is not only- theory, but It is law. The courts have established that the United States may acquire and hold territory and yet not incorporate it In the "body politic," and the treaty of-Paris, which Is the su preme law of the land, expressly pro vides that the political rights and civil status of the Philippines shall be fixed by Congress. It is under this author ity that Congress has enacted the laws under- which the Philippine government is working. The whole thing Is a sim pie and orderly and inevitable process of finding out what Is right and neces sary to be done and then doing it And vet this course, now ratified by the Su preme Court S to 1, will doubtless be arraigned by the Democratic party-this year as a fearful arrogatlon of power and a menace to our liberties. AN ITEM IN WAR'S WASTEFULNESS. The docks and piers at Dalny, which the Russians seem to have spared with some yet unascertained damage, rep resent the great features of the com merclal metropolis that Russia had projected on Tallenwan Bay. The edict providing for the construction of these docks was issued by the Czar July 30, 1899, and the port fully equipped by paternal government of the absolute type with all of the features of a mod era city, was formally opened4in De cember, 1901. Tallenwan Bay is one of the finest harbors in the Far East, and Dalny Is the ice-free port which Russia needs in her commercial business as projected there. Five large piers were construct ed from which cargoes could be loaded and unloaded at all times, while docks for vessels of all classes extended be tween the piers along the water front for two miles. There were and still are if the desperate engineers said to have been detailed for that pur pose failed to .apply the fuse that was to have destroyed them two .first class drydocks for merchant vessels and warships. Up to the end of 1902 more than $5,000,000 had been ex pended upon the harbor works at Dal Jny, while the cost of projected improve ments would have at least doubled this sum. The cost of the city itself aggregates many millions more. The records show that last year 717 vessels loaded with merchandise- together with' 1418 Junks, entered the port Upon the - docks, which the Russians were expected to destroy as they destroyed Moscow to prevent It from falling Into the hands of the great Napoleon,, nearly 2,000,000 pieces of merchandise were handled In v1903, while 45,000 passangers landed there. The wastefulness of war. in a com mercial sense, is forcibly illustrated by these facts and figures. But this, after all, is but an infinitesimal part of the great waste that has followed this de- astatlng war in the East, which is yet scarcely three months old. This enormous dissipation of resources Is, however, but a trifle compared with the waste In human life, and the terrible stress in suffering and emergency to which hundreds of thousands of human beings have been reduced by this war. Tet the conflict was precipitated by differences which were practically Ir reconcilable, and which constituted as men and nations are war alone could decide, Longfellow, viewing, the sub ject from the poet's standpoint said: Were half the power that fills the world with terror. Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and coverts Given to redeem the human mind from error I. There were no need of arsenals and forts. An ideal picture of an unreal world. This presentment does not touch even remotely the causes that led to the present war. The desire for territorial and. commercial expansion on the one side, the necessity for such expansion upon the other, could .not meet on com mon ground without war, bitter and unrelenting. "With Russia the question Is one of prestige and power, not only in the Far East but throughout the Empire; with Japan It is a question of national existence, the privileges of life and of growth, the elements of which are stirring within and spurring her to action. "Wastefulness of resources is but one count in the great indictment against war, and this in the course of events as recorded by, the years has been overbalanced by the blessings of peace and prosperity, to which man alone could open the way. The Oregonlan believes It has suffi ciently shown that the so-called local option proposal is simply a prohibition measure. Now, if it should carry, there could be no excuse for not knowing just what it means. As well as any of the rest of you, The Oregonlan could live under a prohibition regime; but what would be your condition, with a rational community, like the State of Washington on one side of you, and an other rational comniuntly like the State of California on another? And on still another side, the rational State of Idaho? No rational community ever enacts a prohibition law. That notion belongs to the primitive or child-mind of the race, that has come for the first time in contact with the Idea of legls lation and deems it omnipotent Among people of large experience and large contact with the world it Is everywhere rejected. From the current number of the London Spectator, one of the great organs of the thought of the world, we take this: "We are not among those who think it a crime to drink or to sell Intoxicants, and we hold It per se as moral to sell a glass of beer as a glass of milk. We agree with Mr. Balfour that the drunkard must bear his own crimes and not put them off on the" man who sells him the liquor he misuses." This is the common sense of mankind. It prevails everywhere, except in nar row, isolated communities, where ideas are narrowed and isolated. The oppo site idea cannot be forced on any great, growing community, such as we have In our Pacific States. Individual freedom and personal responsibility are the bases of all things in this world. A prohibitory law strikes at the root of them. BInger Hermann should have the largest majority ever counted for a Congressional or state office In this dis trict, tie nas ever proved himself a capable Congressman, on able worker for Oregon, during the years he has been in Congress. He Is well recog nized In Washington as a man who wants something, knows what he wants and how to get it for his state. To sat- isfy oneself, if any one can possibly harbor a doubt in the matter, jt Is easy to learn from the general and special appropriation bills of those Congresses wherein he has been a member. His services in the Congressional session just closed have also .been of such value to Oregon as to overcome absolutely the Idea that he has passed his day of use fulness In Washington. Mr. Hermann has. ably represented Oregon In the past, Is just as ably and satisfactorily representing Oregon today, and will continue to represent Oregon in Con gress for the next term. No one need despair of voting because he was unable to register. All that Is necessary Is to produce at the polls the acknowledged certificate of six free holders that the applicant is a qualified elector. Every legal voter who Is not registered should jnake f. ull .calculation to avail nimsen or tnis provision, in the cities this matter will take care of itself. But In the country districts throughout the state the voters should attend to It by prearrangement Owing -to the'trouble of a special trip to the county seat, many fanners have not registered. It will be very easy for them to meet together at the polling places on election day and certify to each jother's qualifications, and this should be systematically done What Is the subject at Issue In the' June election in Oregon? President Rooseyelt The biggest majority Ore gon can give to the Republican candi dates is necessary to show "the coun try, through thl3 first election of the year, what the strength of the senti ment for President Roosevelt Is. There is now a united Republican party. In this state, and no reason why any Re publican should not vote the ticket of his party throughout Mr. "Tom." Word doubtless Is an ex cellent man. But he Is scarcely a citi zen of Multnomah County. He has no Interests whatever that are Identified with its citizenship. He is no taxpayer, but an agent of distant firms' or corpo rations,- In trade here, who may order him somewhere else any day. The Sheriff of Multnomah County should be an actual citizen of the county, identi fied with its Interests, Possibly Stott should not be elected Sheriff merely because he is a supporter of President Roosevelt; but at least he Is identified with the business and tax- paying interests of Multnomah. County. PUBLIC DEBT. INCREASES. "WASHINGTON. Juno L The monthly statement of the nubile debt shows that at the close of business May 31, 190i, the total debt, less cash In the Treasury, amounted to $373,301,631 which is an In crease for the month of 536.447,573. This Increase Is accounted for by a correspond- ling decrease in the amount of cash on hand due to Panama canal and St Louis Exposition payments. The debt is re capitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt ? SS5.15i.430 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity i 2.100,950 Debt bearing no Interest 391.321.700 Total ; ?1.2SS,5S9.149 This amount, however, does not Include $975,109,869 In certificates and Treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand held for their redemption. The cash in the Treas ury is classified as follows: r.nli? reserve fund S 150.000.000 Trust fund 073.109.863 General fund 123,iuw.i In National bank depositories..... H4,533,12& In Philippine treasury .... 5.119,271 Total $1,373,463,600 Against this there are demand liabili ties outstanding amounting to $1,060,181.- 175, which leaves a cash balance on hand of $31278,515. ARBITRATION IS DISCUSSED. Noted Men Attend the Annual Con ference MOHONK -LAKE. N. Y.. Juno L The tenth annual conference on international arbitration opened here today with a larg er attendance than at any other previous meeting of the body, nearly 300 peoplo being present Judge George Gray, of Delaware, was choson to preside over tho conference. A review of the year in the history of arbitration was made by Dr. Benjamin F. Trueblood, of Boston, secre tary of the American Peace Society. A review of the list of delegates present shows the names of three members of The Hague tribunal, these being Judge Gray, Oscar Strauss and J. N. Gambra, or Mex ico; ten Judges of the Federal and state courts. Including Justice Brewer, of the Supremo Court of the united States; 15 presidents of colleges and other education al Institutions; 45 prominent business men from different parts of the united States, Including special representatives from the Chambers of Commerce of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other cities, and many well-known clergymen. Congressman Baker, of Brooklyn, crlti clsed the expenditure for enlarging tho xxavy. He spoke strongly against what he termed the wasteful expenditure of the Government on the Armv and Navy. Dr. Lyman Abbott addressed the confer ence on individual responsibility. 7.n a few forceful sentences he showed tliat a nation couia make '.'or peace only as peaco is taught in the homes and the schools, is practiced in the shop and in society. among classes and races and religious de nominations. Indian Exhibit at Fair Opened. ST. LOUIS, June 1. The Indian Gov ernment school and exhibit were formally opened at tho World's Fair today. Fifteen hundred Invitations were Issued to exposition officials, foreign and state commissioners and officials of Indian gov ernment affairs, and an elaborate pro gramme of Indlon games and sports was carried out The games, were played by the other Indians and were an educating exposition of aboriginal sports. Covers for 250 guests were laid at the noon breakfast given at the New York building by Mrs. Norman E. Mack, in honor, of Miss Alice Roosevelt today. The break fast was given in the large assembly hall. Japan Willing to Prohibit Emigration VICTORIA, B. C. June 1. A passenger by the steamship Empress of Japan was T. Aoygl. special immigration commis sioner from the Japanese Government, bound to Ottawa 'and Washington, D, C, to confer with the Canadian and United States Governments regarding the imml- I gratfon of Japanese laborers. He says that he comes empowered to accept the suggestion of each, government that still further restrictions be placed on emigra tion from Japan. The Japanese Govern ment Is perfectly willing, he says, to pro- hlblt the further emigration If tho Ameri- lean governments do not desire an in crease or tneir Japanese resmenis, Knox Names Judge for New Mexico WASHINGTON, June 1. Attorney- General Knox today announced the ap pointment of Edward A Mann, of Las Cruces, N. If., to be Assistant Judge of the New Mexico Supreme Court. This is a new position created by the la"st session of Congress. The appointment was recommended by the Republican or ganlzatlon of New Mexico. Catches 'Em Both ?Ways. Salem Capital Journal. The Prohls want the local option law adopted because It is not a local option law. Tho Prohls want it because it is double-back-action prohibition cinch, that catches the opponents of the system com ing or going and would breed litigation and contention as a dead carcass does flies. Read this:. Now It is only fair that thi3 local option bill be supported by your vote, that if the majority of the voters of any precinct or county want no saloons they can legally have It so. L. Jj. Zollinger, in washing- ton County News. But If the majority want no prohibition in a precinct they cannot legally, have it so. Do you call that an honest fair and square law? It Is not local option at all that is proposed, but an impractical, un enforceable prohibition cinch. Teachers Hold Whipping Necessary, NEW YORK. June L Prominent teach ers have aired their views on the whipping question at a public hearing on the sub iopt hfld tav the committee of elementary I schools of the Board' of Education. The I question originally had ueen raisea Dy tne Principals of the various public schools, and members of the Board have been flooded with petitions and letters asking that the by-laws of the Board of Educa tlon nreventlnir corporal punishment be so amended as to permit the Infliction of nunishment in certain cases ana under proper restrictions. One of the principals sunmittea staus tics compiled from inquiries sent out to various principals, asking their views on the eubiect- Out of 295 replies, 231. prin cipals said punishment was necessary, and that 6779 pupils out of schools containing 179,000 pupils needed some sucn discipline. Fewer Corporations Being Formed. NEW YORK. Juno 1. A compilation of new corporations In the Eastern states with a capital of $1,000,000 or more shows that in May they aggregated $i32,ow,ix. which amount is largely below the totals of 1903. 1902 and 1901. However, tne flg- ures ard $57,300,000 larger than those for the previous month. New Jersey leads, with a total of $90,000,000. Hail Breaks Car Windows. HUTCHINSON. Kan., June 1. This section and all Southwestern Kansas was drenched by a 'heavy rain, accompanied by hall. Between Bucklin and Meade, on the Rock island roaa, nau aia mucn aam atre to crops. Hall broke nearly every win dow on the north side of an Eastbound. Rock Island train, and broken glass cut several passengers. Will Search for Missing Mayor. HtON MOUNTAIN. Mich., June 1. General Manager Davidson, of the Me nominee branch of the United States Steel Corporation, has left for Negaunee on a special tram witn a crew or oo men to assist In the search for Mayor Hudson of Negaunee, supposed to be lost in tho wood3 near there. MARINE COMMISSION RESUMES. BOSTON, June L The Congresslonul Merchant Marina Commission, of which Senator Gallinger Is chairman, resumed Its sessions in this city today. The com mission began tho present inquiry at New York, May 23, and from there it went to Philadelphia and Baltimore. The hearing in this city, was Intended to cover the en tire New Eneland coast, and invitations had been extended to shipowners, ship builders, sailors and others Interested in maritime affairs. Daniel S. Emorr. of Joseph Emory & Co., of Boston, owners of ships sailing to all parts of the world, advocated the re peal of every present law governing the high seas and the adoption of tho present British laws. The hearing took on a lively turn while '. EL Atkinson, an Importer, was testify ing, on account of an exception which Senator Lodgo took to one of the wit nesses' statements. Mr. Atkinson said he was convinced that one of the most im portant requirements in the upbuilding of the American merchant marine was the removal of ,the tariff on steel plates, which, he said, is extravagant and un just Senator Lodge remarked experts had placed the Increased cost for plates at less than 5 per cent Mr. Atkinson answered! he understood that ships of the same type could be made abroad for 65 per cent of the constructive costn this country. William H. Frazler, secretary of the In ternatlonal Seamen's Union, pointed out abuses existing In the present marltlmo laws, among them too long a period of continuous duty required of lookouts and insufficient wages. When the question of the employment of foreign sailors was dls cussed, Mr. Frazler was asked: 'If sailors can be engaged for $7 a month what effect will the enforced em ployment of men at $35 a month have on commerce. Mr. Frazler replied: "I never look into my employer's business." It was suggested by the commission that if Mr. Frazlers recommendations were carried out American, shipowners would be compelled to sail their ships un der a foreign flag and the seamen would derive no benefit." HAS GRUDGE AGAINST MINISTER Prince Who Attacked Lamsdorff Not Given Office He Sought. ST. PETERSBURG, June 1. Further Investigation coflrms the details of the at tack on Count Lamsdorff, as previously cabled to .the Associated Press. Prince Dolgorouky is well known in St Peters burg society for his eccentricities. Ho had frequently declared he was destined to great things in politics, had been claimant to the throne of Bulgaria, and had visited that country several times and was expelled. Not long ago the Prince attempted to commit suicide by shooting, and still carries a bullet in his head. He probably will be. Incarcerated In an asylum as a result of Monday's exploit Count Lamsdorff Is none the worse tor the attack on him. The Associated Press Is authorized by the Foreign Office to contradict all the reports of Count Lamsdorff's impending resignation. The correspondent Of the Associated Press has obtained the following state ment from a good' source: "Price Dolgorouky, after his arrest was in a condition of acute nervousness. He said his condition was due to personal resentment against the minister who had failed to give him an appointment he de sired, and he expressed complete regret at committing such a lamentable act of violence. "The Emperor is highly indignant over the episode, and has directed an lmme diate medical examination of the Prince in order that it may be legally determined whether he is sane. If he is pronounced insane, Prince Dolgorouky will be placed in' an asylum. If he is responsible for his actions he will bp. punished." 1 Passes Anglo-French Treaty. LONDON, June 1.-The Anglo-French convention bill unanimously passed its second reading in tne House of Commons this evening. The bill provides for the assent of Parliament to their indemnities and cessions of- territory under the recent Anglo-French agreement. Premier Bal four in the course of debate said the speakers showed lack of appreciation of the enormous profits, accruing from the arrangements In regard to Newfoundland. Under the old arrangement peace be tween France and Great Britain hung by a thread. The difficulty was now remoyed forever. He considered the Anglo-French agreement to be one of the greatest international transactions on record, and the beginning of a happier era in International relations. Opening of Railway Celebrated. BERLIN, June 1. The opening of the entire line from Tsingtau to Tslnanfu of the Shan Tung Railroad, May 31, was celebrated here today by a general meet ing of the company. The Chinese Minister attended, a telegram of congratulation from Prince Henry was read, and also a letter from Imperial Chancellor von Bue low. Reports from the director of the line show that the freight and passenger traffic havejlncreased rapidly since the in troduction of lower rates. Bread Riots Imminent at Montreal. MONTREAL, June L Bread riots are Imminent here, unless the thousands of Italians who have flocked In from Europe, New York. Boston and other large cities of the United States can be fed at once. There are at least 400 without money, food or shelter. Others have shelter but no food. The Charitable Immigration So ciety has made its last distribution of bread and there are no funds available for further relief. The police are prepar ing for trouble. MINERS KEEP REPORT SECRET Matter of Joining Federation of Labor Will Come Up Today. DENVER, June 1. The report of the committee on affiliation of the Western Federation of Miners and the American Federation of Labor was submitted to the convention of the former body this af ternoon. No action on the report was taken, and it was not even read. No in formation concerning its contents was given out, however, and the recommenda tions, if any, are known -only to Secre tary Haywood and the committees them selves. The matter will probably come before the convention tomorrow. Mr. Hay wood intimated tonight that there would be some interesting action taken tomor row concerning President Moyer'also. At the morning session the proposition tn Inrroaito tho nor mnltA tirr WHS riff on t ed. The delegates expressed themselves In favor of assessments, whenever necessary, rather than any change in the per capita. During the afternoon session the delegates listened to statements by delegates from the unions in Colorado where strikes are on. Discussion of such conditions followed. and, according to Secretary Haywood, the delegates expressed themselves as deter mined to fight to the bitter end, and wanted nothing better than the present "favorable conditions" to continue. "Twin" Sullivan Gets Decision. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June L Jack (Twin) Sullivan was given the decision at the end of ten rounds or terrific ngnt lne with Mike Shreck. of Cincinnati, to night before the Indianapolis Athletic Association. Porto Rlcan Legislature Adjourns SAN JUAN. P. R., June 1. The extra session of the Legislature adjourned with out accomplishing the loan- legislation The matter therefore goes over, to next jw inter - K0TB ASDjOMMEKT. . Come West, Youngf Man. The managing editor of the Kod and Gua column tells me that the biggest shad ever taken ln the Hudson River welshed 12, pounds. Victor Smith in New York Pres. ; Juno breaks In roses. 7 ' Tacoma is being overrun by caterpillars. Ever been run over by a snail? At the age of 80, the original "bloomer girl" 4s to marry. Still a bloomer,vl- dently. When tho Russians retreat they' -aro routed; when the Japanese retreat they, aro laying a trap. ' K "? , A Pendleton man has been married 'tea times and divorced eight . And we have no doubt he's anti-Monnon. ' The Illinois deadlock is still unbroken.- To pick the winner would pick the lock. out tne aeiegates can't do it. Conductors in New York will be fined if they flirt. And yet as .the 10-cent vau- devuian says, all's fare on a street-car. The Japanese storming an imDretmahla position illustrate the result of an irre3is- tiDie lorce striking an immovable object A North End restaurant displayed thin frank accidentally frank-sign yesterday: BARELY SOUP, 6c. Tacoma gamblers are said to be work ing to have the Democratic Convention held In their burg, In the hope that they wiu gee some or tne Democratic coin. It must bo hard to "view with alarm" when you've so much money in your pocket that tne gammers want a whack at you. A leading New York paper gives up front-page space to a story that Harry Lehr and some friends were seen together in an automobile, whilst Mre. Lehr was alone In another automobile. News from tho "little old town" that SI Perkins has painted his barn is better worth reading than such dope. The country newspaper Is almost as great a friend to the rural community la the British Isles as It Is In all the states of the Union, and Punch gives voice to the feeling of Its Scottish adherents In ' some verses. The first three stanzas run: "The Scotsman" I ken, for the grocer eends hamo The butter an' eggs wrapplt up in the same; An "The Times" I have hae read, for I foun it, ye see. Tied roun' a bit palrcel I had frao Dundee. Wl sic a wide readln ye a maun confess I ken a wee pickle aboot the warl's press. But in a' o' my studies X never hae yet Seen aucht to compare yiV or "Anstsr Ga zette." t Your "Tlmea" an' your "Scotsman" are Jlst a fklr fash Wl' their politics, furrln affairs an' sic train; But as for real news, gin yo're wlshin to ken What's daeln in Aaster, why, wham are ye then? It is the female and better half of tho married couple that shows all the Inge nuity in devising new legal schemes for resolving the couple into its constituent parts. What man would think of suing for divorce because his wife pouted? Yet a woman recently obtained a divorce In Mason County (Missouri), because her husband was a "chronic pouter." It must be disagreeable, 'of course, to live with a man that pouts in the fashion almost ex clusively reserved for school girls, who somehow contrive to look pretty well even when they pout a little, that Is, If they're not chronic pouters, and on second thoughts It seems that the Missouri wom an has established a useful precedent A man that pouts when he has to light the fire, pouts as he goes to work, comes home pouting, and pouts when he's taken to a progressive hearts party, Is no husband for a sensitive woman. The war in the Orient has precipitated an avalanche of books about Russia and Japan. Most of them are in the popular snippets and sippets style, and from the most popular we have culled the following, items of interest about Russia: The samovar Is one of the moat conspicuous- objects In the Russian streets. On a bright afternoon thousands of them may be seen on the Rue StepanofCsky. each drawn by three magnificent horses and filled with a -crowd of pleasure-seekers. A distinctive Russian costume is the vodka. It Is popular Winter and Summer, and most of the men are wrapped up In it. The Russian measure of distance is the verst, which corresponds to the American unit of a Salt Lake block. The Kremlin 13 a popular cigar. It Is a mistake to think that all Russian names end In "sky" or "off." Some of them end in "offsky." In eome parts of Russia the marriage market still survives. It is held for the purpose of mating young people of equal fortunes, and should not be confounded with the New York matrimonial market, which has an entirely different-object. Cossack Is the name given to Kussiaa etreet- car conductors. . OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. . "You Democrats seem to be all at sea." "Well, not quite as far out on the Bryony deep as wo were." Puck. He Why did you go on encouraging me? Why didn't you tell me you were already en. gaged? She I wanted to test my love iox Jack. Puck. "I am Invited to that eminently aristocratic ball on the 10th." "Aren't you lucky?" "Oh, I don't know; the tickets are Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. Critique Yto, Indeed, my house Is sim ply full of Tltlans. Mrs. Nouveauriche Good gracious, ain't there no way of killing 'em? Princeton Tiger. Tho Teacher Can any of you tell me foi what purpose the Panama Canal Is to be usedl Little Georgie Grafton Sure! Campaign pur poses! Town Topics. "She's not to be trusted," said the gossip "Why not?" "I told her all about the scan dal, and ehe promised not to mention it, and she didn't." Chicago Post. Round Sergeant What! asleep again? Can It be that this is from force of habit? Wak ing Patrolman N-n-no, sir. Jest a habit o' UY force Baltimore American. "Mamma, teacher whipped a boy today for whispering in school." "Well, that was right." "But, mamma, he hollered ten times as loud as he whispered." New Yorker. "The last time I saw him he had Just grad uated from college and was waiting for a good position." "All that's changed. He's looking for a plain Job now." Philadelphia Ledger "Ef dat engine knocks me off de tracJt agin," said the colored brother, who had pil lowed his head on the rail. "I be boun ef 1 don't rise up en sue do road fer damages'," Atlanta Constitution. Mrs. Nearslte See that rude little boy teas ing that old man. Mr. Nearslte Why. that's our WlUIe. Mrs. Nearslte OhI Is It? I was Just about to remark how gracefuUy he dodge about Philadelphia Press. "He's still employed by that big wholesale house, isn't he?" "No. I think he's in busi ness for himself now. He used to take an hour for lunch, but now he only take a bare Ave minutes. Philadelphia Press. She George, I found a lock of hair in your watch. He It is yours, dear. "Nonsense I You can't deceive me. It Is not the color of my hair." "Well, It's the color your hair used to be. Remember, it is a month ago you cava Jlt tome'Yonkerg Stajesmaj,; " f