THE MORITTSTG 0HEG0NIA2S, THUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 190
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Chicago Auoitonum Annex; i-osxoEice ttcv. nnFvnrvn COXELIOT.
Denver Julius Black, Hamilton & Kend- D "
rick, 908-912 Seventeenth street, and Frus- niies or Russia ana Japan will meet
tuff Brot, 605 leth at. again soon; and the fighting is likely
Kansas City, Mo, Rlckeecker Cigar Co., to be fiercer than ever, for no one Imag
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Franklin st. liKeiy now to he exceeded. The next
Ml Bwpoll m. J. Havesasgh, BO South meeting of the armies therefore will be
Ihira; aegeisburger, 217 jnrsx Avenue death trrannle. directed hv "the fury
House I iu "ui ana uie. ine sinuuiau is bucu,
Ogdea F. R. Godard and Myers & Harrop. alter so much desperate fighting, that
Omaha Barkalow Bros., 1812 Faranam; I neither party can allord defeat. Rus
Mageath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnam. sias Drowess is at stake, and the exist.
can j-aitc oau .uane .ews v-o.. n wcoi. 1 nf yn
St. Xouls World's Fair News Ca. Joseph ew lesion m war is tne courage
Copeland, Geo. l. Ackcrman, newsboy. I ana tenacity or tne Japanese, wniie
Eighth and Olive sU.. and Excelsior News thus far the Russian soldiery has
Company. scarcely maintained its old reDUtation
ban ixanciSCO J. uooper W.. o so.ar- fnr ntnlM rvoclcton Tt mnir. ha Aha to
Wrrv Ww, Sbmd: Goldsmltli Bros.. 230 "ic "i1" UJ- suj-
Suter: K E. Iee. Palace Hotel News Stand; ponea Dy moaern arms; ana train is
F. "W. Pitts, 100S Market; Frank Scott. 80 that Russia never has suffered in bat-
Ellis; N. Wheatley.. S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. tie more severely than in these recent
Francis News Stand. onnflWc Anrriinf in n MnVrJon pnr.
Washington, D. O Ebbltt House News , tUn tT-ii rr ki)(- v,
Stand. i5Diuiiucui i itt(,tuiaii,
ieeung ot tne ixussian army, in view
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tern- of its immense losses, is one of gravity.
pcrature, 63 deg.; minimum, 44. Precipitation. it is felt that no end to the slaughter is
none. I vot -vlalVilt that Tin or Ton r rt 1anrfiilr
TODAY'S WEATHER Fair; northwest hp,' v,nrv nnli' .,. x th
" -" - i"Jiii, vu.. I Thn To'nfltioro oa tittt -i--tlfln hailing
the River Shakhe, and have for many
days been devoting their utmost ener
gies to the .work of strengthening
their positions. The port of Dalny
is open to them, and they are
using the railway northward from
that port to supply their armies. The
Russians must now enter upon a new
undertaking. It is for them now to at
tack. Heretofore the Japanese have
been almost uniformly the assailants.
But now, in the shelter of chosen posi
tions .and intrenched on the railroad.
they await the Russians, whose prob
lem is graver than ever before. The
ensuing slaughter is likely to make the
world shudder.
press, which aspires to be the yellow
journal of London, that a Japanese Ad
miral delivered two of his ships into the
hands of the Russians for $60,000. The
Admiral, it appears, has since been
flogged to death.
The story is based on a good idea, but
the details are carelessly worked out.
The name of the Admiral Is not given.
The betrayed vessels are described as
"the gunboat Hitachi Maru and the
Sadu Maru," although the termination
"Maru" is exclusively applied to mer
chant vessels. 3Iines are mentioned as
the cause of the vessels destruction,
although the survivors were unanimous
in saying that their ships had been
shelled by the Russians. And lastly.
these two steamers were not attached
to an Admiral's command, so it is not
quite clear how he could have betrayed
them by wireless messages, which
would in any event have given away
the secret to the signalman of the Jap
anese warship.
It is a pity to have to point out these
little inaccuracies in the first attempt
to send out a really sensational story
from Tokio, but there is little probabil
ity that the correspondent will be dis
couraged. "With experience he should
be able to provide the Express with
plenty of material to shock the Cockney
at his breakfast table.
"ADVERTISING THE FAIR."
The following statement is taken
from The Irrigator, a paper published
at Irrigon, Umatilla County:
At the meeting of the Oregon Press As-
spclatfon recently the question of advertls
lng The Lewis and Clark Fair came up and
was fully discussed.
It was the general consensus of opinion
that the press of the state should give lib
tral space to exploiting the Fair, and with
cut charge. But those present did not feel
that the managers ot the Fair ought to ac
cept liberal allotments of free .space from
country papers and pay for space In The
Oregonlan and other dally sheets.
In other words, knowing the close family
relations between The Oregonlan and the
Fair managers, the country newspaper pro
prietors rather fear that their liberality will
go towards paying The Oregonlan for space
used tn Its columns.
We believe that the papers of the state, all
of them, should give a large amount of
cpace to the. Exposition and that It ehould
he done without charge, trusting to an In
crease of business to come through the gain
in population which the Fair Is bound to
give us.
All that has been done through the
columns of The Oregonlan for the Ex
position has been done without charge;
all that remains to be done for it
through these columns will be done
likewise without charge and every
thing possible will be done, till the close
of the Fair.
There seems to have been, perhaps
ptill is, among the country newspapers
of Oregon a general suspicion that the
newspapers of Portland, especially The
Oregonlan, were getting or were to get
a large amount of money for advertis
ing the Fair that Is, for writing It
up, or publishing matter about It. Not
one dime has come or will come to The
Oregonlan for such purpose; nor, as we
are very sure, to any other newspaper
of Portland.
The remark that there are "close fam
ily relations between The Oregonlan
and the Fair managers" Is gratuitous.
There are no relations whatever ex
cept those of good-will on the part of
The Oregonlan towards the Fair and
earnest desire to serve it. The editor
of this Journal was president of the cor
poration one year, and acted as presi
dent several months before his formal
election. He gave almost all his time
during that period to the work of the
corporation. He did much for it that
cost him money, for which he asked
no compensation and received none. He
spent nearly five months in Washington
City upon the endeavor to obtain the
recognition and co-operation of the
United States the most trying, difficult
, and laborious work he ever undertook.
For all this he never thought of mak
ing any charge. The Oregonlan Pub
lishing Company subscribed and paid
$5000 to the stock of the corporation;
and, like other subscribers, expects no
dividend, profit or return. Portland set
out to have an Exposition, and the
people of The Oregonlan. with many
others unfortunately not all have
wished to do their part for the common
end.
The Oregonlan has been informed
many times that there has been appre
hension on the part of the country press
that the daily papers of Portland, and
especially The Oregonlan, were to re
ceive money, and a good deal of It, for
"exploiting the Fair." It takes this op
portunity, therefore, once for all, to set
this apprehension at rest. The manage
ment of the Fair has paid nothing, will
pay nothing, to The Oregonlan for
bringing and keeping the Fair before
the country; and it believes It can speak
in this matter for all the newspapers
of Portland, dally and weekly. "We all
want to do our best for the Exposition,
end we make no -charge.
The Fair is costing a great deal of
labor, which those who are directing it
are contributing without thought of dl
rect compensation; but It will be very
successful. ' It will be a thing to be
proud of; it will interest all who see it;
it will attract immense attention from
abroad, and it will gratify the wish of
our own people in a way and to an ex
tent never heretofore within their ex
perience. The participation of the
United States In it will add Immensely
to its interest and value. This Fair,
and the great centennial event which it
celebrates, will stand as assurance and
proof of the redemption of the Oregon
of the pioneers from its old isolation.
The celebration of this centennial al
ready is making "Old Oregon" known
to an extent never realized before. Let
tio one Imagine that the fact that this
A DASH UNDER NEW YORK.
Trains of cars shooting under abodes
of the living in skyscrapers and of the
dead in churchyards such is the reali
zation of New York's long-cherished
dream; "Battery to Harlem In fifteen
minutes." ,
The subway will- begin Its .career to
day. No city In. the world can boast of
so grand "& system of underground
transit. A new era is Inaugurated in
the American metropolis, for now hu
man ingenuity will build a honey
combed city beneath Broadway, just as
ithas been raising skyscrapers above.
Men will win their bread from under
ground commerce, women will save
pennies in underground bargain sales,
and when night comes both will go to
the theater underground.
More than $75,000,000 is the cost of
the new system. Three years and seven
months have elapsed since the blasting
and digging began. The length of un
derground tracks is forty-six miles.
One-third of theNntire cost was in ex
cavating. The amount of excavated
material was 3,212,000 cubic yards, of
which 1,312,000 was rock. In construc
tion work 83,000 tons of steel and cast
iron were used Nearb' 10,000 men were
employed. The carrying capacity of the
system is nearly 100.000 persons an hour.
Such is New York's grand municipal
achievement, for it should be noted that
the subway is the property of the city,
leased to a private corporation for fifty
years. This great public enterprise was
financed by New York's ablest moneyed
men, chief of them August Belmont,
and it is worths of remark that there
are no vestiges of graft.
A stranger in New York who rides in
the subway may think of the vast hu
man energies that rise hundreds of feet
above him in Broadway and of those
who sleep above him in Trinity church
yard, but the New Yorker himself will
remember such things rarely; they are
too commonplace.
WHAT HARRIMAX HAS LEARNED.
The Standard Oil Company appears
to be anxious for the first time In its
hlBtory to have it understood by the
public that It is attending strictly to
its own business a business built up
to somewhat more than modest dimen
sions by self-sacrificing frugality, pa
tient industry and considerate attention
to the continuous needs of the consumer
for a very good oil at a very low price.
It is not in politics. It Is not in cop
per, or gas, or railroads, or any of the
other great Industries which might have
been promoted by Its enormous wealth
and far-reaching influence. All It wants
Is to be let alone, and what little time
its proprietors can upare from the legit
imate business ofoadlng tank-cars and
pouring the stuff that makes the light
that never falls into five-gallon tin
cans will be devoted to the religious
and charitable activities of the Baptist
Church, paying off the always accumu
lating obligations of Chicago University
and incidentally boosting for John D.
Rockefeller Jr.'s Sunday school class.
The laudable desire of Standard Oil
to pursue the even tenor of Its way
will, we imagine, strike a responsive
chord in the breast of Mr. Harrlman.
Late events had conspired to create a
suspicion In the mind of that great rail
road manipulator that there was a pur
pose on the part of Standard Oil to blot
him off the map. He had not been able
to make the distinction which It seems
has always been obvious to Standard
Oil that there is an antipodean differ
ence between Standard OH and Mr.
Rockefeller. Now he knows. Chances
are he has known for some days. Light
broke on his dawning intelligence not
long ago when he found the Chicago &
Alton slipping through his fingers by
the machinations of Mr. Rockefeller.
Not Standard Oil, mind you, for Stand
ard Oil Mr. Harrlman knew was in the
oil business, and never meddled in any
other affairs. Mr. Harrlman finds also
that Mr. Rockefeller can spare the time
from contemplating the beautiful re
sults' of his own educational and relig-
ious benevolences long enough to
threaten the Harrlman grip on the
Union Pacific Mr. Jlockefeller, true to
his pious nature, seems to design the
application of a riew Golden Rule to the
railroad situation. He will do to Mr.
Harriman what Mr. Harrlman did to
Mr. Hill.
We cannot know just now what effect
the introduction of the Rockefeller in-,
fluence into Union Pacific and Short
Line policies will have on the Pacific
Northwest. Nor do we even know for
certain that the Harrlman Influence has
been minimized. It looks as if it had
been. We shall not expect, however.
that the railroad will assume a differ
ent attitude toward us until we have
ocular evidence that something has oc
curred. Meanwhile we may compose
our souls In patience and be unmindful
of what happens as1 long as it doesn't
happen to us.
mer. She Is a woman, and women'de
splse a woman "boss," and that ends It.
To prevent friction, the business man
ager places men at the heads of de
partments where many girls are em
ployed. Yielding to similar conditions.
school boards elect men as principals
and capable. Just and earnest women
are set aside. In this view the domes
tic problem seems to be unsolvable.
Women must continue to be mistresses
of homes. Those who are employed to
work therein' will necessarily have to be
under the direction of women. The
man in his business can yield to the
prejudice or cater to the instinct that
causes working women to despise a
woman "boss" by placing men in charge
of the working force. No wonder the
most sagacious business man has to
own himself baffled when confronted
by this factor In the domestic jiroblem!
And indeed we may as well, concede
that this problem will never be solved
if the key to its solution turns upon the
fact that working women of high and
low degree are in league against women
"bosses."
But stay! A ray of hope shines
through the gloom. There are mild
mannered, gently disposed men In con
siderable numbers in the world who
submit meekly to and seem rather to
enjoy being "bossed" by women. Per
haps this may account for the influx of.
men Into the realm of domestic service
which has been noted in recent years.
Let us cease-to wonder at this as an in
novation and accept it thankfully as
the only possible solution of the ques
tion of the woman "boss" in the home,
Snow has .begun to fall in Manchuria
to add to the miseries of the men cam
palgnlng' In that wild country. The old
custom of going into Winter quarters
was upset by Napoleon, much to the
disgust of th'e old campaigners, who
complained that the upstart was violat
ing all the rvdes-of warfare. Every one
who has had to learn Campbell's lines,
"On Linden when the sun was low, all
bloodless lay the untrodden snow," will
remember that Hohenllnden was fought
In bitter weather. At Austerlitz Napo
leon drowned many Russians by smash
ing with cannon fire the Ice over which
they were retreating. It Is evident from
the dtermlnation of both sides in the
present war that the rigors of Winter
will not prevent the armies from fight
ing. Russians are accustomed to cold
weather, and the Japanese had a taste
of fighting at low temperatures during
their war with China in 1894. At the
dashing torpedo attack on Wei Hal Wei
the young commander of one of the
boats was frozen to death in his con
ning tower.
STANDARD OIL FOR PARKER?
Chicago Tribune.
We are opposed to any aatl-troet legisla
tion. Our counsel, Mr. , wUl see yon. It
must be stopped. John D. Rockefeller.
The foregoing telegram was received on
February 7. 1903. by sir United States Sen
ators. The occasion for the telegrams was
the anti-trust legislation which had passed
the House, and. In the early days of Febru
ary. 1903, was pending In the Senate. The
feature of this legislation, which especially
distressed Mr. Rockefeller was that enforcing
publicity on great Interstate corporations.
One of the six Senators to whom the tele
gram was sent was Senator Ixxlse, of Mas
sachusetts. He told the President. The mat
ter Immediately became public. When the
telegrams became public the passage of the
pending anti-trust legislation became Inevi
table. On February 1 all 'three features of
Roosevelt's anti-trust programme were en
acted Into law. The three laws were against
railroad rebates, for publicity, and for the
expedition of anti-trust llugatlon.
The authenticity of the Rockefeller tele
grams was at first generally discredited. It
was deemed Impossible that John D. Rocke
feller, "the human mole." could ever have
been so Indiscreet as to attach his name to
such a telegram. Bat tho explanation soon
followed. The telegrams were sent and
signed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The old
man would never have made such a bull.
The boy. In the first flush of youth, flaunted
his power too openly and committed him
self In writing. Such Is the history of the
famous Rockefeller telegrams, as the pub
lic heard It from the outside. Now Mr.
Thomas W. Lawson tells the same story
from the lrilrts.
jLOCoramg to nia "Frenzied Finance' ar
ticle In the current number of Everybody's
Magaxlne, Lawoon visited H. H. Rogers, the
execuUve head of the Standard OU. shortly
after the telegram Incident. Rogers burst
out as follows:
What do you thing that fellow Roosevelt
has done now? Young John Rockefeller tele-
grapnea him to give an audience .to Archl
bald on the trust matter. Roosevelt saw he
had cs and played some of his dirty politics
xio sent tor tne manager oi the Western
Associated Press and had him agree to pub
lish the telegram In the West, keeping It
out of the East, and to publish It as hav
lng been sent by Mr. Rockefeller Instead of
that unthinking boy. and. of course, you have
eeen it In thij papers; it's everywhere how-
he kicked Standard Oil out of the White
House. That ' Is his last insult to us. and
we wm aereat mm at any cost.
ROOSEVELT'S 46TH' BIRTHDAY.
It must be that conditions in Liberia
are not fully understood by American
negroes,- or there would be an Immedi
ate exodus of colored people from thi3
country. In a review of Liberia's in
dustrial affairs, translated from the
German Colonial Times by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, appears
this brief but significant sentence: "Al
most every Llberian is a government
official." What a country for the man
brought up in the country where run
ning for ofilce Is at once the business
and the diversion of the community!
Think of a land with an office for every
voter, or enough to" supply all but a
number as inconsiderable as the one
lone player In the game of "puss In the
corner." If this anriouncement does not
depopulate the black belt, nothing -will.
"Everybody Is getting ready to be on
hand," says the Swiss Consul-General
in Yokohama, referring to the boom In
Oriental trade that will come at the end
of the war. However the struggle may
end, it is looked upon as a foregone
conclusion that Corea and Manchuria
will be opened to the world's trade, and
the advantages of being first in the field
are obvious. The Consul-General holds
that Manchuria, if properly adminis
tered, Is as susceptible of progress and
development as Japan, whose foreign
trade rose from $93,500,000 in 1893 to
$303,500,000 in 1903.
FLUSHING THE CANARD,
During the present war Tokio has
"WOMEN BOSSES."
An Insuperable objection to doing
housework for pay is being urged. The
"bosses" of the job are womenl It has
long been conceded that women are
more relentless In their judgment of
women in the matter of moral delin
quencies than are men. It has also
long been known that women shun
business houses where women are
bosses, and perhaps for this reason very
few women are heads of departments
In the large department stores. The
late unpleasantness in the telephone of
fices in this city was due in part, it was
said, to the fact that a woman had been
put In to enforce the rules necessary
to Insure good service. Even teachers.
who may be supposed to be wide-mind
ed and tolerant,, do not as a rule work
cheerfully under women as principals
and City Superintendents. And now it
is said that self-respecting, capable
women refuse to do housework because
women boss the job.
There can be no effect without cause.
Writing in Harper's Magazine of a
visit to the English town oi Folkestone,
W. D. Howells compares the cost of liv
ing there and in America, Rents he
finds are about the same as in our
towns of corresponding size, and "pro
visions are even higher than In our sub
ordinate cities," he continues, "especial
ly to' the westward, and I doubt if peo
ple live as cheaply in Folkestone as,
say. in Springfield, Mass., or in Buf
falo." Springfield, Mass., Is a long way
for a New York author to go west, even
in imagination.
There are a good many signs that
Rockefeller and his lieutenants are out
in the campaign to buy the Presidency
for Jude Parker. Read the article on
this page today from the Chicago Trib
une. Note again the cautious statement
by C. T. Dodd, general counsel of the
Standard Oil Company, telegraphed and
published yesterday. It is evident that
this statement, which really states
nothing. Is an endeavor to meet, or
rather to avert or parry, the tremen
dous criticism of Standard Oil recently,
made all along the line.
It is a pity that Harry L. Rees was
ever appointed a Major and Paymaster
provea a singuiany unproauctive cap- xuau - Army. He had no military serv-
Ital in the matter of wild rumors and minded nagging women who arc prone Hfa
i -j in v... . i . I in daollnf with thelf r!omp:tlf iflr tn I c - .
irciiicu iJciMiciwwiia cjkiuieu wuiftr- I u-"-""o " - r
spondents. Few dispatches bearing a push the fact that they are the mis
tresses to the limit or arrogance is no
Tokio date line have contained other
than -official information, and for all the
newspaper reader knew Japan was in
truth, as Corea was in poetry, "the land
of morning calm." Even such a vet
eran in the art of watering, the stock
of fact with Imagination as Bennett
Burleigh was unable to provide Lon
don with anything but the dry an
nouncements pf the Tokio officials. In
view of the work done by the Shanghai
correspondents, still bearing the saffron
honors they won during the Boxer
troubles, and the Chefoo correspond
ents, new but energetic, the world was
inclined to commend Tokio for its si
lence. After half a column based on
the report of a Chinaman who had es
caped from Port Arthur by junk, a few
lines of definite information came with
soothing effect.
Only when the late lamented Vladi
vostok" squadron under Skrydloff was
showing the world that at least one
Russian officer knew something about
his business, did the outside world learn
that the Japanese, and especially those
of the seaports, were in a state of ex
citement. Americans remembered the
fuss made by New York and other At
lantic ports when Cervera's squadron
approached within "a thousand miles or
so of the coast, and were able to sym
pathize with the people of Yokohama,
Even this excitement soon died down,
but the operations of the Vladivostok
squadron now afford a peg on which the
correspondent of a London paper has.
hung a mysterious story. The corre
spondent Informs his paper, the Ex-
doubt true. It Is not probable, however.
that this Is the general rule; certainly
it is not universal. But one woman of
that type can accomplish much when it
comes to turning independent, high-
spirited young women away from do
mestic service, thus causing them to
give preference to work in stores and
offices.
It is probable that the aversion that
women feel for a woman "boss" is not
based so much upon the unreasonable
ness of women In this capacity as upon
another fact.' Deny it as women will
and do, there still lurks In the femi
nine mind as a heritage from the time
when the superiority of man was un
questioned a feeling that man is the
natural governing power of the world.
Women, for this subtle and to them
selves undefined reason, take orders
from men in business as a matter of
course and not Infrequently accept with
meekness blame that is heaped upon
them unsparingly for mistakes that
they have made or for carelessness and
Inattention to the work In hand. They
do not call it "nagging" when a man
who is in authority over them calls
their attention to delinquencies in their
manner of serving patrons ot the busi
ness, fines them for tardiness and
reprimands them for disregarding the
rules. What in the man In this position
would be taken as fa the line of his
right and duty would, in a woman
"boss," be resented as nagging or med
dling. It Is not that the latter is more
severe or more exacting" than the for-
polntment was merely a political one,
through Senator George w. MCJBriae.
McKinley did it; Roosevelt never would
have done it. A court-martial is to deal
with Major Rees, probably at Vancou
ver. That he has disgraced Oregon and
disgraced the service Is the unhappy
outcome of an appointment that ought
not to have been made.
But this was not the last outburst. "If
I have listened once," says Mr. Lawson,
"I have 20 times while Mr. Rogers raved at
'that ' well. I won't ilse his exact lan
guage. It wouldn't be respectful to your
President.
But Standard Oil. according to Lawson,
who saw the situation from the Inside, did
not content Itself wl;h outbursts. It set out
to defeat Roosevelt for the Presidency. It
first tried to beat him for the nomination.
It tried Hay, Root and H.tnna. None ot
these men could or would go Into the lists
against Roosevelt. The effort to beat the
President for the nomination was futile.
Then Standard Oil determined to beat him
for the election. First, according to Law
son. It picked out the Democratic candidate
"who would. If President? allow those who
put him there to run the shop." Then. act.
lag through Mr. Rogers, it called is Its faith
ful hired man, "Pat" McCarren, , of Brook
lyn, and gave Its orders. The result was
the Parker Vote at the St. Louis conven
tion.
This etory from the Inside . rests entirely
on Mr. Laweon'a word. But there have been
two subsequent confirmations from the out
side. The first was the vlsl of John D.
Rockefeller. Jr.. to Judge Parker at Esopus
two days after the adjournment of the St.
Louis convention. The other came directly
to The Tribune's correspondent. "Ray
mond." In an Interview which he had with
one of the meet prominent Democratic poli
ticians in the country. (Whether this poll
tldan was telling the truth c ot be known.
He may have had private motives ot eplte
acalnst Judge Parker.) Certain It Is. how
ever, that he told "Raymond" that Stand
ard Oil was working actively for Parker,
and that It had already contributed to his
campaign a large sum of money, which will
be dumped In certain doubtful states a day
or two before election.
Thus the inference that Standard Oil Is
for Parker rests -upon several distinct bits
of evidence.
First Roosevelt humiliated Standard Oil
when the John D. Rockefeller telegrams of
February 7. 1903, were published. Standard
Oil never forgets a humiliation.
Second Roosevelt injured Standard Oil
when his influence forced the three laws
providing against railroad rebates, for pub
licity, and for the expedition of anti-trust
caeca through both houses of Congress. Stand
ard Oil, never forgives an Injury.
Third Judge Parker was nominated by oc
cult Influence. There was no popular move
ment'ln his favor, because he was not known.
"The nomination." In tho words of Bryan.
"was gained by corrupt and Indefensible
means." It required the strength of some
great Interests to engineer such a deal, in the
face of the violent opposition of Hearst and
Brvan. Standard OH alone combined the
strength and the motive.
Fourth After Hill, the' most active and ef
fective figure above the surface In the nom
ination of Parker was State Senator "Pat"
McCarren. of Brooklyn. "Pat" McCarren has
publicly acknowledged that while State Sen
ator he received an anwial salary from
Standard OH. He Is still State Senator. I
Fifth The visit of John D; Rockefeller, Jr.,
to Esopus and his two-hour conference with
Parker two days after the adjournment of
the St. Louis convention.
Sixth The 'categorical statement by Thomas
W. iAwson. former personal and business
Intimate of II.' U. Rogers, that Standard Oil
Is determined to beat Roosevelt at all costs.
Seventh The statement made to "Ray
mond" by one of the best-known Democratic
politicians in the country that Standard OU
was determined to beat Roosevelt at all
costs.
These seven Incidents make a strong case
of circumstantial evidence that Standard OU
Is against Roosevelt and for Parker. That
being so, the friends of Roosevelt would bet
ter take deep thought, for Standard OU con
trols an unlimited amount ot money, and
when It goes Into a fight It goes In to win.
Theodore Roosevelt is the twenty-sixth
President of the United States. He was
born la New York October 37. 1853, his
parents, being Theodore and Martha (Bul
lock) Roosevelt. Young Roosevelt gradu
ated at Harvard in 1SS0, and had the de
gree of doctor of law conferred upon him
by Columbia in 1839; Hope College, 1S01;
Yale, 1S01; Harvard. 1903; Northwestern,
1903. He was married in 1SS3 to Alice Lee.
who died the following year; and in 1SSS
he married Edith Kennlt Carow, his pres
ent wife.
In 1SS2 Mr. Roosevelt was elected a mem
ber of the New York State Legislature,
and was a delegate to the National Re
publican Convention in 1SS4. He spent two
years on a ranch in North Dakota, return-
in et to New Ynrlf In 18K8 -when ha made
an unsuccessful run for Mayor. From
1SS9 to 1S35 he was National Civil Service
Commissioner, and from '95 to '97 was
president ot the N6W York police board.
In 1S37 he was appointed Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy, but resigned this port
folio to organize the First United States
Cavalry Volunteers for service in the
Spanish-American war. He was assisted
in this organization by Dr. Leonard Wood
(now General Wood), and the regiment
was popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough
Riders. Mr. Roosevelt being UeutenantV
Colonel. The Rough Riders distinguished
themselves in Cuba and he was promoted
to a Colonel for gallantry in the battle
of Las Guaslmas. He was mustered out
of the service September, 1S93, and was
Governor of New York from January 1,
lass, to December 31, 1S0G. He was electea
Vice-President of the United States No
vember 4, 1900, and succeeded to the Presi
dency on the death of William McKinley
September 14, 1901. He is now Republican
candidate for election to the Presidency.
Mr. Roosevelt has long been a con
tributor to leading magazines and reviews
and has distinguished himself in other
literary work. He has been Identified with
civil service and other reform for many
years both National and municipal. He
has also won fame as a hunter of big
game in the West. Among his writings
are "Winning of the West;" "History ot
the Naval War of 1812;" "Hunting Trips
of a Ranchman;" "Life of Thomas Hart
Benton;" "Life of Gouveneur Morris;"
"Ranch Life and Hunting Trail;" History
of New York;" "American Ideals and Oth
er Essays;" "The Wilderness Hunter;"
"Tho Rough Riders:" "Life of Oliver
Cromwell;" "The Strenuous Life;"
"vv orks" (8 vols, part author) : "The Deer
Family."
Mr. Roosevelt's Summer residence is at.
Oyster Bay, L. I.. N. Y. He has six- chil
dren: Alice Theodore. Archibald. "Ethp.l.
Kermlt and" Quentin.
JiOTE AND COMMENT.
Log of a Russian Battleship.
Oct. 23 (10:50 P. M".). Saw a suspicious
light two points before the starboard
beam. Shelled It for 25 minutes without
effect. Closer investigation showed it to
be the moon. Apologized and stood on
our course.
Oct. 24. Sentry on quarterdeck lifebuoy
observed floating mine off the port quar
ter. Gave tho alarm and bugler sounded
"action." JTive hundred shells nred with
out exploding mine. Investigation, showed
it to be a tomato can thrown overboard
from forecastle. Ceased firing and apolo
gized to can.
Oct. 25. Submarine boat observed heading-
for ship as three bells struck in- fore
noon watch. Brousht all quick-flring and
machine guns to bear on it and fired for
Ave minutes without result. Submarine
then leaped out of water, and was seen to
be a porpoise. Apologized to porpoise and
proceeded at ten knots.
Oct. 26. Lookout reported fleet of Japan
ese battleships painted pink with green
funnels steaming sideways in direction o
flagship. Fired every gun on board for 30
minutes, hitting flagship 39 times and
knocking off Admiral's cap. Investigation
showed lookout had Jlmjams. Apologized
to Admiral and resumed position in the
line.
A Charge at Nanshan.
Japanese Officer in Leslie's Monthly.
Suddenly we saw from where we were.
on a curve of the Nanshan Crest, facing
the Kinchau Bay, a sight which made
our blood bound in our veins it wa3 the
battle-flag of Nippon flapping away over
where the Russian trenches were. That
was the signal for a general rush for
ward to storm the heights. There were
only a. few of us in our company who
could answer the general order to rush
forward and everyone of us was wound
ed somewhere. A minute ago all about us
were suppressed groans of men who were
desperately wounded. These seemed to
come from beneath heaps of dead bodies
of our comrades. Instantly, as we saw
our flag planted on the crest of the Nan
shan, the shout of the "Banzai" rolled
over the field, coming from the throats
and the livid lips that would be still and
voiceless within a few moments. As I
reached the crest of the hUI I came upon
a fellow waving a flag which was about
two feet square. It was all bloody. He.
was standing over the prostrate body of
a Russian who was not yet dead. "This
flag, sir," he explained humbly to me.
"was given me by villagers of mine. I
promieed them I would plant it in the
enemy's trenches some time. You see, sir.
It Is bloody. This Russian," pointing to
the stalwart fellow at his feet, "was
the last fellow who resisted me. I killed
him with my sword, or, at least, I have
pretty nearly finished him. I have wiped
my sword on this flag. I am going to
take this flag back. If I am allowed, to
the men of my village, as a memento
of the first fight I have been In."
Good news for the small boys: Another
supply of campaign buttons 'is due.
Naturally, most of the shots at divorce
come from those that haven't been di
vorcedyet. No, Constant Reader, the Occidental
Heaven has no reference to painless den
tistry parlors.
Winter will be inaugurated with bub
bling enthusiasm, so long as the kids ob
serve Halloween.
It's a poor commodity just now that
hasn't something to say about a grand
prize at St. Louis.
If Summer lingers in the lap of Autumn
much longer, we Bhall have to fire the
season's chaperon.
When, one is away from home nothing feels
better than a dollar. Seattle Evening News.
Unless It be two dollars.
Japan should be pleased to hear that
Russia has bought the Chilean navy. It
Includes some excellent ships.
Chinese reformers in the Northwest" are
to cut off their queues. Abandoning chop
suey for chop cuey, so to speak.
Alexieff, with hi3 masterly Inactivity
and his grandiloquent proclamation, is all
ready to be popped into a comic opera.
Now that autos have advanced from
tootling little horns o steamship sirens,
the next step will be to signal-guns
mounted in the bows.
Several island-: in Lake Washington are
thought to be supported by gas. says a
dispatch. Why trouble to telegraph thi3.
when all Seattle real estate would sink if
it weren't for gas?
It is pretty tough luck on the lepers' of
the Hawaiian Islands that even in their
concentration camps they are not free
from the spellbinder. To be able to dodge
campaign Issues entirely would be some
compensation for sequestration upon a
small island.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Mall says that .mules brains 'make very
good eating and are frequently used in
stead of calves' brains in Paris restaurants.
From our limited experience with mules
we should say It would take about 90 of
them to afford a meal of this kind.
After being dynamited out of busi
ness some time ago and now being
burned out, the editor of the Long
Creek Ranger proclaims that he is In
the game to stay. A nervy editor like
that doesn't need sympathy; therefore
we shall simply look on and admire and
hope the hostile fates will soon give up
a futile struggle. A good many towns
could afford to subsidize such an editor.
Well, the fireboat had steam up for
Its latest feat of valor. Underwriters
will please take note, but not use an
occasion for lowering rates as a reason
for putting them up before putting
them down. The fireboat may not ex
tinguish high insurance, but perhaps
has done its level best. That's one
comfort, anyhow.
The strongest evidence that the harm
less British fishing-boats were not Jap
anese is the presence -of the Russian
battleships on the surface of the sea.
The Czar is no doubt overjoyed at the
convincing evidence.
Standard Oil say3 It has no other
business but oil. Of course not. But
It has some very wicked partners.
No Man Better Understood.
Kansas City 3 tar (Ind.)
The New York Herald, having given up
Its cherished hone tnat Judge i-axKer
might be elected, reiterates the sugge3
tion that the success of President Roose
velt may, after all, be "a blessing in
disguise." There is something very amus
ing In the suggestion that the election of
Roosevelt may mean something that it
does not now appear to mean. There
never has been a candidate for the Presi
dency who has been better understood by
the people. There has never been an
other candidate who has taken the public
so completely into his confidence; who
has so positively scorned evasion, secrecy
and subterfuge; who has appealed so con
fidently lo the wisdom and the fairness
of the masses. The people ought to know
what the President will do by what he
has done. At least, they have a much
better "line" on him than they have on
his opponent, who has done nothing and
has said nothing to define his possible
course In case' of election. It happens
that the President, who is the frankest
of all candidates, is opposed by Parker,
the most evasive and secretive nominee
in American history. Now, if anybody Is
oaradlng under a disguise in this cam
oaira. it is not Roosevelt, but Parker.
And there is not even the vague hope
that the disguise conceals a blesn&
How Togo's Nerves Were Steadied.
Success.
Admiral Togo, Commander-in-Chief of
the Japanese navy, whose prowess as a
fighting man has wonn world-wide praise
of late, comes from an old school of Nip
pon warriors. H1b naval education Is of
the best, and he has been trained In every
way to be a fearless, calm and tireless
fighter.
In his youth he and his fellow-students
at the Japanese Naval Academy were ac
customed to attend an annual banquet.
They sat at a circular table around a
slowly revolving cannon loaded with a
ball and trained to the level of their
heads. The trigger was so arranged that
it could be touched from a hidden source
outside of the banquet hall. That at
some time during the banquet the cannon
would be fired eyery one at the table
knew; but just when, or in what direc
tion it would be pointing was a mystery.
Of course, there was a possibility that
the ball might crash harmlessly between
the heads of two banqueters, but it was
equally probable that it might carry off
the head of some student. Yet no one
flinched. The chances were equal to all.
The picturesque object of destruction
revolving during the jovial hours of the
banquet, pointing from student to stu
dent, and ready at a given moment to
blow any one ot tnem to pieces, was con
sidered In Japan admirable training to
steady the nerves of a fighting- man.
Elihu Root Bought Farm to Own Tree
Success.
All the country knows Elihu Root.
the lawyer, man of affairs and Cabi
net officer, but there are less-Known
sides to liis make-up, which are, per
haps, more indicative ot tne man him
self, and which are, too, more interesting-
for the very reason that they
are less appreciated. For instance, he
is enough of a sentimentalist to nave
bought a farm that he might own a
certain tree.
He was born in Cabinet Hall, one
of tho buildings of Hamilton College,
New York, where his ratner. uren
Root, was a professor. In his boyhood
years the two used to talce long waiKS
together, and time ana again on meir
homeward way it was under a splen
did hemlock on Kirkland Farm that
they would rest The hilltop com
manded a magnificent view of tne
Oriskany Valley, across to the Adlron-
dacks to the north, and often tne eiaer
of the oedestrians would say, as they
started on again: "I wish I owned that
tree."
In the years since there has been
many changes at Hamilton and In the
country round about, but the old hem
lock ha3 remained untouched, and the
other day Elihu Root bought Kirkland
Farm and -the tree which, he declares,
has long been a landmark in his life.
At last somebody has been found'to hall
the Baltic fleet as a blessing. Shipowners
are being scared Into taking out war risks
at extra premiums, and the underwriters
are correspondingly tickled. From this
point of view, the more rampageous Ro
jestvensky becomes, the better business
grows. It would be a graceful act on the
part of marine insurance companies to
present the Admiral with a piece of plate,
as a token of their appreciation of his
services.
During Lord Kitchener's (recent tour in
the interior of the Simla Hills he is said to
have received an address of Welcome from
the Rajah of Bashahr. who assured him
that "the songs of Your Excellency's
stainless glory, ot the sincere, impartial
and the honest acts of the late Transvaal
War (which are the real ornaments of tho
honorable officers of Your Excellency's
position), are cheerfully sung by the heav
enly nymphs in Paradise."
The Rajah seems to have got the Orien
tal and the Occidental paradises mixed.
How undue bragging was rebuked Is told
by Tit-Bits:
"Sir," began a creditor, who met one ot
hl3 victims in the street the other day. "I
sent you a bill in January."
Yes, sir." -. '
"And again in ApriL" -
"Yes, sir." -
"And again in July."
'Yes, sir." ,
"And I presume you received. one th
other day?"
"I did, sir."
"Well, sir, well, sir?" flustered the- cred
itor. 4
"Well, you needn't feel so stuck up over
it," replied the other, as he lighted a
cigar. "There are firms In this town who
send me. bills. every month in the year,
and they never stop me in the street to
brag about It, either. X detest such ego
tism, sir. Good morning."
WEX. J.
Built That Way.
London Tit-Bits.
Scientific parent (on a stroll) You
see out there in a street, my son, a
simple Illustration of a principle in
mechanics. The man with that cart
pushes it in front of him. Can you
gness why? Probably not. I- will ask
him. Note his answer, my son. .
(To coster) My good man, why do
you push that cart instead of pulling
i , .
Costers 'Causa I ain't a bloomin
moke. ' .
The Native Pessimist.
"Chicago Tribune.
Foreigner Why do you have so long
a period between the election of your
President and his inauguration?
Native To give the people- time to
forget the promises ho made while he
was trying to get tne oiuce.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
Wlggs The fools are not all dead. Wagg No;
lots of 'em haven't been born yet. Philadel
phia Record.
"Age before beauty," said Falstaff. as he
attempted to enter before the Prince. "Not
Grace before meat," said the Prince, gently,
as he pushed him from his path. Ufe.
Nogga My little girl Is two years old, and.
cannot talk -yet Boggs Don't be at all
alarmed. My wife was three years old before
she could say a word, and now ! Stray Sto
ries. "Somebody has found out that blondes are
rarely Insane." "And yet there Is no doubt
they get mad when the genuineness of their
hlondness Is called into question." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"The mills of the gods grind slowly," quoted
the long-faced man In the black coat. "Why
don't they put In some modern machinery?"
asked the man from Minneapolis. "Up our
way they turn out 600.000 barrels a day." Cin
cinnati Tribune.
"When you first entered politics" said the
young man who is looking for knowledge.
"did you set out with- the determination to
win at any cost?" "No," answered Sen
ator Sorghum, "I set out with the determina
tion to win .at as Uttla expense as posslbe."
Washington Star.
On the back of a business card of a' Zermatt
shoemaker is the following notice: "Pay attan
tlon to this "Visitors are kindly Invited ,to
"brought your boots self to the schsemaker, then
they are frequently naglea by tne fortier ana
that is very dammageabl for boots a&& kosts
the same price" Poach .