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Cooper Co., 740 Mar ket, near Palace Hotel; Foster & Orear, Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Broa, 38 Batter; I. E. Lee, Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitta, 1003 Marltet; Frank Scott, 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley, S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. Wasbiagtoa. D. C Ebbltt House News Stand. IORTLAND. SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 1904. THE TAKXET AND TTS IMENDS. If the tariff is to be revised, it'ls to be done by Its friends. That it will ibe modified in some important particulars appears to be taken for granted by all parties. "We occasionally find a stal wart champion of the protective princi ple, both In and out of 'Congress, who proposes to stand pat on the let-well-enough-alone doctrine until that indefi nite time in the distant future when a change of some kind shall be impera tive. An opinion has been fostered that the rlngley tariff is a sacred measure and its schedules should not be pro faned by impious meddling. But the last Hepubllcan National Convention had no such Idea. It distinctly recog nized that modification must be made and that we should stand pat and let well enough alone only so long as it appeared unsafe to move forward in an effort to do better. This is from the platform of 1904: We Insist upon the maintenance of the prin ciple -or protection, and, tHerefore, rates of iiuty should he readjusted only when conditions have so changed that the public interest de mands their alteration, but this work cannot bo safely committed to any other hands than those -of the Republican party. ... To a Republican Congress and a Republlaan Presi dent this great question can be safely in trusted. The Republican party has thus in sisted that "this great question"!, e.. tariff revision should be undertaken by it alone, if undertaken at all, and has at least by implication admitted that alteration is now necessary. We have a Republican Congress and a Bepubli can President, and it appears ungues tlonable that the President regards tariff revision as among the pressing and Ira portant problems to be solved by his Administration.. In its Issue, of November 20 the New Tork Tribune, a- stanch advocate of a protective tariff, and an uncompromis lng supporter of all Republican policies, has an elaborate forecast of the Presi Kent's policies.. Mr. Roosevelt, it says, "does not construe the great Rcpubll can majorities as meaning that the peo ple want no change." Especial em phasis is then laid on the following paragraph in the Tribune article: The President today regards some readjust ment of the existing tariff schedules by the aext CoBgreM bm essential to the prosperity of the Nation, which I ln-arlably the first aim of the Republican party. The great issue in the recent cam paign was the personality of the Presi dent and the continuation of the policies which he peculiarly represents; so that it can scarcely be said that the people rmcprnpr? thvmRfOvps RnfHallv nhnnt the tariff. But tariff revision and reci procity with Canada were made the issue in Massachusetts by the Demo cratic candidate for Governor and he was elected. Any assumption whatever that the verdict in Massachusetts was in any sense an expression of conn dence in the Democratic plan of tariff reform is overcome by the great Repub lican majorltyfor, Roosevelt in that state. when Massachusetts elected Douglas, then, it declared for moditlca tion of the tariff; and when it gave the RoOBevelt electors a'jgreat plurality it said it wanted the Republican party to "undertake the task. It appears to be understood that the President will not submit the question at the forthcoming session of Congress: but he will proba bly call a special session next Spring, where the whole matter may be opened "UP- A TlCTDt OF RED TAPE. "Too much red tape" Is In effect the report of the committee which inquired into the extraordinary case of Adolph Beck, twice convicted in England of another man's crimes. The facts of the case are given in the- excerpt printed in another column of this page, and from themUt Is evident that the com- mlttee properly places the blame upon the Judge who tried Beck in 1S96. The Home Office merely displayed the ofli clal stupidity that seems inherent in a certain class of bureaucrats. Briefly Beck was convicted of swin dling women. He was Identified by a policeman as one Smith, who was sent to prison ror tne same onense nineteen years before, but, testimony regarding "the previous conviction, having been ruled out. Beck was found guilty on the evidence adduced. In prison, how ever, he was treated as a twice-con vlcted man, and his appeal to the Home Office resulted In official admission that Beck was not Smith. Here the Home Offloe paused. Beck had been convicted after the Smith testimony had been ex cluded, ad, iMte&d of putting two and two together, the Home Office au (hoxiUee cooU&tad -tbemeelYes .with or dering the marks of previous conviction to be removed from Beck's prison cloth ing: The case shows British govern ment o Cleft, like the half-strangled "War CXSce, to be swathed In Ted tape, and It must be distressing to some of the officials to think that Beck was released after his second conviction merely because he was innocent and in face of the fact that there was no exact .precedent. COLUMBIA ON THE' WAVES. In the annual report' of Bear-Admiral Converse, Chief of the Bureau of Navi gation, there are two points of especial Interest to those concerned with the naval movement that is now evident in the Nation: One deals with the supply of officers of suitable age and the other deals with the construction of battle ships. Regarding the shortage' of offi cers, Admiral Converse thinks that the increasing numbers of midshipmen graduating from the Naval Academy will relieve the situation so far as the lower grades are concerned, but he considers legislation necessary to pro vide more Lieutenants and Lieutenant Commanders, Instancing the fact that many battleships have Lieutenants as navigating and ordnance officers, and that several battleships have Ensigns and even midshipmen as watch officers. "While it is hardly fair to the officers that have to perform the duties of a higher rank without the benefit of hold ing such rank or of receiving the higher pay, It is evident from the report that American officers of these grades are older than those of corresponding rank In foreign navies and are therefore bet ter qualified to carry out such duties. A more serious matter Is the age of American commanding officers. Every warlike Invention, every Increase in the speed and fighting power of the mod ern ship" of war. Increases the already tremendous strain upon the naval com mander, and age Is neither able to with stand the wear and tear nor to use tfee terrible weapon of the fighting vessel with the audacity that commands suc cess. According to the regulations gov erning the British navy. Lieutenants, Commanders and Captains reaching certain ages are compelled to retire, 45 being the age for the first-named rank. Consequently, If an officer has not shown sufficient ability to gain promo- tion before Teaching the age limit for his rank, he goes out and makes way for a junior. In the American service such officers remain on the active list, a detriment, in some Instances, to the Navy's efficiency and an obstruction to the flow of promotion. Admiral Con' verse's recommendation that Command ers and Captains who have not gained promotion at certain ages should be re tired compulsorily is therefore worthy of favorable action. Battleships are favored by the report as tire mainstay of the Navy, and Ad miral Converse comments upon the Port Arthur operations as follows: Although a hundred and more torpedo-boats and destroyers have been actually engaged for five months against battleships, which have been exposed to attack times without number. we have yet to learn authoritatively of a tor pedo from a torpedo vessel causing the loss of a single battleship. Those which have been sank owed their destruction to submarine mines anchored or broken adrift, torpedo ves sels not contributing to the result, except in the confusion and sense of greater danger due to their presence. It is evident that in the final summary ot losses the achievements of torpedo vessels will count lees than was at first sup posed. While this is hardly fair to the torpedo-boats, as the Russian flotilla has not acted against a fleet and the Japan ese boats have been unable to pene trate a fortified harbor, except on their first successful raid, the conclusion that the battleship is the reliance of the Navy will be welcomed by all observers. No expert has ever seriously questioned this conclusion, and Mohan insists upon it in every book he has written. What this country wants is a fleet that will be able to keep the. seas In all weathers, find the enemy In his own waters and meet on equal terms the ships of a hos tile fleet. Only with a fighting line of battleships is this possible. Great Brit aln, after pondering the lessons of the Oriental sea fights, has already ordered two battleships of the Nelson class, bigger than anything afloat. It Is sat lsfactory to know that the authorities at "Washington had come to the same conclusion. RAILROADS ABE PROSPEROUS. "With the removal of all doubt as to any radical changes In the political pol Icy of the country comes news of in creased industrial activity "both East and West. It Is In the railroad buslncas that this rapidly quickening develop ment is the most pronounced, and, from all appearances, the year 1905 will be one of the most prosperous the roads have ever known. Mention has previ ously been made of the proposed ex pendlture of several million dollars In Oregon by the Harriman lines In im proving the facilities already here. "With so much new territory being de veloped by settlers who have been brought Into the country by the Harri man system, it Is unreasonable to sup pose that the operations of that railroad corporation will be confined to keeping the old tracks and equipment in repair. Instead we are almost certain to see a number "of new lines thrown out as feeders to take care of the new busi ness that will be created by the large uuuiuer ol seiuerswoo jiuve xeea pour lng into the country for the past year. The universal car shortage all over the United States has undoubtedly dem onstrated to the railroads that business has fully "caught up" with the trans-. portation facilities provided for it, and as the cost of cars and motive power is small In comparison with the rest of the investment in a railroad property, the present trouble- will be alleviated as rapidly, as possible by the building of more cars and locomotives. This de mand for rolling stock, like the expend Itures for track improvement, bridges, eta, will create a demand for labor and promote prosperity in other lines. In one respect this enormously" increased 'activity In railroad business will not be welcomed by the men In the lumber trade. The "Washington lumber dealers are endeavoring to force the railroads to lower rates to 40 cents per hundred to certain points in the Middle "West. The object of the demand is to enable the lumbermen to sell more lumber than can now be placed under existing rates. As the railroads are unable to supply a sufficient number of cars to move the freight already offering at the tariff rates now In effect. It would seem Hke a very difficult matter to force" them further to intensify the car-shortage situation by creating more business, Railroad . commission legislation pro posed for Washington when the Legis lature meets in .January, is said to In clude a plan for compelling the rail roads to deliver cars to shippers on de mand. The impassibility of thls tack being accomplished Is shown by the X. condition f the largest trunk lines In the East. "When roads like the New- York Central, Lehigh Valley, Central of New Jersey and others of like Im portance are -unable to handle avea tie perishable freight in their territory, the impossibility of a far "Western road borrowing cars to relieve a freight con gestion brought about by unusual con ditions Is obvious. The transportation of traffic is the business for which railroads are oper ated. To handle this traffic cars are needed, hence it naturally follows that when there is an insufficient number of cars the business of the road is di minished to the extent of the reduction in equipment. The rails, roadbed, sta tions, yards and army of employes must all be maintained, and whenever they are not handling every car of freight that is obtainable, they are not earn ing the full percentage of profit on the Investment. For this reason we may expect the railroads speedily to take some measures for remedying the pres ent congestion and preparing for the in creased traffic certain tcoome with the spread of prosperity. THE VICTORY OVER YELLOW FEVER. The late Major "Walter Reed, of the Medical Department of. the United States Army, was hailed by President Eliot when Harvard conferred upon him "its honorary degree as the man who planned and directed in Cuba the experiments that have given man con trol over yellow fever. It is now pro posed to establish In "Washington a me morial that shall worthily perpetuate the name and achievement of Major Reed long after this scourge shall have become as extinct as the black death. As stated by Alfred A. Woodhull In the Outlook: "Then the- average citizen will accept the disappearance of the yellow fever as a matter of course, Ig norant of how he has been saved, care less of what he has escaped. An ade quate memorial, set up In bronze and marble, will keep before the public the wonderful achievement of this man, to whom the country is In debt for a vic tory mightier and more enduring than a conquest by arms." Major Reed did not discover a cure for yellow fever, but he demonstrated a mode of prevention that was an intel lectual as well as a physical triumph, This disease does not arise within the United States, and the fact has been fully established that its Introduction from without need never occur. It may be excluded with a minimum expend! ture of time, trouble and expense. The ports maybe flung wide open to com merce. Persons and property may be freely admitted the only exception be ing a period of observation covering five' days of persons who have been exposed to Infected mosquitoes. The, value of this superb demonstra tion by one who survived it less than a year Is revealed by a backward glance at the devastations of this scourge and ,the embargo that it has time and again placed upon Interstate commerce. Phil adelphia was stricken in 1793 and again In 1797 to 1799, when the mortality ag gregated 10,000. Memphis suffered ter ribly from the scourge In 1878, the death list reaching 5000. There were cases In Boston as late as 1858, and in New York In 1870. New Orleans has been repeat edly scourged by It with great financial loss from quarantine measures that practically destroyed her commerce for months. The Immediate financial loss to the United States from this disease in 1878 was, on a conservative estimate, $157335,000. A recurrence of the condl tlons that wrought this loss and reaped this ghastly harvest of human life has now become morally impossible, and to Major Reed the credit of this mighty achievement is due. The proposed me mortal is to cost $25,000 a sum adequate- for the purpose for which it is Intended -ythe commemoration of a great and substantial "Victory of peace, and In honor of the man who, taking his life in his hand, won through Intelligence, courage and persistence the cause of mankind against an ancient and insid ious foe. WHT COLLEGIANS DO NT WIN. Every year Oregon University boys conquer the college championship of Oregon or the Northwest, only to pre sent it to the Multnomah clubmen. It's a hard old rub each tlmo it happens for the students but for the clubmen not so hard to do, after all when they talk about it afterward. Only once have the collegians scored, and that was on a trick play. In past years rivalry broke out frequently In bitter antagonisms; the last two or three con tests, however, have been free from anger, even If accompanied by the same vexation of spirit. Every three or four years the uni versity team presents a complete new line-up. Since the struggles began in 1896 the college has trained three or four first teams from raw recruits, but the club has made up its aggregation nearly all of seasoned players. The battle-line of the college has always been lighter in avoirdupois than that of the club, and younger, and its units have had more hair on the tops of their heads, and, so far as known, none has had babies at home. The clubmen have taken things far more coolly than their junior oppo nents, and on the field of battle have gazed into their eyes patronizingly if not pityingly. "When they were going to college they had-the same enthusi asm, but it's stale now, and they have felt the thrill return only when they saw a chance to score. Then they have buckled down to business, Just as when they, too, were studying Greek roots and Indeterminate equations. The collegians are Mnlce" boys, and come nearer matching Apollo .Belvedere than their bay-windowed adversaries. but have been too slender and callow chinned to cope with Multnomah. They will have to grow older and mellower and fatter and lose their topknots and fiery ardor and take on stubble and be come "men of the world" before they can beat the clubmen. They may- send down conquering heroes sooner; if so, the grandstand will be pardoned for manifesting surprise before giving vent to pleasure. There was In Pittsburg a hospital that professed a theory of healing art It was esthetic as well as anesthetic In preparing it to receive patients art ists were called in and pictures were painted on the whitewashed walls. The theory was that under the Influence of artificial forests and flowers the pa tients would all get well. But, unfortu nately, some of them died. Moreover, It was found that all the patients who died in the decorated ward grew worse after they had been taken there .for treatment. The doctors held a consul tation and decided that hospital decora tion was a mistake and the pictures must go.- Any one who has ever lain ill with a Xevwr in a room wfct fee tares hung- on the walls, or w&ere the walls wre covered with, paper of con ventkmal design, or who bad for a co'v arlet a patchwork quilt, will appreciate the, wis4M. that decrees tfeat walls in the sickroom sfeaU be white or of some plain neutral tint, and that a white spread is the proper eovering for the in valid's bed. Theory does not count when Jne has to deal with a fevered imagination, and of all things distress ing to the sight of a person confined to bis bed, figures and colors on the wall are the worst. The red room may soothe the victim of melancholy and blue glass may soften the view through which the sufferer from nervousness looks at life, but for the genuinely Blck nothing is so restful as pure white, with the glimpse from the window of what Nature has to offer in sunshine, blue sky, flowers and foliage, or even in the pelting of the pitiless storm. The "Washington Post finds in the ap plication of Booker T. Waalhngton, Jr., for appointment as Paymaster In the Army a reflection upon the sincerity of the president of Tuskegee Institute, who has constantly urged the men of lis race to let politics and all thoucht of political or civil preferment alone and devote themselves to the industrial life. Booker "Washington the elder, it is cited, has commended himself to the people of Alabama by his frequently de clared purpose of educating the negroes of the South to become useful, unobtru sive, self-supporting citizens. He has consecrated himself to the task of re conciling his race to advancement by Individual merit, substantial achieve ment, and by self-respecting effort In the private walks of life. Yet here he Is found urging the appointment of his son to a position In the Army. "While the Post probably makes altogether too much of this incident, it may be con- ceaed that at this stage of his. educa tional contention it would have been well for Mr. "Washington to have kept his son out of the struggle for offloe and Induced him to confine himself ta some field of useful and remunerative industry. The Big Bend National Bank enport, "Wash., has been closed Controller of the Currency and u of $500,000 In deposits is tied up pel ... .iuuuui.ub vja. uic uuuuir LST7S- port is in the heart of one of the richest seotlons of a very rich country. Leriti mate business has always yielded good returns In that city, and the failure of the bank can hardly be due to causes strictly legitimate. It does not matter much whether high finance Is tried in the city or In the country. The result is the same whenever a -bank loans money In excess of the actual value of the col lateral under forced sale. From ac counts the Big Bend institution had dabbled too heavily In mines which were paying naught but "Irish divi dends." A triumph in railroad management is witnessed each year in moving the great football crowds that attend the inter collegiate games. "When it is remem bered that of the many thousands wh6 attend thesf irrpat r-nmrxj a mpWItv must be transported many miles; that they come from all directions, must reach the field about the same time and must be taken home without delay, It is remarkable that hopeless confusion does not result. Long experience has. however, solved the problem, ahd that without Interfering with 0!e enormous regular passenger traffic of the roads. Moved by exact rules, the crowd ap pears and disappears in a few hours, without more confusion than is created by its own momentum and eagerness. Development of the beet-sugar Indus try In Union County progresses satis factorily. The beet-sugar -factory es tablished at La Grande In 1S98 records the most prosperous year in Its history. What this means In product and In the employment of labor is shown in the statement that thlB year's beet crop ag. gregating 20,700 tons will produce 55,000 bags of sugar. "Factory employes have received in aggregate for the. season about $16,000 in wages, while $103,500 has been paid out for beets. The climate and soil of that portion of Eastern Ore gon are finely adapted to the growth of beets of high grade for the manufac ture of sugar and there is every Indl cation that the industry will expand from year to year. Nine "lame ducks" will be out of jobs after the St. Louis Exposition. They are broken-down politicians who were put on the Louisiana Purchase Expo sition Commission "to be taken care of uniu mncuier ionune would give an easier roost. Each has "raked down' $20,000. more or less, from the National Treasury, during the last four years, When the Lewis and Clark approprla uon passed congress "lame oucks" were "cut out." Grangers saw the" "Willamette Valley when It was a little wet- but th irr wears the same green all "Winter. Once in a while a flurry, of snow or .a gentle freeze Is the only, touch of "Winter the visitors would feel If they should stay "until Springtime. But that may be scant comfort to them In their hotce buzzards. A Britisher, at a Thanksgiving ban quet in London, derided America for building ironclads, never to be u&ed. good. way for Britain to make hem use less Is toienter into an arbitration agreement with this country; otherwise some ot Britain's own Ironclads might be rendered useless one of thesa days. "General" Huertas; of Panama, is only a black-skinned martinet, with a swelled head. American officials In treating him like a white man have pampered his conceit. The sooner they treat him like a knave the sooner he will shrink into desuetude. Kuropatkln may smile the Japs If they dare keep him waiting any longer. Perhaps Kuropatkln would really like to "retire" to Harbin. Of course he would riot "retreat," even if the Japs should'follew hard after. The Japanese have again been, ordered by the imperial government at-.Tokio to "take Port Arthur at any cost." Toklo may reckon without Stoessel, but Nogi can't. SenatorMItchell savs -the West is con tent "to lei well enough" alone as to the tariff." So It would-be- If- convinced that t hinge-were "well enough." Prince Fushlma, of Japan has lost -hie Jewels and ..found them- again These Japs are close hBitators?s Amer lean customs. Now Vbat the tooth!!- seasat It over. j attention to the scrimmage around jLXukaen, AN nXGLlSHDREYFOS CASE, j Sidney Brooks In Harper's Weekly. The tale begins as far back as 1377. In that year a man who gave the name ot John Smith, was charged at the Old Bailey with stealing Jewelry from wom en. They were all woraea ef the "un fortunate' class; he had accosted them, representing himself to bo "Lord Wil Ioughby," telling them that he wanted a housekeeper for his "nice little house in St John's Wood, in the- Abbey Road," making out lists of clothes they were to purchase, giving them bogus checks on the Union Bank, and borrowing their rings to "get better ones made of the same size." There were 17 charges against him and he was sen tenced to live years' penal servitude. In the ordinary course he was exam ined and measured by the police, and all his markB and physical peculiarities noted. Among other things his dossier recorded that he was a Jew. Smith was liberated in 1S81, and for a long while nothing further was heard of him. Then in 1896. 19 years after the first series of crimes, the same thins began again. Women were again de frauded in precisely the same way. The same nice little house in St. John's Wood again figured as the bait, the same lists of clothes were made out, the same drafts were uttered on the Union Bank, and the man again repre sented himself to 'be a Lord, his title from "Lord Wilton" to "Lord Wilton de Wllloughby." For this new series of crimes the police arrested a reput able, well-to-do Swede named Adolf Beck. In the Police Court proceedings policeman named Spurrell, who had been concerned in the bmitn case oz 19 years earlier, gave evidence. He positively and repeatedly declared that Beck was Smith. Nothing has come out to mane one doubt the honesty of Spurrell's evi dence, but its value could and should have been Immediately tested. The Scotland Yard authorities had Smith's Identification record to refer to. Beck was also examined after the Police Court proceedings and before his trial at the Old Bailey. In no two particu lars did the records tally. Nevertheless Spurrell's evidence was allowed to stand and in the Old Bailey calendar Beck's name appeared with a previous conviction against him in the margin. But it soon became known that Beok was in a position to prove a perfect alibi. Three highly respectable wit nesses, one of them a Gentleman of the Chamber to the King of Denmark, were prepared to come rorwara ana swear that Beck was in Peru in 1880, at the very time when Smith was serv lns his sentence of penal servitude. The prosecution accordingly decided not to take the- line that Becic was smitn, ana not to call Spurrell, and the common sergeant who tried the case at the Old Bailey resisted all the efforts of the defense to bring the issue in. ruled that "the question whether the pris oner was or was not the man convicted in 1877 was inadmissible," and so de stroyed Beck's chance not only of showing that he could not possibly be Smith, but also of proving that the documents connected with his case were, by the admission of the Treas ury's handwriting expert himself, in the same handwriting as the aocu ments connected with the Smith case, As matters have turned out, the decls ion of the common, sergeant was s grave blunder. Beck wsb tried on the specific evidence: a number or women swore that he was the man who had robbed them; and he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. But what was to follow was worse than a blunder. The letters and number given Beck to wear on his convict dress were "D. W. 523" the D signifying "convicted in 1S77" ahd tho W 'convicted m ZS3c Thus. In spite of Beck's unshakable alibi in spite of the fact ot his identity with Smith having been withdrawn from the iurv. and in spite ot the fact that his measurements in no way corresponded with Smith's, he was, when In prison, treated as though he and Smith were one and the same, and made to wear Smith's conviction badge. From Portland Prison IBeck repeatedly petitioned the Home or- flco; bet it was not until two years alter sentence had been passed that one of his petitions had the slightest effect. He had discovered somehow that Smith was Jew. He at once asked to be examined by the prison doctor. The request was granted, and the prison doctor reported to the Home Office that Beck was not a Jew. The Home Office, however, without reopening the question of hla guilt or innocence, contented itself with a practl cal admission that Beck was not Smith It ordered the "D" to be removed from his clothes, and beyond that did nothing. Beck served the remainder of his sen tence. and in July. 19G1, was released on ticket of leave. He at once set about re pairing his fortunes and endeavoring to clear his name. In the former pursuit ho was more successful than in the latter. His investments and some property he holds, and has greatly developed In Peru assured him of a competence, but though he spent over $5000 and worked untiringly to establish his innocence, he appears to have failed entirely. In the present year what must have seemed to him a fatal and final blow fell upon him. On April 15 he was again ar rested, for the same sort of fraud, carried out in precisely the same manner with all the machinery of the house int St, John's Wood, the title of "Lord Wlllough by," the checks on the Union Bank, and the list of dresses complete. Again women came up in court and swore that Beck was the man who had robbed them. Again he was tried and found guilty. But the Judge reserved sentence; and In the Inter val between the two sessions the last inci dent in this strange drama occurred. The real man, the John Smith of 1S77, was caught redhanded at the same game. An inspector with his wits about him noted the -coincidence, followed It up. and In few days all was set right, and Beck waa released. What has most amazed and per turbed England Is the negligence of Scotland Yard, the peculiarly official stu pldity of the Home Office, the apparent lack of correspondence and consultation between the two departments, and the revelation that a man with all the proofs of Innocence in his hand can yet bo de barred by a point of technical procedure from putting them In evidence. I need scarcely say that art enormous amount of Inditnatlon has been aroused by the case, and that the press and the people are very firmly resolved not only that jus: tice shall be done to Beck, but that all the details of his case shall be Impartially and independently investigated. The Treasury's notion of Justice Is very far from agreeing with popular views. The Treasury has offered Mr. Beck .$10,039 as solatium to settle the 'case. If he were to accept It, he would, of course, be de barred from having his convictions quashed or from demanding an Inquiry Into the conduct of his cases. Other Landslides. New York World. Great as Mr, Roosevelt's majority in the Electoral College ls it Is by no means unprecedented. In 1830 James Monroe received 231 elec toral votes to one cast for John Qr.lncy Adams, a majority of 280. , In 1S William Henry Harrison celved 234 votes to 60 for Martin Van Buren. a majority of 174. In 1S52 Franklin Pierce received 254 votes to 12 for Wnflld Scott, a majority of Zli In ISS4 Abraham Lbtcoki reelvet 2L2 votes to 21 for George B. MeCleltaa majority of-131. In the election of Uff Oraat Tcfvd 296 votes, while 39 Gtweiey otora -WW choa, -srhOM. veto were tttvidati wtM the college, met by reason of Greeley' ideoUv Grant's majwitjr btor PISPBKSARY SYSTEM FAILS, j Chicago Record-Herald. Senator Tillman's pet schemo for the control of the liquor traffic, the South Carolina dispensary system a modification of which, by the way, has been adopted la Russia Is once more under fierce bom bardment. After a Six years' trial many of those who have maintains d a critical hut impartial attitude seem to have con cluded that the dispensary is a pretty poor compromise between prohibition and license. At the late election Cherokee County voted overwhelmingly for the abolition of the dispensaries, though the system was supposed to be very popular in the region in which that county lies. It is. generally charged that the dispen sary has been a corrupting- Influence. Stories of stealing, bribery. Illicit agree ments between agents of the liquor in terests and the employes In chance of the Institutions are chronic rather than spo radic, and they axe accepted as largely true. Though Tillman made speeches in defense of the system, ho was compelled to say that "if It cannot be lifted out of the fog of suspicion which hangs over it" he favors the repeal of the dispensary law. He holds, however, that the system can be mended. anO suggests a board of control responsible to the people, the elim ination or beer (the sale of which he would permit to private persons) and the purchase of liquors direct from distillers, me ootuing and sealing to be dona bv the state. It is not likely that further tinkering will render the scheme a&tisfaetnrv rn those who ara attacking it as a source of scandal and official dishonesty. In some Southern States the law enables the vot ers of each community to declda betwpn prohibition, dispensaries and license, high or iow. xne agitation in South Carolina will probably lead to the substitution of mis Droad plan of comDlete local onon for the compulsory dispensary system. The experiment has been an interesting one, but it does not appear to have com menced itself to the public opinion of the South. Genuine local option is more In harmony with our ideas of mwmmt It may be added that the severest blow me xiiiman scneme ever received was In the form of a SuDreme Court ,wio giving every South Carolinian the right .u .unjjurv liquor ior nis own use in "orig- iwiftascs. HIS RACE AGAINST DEATH. Crawfordsville (Ind) Special to Kansas Ultv Star. . Racing with death to triva th. own woras tne story of the life which starvation Is surely bringing to an end and which medical science f prolong, General Lew Wallace, author of "Ron Wiit- " "TVi tt j, -. . . . " i uo x-nuce ui incua ana ine Fair God." is makine- hpt, t . iza, cis memoirs before the nen -wMfh gave to the world the book that has been iransiaiea into and readin more inn. guages than anv other recent -thA nihia t stilled. The author of "Ben Hnr" tvhn 1 suffering with a stomach trouble that will not permit mm nourishment, has fore sworn outdoor recreation and spends every moment writing in his studio. ueneral Wallace, in wrltlntr hla ntn. uiograpny. uses a oad. cut the eiaet slzn oi a. oooit page, so tnat he will know ex actly how many pages the finished work wm contain. The memoirs, according to friends, are ranldlv nsaHmr ftm rtl Aflm uiougn two ot tne most Interesting chap ters in this author's history are yet to be penned. He has closed the Civil War period, and la now dealing with the com mission, of which he was chairman, which tried the- Lincoln conspirators. This will undoubtedly prove one of the most Inter esting chapters and will be, one of the best accounts of that memorable trial ever given the reading public. His Minister ship In Turkey and his Goverdorshln in New Mexico are two of the chapters yet io De written, wnicn tne dying man Is anxious to relate in their fullest detail: The chapter dealing with the writing and publishing of "Ben Hur" will be a revelation to, those who have read the story or aeon the play, and a source of encouragement for many authors. The original manuscript of this work was rec ommended, for return to the author by three of the "readers" of the publishing house to which It was submitted, and it was not until one of the partners of the firm read the manuscript himself that it was accepted. "Ben Hur" Is now in many thousand homes and has been translated into every language except Chinese. Gen eral Wallace Is 73 years old. Good Words for Mr. Ivey. The Washington Post, commenting on the recent removals of Federal officials In Alaska, has the following to say about J. W. Ivey, formerly a well-known resi dent of Portland: Mr. J- TV. Ivey. long time a Treasury officer on the Pacific Coast, resigned bis position In 1800 for the express purpose of devoting him self to the cause of reform In that remote ter ritory, and to his Initiative is due. the Agita tion which has done so much for the pioneers of American energy and civilization. A year or two ago one of .the Judges In Alaska vrza arrested, and. after trial, sentenced to .im prisonment for flagrant malfeasance. Mr. Ivey also brought about the Congressional Investi gation which resulted In much good and prom ises still more. Mr. Iveys chief contention, however, has been for .some form of repre sentation for Alaska in Congress for the presence in the National councils ot at least one official "qualified to speak for the growing needs of this vast possession, to explain tha necessity for this or that legislation demanded by ths social, political and Industrial condi tions of the territory. Faithful. Harper- Weekly. Representative Fitzgerald, of. Boston, has a story of an Irish couple In that city who, despite a comparatively nappy mar ried life, were wont to have violent mis understandings. Nevertheless, the pair were devoted to each other, and when tho husband died not long ago the widow was4 inconsolable. Shortly after the funeral a friend whir had dropped in to see how Jars. Mllligan was getting on, chanced to .remark: "Well, there's one blessing, Maggie, for; they do say that poor Mike died happy." "Indade he did." responded the-widow. "The dear lad! The lasht thing, he done was to crack me over the head wld a medicine-bottle." How Judge Parker Is' Getting Along. New York World. After having taken luncheon with sev eral Justices of the Supreme Court at the County Courthous'e yesterday, ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, of the Court of Appeals, received from Justice O'Gorman two val uable appointments as commissioner In condemnation proceedings. These ap pointments should be worth 'severaIthou sand dollars, for the commissioner re ceives $10 for each sitting and $5 for each adjourned meeting. It is also customary for the court, when the work is com pleted, to make the commissioners an ex tra allowance. - Dias Ultima. - Frank Dempster Sherman. "Lyrics of Joy," White In her woven shroud,. "' Silent she lies, - ' Deaf to the trumpets loud ' .Blown throujth the ekles; Never a sound can mar Her slumber Ions; -r Shj is a faded slar , A finished songl 6rer her bangs the sun, A golden .gjow; . Round her the planets run. . She doc not know; . For neither gloom nor gleam Can reach, her sight: She Is a broken dream A dead delight! : No voice can wakea her Apaln to Mb; ', 8M Bjverme will stir A- Tp feel the Spring: Tkrvas Hie cM ether hurled TUI tin!! shall tire., Bh is a wasted world-; A irano. St! ; : iSOTE AND COMMENT.,; , The Nan Patterson Trial. (From the New Tork Microcosm.) The sensation of the day was sprang by the defense after the recess, when the de fendant appeared in a purple frock of batiste muslin, trimmed with orange-bit ters crepe de chine, and wearing a cart wheel hat of Ferris wheel construction. The argument made a visible impression upon the Jury, and It Is the general be lle' the state's case has been overturned. Tho principal witness examined today was Slssle Slzzlington, whoso -testimony con sisted principally of a pink skirt, em- ;broldered with green clamshellsand hat of rhinoceros feathers. Thomas Scow- load, an eyewitness of the shootings also testified. We have good authority for stating that Professor Mike Donovan will not be a member of the Cabinet. Prince Fishlma has recovered, his Jew els. Is It possible that he doesn't know this form of advertising has been done to death. : Again the Japanese are tq make a "final assault" upon Port Arthur. Pattl's "farewells" are being slowly but surely outuistanced. Colonel McCIure is worried over the In crease in the annual number of murders. Tut, tut. Colonel, don't worry; the birth rate keeps up. , - In Philadelphia an actress has taken a Job as maidservant. As she spells her name- Mareanne, we conclude that she may yet find her level. An enterprising New Yorker attempted to obtain a monopoly of picking pockets at the horse show. Hero is a hint to' the Lewis and Clark Fair people for a prof itable concession. Pittsburg is to have a great university. What with institutes, libraries and such things, it begins to look as If the fac tories that have made them possible will be crowded into some other town. At a Coroner's inquest on the 7-months-old child of an Italian in England, It was discovered that the infant had been fed on ice cream, chestnuts and macaroni. The child must have been a boy, or It would have thrived cn such a diet. Before condemning Sir Edward Clarke's suggestion, think how "Unona" would come Into the chorus ot a a6ng. We be lieve the Poets' Union will be unanimous ly in favor of changing American Into Unona. The people are already familiar with Anona, and the transition would not be great. Let us Join in singing the hymn, "Unona!" Exuberance of spirits is- necessary to taking part In a charivari, and when a person is in exuberant spirits he is sure to do things that do not appeal to the more sober-sided. For instance, a merry party at Hayesville, In attracting the at tention Of the couple they were charivari ing. blew out the windows of the couple's house. Like the young people, the dyna mite was too xuberanL While sympa thizing with these genial neighbors one cannot help thinking that newly-married people, may object to leaving "the case ment ope at night to let the warm love in," especially when all the casements are oped In such stardingly wholesale fashloj. . , If it' be right to carry a gun, aha from the many instances that come to notice, it appears that the Nation at large con siders that such action is not improper, the earlier a boy learns to tote a gatllng the better. One cannot begin target prac tice too young. It seems strange, there fore, that the youngsters .of Lansing, Mich., variously aged from 8 to 11, should be taken to task for carrying revolvers to protect themselves from tyrannical aggression, by their teachers. If the law Is Insufficient protection for a man, what reason is there for supposing that it will protect a child? Let us be logical. Give the boy a gun and train him to shoot any one he doesn't like. What a grand thing it Is to be a bach elorIn the right place. Of course, in a city like Portland there are so many bach elors that one of them Is of small account. Individually they don't amount to a stack of beans, but Just think how it would be If there were only one bachelor In Port land. Wouldn't he have a lively time. Life for him would be one long proces sion down a star-Illuminated Pike, at least we Judge that such would be the thusness of the wherefore, and in proof offer this exhibit from the Beaver corre spondent of the Tillamook Herald: "The same day the pumpkin was brought to town, a turkey arrived on the stage ad dressed to the Blaine bachelor and was left at the Coulson residence, -which has caused a little gossip, buzz, that, perhaps. Miss Llnnle will be bridesmaid again and we did not sit around the store all day to find It out, either." It Is "the" Blaine bachelor, you will observe. Turkey! ha! -ha! and no- long wait at the store to hear about It, either. Well. well, it Is good that life wanders through flowery, meada for some of us. WEX. J. OUT OF TJtiE GINGER JAR. Mrs. Riley So.ye can't shlape-noights, Mrs. Flynn and pfiat hov yes tried for It? Mrs. nynn--Soothlng syrup an spanklngr Puck. "Is your .daughter learning to play the pi ano?" "I hope so," answered Mr, Cumrox; ""but It doesn't sound like It to rce.' Wash ington Star. "J3e mly thing dat some people glta out o' education," said Uncle Eben." is de-abllity to talk so' a people can't understand em." Wash ington Star. "1 don't see why you -call hlni' stupid. He says a clever thing culto often." ' "Exactly. He doesn't seem to realize that It should be said only once." Philadelphia Press. . Noggs My little girl is two years old, and cannot talk yet Bogg Don't be 'at all alarmed. My wife was three years old befora she could say a word, and now 1 Stray Sto ries. Aunt Hannah Hare' yon told any one of your engagement to Mr. Sweetser? Edith No." I haven't told a soul, "except Bessie Miller, who thought bo ww going- to ask her. Boston Transcript. The candidate was reading about Atlas sup porting the world. "Quite a stunt." be mur mured, "quite a stunt, but still " Here he sullied, pleasantly. "I expect to carry my etate next election." Houston Post. "I "don't believe the woman who recejstly moved Into the flat across the hall i3 any bet ter.than she should be," remarked Mrs. Naggs by. "Of coarse not, -my deer," rejoined Naggs by. "Who ever beard of a. woman that wait" St. Louis' Star. Brcnco Bill Just before Rearm.' Daa was lynched, he, said h aoped he would seet all de' boys In heaven. Grisly Pete eh I Bronco Bill Tea: aa de boys said dey hoped so. teo, so dey could aav de tun uv lyaelun htm ever ag'la. Judge, "That advertise sftoat of yews was a fafce," complained the d!agrted gnaet. "Wfcjrso?" dems4i; tM prsprtitee ot momfl betel. "Why. your ad-ntrtiseinest sai: 'Qstau ara always- to be shot 1m ai I Twivea't foud a, single perwML who bar fcot one. rti." '"Well, then .tbey are still to be saot. sin't ttwrt"--