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They did It by intrusion and Intervention at the close of the war be tween Japan and China, ten years ago. when, upon Russia's demand, they forced Japan to give up to Russia the fruits of her victory over China, Includ ing Port Arthur. It was one of the most immoral and unconscionable acts ever perpetrated in history. And it could do Germany and France no good. .both these nations were playing a game with Russia, and each was try- lng to circumvent the other. The act j humiliated Japan and it put Russia in a position which now in turn has brought humiliation to her own door. They did It because they wished to 6eek the favor of Russia, and because they supposed it would be. -entirely safe I to treat Japan with Indignity, since I sne oouidn t help herself. They com pelled Japan to yield to the demand of Russia and to give up Port Arthur; and all the blood of the present struggle lies at their doors. Japan, victorious, will demand in demnity from Russia. That Is, some recompense for the cost of the war that Russia has forced upon her. France, the power that was the chief agent In leading Russia into her present posi tlon. now finds it unsafe to give her further financial support. It will now be put to the conscience of the powers France and Germany which led Rus sia into this war, whether Russia shall be compelled by whatever force may be necessary to accept the terms of Japan and pay the Indemnity as the price of peace. DE.MOCRATS AND A TREATV. The power of the Democratic minor itv in the United Stales Senate has been exerted to defeat the proposed Santo Domingo treaty. It looks as if the Dominican Republic will be left to its own devices, which would be chiefly to continue its career of revolution, bloodshed and repudiation. The Demo orotic minority believes in the Big Stick, but It does not believe in. giving a Republican President the means and the power to wield it. It has found a great deal of fault with the method by which the treaty was negotiated, but it has not succeeded in showing that the Senatorial prerogative was in any way usurped by the Executive. It made great clamor about the proposed proto col framed by agents of the United States Government, but It found It dlf flcult to make capital out of that inci dent for the very plain reason that a protocol or a treaty or an agreement with any foreign nation has to be made by somebody. The Republican majority appears to have been in substantial agreement with the President as to the merit and urgent need for the treaty. It under stood that most scandalous and repre hensible conditions exist in Santo Do mingo, and It felt that the United States was under some oblication to correct them, not only for the reason that Santo Domingo authorities had In vited us to take hold of their finances, but because no tenable assertion can be made of the Monroe Doctrine unless its responsibilities are at the same time aocepted. A point against ratifica tion of the treaty -was made out of the fact that various creditors of the debt- ridden republic had not rendered value HUUVl ichw- .f.p!vrt and that, therefore. If the n It would be rendering merely . , . . a. service to European ana American adventurers. Into that phase of the matter, however, it was not the busi- ness of the United States to Inquire. Santo Domingo had acknowledged Its debts. It had desire to pay them; but it had declared Its Inability to pay without - the aid ot the strong police power of the United States. All It asked the United States to do was to act as its fiscal agent, be cause it knew that guaranty of the orderly conduct of Its government busi rices would thus be Implied, if not. In deed, expressly assumed. The United of until the new crop Is available, more immense ousmess nao oa i c .j i.t, 1 At-. nnff ien I larrelv throuch the enterprise and sa.- ; bern it thnnphf that It -k-ils nrooer ! r-of nmMtin chaos in Santo Domingo and not merely because it desired that the republic pay ii x- j j . . i its oeois -to lis creuiiora, jusi or unjuaw and whether they were owing to adven- turere or legitimate Investors. The Re- puDncan majority Knew, too. mat u it to Santo Domingo and abandoned the J repudiated any obiigauon wnatsoever weak and Infirm government to chronic revolutionists, the Inevitable result will be that foreign governments would In sist that its debts be paid and the island would fall Into the hands of speculators and freebooters. If the United States refuses now to maintain government there, it will be called upon later to ex pel European usurpers; and so it must do something for Santo Domingo in any event. But the surviving Democrats In the Senate say that It Is none of our busi ness whether or not there Is murder and treason and bloody revolution in Santo Domingo, and If American or European speculators have risked their money in the sugar plantations and the railroads of an unstable republic, and have lost It, that is their lookout. The Democrats fear a precedent. "Very well. But they did establish a precedent when with a loud outcry of patriotic fervor they. demanded through a series of years that Spanish rule in Cuba be absolutely ended and the independence of the Island affirmed, secured and maintained. It would be interesting to know Just what the Democrats would have done if the Santo Domingo treaty had been proposed by a Democratlo President TAR AND FEATHERS IS THEOLOGY. "Orthodoxy is my doxy; heterodoxy Is the other fellow's doxy," said eorae hu morist, thereby compressing a volume of observations upon human nature into the brief limits of a sentence. Mr. Cawood. the dentist-preacher, who has just returned from Goldendalc after be ing cheered on his way with a coat of tar and feathers, is able to subscribe intelligently to the essential truth of the aphorism. TYom Mr. Cawood's own statement it appears that he belongs to the Free Methodist division of the great Methodist sect, whereas his persecut ors belonged to the Episcopal division, and regarded his work with true fra ternal animosity. "They (two of the leaders in the tar-and-feathers party) had been convinced that several people had got religion in an unorthodox way," says Mr. Cawood. "With the per- fervld spirit that has spread the power of the church over the continent, Mr. Cawood and certain citizens of Golden dale differed strongly over the sub ject of "getting religion." .Religion ob tained except through a regularly li censed pastor, holding a union card, Is sure to be spurious. In the opinion of these controversialists. Get your re ligion from us, they say, and be sure it is genuine. However, Mr. Cawood, according to his own account, persisted in adhering to his own doxy, and was taken pris oner by believers in the other doxy. A bucketful of tar was poured over him and a pillowful of feathers was sprln kled over the tar, merely In a polemical spirit, we do not doubt. "The fact that the "tar was poured over my head made the stuff much, easier to get oft," says Mr. Cawood, something that should not be forgotten by future theologians. If tarring and feathering is worm aomg at all. It Is worth doing well, and the coating should ''be applied so as to stick. Anyway, Mr. Cawood was soon back in the pulpit relating his tribulations, as Paul did on a former occaslonr ai- though even Paul was never tarred and feathered. The friends of the tarbrush, implicit ly described by Mr. Cawood as lewd fellows of the baser sort, had not set the town on an uproar for nothing, ac cording to their side of the case. Gold- endale Is agin the sale of liquor, and most persons recognize that soma stim ulant Is necessary. If that stimulant takes the form of religion, well and good. Let the Klickltattlers seek the dissipation of religion, but even there a line must be drawn. The insane asy lum should not be regarded as a re treat for the deeply religious. The stim ulant should be withdrawn before that point is reached, for Paul himself was not accustomed to drive his hearers crazy. Therefbre the citizens of Gold- endale evidently thought the time had come for Mr. Cawood to consider the situation, clad In what nowadays takes the place or sacKciotn ana asnes. On questions of religion, who shall agree? Out of the war of creeds, emo- ftlon and horse sense, but one fact stands out clearly. Golden dale peace ful and pastoral name Is now, for bet ter or worse, without her Cawood. It cannot now be said of that earnest community. Souls saved without pain. Perhaps time, the great teacher, may yet. on the other hand, show the peo ple of Goldendale that the tar and feathers of the martyrs keep warm the heart of the church. OHEGON "WHEAT IN THE EAST. The professional bulls in the' Chicago wheat market are making a determined effort to prevent delivery of Oregon wheat on Board of Trade contracts. This objection is not made because the wheat is .not of good quality, but for the reason that its admission as "con tract" wheat would materially Increase the supply of the cereal which could be delivered to the buls who had hoped to These gentlemen corner the market. are reported as characterizing the at tempt as "despicable and unprofes sional." but It is not In evidence that the proposed ruling would be unsatls factory to the men who failed to follow the 52-per-bushel advice of Jphn W. Gates. By maKing uregon wneat oeiiv- erable on contracts the cereal would have a standing In the Eastern markets that it has never before enjoyed, and the bullish operators who are fighting against Its admission cannot be very seriously harmed this season. Practically all of the wheat that can be spared from the Oregon territory has been marketed, and so much of that I ... . - , . . . . wnica a as aireaay Deen snipped nas remainder is msumcient to nave any I 1 .v.. t. 1 t th excited over the crop figures of th Usticiant Twhrare sUH carrying dow statisticians who are still carrying Under neir nu amius jl i.vuu.WJ to 10,000,000 bushels yet to come for ward from the three North Pacific States. The East will receive very lit tie more wheat from this part of the many thousand people. Is a most lm country. for the simple reason that all -portant trust and naturally the recent -wheat still unsold here will be needed discussion of the affairs of the Equita- ?0r home consumption and a light mill- l ing demand, .which must be taken care Wheat mav sell at much lower prices ii.fnr tmnthpr rmn it available, but the weakness. If it materializes, cannot be traced to admission of Oregon wheat on J - r r tj. nn.nMntD Thar ic trwi i - -" - - much in the statistical situation tnat does not argue well for excessively high vi. - c. xuc " . porcea on aioaoaj m ""i3"c'i3 compared with 33,396,000 bushels for the same date last year, when prices were much lower. The decrease compared with the preceding week was but 471,000 bushels, the smallest decrease for any corresponding week In the past five years. Despite the Insistent assertions of the bullish traders that Europe must eventually follow the advance In this country, we are rapidly approaching another harvest time, and Liverpool, instead of being obliged to advance prices, remains weak and inactive In the face of record-breaking offerings from Argentine and Russian ports. The season now drawing to a close has been a very fortunate one for the Oregon and "Washington farmers, as manipulation In the Chicago market throughout the season has kept prices well above the point warranted by sup ply and demand. The close yesterday showed May wheat nearly 20 cents per bushel above the July option, and, as has been repeatedly demonstrated, the cereal will be less plentiful In July than it will be In May, and under normal conditions would be quoted higher. Whether Oregon wheat is made dellv- erable on contracts or not, our farm ers wilenJoy the satis faction, of mar keting an unusually large crop at higher average prices than ever, and the outlook is favorable for at least highly remunerative figures for the crop now growing. THE LATE LIEU LAND LAW. Its epitaph must be "Repealed by in advertence." Probably a majority of those who voted In the United States Senate supposed that they were simply passing a law designed to put a stop to -the practice of exchanging worthless lands within limits of forest reserve for timber lands of tenfold value out' side. Even now It seems that a loophole Is left In the wording of the act. The ex act words are, "tracts covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or patent within a forest reserve." Those who desire for their own purposes to limit the operation of the new law plead that the words mean "tracts covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or (supply the words 'an unperfected') patent." So the owners- of patents perfected would continue to work their sweet will on untaken timber lands; and so the railroads owning patented lands under their land grants within reserve limits could finish up their exchanges as fast as they desired. Evidently the wish Is father to the thought The common-sense reading, which deprives of the right of exchange the owner of unperfected claims or of patents to lands within reserve boundaries, should, and In all probability will, prevail. In this case a crying evil will have been effectually, even If accidentally, ended. But the repeal applies generally, and no Government lands, timber, graz ing or agricultural, can be obtained henceforth In lieu, or exchange, for lands within reserve limits. CANAL COMMISSION REORGANIZATION". The dispatches announce that plans have been perfected for complete reor ganlzation of the working force of the Panama Canal Commission. The changes are for the purpose of weeding out some of the ornamental but not useful members of the staff which has been in charge since the beginning of the work. This is in line with Presl dent Roosevelt's announced policy re garding that great work, and Is con firmatory of the general belief that the President Is to assume full responsibll Ity for the undertaking, and Is to pick his men for earning It to completion. Failure -of Congress to pass a bill for reorganization of the Commission, or to amend the Spooner act, has appar ently not abridged the powers of the President. The plans and construction work, so far as it has progressed, have all been In accordance with the provis ions of the Spooner act, which gave the President practically unlimited powers over the Commission. Under the Spooner act he has power to construct the canal and works appurtenant thereto," and can remove the Commissioners whenever he sees fit. The President desired a change in the Spooner law so that the Commis sion could be reduced to three mem bers, but Congress refused to make the change. The refusal was due to the de sire on the part of the Senate to retain the largest possible representation on the board. However, with such sweep ing power at his disposal, the Presi dent can easily remove any or all of the present Commission if he deems It best to do so, and appoint in their place a new Commission which will carry on the work In strict accordance with his views. There will be no delay to the canal project through the failure of Congress to amend the law, for with the President in full power and plenty of fupds at his disposal, the work can be carried forward on any scale desired The sum of 510,000.000 was appropri ated and an Issue of bonds to the amount of $130,000,000 authorized. This amount will be insufficient to complete the work, but it will keep It moving for a number of years, and long before It is exhausted Congress will have had the opportunity for tak ing further action on the matter. Even the unsettled question as to whether it shall be a sea-level or a lock canal will not interfere with construction work for a long time, as much of the pre liminary excavation work would be exactly the same, no matter which plan was adopted. President Roosevelt Is taking a great interest In the work. and. regardless of the failure of Con gress to amend the Spooner bill In ac cordance with his views, he can be de- nended on to secure a Commission that will work with him In strict harmony on the mighty project. As nothing that I -u- .vor Vipon undertaken bV the Pres- M"" "t" ... . 7 " " "r ZZ' ' I ifA nnwer to act. plenty of money at "command and the perfect confidence of the jwle. there Is every roason to of Ue peopi . - sion wllircnder a good account of Itself a congress again assembles, , Custody of more than four hundred million dollars, belonging to a great ble Life Insurance Company has, been j o much interest to many, persons. An gacity oi tne emer xiyae. uc. nassed away and the younger Hyde ap- peared to think more of the Setles ana invonues oi socuu ie ot inc mar resDomsiimuiea juuciiitu i irom na wuer, -- easiness The grave financiers who 7a,-.r "-.7.j.J . ; . aer tomrui w.c . icy-holders. where it belongs; ana tne i Equitable Life is again a hapjy family. Tne poiicy-noiaers wm eieci a. u-ju- ltv or tne directors, ana mere i possible danger that any private Inter est will be made paramount to the common Interest. This Is very good news. Indeed, not only to the Equitable clients, but to all holders of Insurance policies who would be Injured in some degree If faith In the approved scheme of life Insurance Is at all Impaired. Last year's big wheat crop In East ern Oregon Is still bringing in consid erable money, and right on Its heels Is coming another wave of riches for that favored region just beyond the Cas cades. Sheepshearlng Is already In Progress In a few localities, and will soon be under way throughout the sheep country. The woolbearers came through the "Winter in splendid shape, and, with a heavy clip of good quality and with prices ranging from 16 to 20 cents, the wool industry is in a fair way to place more money In circulation this year than during any previous season, If there is any particular orancn oi tne agricultural industry in this state that Is not reflecting a marked degree of prosperity, it has not yet attracted at tention. The Canadian government is now af ter the polygamous Mormons who were unable to maintain a sufficient supply of wives under the American flag and at the same time keep out of Jail. A number of the offenders have been served with a notice either to reduce the number of wives or stand prosecu tion. As developers of a country the Mormons possess many traits of decid ed merjt, but their polygamous prac tices more than offset all of the good which Is apparent In other directions. Oregon la receiving quite a number of the sect, and any attempt on their, part to exercise their peculiar religious pre rogative should be met with instant discouragement. v The closed salmon season on the Co lumbia began yesterday. Hereafter the total number of closed days" on the Co lumbia is to be forty-six. Before the last session of the Legislature the total number of closed days was seventy-one according to the law. Thus fish may now be caught twenty-five days longer every year than under the old law. An uninitiated person might suppose that fish are so plentiful that they do not need protection seventy-one days In the year, and that forty-six will suffice. The truth seems to be, however, that twenty-five days were taken from the closed season because salmon are scarce so scarce that hatcheries have little to do. Portland is making some extensive contributions to the food supplies for man and beast in the Far East. Last Saturday the steamship Kumantla sailed with 152,000 sacks of flour. Mon day the Has Kioa nnisnea loading a cargo of 10,000 bales of hay, and yes terday the steamship EUerlc completed her cargo of 5000 tons of barley. The wheat export trade of the port has suf fered somewhat this season by reason or such a large portion of the crop going East by rail, but in .oats, hay. flour, barley and lumber, water ship ments are holding up remarkably well. The exhibit of the Indian industrial schools of the Pacific Northwest at the Lewis and Clark Fair will be both in teresting and suggestive. It will repre sent the long step that has been taken, In a comparatU'ely short space of time. between the" nomadic Indian clad in skins and seeking his living with bow and arrow over a wide expense of plain and mountain, and the Indian Into whose hands the implements of civilization have been placed with a view to locating him and holding him individually responsible. The Speaker of tho Missouri Legis lature seriously proposes to vote for a Democrat before he will permit the Legislature to adjourn without a Sen ator. The Missouri Republicans have put a good Democrat out of the Senate but they apparently cannot find a good Republican to take his place. Or, per- haps they cannot choose between so many good Repuoncans. Any iiis- sourlan who has been able to be a Re publican in Missouri during the past thirty years must be a very good Re publican indeed. Division of Colorado Republicans and the proposed compromise by which Peabody is to be seated, and Is then to retire, are, of course, a confession of the weakness of Peabodys cause. The Republicans are apparently not willing to put Peabody in, but they are willing to keep Adams out. It Is a fine plan In some states to cun for Lieutenant- Governor. The unexpected happens with Lieutenant-Governors as It does with "Vice-Presidents. Clean up the city for visitors, and clean up the city to show that you re spect yourselves. And keep at the yxiS or business. A little spurt of effort will not do. It is work for today and for tomorrow, and for all time. There is a limit to "unlimited finan cial resources," as Russia has found out. "We haven't heard that any pro posed Japanese loans have been post poned. France naturally shies at putting up more money on a sure loser. The Man. From New Orleans. New Orleans Picayune. The Picayune has received a copy of' the Sand,y oresonLn. nrljtg an elaborate account I v. nm annual dinner cf th Portl.n-1 1 "" " " ... .7 7 'Tl. " I ronian contains an extraordinary compilation From peponai letter- and newspaper. howiBt- the innTe Interest In Portland. Oregon, the Korthne and the Lewis and Clark Centennial Expedition and Oriental Fair to be held In that city Jun. 1 ta October is. 1805. ... v., .h will b ooened on the flrf nf iuu w - June, -after an expenditure of $1,500,000 la set- tine It In shape, entirely free from debt. The- Oregonian cewpaper ltielf is on of the sreat developments or that counuy. xne paper was founded in 1850.. and Is now on of the best newspapers cf the West with a general 1 used to be made xanwui by a creditable daily. NOTE AND COMMENT. .waw.-u,& --..Uw.. SANTA ROSA. CaL, March 15. (Spe Clal to Note and Comment by Oregon grapevine, j i nave just nnianea my y - .7 T 7 ' insDeciion ni r.uiner KiirnanK a sciinni i Ior vegetaoies, ana nnd it iar exceeus , m wonder all that ha3 been reputed of , . " "vYt' mcs. t He cares no more ror wblte blackber- mrtiA finvem an rnroiosa nn- i p,es These aro dull playthlnK3 for a of - , intellect, and he is now Jc- tn tmininc- 0ieS lO trainings voting all his ener, fruits and vegetables. Already, he has attained a wonderful measure; of suc cess. First Burbank took me through the potato classroom. At each desk sat a healthy young potato, evidently deeply interested In its studies, and Indeed hot an eye was directed in my direction. The look of intelligence upon the faces of those potatoes was wonderful, far different from the stolid gaze of the uneducated tuber one buys by the bushel. A pretty young California teacher was engaged in hearing the class recite when we entered. Pat Mur phy, evidently of Irish descent, recit ed "The "Wearin of the Green" with great dramatic effect. "When the teacher had gone out, Burbank put the class through a Jrlll of taking off their jack- ets, something that a refined potato would blush to do before a lady. By this means hundreds of persons will bo relieved of the Job of peeling the pota toes for dinner. At the word of com mand, each spud will Instantly Jump out of his skin into the pot. In the gymnasium we found a class of squashes going through a series -of deep-breathing exercises, with a view to developing their chest expansion. Burbank hopes by this means to pro duce squashes that will measure 65 Inches around the chest A number of peaches were swinging by one hand on the horizontal bar, gaining such strength of grip that they will not be shaken from the trees by any stray breeze that comes along. Some other peaches were playing basket-ball for their complexions. Virginia creepers were runnig 50-yard dashes, and from the speed developed I believe Burbank's prediction that a single plant will over run a houso ten minutes after being planted. From tho air of activity in this splendid palace of physical cul- turo it Is easy to ace that the time is coming when flowers and vegetables will b? too energetic to grow In beds. In another room a class of Oregon grapes was being taught the story ot tho Lewis and Clark expedition, a sub Ject In which the young students nat urally displayed much Interest. Car- rots, parsnips and turnips were en gaged In the study of English litera ture, and a Jolly crowd of Spring onions was being Instructed In etiquette. Al ready the onions have been benefited by these lessons, as the Burbank grad uates are much less self-assertive than the uncouth analphabets ot the farm. In short. It seems as it man will en ter upon a new era of enjoyment. Sur rounded by cultivated men and cul tured vegetables, life will be a long series of pleasant and profitable con versatlons. Conscious that any unseem ly conduct or strong language would hook tha refined fruits, flowers and vegetables that surorund him, man will practice self-restraint and will gain greatly in polBe. In a. Chicago divorce case a man tes tified that in all his 12 years, of mar rled life he Had never once sworn at his wife. The Judge declared that this was the most remarkable thing he had ever heard. Is it then so common to swear at one's wife, or is It that the Judge was so accustomed to swear at his? Russia still talks about fighting to the bitter end. Doesn't Russia know a thing when she sees It? Eva Spangler, aged IS, of Bellingham. was so worried about the quarrels of two suitors that she sought a way out of the turmoil by drinking carbolic acid. Unso nfetatirated Bellincham. where two adorers make a crowd! Nebraskt's wise Legislature has defeat cd all the anti-pass measures, brought be fore It. -It would be flying in the face of reason for men that are fighting railroads to contribute to the railroads' earnings I when they might ride on passes "While dropping a tear for our own loss let us not begrudge Tonopah her good for tune. If our best-known gamblers can n better there, let them go- Our loss is Tonopah's gain, but green-eyed Jeai ousy shall never enthrall our hearts. Even In tar-and-feathers. Mr. Cawood wouldn't be taken for a Spring chicken. Civic Improvement Association to City Council: "You can fire when you're ready. Grldley." AVimir all Russia can borrow now Is trouble. Wfa-x. J. Four Versions. "Here is McCarthy's literal prose ver sion of ono of the quotations of Omar Khayyam Glv me fUron of red wine, a dook or verses, a loaf of bread, and a little- Idleness. I -with such r 1 might sit by thy dear side In some lonely place, I should, aeem ro w,er thaa Kteg n hi king on. Here Is a bald but close Imitation by "Whlnfleld: Give me a. skin of -wine, a crust of bread. k pittance bare, a boolc of verse to read: With thee. O love, to share my lowly roof. I would not take the Saltan's realm Instead. t. fialliene "does" the stanza in this way: o com, my love.-tho Spring Is In tht land Take wine, and bread, and book of verse In hand. And sit -with me and sing; in the creen shade. Green little home amid the desert sand. Now, for contrast, let us dte Fitzger aid's familiar lines A book of verses ttnderaealh the bough. of Md i0af of bread-and thou I 7,- .(.r,r In fh TVIMi-n jes-.uc --- haVe been Issued by the management of 5,e Great Northern Railway announcing that hereafter General Passenger Agent I 1. "Whitney will be known as general acsenrer traffic manager, and "W. "W. Broughton. who has been general freight arent, will be general ireigni iramc man or These changes are made, it la said owing to the retirement from active duty nf v. B. Ciarne. bcijci iramc manager. JIn darkc, it is sam, win, retain tne title I 0f general traffic manager, although he na not been actively connected with the -j months SHORT STORIES OF REAL LIFE .Vm Instance of the FaUIbllltr of CIrcnraslnntlal Evidence The Japan tie Imitative Facility Im Action The Old Spinning WheeL IRCrTMSTANTrAT, ovfApnro I, tv-mv m TJr a fordbie dmoMtrT J tmfh SJ much cSl grin t streetcar conductor and mnch amusement to a carload of passengers a morning or two since. The car in ques- tion nr. th wo.i,in.tnn..t. n.. Sitting In the middle of the car was one OI laoorers employed at the Exposl- t,on grounds and protruding from a broad Caltir. mniltK 4.. ! rri.1- same pipe came to the notice of the con ductor as he was making his rounds. He ot once became cognizant of an Infrac tion of the company's rules. "We con't allow smoking In this car," said the carman in burning accents, as be passed the laboring man. The man with the pipe made no move to remove the thing from his mouth. "I said we don't allow smoking." re peated the carman. Tm not smoking," averred the laborer. "But you've got your pipe In your mouth. ' protested the collectors of nickels. "An" I've got me shoes on roe feet, but am t walkln," asserted the offender. N an unfrequented corner of tha space reserved for treasured relics by the Historical Society at the City Hall stands an ancient spinning-wheel. It Is time-worn and black with age. If one has the antiquarian spirit, an examination of it will lead his mind on long groping tour of speculation, back through tho maze of years to the time when tho crude old wheel was a potent factor In the economy of so ciety, a If he learns that it was made In Strasburg, Germany, in 1621 and brought to America in 1700, the ama teur antiquarian Is bound to pause long in contemplation. The old wheels work Is done. Many people pass It by every week without be stowing a thought or glance upon It. Those who "do" the museum are rather attracted to tho antique guns and the rusting swords, but occasionally the an cient oaken . machine levies tribute from one whose bent Is toward the saner and less emotional road by which the children of men havo made their way to 20th century civilization. Yet It Is far from prosaic in its associa tions, and three centuries of history have invested It with peculiar romance If one will but pause with It and think awhile. It was fashioned In some quaint "old German shop when the cobbla-paved streets were ringing with the tread of tho mailed soldiery of the Thlry Tears' "War; before the first Charles was on the Eng lish throne and the Puritan exiles at Plymouth were just beginning to hew out foothold In the cheerless New "World wilderness. It may have spun finery for the buxom daughter of some Strasburg burgomaster when Germany was a com munity of feudal baronies; It was doing its tasks when Cavalier and Roundhead fought at Maraton Moor: It was old when the treaty of Ryswlck was pews and It sailed away to the settlements on the river of Hendrick Hudson when John Churchill was the dread of Continental Europe. It was the pride of soma housewife when the war trail of the Mohawk and Iroquois led to the foot of the Catskllls; It may have provided tha swaddling clothes of one who was to fall before Loujsburg, and have done Its share on the coat and small clothes of some haughty patron who drank deep flagons at the board of Johnson Hall. Mayhap it clothed the back of some gay young blade who ogled the maids on Boston common before King George's soldiers stained its grass with blood. And It may have sent its tribute to the Governors halls in the palace at old "Williamsburg. Some Mistress Janice Meredith or Dorothy Manners may have burled her bonnle head In its threads on the shoulder of hor lover when she sent him to Join the army at Bemls Heights. If may have clothed some signer of the IF 0HLY FOR A DAY. Peabody's Ambition Is Again to Be Governor. DENVER, March 15. The end of the Peabody-Adams Gubernatorial contest will come when the anti-Peabody Repub licans decide to bring the matter to a vote In the. joint assembly. This would be done at once, were it not for the fact that five of the 22 Republicans known as McDonald men are uncertain quantities and may at any moment stampede to Peabody and give him a majority. It is practically conceded on all sides that 17 of the 23 are unaiteraoiy in xavor ot re taining Governor Adams In the chair and WW never vote for seating Peabody per manently. They may eventually, in order to wind up th8 contest, vote to seat Peabody temporarily, depending upon him to resign and allow Lieutenant Governor McDonald to succeed nirn in the Governorship by his creating a va cancy. In a conference tonight this plan was gone over and it is reliably reported that Peabody signed an undated resignation of the Governorship and placed It in the hands of a third party to be given to the antl-Feabody Republicans when they are ready to seat him. They would then have the power to force him out by handing the resignation to the Secretary or State, they were to be assured, and thus effect the succession of McDonald. "While this suggestion may be followed by the antl Peabody Republicans, they hesitate, fear- ! lng some trick will be turned on them that will keep Peabody In the Governor's chair and thereby defeat them In their determination to cause his retirement. A caucus of the Peabody forces to night developed no new strength and the proposal to seat him temporarily Is looked upon as an evidence of weakness by nis own party opponents. The latter went into caucus at 11 o'clock tonight, with the nrosnect of a protracted session. They want to convince themselves, If possible, If It will be safe to force a vote tomorrow, depending upon their persuasiveness In definitely Influencing the five wavering members to renounce Peabody. The action of Lieutenant-Governor Mc Donald In casting the deciding vote on tho motion for a recess yesterday has opened uo a wide ranee of discussion. Adams supporters claim that the Lieutenant-Gov ernor has no right to vote m joint conven tion under any circumstances, but Lieutenant-Governor McDonald claims he has such right and has strongly Intimated that he will even vote on the Governor ship contest in case of a tie. Immediately after assembling the joint convention took a recess until 2:30 P. M. today and on meeting at that hour again adjourned till 10 A. M. tomorrow. Utah Legislature's Work Ended. SVLT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 15. The Utah Legislature adjourned today af ter a session lasting 66 days. The only feature of unusual-Interest In the session was the Investigation into the affairs of the Utah "World's Fair Commission, which revealed a deficit ot several thou sand dollars due to the forged vouchers, but resulted In no arrests. Grafting Police Chief Convicted. PITTSBURG, Pa March 15. Police Sup erintendent Melvln H. Campbell, of Alle ghany was today found guilty of accept Ine money Aindor cover ot his office to aid arid abet tho maintenance of a house for tha sale of Honor without license and for immoral purposes. Ceryden Whitney, Newspaper Man. BINGHAMTON. N. Y.. March 15. Corydpn E . Whitney, the well-known newspaper writer. Is dead at Ids home fn Susquehanna, axed 53 years. Declaration or saved some patriot from freezing at Valley Forge. Mollle Pitcher may have left it to become Immortal at Monmouth, or Betsy Ross pedaled it while she designed tho flag which rose above the parapets at Yorktown. It was singing when the Bastlle fell In far-off Paris and the Corsican passed the bridge at Lodl. It may have crossed the Alleghanles with Boone and his followers and helped to uniform "Wayne's little army of the "Western Reserve. It was doing Its duty while Hull was forgetting his at Detroit and the Old Guard was dying at Waterloo. It may have woven the web of Senator Clay's first Congressional waistcoat, or a ahlrt for Harrison at Tippecanoe. It came farther west when Kaskaskia was remote and St. Louis an outpost. It was creak ing at its labors when Fremont scaled tne Rockies and was obsolete when Doubleday fired the first gun at Sumpter. "What romance It may have known: modest agent In thn development of na tions though It be. Uncomplaining, patient, splnnlng-wheel. Faithful, in dustrious servitor of a conquering race. Its work Is done and so at last In an alien era and In Portland, which, in the beglnaing was too modern for the minis trations of It and Its kind. It will end Its days. SITTING in Portland's most fashionable hotel was a corpulent business man from the East. He sat filling out tele graph blanks for half au hour and then rang for a messenger boy. A snub-nosed little fellow, of solemn mien and slight frame, answered tho call and received instructions in a verbose dose. Ha was told to file a bunch of telegrams and then carry a ncte to a residence on Nob Hill. Some 30 minutes later the youngster re turned with the note and the information that there was nope at home in the resi dence he had beep detailed to. "Look here, you little snipe, you are lying to mc," began the business man, who seemed to be In an unusually savajce frame of mind. "I know there Is some one at home. They told me they would wait for my message. You did not go. out there at all. I'm manager of the St. Louts Electrical manufac " "Say, excuse rne, mister," Interrupted the messenger boy, "I want you to coma on outside a minute." "Why In the devil should I go outside," thundered the puzzled Easterner. "Because I sez youso la a dub, an' ets ket ferblds that I put a face on yeh here In the hotel. Youso may be manager ot hades an' I'm only Grlmsy, the messenger kid, but it you'll jes come out in the open air " The Easterner arose and looked down on the bellicose youngster, who measured about to his waist. The scowl had passed from his face and he Jooked highly pleased. He began fumbling around In his pockets and then passed something to the boy. "Say, kid, here's a dollar for you," he said. "You're the first one that's had nerve enough to talk back, to mo In tha past 20 years and I've been bulldozing about everyone I run across. You got the real article. I'll try and see if I can't dig up a job for you when I get back to the factory. "But that's not the whole story." says the hotel clerk who is authority for the yarn. "The principal point is that one. of the Japanese bellboya overheard the little episode. The Imitative faculty of the Japanese Is too well known to need explaining. "Well, when the man called for ice water later on in the evening the Jap took him hot water and when he very naturally objected, the wily Oriental said: "Coma out in open air; I show you what you want." "No., the old gent didn't hand out an other dollar. He just handed out a couple of straight jabs which put the Jap's eye in mourning, and then, kicked the fellow half way down, the stairs." DPR0AR IN MISSOURI ASSEMBLY Speaker's Declaration Arouses Indig nation of Republicans. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March IS. The Legislature today took two more ineffect ual ballots for United States Senator. When the roll-call on the second ballot had been completed. Speaker Hill ex- ' plained his vote. "1 havo been accused," he exclaimed, "of being a deserter. I want to say that as a last expedient and with the consent of the caucus nominee I voted for Judge Spencer. I desire to say that I will be a deserter to the extent of voting for a Democrat before this Assembly adjourns without electing a Senator." Speaker Hill's announcement was fol lowed by clamorous cheering, but It ap parently provoked a storm of indignation from the Republicans. The first ballot re sulted: Spencer, 62; Cockrell, 71; Petti John, 16; Bartrholdt, 2; Nledringbaus, 2. Necessary to choice. 77. The supporters of R. C. Kerens all went to Dr. A. C. Pettljohn, who was heralded by a brief speech from Senator Mclndoe, prior to casting his ballot, In which he said: "Until the fifth day of January I was for that silver-haired veteran who has done more for his party and received le33 than any Republican in Missouri Rich ard C. Kerens." Senator Mclndoe went on to say that when Mr. JSIedrtnghaus was selected as the caucus nominee for Senator he de cided to support him, but the time had come when it was apparent he could not bo elected. The second ballot resulted: Spencer. 64; Cockrell, 71; Pettljohn, 16; Nledringhaus, 1. After the announcement of the sec ond ballot. Representative Tubbs arosa tp a point of personal privilege, and exclaimed: "Mr. President, I declare emphatic--ally that I shall never desert the Re publican party. If Speaker Hill de sires to vote for a Democrat, I demand here and now that he resign his office and seat in this Legislature." Instantly tho assembly was in an uproar. There were cheers for Tubbs by some, and others, climbing on chairs, loudly called for the Sergeant-at-Arms to restore order. After pan demonium had reigned for 15 minutes. Senator McDavld, Republican, made a motion that the joint session be dis solved. This was met instantly by a counter-motion for a recess until even ing. Again tumult arose, but was quickly quieted by the ordering of the roll-call on Senator McDavId's motion, which was .carried by a vote of 87 to 62. INDICTMENTS FOR BRIBERY. Two Missouri Legislators Accused Lieutenant-Governor Lee Perjurer. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 15. The Cole grand jury, which was ordered by Judge Martin to Investigate charges of legislative bribery, tonight returned In dictments against State Senators Frank Farris and Charles E. Smith on charges of accepting bribes of $J0Q each from Daniel J. Kelly, legislative agent of- the so-called baking powder trust, for defeat ing the alum bill In the Legislature of 1DCC. Former Lieutenant-Governor John A. Lee, who is at present residing In Chi cago, was indicted upon a charge of per jury In connection with the alum deal. It was upon statements made by Lee that indictment were 'returned against Farris add Smith. The reason for the Indictments against Farris and Smith is that In the opinion of Attorney-General Hadley the indict ments under which they are now await ing trial are defective. .,