Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1905)
THE MORNING- OREGQyiA, THURSDAY, APBIJJ 6, 1905. Entered xt the PoEtofnca at Portland. Or, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. INVABIABLT IN ADVANCE. (By Hail or Express.) Daily sad Sunday, per year...........B.OO Daily and Eunday, six months S.00 Dally and Sunday, three months....... 2.55 Dally and Eunday. per month .85 Dally -without Sunday, per year ........ 7.50 Dally -without Sunday, six months ...... 3.90 Daily -without Sunday. thVee months .... 1.85 Daily -without Sunday, per month ...... .65 Eunday. per year 2.00 Sunday, six months t-0 Sunday, three months - '-60 BY CARRIER. X&ily without Sunday, per weelc -15 Daily jer week. Sunday Included -20 THE WEEKLY OREGON! AN. (Issued Every Thursday. Weekly, per year J 1.S0 Weekly, six months .75 Weekly, three months 50 HOW TO REMIT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C Beckwith. Special Acency New Tcrk: Rooms 43-50 Tribune building. Chi cago: Rooms 510-CI2 Tribune building. Tbo Oreconlan does 'not buy poems or stories Xrom individuals and cannot under take td return any manuscript sent to it without .solicitation. No stamps- should be inclosed -tor this purpose. KEPT ON SAKE. Chicaco Auditorium Annex; PostoiSce News Co., 178 Dearborn street. Dallas, Tex. Globe News Depot. 260 Main street. Dearer Julius Slack, Hamilton & Kend riek, 808-812 Seventeenth street, and JVuo suff Bros., 605 Sixteenth street. Ds Koines, la. Aloses Jacobs. E0 IT .Fifth Street. GoldflelS, Nct. C. Mai one. Kansas City, Mo. Rick seeker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut. Ix Angeles Harry Drapkin; B. E. Amos. BI4 West Seventh street. Minneapolis M. J. Kavanaugh. 50 South Third; I Regelsburger. 217 First avenue South. New York City I. Jones & Co.. Astor House. t Oakland, Cal. W. H. Johnston. Four teenth and Franklin streets. Ogden F. R. Godard and Meyers & Har rcp; D. U Boyle. Omaha Barkalow Bros., 1G12 Farnham: Mageath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnham. HcLaughlln Bros.. 246 S. 14th. Phoenix, Arlx. Tae Berryhill News Co. Sacramento, CaL. Sacramento News Co.. 429 K etreet. Salt Lake Bait Lake News Co., 77 West Second street South. Santa Barbara, CaL S. Smith. San Diego, CaL J. Dillard. San Francisco -J. K. Cooper & Co- 746 Market street: Foster & Crear. Ferry News Stand; Goldsmith Bros 286 Sutter: L. K. Xee. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts. 1008 Market; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis: N. 'Wheatley. 83 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis Hew Stand. fit. XVoois, Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company. 806 Olive street. Washington. D. C. Ebblt House News Stand. , PORTLAND. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1S05. t A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. An epoch In our history is marked by the Chicago election. This mighty city, more than any other, is the representa tive of forces at -work in and for the transformation of the conditions of life and business throughout the United States. This result in Chicago distinctly marks the growth of the socialistic-idea in our country. It is the beginning of the movement through which .govern ment is to do everything for everybody. Many have opposed this policy and- have opposed the philosophy underlying it; The Qregonlan among the rest. But It is futile. Government in Its several forms and functions. National, state, municipal. Is to take direction of all af fairs supposed to be affected -with a public interest. People no longer wish to do things for themselves. They in sist that government shall do them. The larger matters first. In every city the most Important business or in terest is the transportation of the peo ple from one locality in the city to an other. Cities, then, must own and op erate their street-car lines. They must carry their people at cost. The greater number indeed -want the work done at less than cost; and they would call on the taxpayer to make up the loss. Transport, in their opinion, ought to be free to all except the taxpayer. Let the owner of property supply the deficit. This is what the Chicago election means. ' "The general result to which it points roust be accepted. It cannot stop with the car lines of the city. The move ment will be pushed Into all large in dustrial functions. The state must "take over" the. railroads within its lim its, for which there is just as good an argument as can be made that the city shall take over its local car lines; and the General Government must assume control of all, on an interstate theory. Then the socialistic state must go into all lines of industrial production espe cially those on which, business must be done on a large scale. It must "take over" the great manufacturing Indus Tries. It must push private enterprise out of every field. "Why allow private individuals to amass fortunes by mak ing steel, plows and shoes? Hitherto on many occasions The Ore gonian has attempted exposition of the theory of collectlvist socialism, and has declared Its opposition to it. But the result of the Chicago election will make it a leading question, of our political and social life, from this time. It is just as well to face the facts. A far advance on the lines of socialism has been made by the Chicago election. THE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE. The two chief objects of the ap proaching meeting of the Development League deserve wide mention and sup port.. The first is to enforce on all the rep resentatives who are then present the importance of every section of the state being continuously represented on the Exposition grounds and buildings. Nearly every county in the state has arranged or is arranging an exhibit. To some extent these will speak for themselves. But although, as the old proverb goes, one eye is worth two ears, the verbal explanation, the question answering power, is all-Important. An other point to be emphasized is this: Eastern visitors will be very apt to re gard these exhibits of the products of Oregon counties as exceptional in beauty and quaity. All they see will b? discounted, as is the constant habit with the printed accounts of yields and profits. The Information these experi enced observers and critics will demand is as to average products, average yields, average markets, average profits. The local delegate must be armed with replies to all such ques tions. By all means let the very best be shown. But the most practically ef fective exhibits will be those , of the products of Individual farms, orchards and ranches, samples, in fact, of what a specified 160-acre or 320-acre farm produces. Such collections have been from time to time shown at the State Fairs at Salem. If to the exhibits be added verified statements of the total products of the farm in question, say for the past year, the mental if not the oral questions of the observer will be met. The local man In charge of the exhibits of the county will be able to enforce these lessons as no outsider, or professional agent, can enforce them. The second point to be brought out at the meeting will doubtless be that it Is the people of Oregon, far more deeply than the railroads "or other public or semi-public organizations, who are In terested in increasing the population, adding to resources, attracting new capital, improving existing and creat ing new transportation facilities, open ing out the unworked resources of the state. It is right that the railroads should exert themselves to the utmost that the best be made of this Exposi tion. Their profits will be immediate. The main purpose of the Development League Is to have the people of Oregon help themselves. When this Is publlcly and generally recognized, extension of the work of the league over the whole .state will follow, and the present fifty two sub-leagues will be but the first, -fruits. WITH THE PRESIDENT. To keep track of President Roose velt's journeylngs and Jollyings, even in the columns of a newspaper, is not an easy task. With his extraordinary capacity for crowding more action into an hour than other men can get within the compass of a day; the Pres ident keeps the telegraph wires hum ming with the accounts of his doings on the journey that-is likely to end In such disaster for the mountain Hons. Recre ation is best attained by change of oc cupation. It is said. The President leaves Castro of Venezuela to foam and fizzle unregarded. Santo Domingo he leaves to Secretary Ta'f t, who is, as the President expressed it, sitting on the Hd of that affair. Railroad rebates are for gotten in the excitement of railroad traveling. Standard Oil is let slide from the memory, even in that state which has girded up its loins preparatory to smiting the Standard Company hip and thigh. The Beef Trust passes out of the Presidential mind, the Presidential 6tomach clamoring too loudly for the beef itself. The treaty-making power Is not now a matter of argument; man meets man and concludes a treaty with a handshake. In the haze of memory even the gray wolves of the Senate be gin to assume the kindly aspect of sheepdogs. All these things are forgot ten, for the President is now seeking rest and recreation. The President visits Louisville, one of the rest stations. He watches a review, lunches here, makes an address there. He tells the boys in blue how glad he is to see them, and tells the boys in gray how delighted he Is to meet them. He hears German singers trolling "My Old Kentucky Home," and tells them how charmed he is to find the Germans bringing over the joy of living to this country. He is "quite taken by surprise" when presented with some Lincoln sduvenirs, although a stage whisper had previously, announced the presenta tion. From Louisville the Presidential train pulls out When opportunity of fers, the President does not fail to grasp the hands of the train crew, and tell them how exceedingly pleased he is to meet such fine fellows. At a small way station the train is stopped and the President tells how his heart is thrilled by meeting those present, and espe cially by meeting the children. A few words to the fathers and mothers on how to train the children, and on goes the train. A stop in Kansas, and the President tells the crowd how especial ly dear to him is the Sunflower State. On into Indian Territory, and the Pres ident is ecstatically joyful to meet men from the country which gave him so many of his Rough Riders. Muskogee, and the President tells the crowd how "your territory will soon be one of the great states of the Union." A speech to every division and an epigram to every mile. With the President, e'en when rest ing, there is "something doing all the time." He has an outstretched hand and an appropriate jolly for every one he meets. Many men would shrink from working as hard at their business as the President during his recreation. Hunting mountain lions wili be a quiet, restful occupation after ithis enthusias tic journey through an enthusiastic country. And the reason of all the pre sentations, -entertainments, speeches and jollyings is simple the people like the President and the President likes the people. SQUELCHING A SPECTACULAR SPEND THRIFT. Mr. "Jimmy" Hyde, who by right of inheritance is busily engaged in wast ing the millions which his esteemed father accumulated in the life insur ance business, is a live illustration of the manner in which innocent individ uals or firms can be made to suffer by reason of the imbecility or "cussedness" of others. Whatever may be the short comings of Messrs. Alexander and Tar bell, of the Equitable Life, they have never been publicly heralded as spend ing their money or that of the policy holders for $100,000 dinners, nor have they appeared as distinguished guests at "monkey banquets." In extenuation of this method of keeping his name be fore the public, and at the same time making the vulgar New York display of wealth, Mr. "Jimmy" Hyde may ad vance the plea that it was his own money, with which he was free to do as he pleased. The contention may be sound from a legal standpoint, but it is weak as aft excuse for general circulation. The thousands and tens of thousands of policy-holders who are still contribut ing to the Hyde fortune are likely to become uneasy and get the impression that their own funds may become en tangled with those which "Jimmy" is using for his $100,000 dinners. Every time the young Mr. Hyde indulges in one of the dinners that have made him famous there is wasted a sum sufficient to pay the death claims of twenty to forty policy-holders. But the havoc wrought by this young spendthrift does not cease with the company with which he is directly associated. The underly ing principles which govern the man agement of most of the big companies do not differ greatly, and the alarm which the Equitable row has caused in the ranks of its own policy-holders is felt to an extent among the other com panies. Life Insurance of the Tight kind pos sesses merits so well understood that they cannot be questioned, but one of the strongest assets of these companies Is the confidence of the public, and when that confidence- is disturbed the effect cannot be other than unhealthy from a financial standpoint. Mr. "Jimmy" Hyde as an individual may have had a perfect Tight to squander the millions which he inherited from his father, but as "Vice-President Hyde, of the Equitable Life, he occupies an entirely different position in the eye3 of the public that has contributed the dollars which he is now spending In such a spectacular manner. To that portion of the public he is to a certain extent accountable for his personal as well as his business conduct, and the Equitable policy-holders, as well as those of other companies who are to a degree affected by this unseemly squabble, will be pleased to see the more conservative and less spectacular ele ment .in the management win in the present struggle. THE BEAT. BE AS ON WHY. It Is now evident why Mukden did not prove another Sedan. Oyama was shy a Phil Sheridan. No doubt "the little brown men" made their little brown legs go as fast as they could, but they could not go as far in a circle as the Russians could In a straight line. What they needed was cavalry to hang on the Russians' flanks in a running fight, and finally to forge ahead and get squarely across their front and stop them. Desperate assaults -upon the rear detained the rearguard, but the main army passed on. From the failure of Oyama to envelop Kuropatkin we learn anew of the great part played by Phil Sheridan In the final scenes of Appomattox. It is not too much to say that the war would not have ended as soon as It did by weeks, perhaps months, had not Grant's com mander of cavalry held the extreme left of the line before Petersburg on the1 night of April 1, 1865. Lee's plan was to slip away, join Joe Johnston In North Carolina and prolong the war Indefinitely. His plan failed, because he could not shake Sheridan loose. For three days they raced and fought and fought and raced, .until Sheridan finally got across Lee's front at Charles City crossroads, arid then the Jig was up. Prior to the time that Sheridan joined the Army of the Potomac it was thought that cavalry was to be used merely as a corps de observation. Its duty was to gather intelligence and fight only the enemy's cavalry, or at most only to stay in a general battle until Infantry supports could come up. Sheridan changed all that. Ho imbued hlscavalry with the idea that they were in the war to fight anybody or anything at any time supports or no supports. On that terrible night of rain and storm, when Lee, by massing Infantry against cavalry at Five Forks hoped to crush Grant's left, Sheridan fought out the battle alone. He never even asked for reinforcements. "Why not?" he was once asked in astonishment. "Because," he said, "Grant knew how I was situ ated, and If he had the 'reinforcements he would send them without the ask ing, and if he didn't have them, there was no use asking." Archibald Forbes once described Sheridan as "a heaven born soldier." The Japanese army at the present time is not lacking in heai'en-born sol diers. But it is lacking a heaven-born soldier of the Phil Sheridan brand. Its cavalry Is doing the business that the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac did before Sheridan took hold of It, only not doing it nearly so well. In Oyama's enveloping movement, so far as we can see. It has rendered no service at all. No doubt the Japanese horses are small and weak; no doubt the Japanese them selves are not at home astride their scrubbj- cayuses. Whatever be the reason whether It is that the war board has seen the weakness, but can not remedy it it remains true that Kuropatkin escaped because the Japan ese did not have such a cavalry corps as the Army of the Potomac obtained under Phil Sheridan. WISCONSIN'S RAILROAD FIGHT. Governor La Follete, of Wisconsin, 1s having a very difficult task In forc Inghis railroad commission bill through the Legislature. The measure is slum bering in the hands of the committee, where it went very early in the session, and the railroad men assert that the Governor's friends dare not bring it out in Its present shape for fear that it will be hopelessly beaten. The Governor's friends, on the contrary, say that it Is being held back purposely with a view to strengthening its support and mak ing "assurance doubly sure." There are a great many features of similarity between Wisconsin's anti-rail mad fight and that which has just been concluded in the State of Washington. There, as In Washington, the anti-railroad forces are strong In the House and weak In the Senate, and there also the Governor of the state has for years antagonized the railroads. The Wisconsin bill, however, is much more drastic -than the one which passed the Washington Legislature, although the latter was anything but a tame measure. The Wisconsin commission goes farther in its proposed power than any similar legislation ever projected. Al other railroad commissions, includ ing the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, have power to act only on com plaint of an injured party, but Gover nor La Follette's bill goes several steps farther, and provides that the commis sion may fix and enforce rates at any time wlthout'complalnt from an inter ested party. Considering the method by which the Washington Railroad Com mission was pushed through to the statute-books, it Is not improbable that a bill fully as drastic as the Wisconsin bill could have been hustled through at the time the Kennedy substitute bill was passed. The Washington bill did not pass on its merits, but instead was traded through to final passage by the lumber and fishery Interests represent ed In the House. Either Interest -was sufficiently powerful to do whatever It pleased with the pill. It Is not apparent from the news dis patches from Wisconsin that the rail road commission bill before the Legis lature of that state is being used In this manner, but its difficulty qf passage In the shape desired by the Governor Is probably due to the same Influences that caused the Kennedy bill In Its original shape to be repudiated by the Washington Legislature. On the first appearance at Olympla of that severe measure, the fish and lumber legisla tion which afterwards clubbed its suc cessor through to final passage had not assumed definite shape, and the mem bers were less inclined to bear down too hard on the roads. Politicians, aid ed and abetted by the political ambi tions of some of the railroad represent atives In the State of Washington, have worked up a bitter feeling against the roads in certain quarters, but the bit terness existing is incomparably less than is shown by the political situation in Wisconsin. Up to April 1 there had been introduced into the Wisconsin Legislature 130 bills directed towards regulation of railroads. Many of these bills were of such a nature that they reflected persecution of the roads In stead of prosecution of offenses against them. At the same time the presence of so much smoke certainly indicates some fire, and the outcome of the bat tle between the Chief Executive of the Badger State and the railroads will be awaited with considerable interest. On the older maps of Oregon a large tract appears on the northern part of Lake County and the southern limits of Harney County, labeled "Great Sandy Desert." A few weeks ago some In tending settlers visited this tract, on which sagebrush is the chief product today, and took samples of the sagebrush-growing soil, under due precau tions for the samples being verified throughout. Being submitted to the chemist of the State Agricultural Col lege, the following is his analysis: Coarse material 2.60 per cent Fine earth 97.40 per cent Analysis of fine earth . Phosphoric acid .35 per cent Lime 3.68 per cent Iron and, aluminum. oxld&... 8.33 per cent Total nitrogen .20 pet cent Potash -. .68 per cent Magnesia .. 2.22 per oent The chemist idds: From there results I should consider this as a soil much above the average in fertility. It 1b exceedingly rich in lime, phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen, all of which are the most important elements of plant food. So by degrees the ancient prejudices and bad marks against Eastern Oregon disappear. At present this land is a hundred miles from any railroad com munication, will it always remain so? At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War it was fully predicted that the Siberian Railroad would prove -unequal to the task of supplying an army of more than 100,000 men. Far from these predictions being verified, the railroad, despite the gap at Lake Baikal, not only transported roany thousand troops to the seat of war, but also carried am ple munitions and provisions for an army of more than 300,000. This is all the more extraordinary In view of the wholesale grafting that is said to have been done by the military officials in charge of the road. A special permit was Issued for every car, and the St. Petersburg papers now assert that mer chants desirous of shipping merchan dise east had to buy these certificates, which enabled them to send their pri vate goods ahead of the military sup plies needed at the front. This may ac countffor the lack of hospital supplies reported from many of the Russian posts, i Andrew Carnegie must be greatly pleased to note that the disposition to refuse large gifts of money shows no signs of spreading to any great extent. Since the "small college" has been added to the library and the technical institute as a desirable recipient of the Carnegie doHars, the process of grow ing poor will be accelerated as scores of schools discover that they come within the definition. Were the idea of refusing money that was not warranted sound and pure-to affect libraries and colleges as well as church societies, a heavy burden would be thrown on the Carnegie distributors, who would have to look around for new channels down which to sluice their employer's money. There is not much likelihood, however, that the idea will spread among other societies or that the missionary board will apply it to many others than Rockefeller. Its close application might reduce Incomes below the living point. Sir Michael Foster, the distinguished professor of physiology at Cambridge University, will stand for re-election to Parliament as a Liberal, and a commit tee of both Liberals and Conservatives is working In his support, on the ground that his special knowledge will prove of great value In the House. This leads American Medicine to ask in a somewhat jaundiced way if this plan of electing an eminent scientist and physi cian to a political position independent ly of his politics Is not an Improvement on our custom of appointing a man to a scientific and professional position be cause of his politics. Tou may have registered last year, but you must register again by the ad dition of your party affiliation if you intend to take part in the forthcoming primaries, Republican or Democratic The law is plain about it, the way is easy and the task is not difficult; so, if you are interested In the new city offi cers, you should not longer neglect go ing to the Courthouse and registering. Harbin dispatches give the official list of Russian losses during the terrible battle of Mukden as 107,000, showing that the estimates of the correspond ents were not very far from the mark. This time the Russian losses must have greatly exceeded the Japanese, who had their enemies on the run and under fire of their machine guns. Dr. Lewellyn Franklin Barker has been elected to the professorship of medicine at Johns Hopkins University to succeed Dr. William Osier, resigned. Nothing is stated in the dispatches re garding the future of Dr. Osier, but he is probably looking for a chloroform bottle. When John D. Rockefeller dies and his pious son gets the tainted money, will the churches still kick at accept ing any of it? This Is mere specula tion, but it should prove interesting to the casuists who are making such a fuss at present. There are persons In Pprtland who are Intrenched to their necks and eyes in plutocracy, and yet try to pose as advocates of popular rights and the rule of the common people. There Is a lot to be said about this, yet. Judge Dunne, whose thirteen children helped him to be elected Mayor of Chi cago, has no reason to think the num ber unlucky. The Chicago street railway people say that the only question as to "sell ing out to the city will be the- price." Naturally. - Not to have been mentioned as a bride for King Alphonso has become a distinction among European Princesses. In mutuallzlng the Equitable Life, a little mutual forbearance between the factions would not be amiss. Austria-Hungary, the dual kingdom, is rapidly becoming the duel kingdom. The President deserves a bully time. NOTE AND COMMENT. Los Angeles reports the discovery of a new Milky Way. The astronomer must have got a. milk shake from excitement. When a woman wears one of those frilly whlto petticoats downtown It's astonish ing how the blessed things keap show ing, despite her conspicuous efforts to hide It. We hopo the churches won't have bad heads after ajl this dissipation. American Medicine calls a physician who advertises a "stupex." The only ap parent retort to such a jab as this Is to call the -editor a bajazzo. No man is eligible for the Portland po lice force if he Is more than 6 foot 4 inches In height or If he weighs more than 225 pounds. This is harsh discrimi nation against a worthy class of citizens, and the public should demand the with drawal of such absurd conditions. Think of the hundreds of men debarred from the force because they measure more than 6 foot 4, and the thousands who may not wear a blue uniform simply because they would fill it so well. Judge Dunne, elected Mayor of Chicago, has 13 kids. It was about time he sot a gooe job. Speaking as a layman, wo should -say it was unethical for a ncrsa to weigh more than 200 pounds. To whom it may concern: United States soldiers are to be given a longer bayonet. Mr. Heney la one of those.persons -whose absence makes several hearts grow fonder. Another-great victory for pokor! In the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, where comic opera principalities are outdone, an editor has been sentenced to a year's Imprison ment for libeling Franz Ruhstratt. Min ister of Public Worship, Education and Justice, by saying that he gambled and was consequently unfit to superintend the schools and courts. Franz Ruhstratt, Minister ot Public Worship, Education and Justice, admitted that he played poker, but denied that poker was a game of chance. The court, while deciding that poker was a game of hazard, held that in Oldenburg, as in America, It might bo played by respectablo persons, who could not In consequence be excluded from pub lic life- It would indeed decimate, nay, almost annihilate the public service if all who played pokor were to be hold un fit for office. Oldenburg Is to bo congratu lated upon its good sense, and tho miser able editor will serve his year without a sympathetic word from tho press of the Grand Duchy and ot America. According to the London Express, John Pius Boland, member for South Kerry, asked tho Postmaster-General In the House of Commons what error was found in tho address of a certain letter to causo a delay of four days in Its delivery. Tho address In question was as follows: Bean nl Ghabhrakn. Teac-osda Frlomhaldeach, Badharc an Chualn. Kllronan, Aran Island, Galway. A paragraph In tho Pittsburg Dispatch throws a little light on Mr. Boland's ques tion. Tho Gaelic League of America has asked members to address letters to their friends in Ireland In Gaelic. "Ireland" Is added to tho direction to avoid conflict, and it Is said that a good many thousand letters addressed, in this style aro now blocking the British postofflce. In Wales, where the native tongue is moro exten sively used than in Ireland, it Is not un common to find business men sending telegrams In Welsh to compel tho ap pointment of Welsh-speaking telegraph operators by the government, but this, and even moro the trick mentioned In tho Dispatch, appears mere waste of time, ex cept in cases where the vernacular Is used in ordinary Intercourse or business trans actions. Now that appendicitis is such a fashion able Illness, it is Quito probable that some degree of operative Intemperance exists. London Hospital. In turning a phrase the medical jour nalist Is hard to beat. The question about the man making an allegation being an alligator Is now eclipsed, the Now York Sun reporting that a schoolboy recently asked truly he did "If a man who makes an oration Is an orator, is a man who writes an ode an odor?" Harry Thaw and the beautiful model. Miss Evelyn Nesblt, have at last been married. Of course we shall hoar that she makes a model wife. In a contribution to the San Francisco Argonaut the name Fontarabla brings forth some remarks on other proper names: There aro stately names, lUce "Hohanibl lern," "Oodolphln," "Falkenateln." "Branden burg." "Marlborough," There ara laconic, un compromising names, like "Warwick." "Ire ton," "Cromwell." There are names that sound patrician, Uko "Buckingham." "Ormond," "Vendorae," Wal degrave." "ilandevllle," "Rochefoucauld." There are names that are redolent of Eng land's woods and brooks and breezy- downs, liko "Shakespeare," "Wordsworth," "Ral eigh," "Gladstone," "Huntingdon." "Swin burne1 Many of the names coming from our Amer ican Indians are nne, sonorous-tioundlng names, like "JTIsslMippI." "Yoswnlte." "Mlantono mah," "Monadnock," "Arizona," "Montezu ma." Compared with them the native names of Australia, such as "Boorabung" or "Ballarat," "Geelong" or "Wallaroo," aeem poor and mean. There aro names that have- a comic sound, like "Macgllllcuddr." Then there are musical names. English, Irish or Indian, like "Klllarney." "Beverly." "Mel ton 'Mowbray," "Rosamond," "Mandalay": euphonious names, like "Arabia." "Burmah." "Marmora": cacophonous., crackling names, like "Macassar," "Malucca," "Mazatlan"; deep, solemn names, like "Madagascar," ''Mozambique," "Stamboul," "JElsInore." "Roland" for a man's name, "Roncesvalles" and "Fontarabla" for" place names, have a -wajw seemed to me to belong to this favored list. How such names lend themselves to song and story! unlike Smlthtown, Squeedunk and Kankakee. Who can hear the name "Font arabla" without thinking with a thrill of "Oh, for a blast of that dread horn On Fontarablan echoes borne . . . When Roland brave and Oliver On Roncesvalles died. v Australia is slighted by the omission of Wooloomooloo, and Oregon can supply names of any class, from Gooseberry to Umatilla, or from Skamokawa to Alblna. WEX. J. Grant's Sister Dies Suddenly. ORANGE, N. J., April 5. Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister of tho late Presi dent U. S. Grant and widow of Dr. M. J. Cramer, was found dead In bed today at the home of her sister, Mrs. Virginia Grant Corbln, In East Orange. Mrs. Cramer retired last night In apparent good health. Aged Bankwrecker Indicted. KEOKUK. Ia April 5. George Jaeger, aged 70, proprietor ot the defunct Com mercial National Bank, which failed here last February, was Indicted today on three counts for fraudulent banking. He Is now In the County Jail. A BAPTIST WASIN THE CROWD In&rrupts Attorney Rand During tho Sunday Saloon Trial. BAKER CITY, Or.. April 5. (Special.) The jury In the Anderson caso for ylola tion of the lay regarding the Sunday open ing of saloons returned" a verdict of "guilty." Attorneys for the defend ant Rand &' Clifford, asked for a stay of sentence and announced that they would take an appeal to the Supreme Court. A new point arising upon the recent statute now occupied the atten tion of the court for some time. It seems that yesterday the District Attorney filed an Information against this same de fendant, Gua Anderson, charging him with permitting gambling in a building of which ho was the owner. The attorneys for the defense moved to quash the in formation upon the ground that tho Dis trict Attorney had no right to file it. They contended that a grand jury had been called for this term which grand jury had been discharged and In con sequence that the District Attorney was without power to file the same. Tho case ot the State against Ben Wood for Sunday opening was called for trial at 10 o'clock and the names of seven jurors were In the box who were called and examined, five being excused by the State and defense, two being accepted. At this time counsel for the defendant stated to the court that they would object to the Sheriff's serving any special venire. If such became necessary In this case or any of the other cases, on the ground that the Sheriff was an interested party in these suits. Attorney Rand became very acrimonious at this point. He charged that the jury which had just reported was a "packed" jury although ten of them had been taken from the regular panel. In his remarks he made some allusions to the Baptist Church, whereupon Dr. Steven son, one of the early pioneers of the state, arose from tho audience and de manded to bo heard on a point of order. This caused somo commotion and the court demanded order emphatically with tho gavel, after which Mr. Rand proceeded with his argument. MARRIAGE CONTRACT AFFECTED If Dunsmulr Was Incompetent to Sign Will, How About Certificate? VICTORIA B. C, April 5. E. V. Bod well. K. C, continued his assault on tho evidence for the Hopper-Dunsmulr case today. Ho characterized the ex penditure of thousands of dollars on artesian water supply at San Leandro as a freak of an Insane man. Chief Justice Huntor observed that this did not prove Insanity. Mr. Bodwell dealt severely with the conduct of lawyers Wilson and Wilson In acting In a dual capacity for James Dunsmulr and Mrs. Alexander Duns mulr In litis case. Counsel dwelt with the evidence that Mrs. Dunsmulr on her return from New York dealt extravagantly, as if expecting to gain a fortune by upset ting the will. On her return East. Mrs. Dunsmulr told her daughter Edna she had signed an agreement to get her share of the estate In two years, and that James Dunsmulr had requosted her to wait as he had to meet heavy bills. t Counsel also ma'Jo a point of the fact that Mrs. Dunsmulr did not favor liti gation, as she had been advised not to press her claim on the ground that It would tend to show that as Alexander Dunsm'ulr had been incompetent to sign a will, ho would likewise be in competent to sign a marriage contract such as he did. Send Sick Officer to Russia. VALIiEJO, Cal., April 5. A medical board of survey in tho case of Com mander Rltchagoff, executive officer of the Russian transport Lena, Interned at Marc Island, hag recommended that ho be sent to Russia for treatment for neurasthenia. As Commander Rltcha goff Is under parole, the consent of President Roosevelt will have to bo ob tained before he can return to Russia. New Editor Every Month. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. April 5. (Special.) Another change was made In tho publication of the Ore gon Monthly today, when the executive committee of the student body request ed Ralph Bacon to complete the work of the year, .thus releasing Miss Mabel Sralth,a senfor, who edited the number just issued. W. H. Worrell, Woodmen Delegate. ALBANY. Or., April 5. (Special.) L'Inn County Modern Woodmen today held tholr convention at Lebanon. W. IL Worrell, of Albany, was elected del ogato to tha state camp at Baker City, May 3. Senator Milton A. Miller was In dorsed for delegate to tho heatt. camp of tho order. New Yakima Fruit Inspector. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., April 5. (SpeclaL) J. M. Brown, secretary of the Yakima County Horticultural Union, was appointed county fruit in spector by the County Commissioners today. Orlando Beck, the Incumbent, made a strong fight to retain the in spectorship. Match Touched to Warehouse. ROSEBURG, - Or., April 5. About 3 o'clock this morning fire destroyed an old warehouse belonging to the Rast estate, In North Roseburg, entailing a loss of a few hundred dollars. George Collins lost three vehicles and harness stored therein. The fire was set by an Incendiary. Store Safe Blown Open. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. April 3. (Special.) The safe of Rand & Olney. general merchants at Toppenlsb, was blown open last night and the con tents taken. Sheriff Grant was notified this morning and went to the scene to investigate. Oregon's Repairs Finished. SAN FRANCISCO. April 5. The steamor Oregon, damaged by fire at sea .while on her way from here to Astoria and Portland, a few weeks ago, has been repaired here at a cost of about $25,300, and will sail Friday for Port land. Dinan Is New Police Chief. SAN FRANCISCO. April- a. Jere miah Dlnan was elected Chief of Police tonight to succeed George W. Witt man, recently removed. Whisky Under Other Names. ROCKLAND, Me., April 5. A wholesale grocery store here owned by Governor William Cobb and others was raided to day by the Sheriff and deputies and a large stock of a patent medicine said to contain a high percentage of alcohol was seized on tho ground that offering the preparation for sale Is In violation of the Maine prohibition laws. In addition, the Sheriff seized the entire stock of the city agency. The charge is made that the city of Rockland has been engaging In the sale ot liquor In violation of the laws of the state. More Michigan Miners Strike. CALUMET, Mich., April 5. The ranks of the striking miners were augmented today when the employes of the Wolver ine Mining Company walked out. The men demand 10 per cent Increase In wages. Superintendent Smith Is in Cali fornia on his vacation and it Is not ex pected a settlement will be reached until he "returns. All work at the Kaarsarge and Franklin Junior mines Is suspended, 2500 men being Idle. , MRS. .CHADWICK GAINS TIME. Execution of Sentence Stayed Pend ing Hearing of Appeal. CINCINNATI, April 5. A stay of ex ecution in the sentence ot Mrs. Cfead wick has been authorized by the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals. Tho decision was announced by Pre siding Justice Lurton when court con vened, today. Tho stay of sentence Is to hold until tho further order ot th court, it appearing that a writ of er ror had been sued out within ta re quired 60 days, and a copy of the same lodged in the clerk's office of the low er court. After tho decision had been announced. Judge Wing, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick. said that he axneeted to be able to present the appeal some time during the month of May. She Hopes to Secure Bail. CLEVELAND. April 5. J. P. Daw ley, senior counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, was much pleased when he read tha Associated Press dispatches from Cin cinnati, sashing that the Circuit Court of Appeals had ordered a stay of exe cution of sentence in the case C his client. 'It indicates." said Mr. Dawloy, "that, the Circuit Court believes that ther- Is a legal proposition Involved in th-- case which is worthy of its consider ation, or that the petition filed by its shows at least prima facie evidence of error In the lower court. Mrs. Chad wick will now remain here until thf caso is finally decided. There is a strong possibility that bail may be ob tained for her in tho meantime." Mrs. Chadwick when shown tho tele gram announcing the stay of execu tion was visibly pleased. GENERAL OUTBREAK AT HAND Radicals Will Light Fire of Revolu tion After Easter. ST. PETERSBURG, April 5. The pros pects of a general upheaval of the city and country with the advent of Spring in crease dally. Evidence accumulates that the radical forces aro acting In unison, and awaiting a signal, which, it ia gen erally behoved, will be given shortly after tho Russian Easter. The terrorists ar showing great activity, and reports from all over the country prove that the week men, who In many cases have been formu lating petty demands which are no aoener. granted than they are succeeded by others, are acting under instructions from tho revolutionary leaders, who are only bkttng their time. The employers frankly admit that it Is Impossible to try to continue their busi ness, and some of them have alraady shut down. Tho people are plainly becoming panicky, and the authorities also cannot conceal tholr alarm. The guard regiments, which usually go to camp in April, will be retained in St. Petersburg, It 13 announce!, until Juno, ostensibly to allow the camps to be cleaned In vlow of tho dangr of cholera, which Is regarded as bing so serious that the sanitary authorities hava ordered tho Immediate cleaning of tho streets, sewers, cesspools ami cinaJs of the capital, and have Issued specific in structions to householders, especially in tho poorer districts, whero the people Hv la cellars. Tho dilatory tactics ot the government in elaborating the schome for popular rep resentation provided for In the Imperial rescript of March 3 tend to intensify the acutenoss of the coming crisis, a th Lib erals are firmly convinced that the real purpose of the bureaucracy. If the crieis Is safely passed, is to smother the whole reform movement Th stata of jHrtHu opinion on this subject is apparent from tho fact that over 300 municipal councils and public institutions have already peti tioned for participation in the task oi working out the project. An Intimation that It is proposed r pend a commission abrocd to tudy Aha wiuuery oi ioreign Parliaments, wniot: would requlro months, has raised an out cry. The Novoe Vremya solemnly warns the government that the situation la too dangerous for such maneuvers, declaring that unless the Government forms an as sembly and the date of the elections is Immediately announced. It will be impossible to restore even a measure of public confidence and the government wm loso all chanco of securing the support: and sympathy of the Liberals, who do no believe In violence, when the dteordfM which aro predicted for the immediate ix ture break out. In the meantime, what is called the con stitutional press adds fuel to the flame by entering on a campaign for exposing: the corruption and venality In various branches of the administration. Old sean dals relative to the transportatloa ef mer chant freights, especially on the Siberian. Hallroad, havo been revived and from documentary evidence the most rottea state of affairs Is shown to exist. Tho military authorities control trans portation on tho Siberian Railroad. th general staff Is Issuing permits for every car, and merchants desiring to ship good to Irkutsk or further east are compel! I to buy such certificates. A regular traffic in them ha3 been exposed, permits bring ing from 5300 to iSOO. the authorities then shipping the goods as munitions of war. while the latter are sidetracked. A ess is cited where It cost a merchant $14tt t get a single car to Irkutsk, and another where a car remained on a sidetrack from May to January because the consignee declined to pay any more money to tha military authorities. Was the Game Worth the Candle? The Oregon (St. Helens) Mist. Senator Mitchell's home coming was rathor a funereal affair compered wit l. those ot past years. He will now ha an opportunity to count his "real friends, and it Is just possible that a he looks back through the past h. may envy many a humbler man who ? domestic life ha3 been his main sorr of happiness. Whether he loses wins in his contest with the law offi cers of the Government, he has suf fered a moral defeat from whtok he can never recover. He is old. broker, down, both mentally and physlee.ll, and it Is impossible that he should ever lead his political friends to vic tory again. Ho has bean a great foro in the politics of Oregon for over i third of a century. He has made an l unmade men. His will has controlled the caucus and the convention, and hi--5 influence has been felt in even the Senate Chamber of the .United State And now the end. At best, a succor -ful attempt to evade the meshes of th law; at worst, a vordict of guilty, the loss of his high office, and the eon tempt and neglect of his former Hbo elates. In place of sycophants fawn ing for favor he will have iRgrate? wno win turn meir obcks upon Bini and their faces toward the rising sui! Bereft of power, wealth and prestige, nothing remains but the remnant ot life to be spent In obscurity and loneli ness. Had he died when at the zenit?' of his power the Nation's representa tives would have united to do hiir Ijonor and all the pomp and glory of a Senatorial funeral would have been his. The Congressional Reeord would have been filled with eulogies of his character and "the rising generation would have had him pointed out as an Illustrious example for their emula tion. As ho reviews his long an-' arduous career he may well woadr whether the game was worth th candle and whether he has not over- looked the true blessings of life t v sate himself upon Dead Sea aapl that turn to ashes upon -his Hps. Iseiln Estate Well Up in Millions. NEW YORK. April 5. Tho will of Ad- r rian Iseiln, the banker, disposes of an K estate estimated in value at between US. COO.000 and 530,000,000. Four spas and three daughters divide all hut $X).C00. which is bequeathed to -certain charities.