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THE MORNING OBEGONIAy. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1906. Eatered at tbi Postoffice at PorUaafl. Or., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION' KATES. ; EfYAHtABLT IN ADVANCE. , (Bj? Mall or Expreoe.) Dally anfl Eun&y. jxr year. Daily and Eun5ay, tix-month. ... .... fj-Jrr Bally and "Sunday, three moetto. ...i -5 Dally and Sunday, per, .Biarth,. -. VS Dally -without Sunday, per year. jjj Dally without Sunday, six months 3.90 Dally -without Sunday, three months Dally .without Sunday, per Month.. ,-- .3 Sunday per year Sunday., eix months. - LOa . Sunday. three -months.. . ....... JBr CARRIER. 23lhrTer -w.'.lr Rundst'v Included.-........ .20 THB "WEEKLY OREGON IAN. (Issued Every Thursday.) Weekly, per year. . I-M ,klv rr mnnttia ... & Weekly, thrte raonthfi....... ....... SOW TO k3UI Send postornci money erder, !zpress order or .pergonal Check on your ue eendera risk. EASTERN" BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C. 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Omaha Barkalow Bros.. 1612 Farnham Maeeath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnham; McLaughlin Bros., 246 South 14th. Phoenix. Ariz. The BerryhlU News Co. Eacrameato, Cal. Sacramento News Co.. 429 K street. Salt Lake Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Second street South. Saata Barbara, CaL S. Smith. Ban Diego, Cal. J. Dlllard. Baa Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 746. Market street; Foster & Crear. Ferry News Etand; Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter: L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News Stand; F. W. Pitts, 1008 Market: Frank Scott; 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Hotel St. Francis aewi Stand. 6t. Louis, Mo. E. T. Jett-Book & News Company, 806 Olive street. Washington, D. C. Ebblt .House News Stand. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY C, 1903. T TODAY'S PRIMARIES. The Oregonian does not pretend to be .indifferent to the Issue of today's prl mary election. It has expressed a preference for no Mayoralty candidate among Republicans, because It has none; or, to be more accurate. It will be equally well content If either of the several gentlemen most prominently mentioned and most favorably consid ered shall be successful In the pri mary. It will not. however, be satis lied if one of them Mr. Merrill shall be nominated, which .seems unlikely. If The Oregonian believed that a prob able or even possible result of today's -contest might be-the nomination of.'this mjjj, it would not hesitate to. set forth reasons why all respectable Republi cans should vote against him. It is sufficient to register In advance a pro test against him, his kind, and his pro posed policies. Judge 'Williams has been Mayor of Portland for three years. He is easily Oregon's most illustrious citizen. He has filled with great dignity and dis tinction many high positions, his ex perience in public life covering the Ju dicial, legislative and executive branches of government. His adminis tration of city affairs has in one im portant particular been much criticised, and has given rise to long controversy. It is. today the foundation for all, or most, of the "opposition to his renomi nation. It will not be disputed In any quarter, however, that during these three years Portland has Improved In all its material aspects, and it has advanced in the consideration of Its neighbors and the world at large. Streets have been improved every where, miles of concrete sidewalk and sewers laid, many new bridges and roadways built, fire department equip ment greatly bettered, and the city as a whole made a cleaner, brighter, safer and more attractive place to live in; and its financial affairs have besides been administered with judgment; and, so far as the officials for whom the Mayor is responsible are concerned, with honesty. "These things may all be said of the Williams administration with propriety, because they are ac knowledged facts, and without a hos tile purpose to any of the other candi dates. The share of credit to which Judge Williams Is personally entitled The Oregonian will not assume to ap portion; nor will it endeavor to fix re sponsibility In the matters for which he is blamed by our friends, the Mu nicipal Association, and their allies. The Republican voters will today determine all that for themselves. Opposed- to Judge Williams are sev eral gentlemen of trustworthy char acter and undoubted capacity to give to the municipality a satisfactory, and even a brilliant, administration. One of them, Mr. Rowe, has once been Mayor, and it is upon the excellent rec ord he then made that he relies for ap proval of, the public. Mr. Glafke guarantees a business administration. He has made a success of his own business, and his friends and support ers are certain that he is entirely com petent to administer the larger affairs of the city. Mr. Albee, a member of the present Council, has familiarized himself with the city's business, and he has besides advocated consistently certain policies that have brought him the cordial sympathy-of the so-called reform element. Mr. Cooper is. not so well known as his .competitors, but he appears to be all right. These gentle men are engaged in a contest for the Republican nomination, conducted so far with spirit and even with friend-' Ilness, It is realized, by one and all-l that success today means probable vic tory In June. It appears to be understood.- too, that the - primary nominee Is entitled to the support during the ensuing campaign of his defeated com petitors. Submission of his fortunes by each aspirant to the decision of the entire Republican party, in which all voters of every shade of opinion and variety of desire have a chance to exi press a choice, imposes upon all a spe cial obligation to accept the verdict in good faith and without mental reserva tions as to future action The Demo cratic primary and its nominees are or the present negligible quantities. Many candidates have appeared for the minor city offices. In one or more Instances there is no contest, attesting the satisfaction of the public with the service rendered by the Incumbents. In others there Is great compe'titlon, especially for Municipal Judge and for Councilmen. For the .first time in the history of the state the direct primary is to select all candidates. The noiit- ical convention Is abolished, and. so far as has appeared in this campaign, the "machine" has not been potent. It is too much to say that the political boss is doomed, for he Is not, but at this time he finds It expedient fo do little and say less. Whether the direct pri mary shail always guarantee a con test between many candidates that gives so full, fair and untrammeled.-a trial of strength is too much to hope or expect; but, so far as 'this one campaign goes, it appears to -iave done well by all. IRRIGATED XANDS'lN OREGON. To judge by Washington dispatches, the Irrigation Bureau. is seeking hew worlds to conquer before it has brought to any successful issue those schemes, wide and costly, which it announced It would carry through. It has been given out that the Klamath and the Malheur irrigations would either ex haust the fund or diminish It to the point when a deaf ear would have to be turned to new proposals. If It be true', that .a suggestion has been made that the Government should take up Irrigation from the Deschutes, it would seem to be pertinent to ask, Whence such suggestion came? If It be' true that of the 27,000 acres taken for Ir rigation under the Carey act by the Co lumbia Southern Irrigation Company all has been irrigated and 20,000 acres sold to setttlers. it would seem that their contract with the state was sound ly based. If It be true that by the Des chutes Irrigation Company fifty miles of canals have been finished, 40,000 acred irrigated and $500,000 spent, it looks as If the state had no complaint against them so far. The general irri gation act was not meant for cases like these. Enormous areas of barren lands to be reclaimed -where private enter prise dare not enter, huge dams to be built and maintained, canals and tun nels to be constructed In such cases, where the power of the Nation Is need ed for works to be done and results to be reached .beyond the scope of private capital, there'letthe Irrigation Bureau show Its usefulness and demonstrate Its BANKERS OR PRESIDENTS WHICH CONTROL? In. most spheres experts rule, and rightly so. Whether new railroads should be built or present roads ex tended, whether a competing line Is needed to protect existing traffic, or if conditions, beyond the reach of service now established, demand the extension of a line, would seem at first sight mat ters fit for experts only to decide. If railroad bulldlnir denended nowadays on such simple questions, there would not be so much, doubt, or hopes so long deferred. Decisions would be given on merit, and merit only. Far different is the thing seen. An extension from "R to C is apparently demanded from a road running from A to B. Proof is offered that such a road can be built at reasonable cost, that enough traffic Is In sight to give reasonable Drofit on the outlay, that an open field would be so occupied as to forestall future Inter ference. The traffic managers of the A-B road urge construction, the engi neers Indorse, even the president him self approves, the board of directors resolves. Surely all has happened that is necessary. The road from B to C will certainly be built, and that soon. Then comes the question of money to build. The bankers of the A-B road learn of. the proposal. Reference Is made to the region of high finance, and the gods of that Olympus consult. There the issue Is not. Is This new rail road wanted, is there traffic for it. will the district be developed? Looked at as a railroad proposition, pure and sim ple, will it pay? But. we -have millions in the bond6 of the X-Y-Z road, the market for them is ticklish, to build the B-C extension will require money enough to make a commotion, and wa shall either have to sustain the X-Y-Z market or let It drop. So the cods refuse consent and the new railroad is" not built then. But sometimes Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war. In that high council there are gods and gods. The President of A-B mayhap owns other roads, behind A to B. Taking a goodly bundle of bonds In hand, he goes to a friendly divinity and sells them to him. Instantly new combinations are cre ated, the balance in the council of the gods Is overset, and the more powerful divinity and his aflies decree that as it will do them less harm to have B-C extension built than to lose on the bundle of D to A bonds just bought. therefore so let it be. The B to C ex tension goes. And this is railroad building reduced, not to a science far from it but to the question who, of the railroad presidents concerned, carries most weight at the council table of high finance? If yesterday's dispatches ar true stories, and they certainly have the air and guise of truth, this Is no burlesque, but recital of facts, names left out. Every one on the Pacific Coast has known for years past that the West ern Pacific, the Gould road, should be built. This not only because the road was a good road to build, but because its construction marked the niercing of a monopoly, if ever that word applies in the railroad world. Times were favor able enough, money was both sufficient and available, but . not "Until Mr. Gould persuaded Kuhn. Loeb & Co. to htiv twenty-five millions of Missouri Pacific bonds could the embargo on Wpstrm Pacific be lifted and the building of the road proceed. Seemingly E. H. Harrl man himself, powerful and successful though he may have been for years, has to bow his haughty head to the same superior pwer. Aggressive and a fighter, still he is -forbidden towage the war he longs for. and he does not.' The Gould road Is to be built. Mr. Harriman. deprived of Union Pacific control, is Sampson shorn of his locks. The dispatches tell that the 5100.oeo.ooo of new preferred stock in the Union Pacific Railroad has been authorized. The Harriman interests apparently are in control. Since maintenance in power rests on control of majority of storic. and as it has been no easy task to hold that majority, if is hard to see how th party in power can profit by an in crease of a hundred millions to the volume of the stock issued and to ht- owned. The fighting ground is nor. aaoutly exteRdd..No outsider. can peaeT trate within the walls where moment ous decisions are reached. Results ap pear when stock majorities are manip ulated and potentates dethroned, but the -origin and progress of inner dis satisfaction are never known. THE OLD AND NEW AGRICULTURE. The thirty-second annual convention of the Oregon State Grange, to be held at Forest Grove, May 23-27, promises to be the most notable gathering of delegates in the history of that organi zation. It is said that every county In the state will be represented. Among the subjects to be considered are legis lation, education, co-operation, trans portalon. agriculture, the Agricultural college, good roads, pure food, division of labor and woman's work. Discus sion upon these and other topics will be full and free. Certainly a wide range Ms here given to Intelligent farmer folk for the ex pression of opinion. "The Man With the Hoe." as depicted by Millet and sung by Edward Markham. finds no place In modern agriculture and no rep resentative among .Its progressive workers. "The emptiness of ages" Is no longer in the face of the farmer, and, if "on his back the burdens of the world"' rest, they are -not borne on stooped shoulders and In despondent attitude. Upright and free stands the -farmer of today, and by his side In the nome and the Grange stands his wife, competent, cheerful, aspiring. There Is work to do and plenty of It In every department of agricultural life. But the work is not alone of the muscles, or a constant tax upon an overworn body. It is shared and di rected by the mind. "As our fathers did, so do we." was the former expres sion of life on the farm. "Intelligence directs and we follow," Is the motto of today. Old methods have not been en tirely eliminated from "the farmer's life and labor. Farmers' wives are yet found; who are forced to draw water for household purposes from deeo" wells with the heavy, stiff windlass; perhaps some may even draw It with a rope, hand over hand, in a leaky, clumsy bucket. There may be farmers who perform their work in slovenly fash ion with outdated implements and farmhouses into which the village or th weekly newspaper does not find its way. a taiaiuKuea ay vv nutier: Shrill, querulous women, sour and sullen men. Untidy, loveless, old beyond their time; With scarce a human Interest Save their own monotonous round of small economies And the poor scandal of the neighborhood May yet be founu in country nlnros but they are not accredited representa tives of the agricultural life and rural nomes of Oregon. The State Grange, in annual conven tion assembled, will tell a story that diners from this dreary tale of former years, upon Its committees of finance, of education, of co-operation, of trans portation, of good roads and what not appear the names of men and women who are farmers In the best sense farmers who do not live by bread alone. but who season their dally toll with mental occupation and find in th rnm. blnation pleasure, profit and i content ment. It has been said that there is no poetry in farm work excent that n-htMi is produced by those who look upon It irom an easy chair on a sheltered porch, prone on the grass under or chard trees, or riding leisurely alone- h country highway in the cool evenings of the strenuous harvest time. But those wno nave come Into close, communion with growing things In the Snrinftimo with developing things in the Summer ano witn the matured products of fields and 'orchards In Autumn; who have studied plant life and learned to love it, know that there is food for the spirit as well as for the body In agriculture Intelligently pursued. JAPAN'S CONQUEST OF TYPHODD. When the war clouds hav. uru from the heavily laden atmosphere of tne rar ,ast, tnere will be presented to the world the wonderful achievement of Japan as the result of Its experience In waging war against disease, while yet the artillery of two nations bel lowed and thundered in Manchuria. Even now. with .hundreds of thousands ot' soldiers afield, we are told by un doubted authority Dr. Anita Xewcomb McGee. in the May Century that ty phoid, the dread scourge of soldiers, has been almost eliminated from the Jap anese army, and further that this Is only one of a number of achievements in the prevention of disease and death which this writer observed while su pervisor of nurses at the great base of the army at Hiroshima, on the hospital-ships, and of the hospitals on the Yalu River in Manchuria. In our ordinary conception off condi tions prevailing In a sub-tropical Sum mer, where thousands of men were In camp and In close hospital quarters. It was supposed that disease would be a greater foe within the ranks of the Japanese army than the fierce Cossacks and stubbornly aggressive hosts of the Czar. With our own recent and sad experience with the mobilization camps of our troops in Florida In mind where within a few weeks the very flower of American youth of the volunteer army was prostrated by hundreds with typhoid "the soldier's scourge" we looked with a shudder across tbe ocean and there beheld in imagination the lit tle brown men of the Orient dvlng like flies, in the emergency tents provided as a mockery of protection against the burning rays -of the sun. That on. has not followed, apprehension In this matter-is cieariy shown by the state ments of.Dr. McGee and nth, have ben 1n close touch with hospital and battlefield conditions iir Manchuria. is recorded that in three months following the battle ot- the Yai at,. . June and July) there were only three cases of typhoid -in General Kurokl's army, and furthermore thafrhere were oniy i3 cascs.ln General Oku's army from Its Janding in Manchuria, May 6 to the end of the folio wine- .Tan-..' Of the many thousands of patients suf- lerjng irom various ailments who were treated at the base hosnltai nt shima, prior to the end of September, mere were oniy ntty deaths oTt men who had typhoid, and a large propor tion of these deaths were due tn berl, wounds or other complications. Remedial agencies alfd intiif-nf nursing were merely contributors this wonderful result. The strict atten tion paid to sanitation, the daily con sumption by even' soldier of rri pills of germ-desfroying creosote, and me prompt and complete Isolation of every case of contagious disease am the accredited causes that produced this remarkable showing. The significance of this statement u best brought out by comparison. Ac cerdlBg to th-e boari ef experts who examined the sanitary condition, of oar Army during the Spanish War, about one-fifth of the troops In the camps of mobilization had suffered from typhoid and this disease had caused four times as many deaths as all other diseases combined. Japan doubtless learned much from us, and especially from our shortcomings In this line in the hastily mobilized army and . imperfectly equipped hospital service in the Spanish ar. If we do not learn from that na tlon valuable lessons in the conquest of disease and store this knowledge for future emergency, we shall certainly prove most unapt pupils In the great school of military observation. Japan may not. In the end, conquer Russia In the Far East, but she has already put to rout typhoid the "dread scourge of soldiers" an achievement upon which the civilized world looks with astonishment and admiration. The 'swift flight of time is again chronicled In the announcement that the annual reunion of the Oregon Pio neer Association Is near at hand. It seems but yesterday since the gray- haired state-builders filed Into the Ar mory. several hundred stroncr. and seated themselves at flower-decked ta bles laden with substantial proof of the hospitality of the citizens of Portland. and. after feasting and good cheer, de parted- again to their homes. We are told by the efficient nresident of the Woman's Auxiliary that an effort will be made to make the reunion this j'ear the best in the history of the Assocla tlon. The labor comprehended In this determination, and the personal Inter est and good will that wllljbe required to carry it out, can ony be estimated by those "who have assisted In the en tertainment and banquet of the pio neers In former years. It is essentially a worki of memory and affection, and as such will be cheerfully performed About 10.000 Republicans failed to register for the primary today. Pre sumably they did not care enoneh about the candidates or the issues to register. But many of them will show up at the noils today and ask tn. h permitted to vote. They should not be auowed to do It. unless It can be shown that their failure to register their party designation was not due to sheer neg lect It Is questionable. In any event, wnemer me Judges have a right to ac cept such votes. But the question must be settled by them In every case. If they decide to accept the vote of any applicant who has not complied witn the registration reaulrement of they should compel him to produce his six rreenoid witnesses before them, that tney may there in person testify, to his vicwiuiiii qualifications. So that gasoline motor Is to go to work, after all. on the West Side road, Instead of starring It over the country, showing Its paces, being talked of and written about, petted by the fair ones, praised by the wise ones. Tf can feel (and one is tempted to believe they can. nowadays Rudyard Kipling has heard them talk and reported their conersauon, you remember), one could pity her. The feminine Is evidently rignt in mis case. It Is to be hoped she will verify the promise of her vouth and beauty, live as long and earn as mucn as motors ma3 and set the model and the pace for hundreds of her sis ters yet unmade. It is timely today to print the fol lowing verse by J. G. Holland: God give us men! A time like this demands Strong mind, great hearts, true Xalth, and ready hands; Men whom, the lust of office does not kill; " Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damnxhli treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, run-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking. June 1 Is the date; and everything will be ready. That tells the whole story of energetic and skillful direction of preparation for the Lewis and Clark Fair. It was never done at any other fair, so It means that there will be as much to see on June 1 as there will be on October 15. Besides, we may hope at that time for beautiful weather, and all conditions will be auspicious for a successful and brilliant opening of the great Exposition. Unlike European and American peo ples, the Japanese do not get loudly enthusiastic over national victories. Through some mysterious power of self control, they do not "holler" when their armies win a great battle. Eleanor Franklin was in Toklo when Llao Yang fell, and she will, tell in The Sunday Oregonian tomorrow how the news was received. It Is an excellent letter, full of human Interest from the first line to the last. The Democrats have a primary, too, today. It should net be overlooked by any member of the party qualified to vote. As the exclusive organ of the party. The Oregonian cheerfully di rects attention of Democracy to the primary election, and calls upon every Democrat to. do his duty. After all. Gugllelmo went serenely to his fate.. He thus vindicated the hopes of his friends, if he had any, and dis appointed the expectation of his ene mies. The world tolerates, lr It does not exactly admire, a. cheerful mur dererafter he is dead. Out of gratitude at being allowed to worship In their own manner, Russia's "Old Believers" are .contributing a fund to aid In prosecuting the war. If It were not for the. deeply relltrlous. war would become unknown. Canada I unahlo tn nht-itn r-.. j- enough io garrison Halifax and Esqui mau, from which the Imperial troops have recently been withdrawn. This Is one of the best signs of prosperity that Canada has shown. '' With the Fair ready on the oDenlnir day. Portland will have achieved thi punctuality which Is the politeness of Princes but the despair of expositions. Whatever happens, we may be sure of a splendid administration of the city's affairs for the next two years. All the candidates say so. . - 2Co doubt Rojestvensky and Kebo- gatoff will each be mutually relieved on meeting to Sad that the other.-fellow is also RuM-ian. The. Giants wis Ja spats, feuf" refuse to acquire th kaMt. NOTE ANDCOMMENT. . Americans in Corca have had a grafting "native official ""d irom his office. Americans apparently change their spirit with their sky. Man welcomes May. but how coldly when compared with the oyster's greeting of- the flrs$ r-less month. The Fair is to be ready for us by June 1. All right; we're ready for the Fair, - Morethan usuairthc public gets It In the neck when the strikers are collar makers. . Whom would you like to "employ for Mayor?" Direct primaries are great aids to the advertising ouslness ' whatever results they may bring otherwise. Mystery, murderc. Intrigue and the other -essential Ingredients of the old romances have by.no means, left the world. Yesterday's Oregonian told the srbry of a Polish opera-slngcr, who has fled across the frontier because of receiving from the revolutionary party the brief, but startling message: "Condemned: No. 49." The officers of the Russian garrison In Warsaw had presented the singer with a 'jeweled butterfly valued at $15,000, and the revolutionists asked their countrywoman for a subscrip tion of $250. Police arrested the depu tation which came next day . for the money, and the message above quoted was the result. The Jeweled butterfly Just the gem to figure In such a story was stolen from the singer on her hurried Journey out of Polish ground. Here is a true story full of the atmosphere of, mystery that was so, dear to the romancers ot earlier days. Rich officers, queen of opera, costly Jewels, terrorists, spies, police, threats of death, flight and robbery what more la needed, save assassina tion; and that may come too soon. Persons. with too much hair 'should observe that an Indian chief Is to scalp a Mexican for the delectation of the National Editorial Association when it meets in Oklahoma this Sum mer. An Indian with a scalping-knlfe Is the best depilatory. According to the Kansas City Journal. a Kansas man bet that he could inven a question to which 50 persons would all give the same answer. The question he invented was: "Have you heard that Smith has cqmmittJ suicide?" The Kan sas man won his bet. The answer? Oh. the answer was. of course, "What Smith?" "With rings on her Angers and bells on her toes." the heroine of the nurser rhymo had music wherever she went. - It must be a source of sorrow to some women today that one cannot very well wear rings upon the toes. With but ten fingers, there Is no possibility of wearing more than 40 rings or so upon the hands, and to bring up the reserve of ten toes would enable one to display as many more.' Virginia Harned. who is to revive 'Trilby" in New York this week, has been presented with a diamond rine by an admirer who asks her to wear it unon the little toe of her right foot when she appears shoe-and-stocklngless upon the stage. The. press agent says so; therefore line story must be true. But wouldn't It be great If the sandal craze so read a .little more, and brought In the custom of wearing rings upon the tootsies. There is an old. old story about a man who.rushcd up to an editor with the re mark that he saw something good In his paper that morning. "Indeed," says the flattered editor, "what was It?" "A pound of butter," replies the wag. There is another yarn of similar character about a woman who says to the editor. "I like your paper so much better than any other; It is a nice size Just the thing for the pantry "shelves." It Is the fate of many a burning editorial to be used lor lighting the fire, and many a "heart In terest" story enwraps a pound of liver. but usually no attention Is paid by the publisher to these possible uses. One well-disposed editor, however, announces his desire to accommodate subscribers who may like his paper on account of its qualities as a wrapper. The London Daily Chronlcle says that a German paper, published In a small town, recently con tained this editorial announcement: "You have often complained to. us. dear read ers, and especially dear housewives, that our paper smells of printer's Ink. and Is therefore unsuitable for carrying but ter, sausages and fresh bread. Eager to meet your wishes, dear friends and household fairies, we have decided to pub lish twice a week an Issue which will be printed only-on one side, so that the other will be available for those domes tic uses. And In order that you shall lose no reading matter these particular numbers will be double the ordinary size." What has become of the "heavy firing" correspondent? Just how Dr. Chapman will rccard thi mutinous conduct of Mr. Biederworf In de claring that "Tacoma and Portland mm? be the gates of hell, but Butte Is hell Itself, there Is no means of knowing definitely. Portland was the limit, ac. cordingto Dr: Chapman's utterances, and It Is most rebellious conduct on the part of a subordinate to put us In the ante room class. But Butte must not unduly flattered. Mr. Blederwolf will un doubtedly go on finding the ?worst" city In each place he visits on his evangelizing travels. ' v Several pictures will be turned to the wall today. WBX. J. Trainmen Battle, With Madman. CHICAGO. Mav 3. Excltmn in a train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad was caused by C S. Wcsr, a Government Davmaster. returning- frnrn Manila to his home In New York on an ex tended leave or absence because of ill health. Fifty miles out of Chicago the crew of the train sav "lvV!t- himn lent. He attacked the conductor, who at tempted to quiet mm. and in the struggle several canes of das ww hmv,n t-v. men and women in the car flpd int niti coaches. The brakemen were ra fieri in anA - a struggle West was subdued. He was carried into the baggage-car and kept under control until Union Station was reached. From there he was taken to a police station, where he is being held. He wllllbe examined as to his mental, condi tion. V British Steamer on Beach. BALTIMORE. Md.. Mav s. Tk. Brit ish steamer Orsalev. nantain ni..n which sailed from this port last night for Cavite with rval B sghu-a ntr r- kins Point. The-tuc Britassia has gone ts her a.sletace. WHEELS WELL OILED. . Harriman Carries STew Union Pacific Stock Issues. SALT LAKE CITY". "May 5.-At the sne clal meeting of stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad Company held today In Salt Lake City., the proposition to Issue JlOO.000,000 of preferred stock was an proved by the unanimous vote of the holders of 637.761 shares of preferred stock and 1.US.027 shares of common stock. The total outstanding stock Is 1,000.000 shares or preferred and 1,961.787 shares of common. Judge W. D. Cornish, of New York, vice-president of the Harriman system. held proxies for all of the stock repre sented at today's meeting with the excep tion Of S41 shares. Josenh K. Smith hMrt of the Mormon Church who is a director ml me union Racine, votea one snare. The remaining 840 shares went vntri hv two Salt Lake City newspaper men who held proxies for local stockholders. "Not one word of protest against the issue of new preferred stock was heard at the meeting, nor was nnv rnlnaHnn offered of the purpose of the proposed issue. One of the representatives of the local stock asked hof the proceeds of the new issue were to be expended. His query was entered on the minutes of the meeting, Dut no reply was given. With tnis.one excention. thrA wa nn rr ehce to the purpose of the management in prnyiaing this lund of 5100.000.000. In fact, typewritten mln had been prepared In advanco and were reaa at tne close of the meeting. The enure programme of the Harriman In lerests was carried out .without the sugntest hitch or protest. Besides Judge Cornish. W. R. Kelley. of Omaha, general solicitor of the Union Pacific. Was the onlv V.nntorn nn:Miig tlve of the company. All the others pres- cui were local representatives of the union .facinc. STATE SELECTION IS UPHELD Protest Against Carey Land Scheme in Yakima Dismissed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 5. The Secretary nt Interior today dismissed the protest of tne laKima TDevelopment Company agamst tne selection by the State of Washington of -53.000 acres of land in Yakima County under the Carey act. j.nere appeared to be no sensible or tangible ground for the nrntest. stato Land Commissioner Ross, who Is here pusning the matter, will not ask for the approval of the state's selection in order that the state may carry out Its contract with the Sunnyslde Canal Company. The Iantl In question lies just below the lower end of the present Sunny side Canal, and this company "has al ready made a contract to Irrigate 55. 000 acres of state land, and as much adjoining land belonging to the North ern Pacific. If the state selection is approved, as seems probable, the state will sell its land for $10 per acre, and the Sunnyslde Company will charge 530 an acre additional for water rights. While there Is nothing of record here. It Is believed the Reclamation Service dbes not favor the approval of this state selection, its engineers- contend ing that, If the Sunnyslde Company Ir rigates this land, it will keep the Gov ernment out of the Yakima Valley. The state, however, denies this, and in sists that there js room in the Yakima Valley for both Government and Carey act irrigators. Northwest Postal Changes. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 5. Oregon Postmasters have been appointed as follows: Chetco, Curry County. Ida Cooley. vice F. H. Blake, resigned; Starvout, Douglas County, John Ramey, vice Marcellus S. Swank, resigned. Alonzo L Pettyjohn has been appointed regu lar, Clifford F. Pettyjohn substitute, rural carrier, routo 3, at Dayton, Wash. CUBA TRUE TO UXCLE SAM Refuses Favored Nation Treaty With Great Britain. .HAVANA, May 5. The effort of Great Britain to secure a favored-nation treaty with Cuba has ended by Secretary of State O'Farrcll and Minister Cardon signing a treaty of friendship and com merce, from which a favored-nation clause ofTered by Great Britain had been expunged. President Palma was unwilling to grant Great Britain a position of relationship to Cuba which might give future advantages with respect to Cuban trade similar to any degree to those enjoyed by the United States. The clause which Great Britain proposed expressly excepted the United States In its reciprocal relations to Cuba, but the Cuban government -wlihAi tn re main perfectly free to enter into any new reciprocal or lavored-nation relations with the United States and to avoid such rela tionship with other powers. LIGHTNING SLAYS TWO. Terrific Storm Causes Flood and De vastation at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, May 5. A severe thun der and wind storm that swept over St. Louis last night resulted In the death of two persons and the Injury of eight others, with heavy damage to property. The dead: GEORGE BENTON, aged 7; drowned. CHARLES KROEGER. farmer, Ed wardsville; struck by lightning. Along the East St. Louis levee a mile of telegraph "poles were blown down.- Along the River Desperes houses were flooded to the second story, and the occupants were taken out In boats. Will Give Cross-Country Hide. - Members of the Portland Hunt Club will take a cross-country ride this after noon. The riders will assemble at Park and Burnslde streets' at 2:45 o'clock, and the eoursn will be nvpr thn rmit, nt last paper chase, the chase that decided tne winner ot tne .miss Anne Shogren cup. The members of the club are looking forward In the f omtnr- .Tim, TnoMr.t r,A already several .of tfte riders have sent their mounts to Irvfnirton trair -tn re ceive preps for this big event. There are still several members who have. not qualified their mounts and in order to give these riders a chance to qualify their mounts the club will give a closed paper chase on Saturday, May 20. The handsome silver cup. the trophy" that wui go to the winner of the two-mile race, has already been 'purchased. Starts to Break Auto Record. BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK. May 5. With favorable weather condi tions prevailing, Charles G. W. Rldgway, a prsmmeni auiomooinst oi .New York, piloting a touring car, began a record breaking trial forieeo miles here today. Sforgan Visits. Sultan of Turkey, a CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5. The -Saltan today receivers J. Flarpont Morgaa, wfer was presented bv American Minister IT SUITS GOVERNOR. Railroad Commission. Bill in Wiscon sin Heady. MADISON. Wis.. May 5. (SpsciaD After three months' work, the Seriate committee, on railroads' tonight reported for passage a Sfatc Railroad Commission bill that is said to be satisfactory to Gov ernor La. Follette. It Is not wholly what the Governor desired, but Is ald to be the best the administration can procure, and La Follette's supporters consequently will back It: The action of the committee Is regard ed as a decided victory for the Governor. As the Stalwart members of the commit tee withdrew and held a long conference before agreeing to the report on the bill. It Is expected the measure will receive the support of the majority of the antl admlnistratlon members. AU Governor's Ideas Included. The bill contains virtually all the con tentions for which the Governor has been striving for years. Senator Hatten, a stanch La Follette. man and a clever diplomat, engineered it. The Governor. It Is now said, showed unusual wisdom In selecting him to lead the railroad committee. Senator Whitehead. leader of the antl adminlstratlon Senators, gave notice to night that Senator Merton.' Democrat, would Introduce a substitute bill. From this action it Is believed the Democrats tvlll not support the measure reported to night. Mr. Whitehead and several other anti-administration members probably will oppose the committee bill. It Is gen erally believed, however, that It will be passed. Provisions of the Bill. The bill forbids railroads to make dis criminations In rates- to individuals or corporations offering the same class of traffic. -Preference in the character of service also Is forbidden. . If the railroads make any discriminating rates In vio lation of this, bill, they shall be subjected to a forfeiture of from 5100 to 51000. Like wire. It Is made unlawful for any Indi vidual or corporation lo" receive a rebate or discriminating rate, and this offense Is punishable by a fine of from 550 to 5100. These provisions apply to railroads within the state and to rates on freight between points wholly within the state. But if the Commission finds any abuses in Interstate law rates or violations' of the Interstate commerce law, it may re port the facts to the Interstate commis sion and request an 'investigation. Commission May Make Rates. The Commission may investigate upon Its own motion or upon complaint of any shipper and, upon due notice and a full hearing, may, if the rate complained of Is found to be unreasonable or unjust, substitute a rate which It believes to br both reasonable and just Section 3 of the bills says: Nothing In this action shall be, consti'jL" tr prevent "group." "zont." "concentm'H'p." "commodity," "transit" and other epecja! contract rates. ' The bill provides that the railroads shall publish complete schedules of all rates In effect and shall post them In conspicuous places. The Commission is to be appointive. Each of the three members Is to receive a salary of 55C00 a year. A secretary may be paid a salary of 52500 a y$ar. HAS " CONQUERED BRITAIN. Notables or Empire Delight to Honor "Ambassador Choate. LONDON. May 5. "Certainly the crowning hour of my life is this fare well on the English stage." So Joseph Choate characterized the farewell dinner at the Mansion House, which undoubtedly was the most re marable gathering of notables ever as sembled at the historic residence ofthe Lord Mayor of London. In the words of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, "It would be impossible to collect a more representative gathering." AU parties, classes, professions and opinions of the great metropolis repre sented by the Lord Mayor, himself, to the government, represented by Arthur J. Balfour and the Marquis of Lans downe. together with a few of the American community, were there. Mr. Choate sat at the right hand of the Lord Mayor: next to him was Mr. Bal four and then Lord Lansdowne. At the left of the Lord Mayor were the Arch bishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Wellington. Among Earls wer Earls Mlnto, Dart mouth. Denbigh. Kinmore. Jersey, On slow and Crewe. Among the Lords were Strathcona. Hereford, Mount Stephen, Lawrence, Hugh Cecil, Bal four of Burleigh, Grenaughtpn, Alver stone and Rothschild, beside Viscounts Goschen and Churchill; Sirs Frederick Treves, Eric Barrington. Conan Doyle, Thomas LIpton. Alma Tadema. Purson Clarke and others; Right Hons. John Morley, James Bryce. Austen Cham berlain and Percy Wyndham. The Lord Mayors of Liverpool. Manchester Birmingham and other large town." came to London for the occasion, and there were present Moberly Bell, man ager of the Times; the editors of many other London dallies; Rudyard Kipling Alfred Austin, Anthony Hope and other authors; many members of the House of Commons of all political parties, and many other notables, j the aggregate number being 300. Among the Americans were the en tire staff of the embassy. Consul-General Robert J. Wynne, Vice-Consul Carnegie and Senator Spooner. of Wisconsin. The wife- of the Lord Mayor entertained a doacn ladies whe sat high above the assembly in the cir cular music gallery. The carriages arrived In a long stream, headed by the Aldermen In the wonderful corporation coaches, massive, gilded and ornamented crea tions, drawn by comparisoned horses, attended by gaudily coated and pow dered footmen. IGNORES FISCAL QUESTION. Chamberlain Speaks on Home Rule and Transvaal. LONDON, May 5. In a speech before the committee of the Unionist Associa tion of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain tonight almost Ignored the fiscal ques tion. He said the country faced the pros pect of a general election. Mr. Chamber lain declared that they must prepare- for another fight on Irish home rule. With reference to granting a constitu tion to the Transvaal, he said he some times feared that by unexampled generos ity to the Boera Great Britain had done too much and given them a chance to re gain by political agitation what they had lost In the war. TRY TO SHELVE FISCAL ISSUE Balfour and Chamberlain Seek tq DlTcrt Pufcllc Attention. LONDON, May 5. Premier Balfour's and Mr. Chamberlain's speeches yesterday are considered as presaging a general election and Indicative of a tacit agree ment between the two statesmen to direct the attention of electors rather toward issues such as the Irish home rule ques tion, than the fiscal problem. Balfour Silent on Tariff Issue. LONDON. May 5. Premier Balfour, speaking beforc.10,000 people, at Albright Hall this afternoon, the occasion being the annual meeting 'of the' Prlrarea League; did aot make the slightest' refer ence to the compromise' arrived at oa tfea fiscal ustieB.