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The shoving is In a degree a good one for the port, but, were Ihe railroads In clined to'route a Email portion of their overland freight to Portland Instead of sending practically all of it to San Francisco or Puget Sound, our shippers could enjoy a much rhore frequent ser vice and could ' accordingly sell more flour and grain, the shipment of which is now hampered by the Infrequent -sail ings. THE DEMOCRATIC FLAN. The real purpose of the so-called "cit izens" ticket Is to beat the Republican ticket and thus throw the city into the hands of the Democrats. Its cry for i"good government" Is bogus. It cares very little about good government, and everything for the offices. An excellent illustration of the fraud of its claim that it stands for purity and reform is Its conspicuous failure to place Thomas C, Devlin on its ticket for City Auditor. Mr. Devlin is universally conceded to be a competent and honest official. - He was the unanimous choice of the Re publican party In the late primary. His personal strength and fitness were un derstood by the Democrats, who put up no one against him not that they would not have desired to All his office with a Democrat, but because no Dem ocrat thought It worth while to run against Mr. Devlin. But the "citizens." under the able guidance of the Demo cratic campaign committee, have found a candidate and they have put him on the ticket. They hope to defeat Auditor Devlin. They want to have an admin istration, if they can get it, in entire harmony with Candidate Lane, if he shall be elected. They want to turn all the "rascals" out; and all are "rascals" because they are Republicans. -If Dr. Lane shall be elected, we shall have in Oregon a Democratic Governor, In Multnomah County, a Democratic Prosecuting Attorney and Democratic Sheriff, and in Portland a Democratic Mayor. A powerful Democratic ma chine will have been formed whose pur pose will be to rehabilitate the party. place it in position to re-elect the Dem ocratic Governor and control indefinite ly the important offices of city and state. It Is a very excellent scheme. from the Democratic viewpoint. profitable trade at all it would be neces sary for it to cut rates, which are al ready so low that the expensively builc and operated Amerjcan ship would And them far Jess profitable than they are for the Germans. An American subsidy In this case, were It granted, would be merely payment of money out of the American Treasury in order that the foreigner could'come to this country on cut-rate ticket.. This, at a time when It Is not at all clear that It would not be to our advantage to have an immi grant passenger .tariff so high that the olume of business would be reduced. The unsubsidlzed German lines have other advantages besides a good, firm grip on the emigrant business. These have all been mentioned in detail be fore. Not the least of them is the right to buy vessels wherever they can buy them the cheapest, regardless of where they were built or what flag they are sailing under. We shall never be able to. tell just how'Ynuch actual assistance our merchant marine renulres until we remove this antiquated restriction and place our vessels on somewhere near even terms with their competitors. THE PRESIDENT UNDER FIRE. That President Roosevelt should need defense in the court of public opinion of the American people seems absurd. Yet so it is. If there is a man who says what he means, in the clearest words, and un mistakably means what he says, all know that the President Is that man. In the Denver speech he made formal declaration of policy regarding the In terstate Commerce Commission and the rate-fixing power. His exact words fol low: While 1 am of the opinion that at pref er.. It would lie undesirable, if It were not impracticable, finally to clothe the commis sion with general authority to fix railroad rates. I do believe that, as a fair security to shippers, the commission should be vested w'th the power, where a Riven rate has been thallenged and aftep full hearing found to be unreasonable, to decide, subject to Ju dicial review, what shall be a reasonable ra.e to take Its place; the ruling of the commlwlon to take effect Immediately and to obtain unless and until It Is reversed by the court of review. The railroads strongly object, one and all, to any authority being set over them in this relation, claiming, with one voice, entire discretion, governed only by such competition as they may be unable to get rid of in advance. The President claims that the Nation has the right, and should enforce it not to establish rates over the 225,000 miles of railroad in the United States, but to hear complaints, through a delegated body of competent men. so to determine whether or not such complaints are well grounded, and then to put In force corrected schedule, until, if the railroad appeals against It. the special court has passed on and decided the question. And this programme, limited by the President, as his words prove, to the redress of specific grievances, is twisted bx one spokesman after another before the Senate committee. Into a proposal to bestow on the Commission the power and duty of making rates for all rail roads, to be general, compulsory, and Immediately effective. If but one witness before the com mittee had been guilty of this trick (no other, word fits the case). It - might be passed With a smile. No fair Judge. In any court of the land, would suffer witness or counsel so to misrepresent the other side. Wore such perversion repeated, until it became evident that on it a defense was based, stern rebuke would follow. How Is it that while, day by day. one railroad spokesman after another circulates this stigma on the President's good sense before this com mittee, no one is heard to correct the false Impression? If such a good deed is ever done, it -must be done in secret and the doer blushes to find it fame, for nothing of it passes out through wire or letter to the World at large. So the word goes out that what the railroads are striving to prevent is an interfer ence with current business wnicn no one certainly not the President has even had in mind; They must be des perately afraid of the real thing, that they should try to substitute for It in the mind of the committee first, and of the public afterwards, this bugbear. this scarecrow, this perversion of a pol Icy- Tactics of this variety are bound to fail; that is the consolation. But the scandal will recoil on Its promoters, and establish more firmly the deliberate purpose conveyed in the Denver speech The people, the plain people, who are the ultimate tribunal, have about de lded that the commission for hearing complaints of specific rates, of deter mining the justice ofthe complaint, and putting amended rates in force until the court shall otherwise decide, shall hpcome an established fact. "'Would it not be bad." said the English commit tecman to old George Stephenson, "if vow got in the way of this train of vntirs?" "Yes." said the witness, "vera bad for the coo." NATIONAL RECOGNITION. Wide as the Importance of the Lewis and Clark Exposition is conceded to be. there is yet a wider meaning to the part the United States Government is assuming In the undertaking Current ly with the systems of irrigation and forest conservation and protection now under way In the Northwest comes a decisive step in the Improvement of the Columbia River that is to be fol lowed by definite shaping of that water way Into a permanent highway of com merce. These concessions are not in as large a degree the result of strong representations on the part of the peo pie as they are of realization on the part of the Government of the vast re sources and future importance of the Northwest as an integral part of the National domain. How many of those who have visited the nearly completed Exposition realize the extent of the Government's partlcl nation therein? Proportionate to the scope of the Lewis and Clark enter prise, the Government has dealt more lavishly with the present Exposition than with any of. its predecessors. This Is : not to be taken as the result of so licitation or Influence, either personal or on the part, of the commonwealths of the Northwest. The interest of the Government In the present and future of the North Pacific Coast has for Its basis the assurance of vast numerical increase in population and extension of commerce. "With such recognition on the part of the Government, with world-wide interest centering In the Exposition, and with varied evidences of a substantial and permanent growth along all lines, it Is as well to pass un heeded fhe'ery of the timid who pre diet a "slump after the Fair " Portland exporters yesterday cleared more than 10.000 tons of flour and wheat for the Orient on two steamers which will sail today. One of these vessels carried a full cargo of 5400 tons of flour and 650 tons of wheat, while the other of HEAVY EMIGRANT TRAFFIC. Immigrants are still pouring Into the United States from the various Euro pean countries In record-breaking num bers. and the capacity of some of the German liners is taxed to handle the crowds. The number of passengers car ried on a single trip of these liners is sufficient to populate a city, several of the steamers arriving since January 1 carrying more than 3000 people. This emigrant traffic undoubtedly cuts quite an Important figure in the revenues of the steamers engaged in the trans- Atlantic trade. In the annual report of the Harmburg-Ainerlcan line, as well as a number of other German lines, spe cial mention is made of this business. and not a small portion of the credit for the proportions It has attained Is due to the energetic rustling of the steamship companies. That their efforts have been rewarded is apparent from the fact that the Ham burg-American line, which last year carried more emigrant passengers than were carried by any other line, has de clared a dividend of S per cent on a capital of $25,000,000. compared with 6 per cent for the previous year. This excellent financial showing was made without the aid of a subsidy, the big German line long ago abandoning the subsidy plan as unsatisfactory and detrimental to its best interests. That German line without a subsidy can pay such handsome profits, while there Is continual complaint that an Amer ican line in a similar unsubsidlzed con dition cannot be made to pay. Is due to COLOR LINE IN THEATERS. This Is a free country, and any citi zen may come and go as he pleases so long as he does not Interfere with any others' right to do the same. But he cannot go Into a theater and remain there unless the proprietor Is willing that he shall so remain. So Judge Fra- zer, of the Circuit Court, holds, and he is in line with judicial decision else where. If for any reason any theater goer Is obnoxious to other theater goers, the house management has the right to exclude him. This would ap pear to confer upon any theater some what arbitrary power, but It is, never theless, essential to Its own protection It Is obvious that any place of publltr amusement would speedily lose patron age If it were not understood that cer tain discriminations might be made with reference to certain classes of peo Die. If one person a Chinaman, for example has a right to. buy any seat In a house, and sit In It, so may any other person a Hotentot. or a woman of no torlous reputation do the same thing. It Js not a Question as to whether a white person objects to sitting next to a Chinaman. It Is simply a well-known fact that he does object, and the the ater must govern Itself 'accordingly. It may be assumed that a self-re spectlng person, like the plaintiff in the case just decided by Judge Fra zer. will not hereafter in this state try to infringe upon the rules that forbid persons of his color from being seated In certain parts of a theater. It-Is fair to presume that no such person desires to intrude where he Is not wanted, and where, were he to succeed In gaining entrance, he would be subjected to glances of surprise If not of contempt and Indignation. Fact, not Justice In the abstract, en ters into this contention. Colored peo pie are wise who accept conditions that they cannot change or control, and go their way cheerfully, realizing that, af ter all. their condition in this country is much improved over that of their ancestors of a century or two ago. The social status, whether of races or individuals, cannot be fixed by act of Congress, nor by force in any direction, or from any source. An attempt to do this can only -result In unnecessary hu miliation and certain failure. In the Frazer decision colored persons were j not discriminated against, though the plaintiff In the case is a colored man. J It was made to cover all persons, for any reason undesirable, -or whom the manager of a theater does not wUh to have seated In his house or in special sections thereof. But it Is sufficiently specific to give colored persons a hint that, if taken In a friendly spirit, will protect them from annoyance and dis comfiture upon this score In the future. The body of the theater Is a pretty good place from which to witness a play. There are very many people who are excluded from the boxes of the playhouse for a financial reason as In exorable a reason as any other. These would only draw attention to their in ability to meet the requirements of the house by attempting to override the disability that they cannot remove. As before said, the decision of Judge Fra zer In this case Is probably good law; it Is clearly good sense. events prior to. including and following her husband's death, the details of her trial and conviction, and her treatment In person. If she is guilty she Is mis tress of the art of subterfuge; If Innor cent, she Is bitterly .sinned against. In any event, she Is fortunate to have es caped with her life from the drudgery of an English prison, with no more serious disablement than a rheumatic knee, and with still some years of life on the credit side of her account with Nature. The black rust, red rust, Hessian fly. chinch bug, woolly aphis and other pests failed to destroy all of the grow ing wheat In the United States Thurs day, and as a result the market, which soared to dizzy heights on damage re ports, came down with a crash yester day. The conditions Jn the wheat mar ket have been so abnormal throughout the season that It is difficult to predict what the outcome will be when the old season trails over Into the new. Noth ing but hyterlcal speculation, nowever, can work up a crop scare which will advance prices 3 cents per bushel in a few hours at a .time when Spring seed ing Is not yet completed. With Armour and Gates alternating with the shears. the lambs who venture Into the Chicago wheat market under present conditions are more certain than ever to come out with their fleece abbreviated. NOTE ANDCOMMENT. Probably Bluebeard Hoch's.' attorney knows what he Is about, but It Is really impossible for a layman to understand what favorable effect could be produced upon the jurors by reading "Lead, Kindly Llght" to them. "The--light that lies in woman's eyes" is more .probably the gleam that Hoch followed, and his angel faces were smiling only when there was some money in sight. Sullivan arid Mitchell have ' been matched. "Wouldn't that jar you; Rojestvensky Is to be relieved. The Czar is swapping horses while crossing an ocean. An American motor-boat has reached Algiers after a voyage across the Atlan tic. Some of the Tritons will have to dodge when thoy hear an unwreathed horn. The camels at the Fair rejoice in the names of Bedclia, Alice. Holy Moses, Hia watha. Carrie Nation and Holy Smbke. Not difficult to tell when most of them received their names. A man committed suicide on a golf course on Long Island recently. Not a bad place to hole out. An unnatural father has been con vlcted upon his own admission of guilt before the Circuit Court in Roseburg, of most abhorrent crime the victim belntr his 15-vear-old daughter. Some years ago Judge Hanna, of the South ern Oregon district, sentenced a man convicted of a similar crime to thirty years In the Penitentiary. The sen tence was a just one, and It Is hoped was not abridged by pardon. A human creature so destitute of all moral sense Is a menace to the community, and should spend his life In prison. It will be well if the man recently convicted at Roseburg can be given a term of Im prisonment that will cover at least the greater part of his remaining years. No greater civic outrage has ever been committed in this country than Philadelphia's giving a seventy-five-year monopoly to a gas company. The limit of unjust taxation was reached when the City Council fixed the price of gas for the coming half-century. In these times of startling discovers and Invention, who dare say that, twenty years hence, gas cannot be made for 25 cents a thousand, of as good quality as Is sold today for $1? Never before has gas figured so largely In city domestic life. It may be that five years hence It will serve as the exclusive kitcHen fuel. To empower a corrupt corpora tion to rob posterity is such an act as justifies open rebellion. Secretary Taft seems to have "backed water" on his determination to pur chase where they could be secured cheapest the vessels needed in connec tlon with the Panama Canal work. It Is now stated that the Canal Commis sion will charter such ships as will be needed, and no foreign ships will be added to the fleet until Congress has an opportunity to pass on the matter. This will be very cheering news to the ship-subsidy seekers, who have so per slstently ought this common-sens method of Increasing our merchant ma rlne. but, even with this newly created necessity for American ships. It doubtful about the subsidy bill becom Ing a lav?. CHINESE IN THE TRANSVAAL. There are now some 60.000 Chinese at work In the mines of the Transvaal. Further Importation of this class of la borers to the Rand will be suspended until the practical results of the scheme for using Chinese in conjunction with Kaffirs and white men In these mines are made manifest. There Is still strenuous opposition to the attempt, both in England and Africa. This has lately assumed an organized form and become a political issue in both coun tries. The opposition has developed nothing in the way of argument with which this country, and especially the Pacific Coast. Is unfamiliar. The most formida ble If not convincing of these Is that a community that Is dependent upon a low type of alien labor for the development of Its Industries cannot possibly become a prosperous and progressive com munity of white men. Demand that the Importation of Chinese for these mines cease until the plan has been thoroughly tested as to its' effect upon the development of the country and the moral status of the community has be come so strong that no more Chinese will be Imported at present. It Is well to proceed slowly In an ex periment of this kind. With flne large class of low-grade laborers already in Governor Brady, of Alaska, made blunder in permitting his name to be used as director of a mining concern He has made an excellent record In most difficult position, and It is unfor tunate that he should have marred it in trying to exploit a private scheme. The Government seems to be satisfied by his withdrawal from the mining concern, and will permit him to remain. It would be hard to fill his place. He has lived long In Alaska. Is thoroughly In formed about Its resources and people, and has not been In any way Identified with the political wrangles and com mercial disputes that have marked Its entire history. Bluebeard Hoch. who was yesterday sentenced to death In Chicago, has but one life to give as a partial atonement for the many he took, and for this rea son It is Impossible to make the pun ishment fit the crime. His speedy exe cution will be the source of much grat ification to all who have shuddered at the accounts of the horribly coldblood ed murders of which he was guilty. By none will' the news of his execution be receivedwith more satisfaction than by the Germans whom he grievously slan dered by his assertions that his being a German created a prejudice against him. In the complaint In a suit for divorce, a Seattle attorney said: "Plaintiff further ays that he has been a good husband to the defendant and others." The others were children, and the plaintiff meant that he had been a good father to them. From the Horse Heaven country comes great story. A man ventured into a field where a number of wild geese were nesting, and was attacked by the enraged "birds, which beat the fcathcrless biped so badly that he was black and blue. In Eastern Asia tooth-staining is a reg ular business, and the- "professor" calls on his clients to polish their teeth until they shine like patent leather. This seems as queer to us as a "beauty doctor's' business must seem to the Asiatics. Senator Clark continues to astonish New York with his "rustling" of the building of his new house, which has been de feribed as the apotheosis of ragtime archi tecture. Lest the bronze ornamentations for the house should be delayed. Senator Clark has Just bought out a great business in that line, and will do bis own casting after this. Many letters are being written to the New York papers on the subject of gum- chewlng by lawyers In court. Most of the writers do not favor til's practice, al tnough It looks as If chewing would Jcssen the amount of other Jaw work done by the lawyers. Poets should note that in Athens paper is published entirely In verse, even down to the personals and advertisements, What a metrical triumph! When Schwab was In St. Petersburg he told the Russians that a victory by Togo hover Rojestvensky "would grieve Amer lea as much as It would Russia." Can' you picture the Nation In tears over such an event? "Vanity Is life's varnish." says the New Orleans Picayune. Ever get stuck on var nlsh? The "propeller" hat Is the latest In mil llnery. It is so-called because It rcsem bles In shape the propeller of a steamship, Next we may have the stern-wheel hat. From the China Sea. Saigon. May 19. (By Sacred Blue.) France Is strictly observing neutrality. Rojestvensky has been warned that It he enters French waters again he will be presented with a protest engrossed upon cllum. Hong Kong. May 15. (By George.) As no news has been received for three days. correspondents are able to send out some sensational stories today. Toklo. May ID. (By Gum.) Togo's whereabouts is absolutely unknown, even to himself. St. Petersburg. May 15. (By Jimlny.) The Czar denies that Rojestvonaky Is sick. and says that even If the Admiral were sick he Is progressing favorably. London. May 15. (By gosh.) Naval sharps here predict that something will happen at sea one of these fine days. It Is pointed out by a retired Admiral that the moon will shine on the night of May 23. and this leads him to expect a night attack upon the Russians, as the Japanese ships will look like dead mackerel In the moonlight. Wti. J. RUSSELL SAGE AT END OF CAREER Aged Flaaacler Has Retired Frew Active flaslxes Am a r lag Story or His MeasHease and. Miserliness. W. E. Curtis In Chicago Record-Herald. ' NEW YORK. Russell Sage is lying hopelessly 111 in his brownstone residence at 632 Fifth avenue, near the corner of Fiftieth street. There is nothing the mat ter with him except old age. and wbat the doctors - call senile debility. - His tough old frame Is worn out: his mind Is weakening, and his feeble shanks refuse to carry him any longer. But he Is nearly 50 years old. Nature Is simply asserting Itself. His faculties are Infirm, but his ruling pas sion Is as strong as it ever was. Although his memory Is almost gone, he never for gets the days for the meetings of the boards of directors of which he Is a mem ber, and always sends his brother-in-law. Mr. Slocum. downtown to get the $10 gold pieces, to which he Is not entitled, but which are paid as fees to the directors to attend. Mr. Sage Is not entitled to the fee any more than any other absent direc tor, but' he demands It just the same, and his associates are willing to pay it rather than disturb his peace of mind. Mr. Sage Is a member of 12 or 15 corporations. Hl3 fees as a director amount to $50 or $60 week, and although he has a, hundred millions or more In stocks and bonds packed away in safe deposit vaults and drawing Interest among 20 or 30 banks, he grasps at them as though they were nec essary to keep his flickering light aflame. While many of the stories that are told of Mr. Sage's miserly habits and eccen tricities are fictitious, none of them are exaggerations... It would be almost Im possible for anyone to Imagine a man more economical and stingy than he. Al though his income Is reckoned at $3000.; a day. at least, and some people think it Is twice that amount, he has lived at the rate of $3000 a year or less, and his per sonal expenses have not been $100 a year. That Is a very liberal estimate. He has two suits of clothes, one for weekdays and the other for Sunday, and he has worn them as long as anybody can re member. He has not bought a new over coat for 13 or 20 years, and his hat Is quite as old as that. If not older. A few years ago he sent for a gentleman who had done him a favor, and In a confidential way said that he was going to reward him with a "tip" that he could work for a profit. Then, to the man's a5tonlsh- ment. Mr. Sage gave him the address of a store on Seventh avenue where he could get shoes for $2 a pair. To save time the Western Union Tele graph Company serves a free lunch to Its operators, and Mr. Sage appeared every day at a certain hour. A seat was kept for him at a certain table up to the last day he came downtown. He never nald fare on the elevated railroad, because he was a director, and the ticket takers had Instructions to let him go by without pay ing. He invariably helped himself to newspapers from the stand at Fiftieth sircci in tnc morning when on nls way downtown, and did the same at Rector street when he was going home In the afternoon. He has stolen his newspapers for a generation in the same way. of the same men. and they never dared say word about It. He has always compelled the bootblacks on the elevated stations to shine his shoes for nothing. At first 'years ago. they used to remonstrate. He would climb Into one of the chairs and wait until they served him. If they de manded pay he would threaten to have them put off the platform. The omnibus drivers ana cabmen on Fifth avenue point out a crack across the top pane of glass In one of ios parlor windows which, they say. has been there for 21 years. The story goes that Mrs. Sage negotiated with a glazlerto replace it with a whole pane for $12. Mr. Sage would not pay more than $10. The glazier would not yield, and the deadlock has continued for almost a quarter of a century. He has a quiet little -country place down on Long Island, with a good deal of lawn, but he does not keep the turf shaved down like his neighbors. He lew the grass crow until It Is high enough to .make good hay and then sells it for $3 to a livery stable keeper in the vicinity. People who have been associated with him can tell yams like this by the hour. Mr. Sage and his- wife are members of the Fifth-Avenue Presbyterian Church. As long as he was able to get out they attended service regularly, and he always put a $5 bill In the plate. He subscribes $5 and $10 a year to various benevolent purposes, and on one occasion he gave $o0 to a mission. That burst of generos ity created a great ?en?atlon. Some of his friends did not believe the story. One of them was so rash as to bet $500 that It was not true. Mr. Sage declined to dis cuss the subject and the dispute was re ferred to the pastor of the church, .who assured the inquirers solemnly that Mr. Sage had actually given him $50 for a certain charity. Whereupon the incredu lous one wanted to bet that the bill was counterfeit. The -only large sum of money Mr. Sage ever gave away was the sum of $120,000 which was expended In the erection o the Sage Hall, a memorial to his first wife In connection with the Emma WU lard Seminary at Troy, N. Y. The first Mrs. Sage was one of the earliest gradu ates of that famous school. Mr. Sage is supposed to be worth IIO1!,- 000.000 in stocks and bonds, which are stowed away in the vaults of nine differ ent safe deposit companies. He has ac counts with many banks, and always In sists upon being paid Interest on hi? de posits. It Is estimated that he has $10. 000.CCO loaned out on securities. His busi ness goes right along, notwithstanding hici Illness, being In charge of Mr. Osborn. his secretary, and Mr. Slocum. his brother-in-law. They are the only people who know anything about his affairs: they are the only people he trusts at all. and he has always been very suspicious of them. But he had to trust someboay. For years, as- he has grown old, people have been wondering what will become of his money. He has never had any chil dren and has no relatives except Mrs. Sage and her brother. She Is a good woman highly esteemed and beloved by everyone who knows her and her life has been a martyrdom. Her husband has been as stingy to her as he has been to everybody else, and she has been com pelled to save and scrape and economize like the wife of a mechanic. Nobody knows whether he has made a will or not. , Two years ago, when he was asked the direct question, he replied that he had never made a will, but was seriously considering the subject. SCOPE OF GREAT FAIR. the Transvaal, the government and the conditions which cannot be remedied. by i corporations are likely to have trouble a subsldv. and the emigrant trade Is enough witnout mixing two aisunct one of these conditions. The emigrant breeds of the same low type. The travel from the United States to Europe claims of superiority between the Kaf- ls of inconsequential proportions com- firs atyi tne ninese wonting sioe oy nnrAd with that which originates In Eu- side in the mines might be amusing in rope and comes to this country. The place selected by a joint commit tee of the Portland G. A. R pasts for the Summer encampment of veterans and their families who will visit the Lewis and Clark Fair Is sightly, health ful And easy of access. Out-of-door life during an Oregon Summer has many attractions, and to these, in this in stance, will be added the conveniences of civilization and easy access to the Rose City and the great Fair. The site Is known as Sellwood Park, and the grounds will be at once prepared for the veteran campers. It Is quite natural that the steamship companies owned and operated In and from the countries where this traffic originates .should have the first call on the business. There is no method by which an American steamship, subsi dized or unsubsidlzed. could make In roads of consequence on this traffic, which is proving such an important factor in swelling the profits of the German, companies. With the German ' an ethical sense, but they would more than likely prove serious Industrially. The controlling power In the premises Is likely to find itself in the predica ment of the man that "taketh a dog by the ears." forming trade alliances and connections with those of adjplnlng countries. It is but natural that all of the passenger traffic originating in the country should be turned over to the German steam ship lines. . For the same reaspn, what little traffic or this kind there is return ing from the United States is handled bj the lines which center nearest the , cnmetli nr over 401HJ tOllS OI 1 point lor nuicM "..- flour. Feur-fifths of the entire, cargoj or an ABtriwH-iae w muw Mrs. Florence Maybrlck is suffering with a rheumatic knee, which threatens to cripple her for life, as a result of the menial labor that she- was compelled to perform while an Inmate of an English railroads under government control and4prlson. If this woman Is Innocent of the crime for which she suffered impris onment fifteen years succeeding a trial which, as is alleged, was ruled by prejudice and presided over by an in sane Judge, she is a living monument to the plgheadedness of English juris prudence, miscalled "British Justice." It Is understood that her Innocence is conceded by those best Informed upon the subject in England. She has cer tainly made a. lucid statist eat of h't By those who consider themselves capable of judging. "Oscar," chef of the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. Is regarded as the finest cook in the United States. Oscar has been Induced to write five ar ticles on simple meals for The Sunday Oregonlan. Their preparation Is within the capacity, of the average housewife. His first article will appear tomorrow. His subject Is "The Perfect Breakfast which, to his notion, consists of an orae let and a cup of coffee, and he tells how both should be cooked. The safe arrival In Gray'a Harbor of the barkentine Chehalls. 149 days at sea without having been spoken or sighted by ocean craft, was not less a matter or congratulation to her owners than of gratification to her underwriters. It shows how, even in this day of ocean traffic, a vessel may be practically lost to the world beyond Its horizon for weeks, and is a further incentive of the hope, . that never quite dies, for news from "the ship that never returns Both Togo and Rojestvensky seem to be amply provided with press agents, the same as Mitchell and Sullivan, still the great American public wants less talk, and more fight. President Shea thinks the Chicago strike his not been settled, because he hasn't settled it- But all the same the end is plainly la sight. It is settling itKLf. No Great Woman Poet? (Alfred Austin, at the unveiling of a bust of Mrs. Browning.) Though the quality and range of her genius were deep, generous and wide. Klir.iheth Barrett Browning cannot be described. If language Is to be used accu rately, as occupying a place among the pOets Justly designated great. In no tongue hitherto has any female writer attained to that supreme position, and were this the appropriate moment. which It is not. It would, perhaps, be pos sible to explain why no woman is likely ever to do so. Not a few female writers are In effect In the front rank of novelists, But prose-romance Li one thing and poetry quite another, and there is a chasm be tween them: nor docs the circumstance of novels being in this age more popular than poetry affect In any degree the In hercnt and Immutable difference. Eliz abeth Barrett Browning was, "Aurora Leigh" notwithstanding, essentially and almost exclusively a lyrical poet. It would be easy to add almost Indefinitely to Illus trations of her being one of those who "learn In suffering what they teach In song," not one of the greater poets who pass through that experience but end by getting beyond it. Comment on Sheridan's Remark. Houston (Tex.) PoaL James Barton Adams, who with his wife stopped over in Houston a few days last week, said that coming down from Denver he got Into conversation with a Texas cat tleman who sang the praises of Grand Old Texas world without end. "You arc not of the same opinion as re gards Texas that Sheridan was." observed Adams. "What opinion was that?" queried the cattleman.- "Why, he said that if he owned a farm in Texas and one in hell, he'd sell the one In Texas, as he would rather Jive in hell.'- "No, I ain't of that opinion." observed the cattleman, thoughtfully, "and I'll bet Sheridan has changed his mind by this time." If. W. Scott Tells Its Purpose and Its Main Features. CHICAGO. May 19. H. W. Scott, ed itor of the Oregonlan, of Portland. Or., passing through Chicago on his return home from New York, has made the fol lowing statement about the Lewis and Clark Exposition, to be opened In Port land on June 1: "The Lewis and Clark Centennial, with the celebration of- It at Portland, touches the Imagination in several ways. It is both a retrospect and a forecast. It re-i calls the historic conditions under which the territorial limits of the United States were advanced and extended across the continent and over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and now, also. It Is a prophecy of new history with vast ex tension and development. It means an Immense Improvement on the shores of the Western Continent of America. In harmonious development with the states of the Mississippi Valley and of the At lantic seaboard, nnd It means, moreover, a new movement and growth of commer cial energy on the Pacific Ocean both on Its American and Asiatic snores wnicn Is destined to rival, perhaps even to sur pass, tne commerce oetween western Eu rope and Eastern America. The Exposition Itself will be equal to every expectation. it is no rival, or course, to such vast fairs as those of Chicago and St. Louis, but we believe It will be the best of all the smaller expo sitions which the country has known The materials are selected and arranged with a view to best results In the smallest compass, from experience with all expo sitions that have preceded It. Eminent men from all parts; specialists In various branches of science and thought, will be present to lend interest at Intervals by their fame and discourse. "The site of the Exposition Is one of unequaled natural beauty, and It has been Improved by art to the utmost, without destroying Its natural attractions. "Many of our states are participating In the Exposition some of them on great scale. California and Washington have large buildings and have prepared splendid exhibits; New York and Massa chusetts have erected handsome struc tures; Idaho. Missouri, Montana, Minne sota and many other states are partlcl pants. Foreign countries also are tak Ing an Interest in the Exposition, espe cially- those of the Asiatic shore of the Pacific. Japan Is foremost among them China also fchows her interest, and in our own government's exhibit also there Is fine presentation of the Philippine Islands. "AH the railways are making rates very favorable to tourists or visitors; and. it Is believed that this fair, based on the expansion of our country to the Pacific, and the new development of Pacific Coast commerce will do much to give the people of the whole United States new and large ideas of our National growth and commercial expansion." DRINKS OF THE NATIONS. New York World. The United States drank 561.000.000 pounds of coffee In 1504. Nearest to this quantity, out of ten other nations, cama Germany, with 357,000,000 pounds. France used but 16S,000,000. Great Britain was so busy leading the world in tea-drinking she used up 236,000,000-pounds of leaves to Russia's 127,300.000 and our own 105,000,000 that she consumed only 25,500,000 pounds of coffee. Chicory that Is another story. In bcer-drinklng Germany led the way with 1.7S3.000.000 gallons. Great Britain was second, with 1,501,000,000 .gallons. The united States, with 1.43J.0O0.00O gallons, was a promising third promising because back in 1500 our thirst for malt liquors was satisfied with 1,155.602,104. gallons. Russia and Germany both drank more whisky than wo In 1901 the figures for the three countries are. in gallons. 17-1,000,- 000, 121,300.000 and 121,000,000. We drank in 1S0O about 103,330,000 gallons of whisky and brandy. France was the 1501 leader In wine, using 1,343,000.000 gallons, while we were a bad seventh, with 43,300,000 gallons. Still, we advance. In 1500 our sufficiency in wine was reached at 23,423,000 gallons. The pcrcapita figures make different ratings." Holding our own In the quantity of coffee drunk "per head," we became insignificant in tea, were fourth in dis tilled liquors and likewise In beer, and eighth in wine. . The Four Canal Difficulties. President Shonta in the. Chicago Journal. First Climatic conditions. The solution for this lies In sanitation. We will have the greatest sanitary experts In the world associated with us, and I am sure we will overcome the climate. Second Labor. The solution for the dif ficulties Involved In securing enough of thfr right kind of labor lies in fair treat ment, fair wages and enforced sanita tion. Third The engineering problem Is not per se more difficult than others that have been put through successfully. Its Im mensity is the only staggering thing about It. The game organization and the same forces applied to this project that are . used In less gigantic enterprises of the same kind, but on a similarly large scale, will. In my opinion, make a successful job. Fourth Distance from the base of sup piles. The solution of this lies entirely In the perfection of an organization in Pan ama and in this country. What will be necessary will be the maintenance of an aosolute equilibrium between demand and supply relative to the class of labor and material. Bold Words Fearlessly Spoken. New York Times. That the president of a bank should help himself to money of IU depositors, to the extent of $l.J00.e. lose It In wheat igatafcllng -ana then falsify the. books to felde his stealings is incempatiBie with the principles of sound .banking, and we see no Harm la. .saying e. A Magnate's Confession. Washington Star. Down by the livery stable, on a sultry Sum mer day, Cy Jones got out th4 checker-board aar.d chal lenged me to play. I thought I stood a chance, for I had watched the game a bit;. But he started for my king row. I was van- QUtohed when he- lit. And everybody l&ujhed and said I had myself to blame For thinking that Cr Jones would let me beat him at tho tame. Thafa my earliest disappointment. It embit tered my career. I went and. zot a book and settled down " to work severe. I beat some other players, and then as time went by I thought that maybe I was strong enough to tackle Cy. But my well-laid calculation aeemed to fal ter and go lame Cy let me take s. man. and then' jdmDed three and won the game. As years went by I had some luck and pros- ' pered "more or less. And yet there' just one little thin that spoils my whole success. I know that I am envied as & most sagacious man. Likewise admired or fiated tor the way that t ran dan. Cy hasn't mad much raoaey but I knftw that toot the same. If ever we plAy checker he.-wlfi.beat bc at t&e .gasee. . . Length of a Shave. Louisville Courier-Journal. "I should say It took about 500 strokes of the razor to shave a man," a barber said In answer to a man sprawled out In a red plush chalr- "You are wrong," said the man, "To shave me, going over my face twice, won't take 250 strokes." "How do you know?" asked the bar ber. , "For years." said the other, "I have had the habit of counting the strokes of the razor while being sha.ved. It Is a silly habit, yet I can't get rid of It. You and I will count your strokes together now." The shaving proceeded In silence. "Done," said the barber at the end. "I make it 210." That Is right. 210." the patron agreed. "It always runs tnereabouts. Once I got a good shave In 105 strokes. Once I gwt a bad one In 240. The average Is about 210." Afraid or Kansas Politicians. r Kansas City Times. A man from a Kansas town walked up to the cashier's desk at one of tho large hotels In Kansas City Saturday and, tossing In a check for $100, saldj "Cash that, please.' "You'll have to be- identified, sir,- re nlirt the vOunff woman, pleasantly. x"Why, I'm a director in the hank on which, that checRTs drawn, and I'm quite well known In polities ovar my way," he said. "Did you say you were a politician?" asked the cashier. "Oh, a sort of a one," replied the man, smiling. "That," came from the-cashier, "makes positive identification All tha more necessary." Theiman did not ask why, but huated vp a frlead and was. Identified.