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Boyle. Omaha Barkalow Bros., 1612 Farnam; Mageath Stationery Co., 1308 Farnam; Mc Laughlin Bros., 246 South 14 th. Sacramento, Cal. Sacramento News Co., 429 X street. k gait Lake Salt Lake News Co.. 77 West Second street South. Long- Beach B. E. Amos. San Francisco J. K. Cooper & Co., 746 Market street; Goldsmith Bros., 236 Sutter; L. E. Lee, Palace Hotel News 8tand; F. W. Pitts, 1008 Market; Frank Scott, SO Ellis; N. Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar ket and Kearney streets; Hotel St. Francis Kewi Stand; Foster & Orear, Ferry News Stand. fit. Louis, Mo. E. T. Jett Book & News Company, S06 Olive street Washington, D. C P. D. Morrison. 21S2 Pennsylvania avenue. PORTLAND. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1905. EXPLOITING THE FAIU. Portland and the State of Oregon are in the public eye of the nation as they never have been before. No such ad vertisement for the Pacific Coast has heretofore been given to any enterprise like the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The wide publicity given to the Fair is due largely to the active and appreci ative Interest of the Associated Press. It may be said, too, that The Oregonlan has devoted more columns of news, de scriptive and pictorial matter to exploi tation of the Fair than any other me dium whatever, Readers of The Ore gonlan will bear it out fully in the statement that from the Inception of the Fair tothe present time it has la bored Industriously to present ade quately to the- world at large the pur poses and plans of the Fair promoters in all their many phases. At the out Bet, when the project was still in a neb ulous state, hundreds of columns were devoted to announcement, discus sion and exploitation. "When the project was fully under way and began to as sume shape, the material aspects of the Fair were thoroughly presented, and, in these later days, when stately and beautifuj structures have appeared one after another on the sightly grounds The Oregonlan has literally given up pages to illustrations, with exact visual reproductions of all that was being done for the purpose of making the Ex position a thing of wonderful beauty and a Joy forever. The Oregonlan has, it trusts, no boastful purpose in calling publio at tention to its own share In the great work of attracting the Nation's ear. It simply desires to show that nothing has been left undone to contribute to public knowledge of the Fair and to the widespread appreciation of its beauties and merits. It is work that has been done systematically and untiringly, and inexpensively, so far as the cost to the public is concerned. The Oregonlan has not asked, desired, expected nor re ceived from the Fair management a single dollar from first to last. It has merely done its duty as a pub lic Journal in contributing what it could to the general public interest and knowledge. If it bad done less, it would have failed to live up to all Its traditions, which are to do always in its own way the best and the most it can for the benefit of the whole people of the Pacifio NorthwesL The publicity bureau at the Fair has done valuable work. It has sent out tons of manuscript to all the news papers of the United States, and much of it has been .printed. The publicity bureau has been in capable hands, and it has done in a more or less formal way the things that ore always done for similar enterprises. The Fair has been Immensely aided by the Associ ated Press, the great newsgatherlng and .distributing association, of which The Oregonlan is a member. It is gratifying to the people or Portland to know that on the day of the opening 6000 words of telegraph matter were cent out from Portland by the Associ ated Press to all the leading daily newspapers of the United States and Canada. Besides, the Associated Press sent out between 10,000 and 12.000 words "advance" matter, covering the speeches -made on that occasion. The Associated Press, too, placed on its wires on the same day a very full and satisfactory story descriptive of the scenes at the White House when the President touched the button opening the Fair. If the newspapers of the United States have failed, therefore, to give the greatest possible notice to the auspicious inauguration of the Portland Exposition, It will not be the fault either of the Associated Press or of The Oregonlan. But they did print a great variety of matter, not because they cared especially to oblige the peo ple of Portland or the Fair manage ment, but because, they realised that it was live news. It has been a matter of some complaint heretofore with Oregon visitors in the East that they nave found there an attitude of Indifference on the part of all newspapers towards subjects of news interest and Import ance to the Pacific Coast, and especially to Oregon. i It was difficult, in other words, to find the iMuse of Portland or Oregon even mentioned in any Eastern newspaper. The situation is now en tirely changed. People everywhere know all about the .Lewis and Clark Fair and about Portland and Oregon. They will know still more as time rolls on. "WHAT THE STATES HAVE DONE. If the aid which sister states have given to Oregon had failed, the Expo sition might have been shorn of half its glory. We cannot be grateful enough for the way In which the ambi tious purpose of Oregon has been taken up and made their own by one state after another. To-our neighbors to the north and south are due not only thanks but appreciation. The exhib its of California and Washington would alone be worth a long Journey, not "only to see, but to examine closely. The good taste of both buildings is conspic uous, but California has had an idea, a model. In both design and materials, which has been faithfully carried out. From the fluted tiling overhead, the suspended bells in the belfry within, to the antique doors, all is in keeping. The cruciform design, naturally group ing spaces without cutting the floor into isolated booths and sections, adapts Itself to the underlying thought of the common purpose of the whole display. Not isolated and competing districts, but California at large, is here held up to admiration. Therein lies the secret of obvious success. State pride, state affection, underlies ther subordination of local efforts to the state display. We recognize and we applaud the ex ample. And both California and Wash ington are hard to beat. Fruits? Both show abundance, and the earlier sea son qf the southward state helps her to anticipate both Washington and Ore gon In her present show. Grains? Plenty, of all sorts. Minerals? .In size and weight, as well as in variety of appearance, constituents and value, the collection, is remarkable indeed. Products of the vineyard? Shelf after ehelf, cabinet after cabinet, is full of them. In the Washington bulldinc the same completeness and comprehensiveness is seen. The building, large, costly and well arranged, as it is, fairly overflows with the abundance of Its contents. Every one will observe the enormous slabs and sections of wood, of cedar. In particular, telling of the wealth of the forestry of Washington. Other states have also" given liberal and well-studied support The Idaho building is specially homelike In its comfort. Minerals there also are a great display. In Missouri corn la king. No one would imagine that corn, the whole plant, stalk, leaves and cobs. was so good for decorative work. Pic tures and wall tapestries In this ma terial surprise In both color and design. A fine show of wool, from many breeds. will put our home growers on their mettle. Partly because these other states had farther to bring their stuff, and there fore planned well ahead, partly be cause we in Oregon have not entirely forgotten how to put off till tomorrow what might be better done today, our Oregon exhibits are. distinctly, n&t ready for comparison. But the coun ties, all of them, are working hard. In about a week It will be our turn and surely in every department but the vineyard we shall not fear comparison. But the proofs of wealth from the land or in it the ingenuity in shaping, working and adapting the allround ness (to coin a word) of the show, and all from the great land traversed bv the explorers only one hundred years ago in Its condition of primeval sav agerytherein lies the amazing thought that touches the imagination, and con stitutes the real wonder of these wide and rich collections. By no means Oregon alone, but Oregon with all her sister states west of the MIssIssIddI they, all of them, are the real hosts at this great gathering. A LESSON IN PATRIOTISM!. In pursuance of a. plan Inaugurated some years ago, patriotic exercises are held under the auspices of the G. A. R. in the public schools of this city on the day preceding Memorial day each suc ceeding year. The purpose of these ex ercises Is plain. Briefly stated, it is to acquaint the pupils, through the me dium of the human voice, with some of the more stirring Incidents of the Civil War as witnessed and participated In by old soldiers, chosen to address them upon that day. These addresses are too often of a perfunctory character and are endured as a penanoe by scores of active, restless boys, who, though not lacking In patriotic spirit, find nothing In such speeches to arouse their enthu siasm. Exercises were held as usual In the various schools of the city last Mon day afternoon. From most of these re ports have been given to the public re counting a programme closely follow ing usual lines. An exception to this rule is noted in two instances that of the Williams avenue school. In which a grand-daughter of John Brown enter tained the pupils with stirring music on the violin, and that of the Sunnyslde School, in which "Colonel" T. C. Wil son, of the Seventeenth Ohio, aroused the boys to a pitch of wildest enthu siasm by graphic presentment of his personal experiences when a soldier boy, more than forty-five years ago. x A participant n the batle of Mis sionary Ridge, Mr. Wilson gave In de tail someof It thrilling incidents. He paid high" tribute to the drummer boys of the war. enlivened his address with snatches of patriotic songs, spoke of the training of boys for soldiers in his school days in Ohio, and recited in this connection the verses familiar to the schoolboys of his generation, begin ning: Oh, were you ne'er a schoolboy. And did you sever train. And feel the swelling of the heart Yon ne'er can feel again? The effect upon the boys was elec trical, and when he proposed "three cheers for the drummer boys of "6V and later "three cheers for the privates in the volunteer ranks of the Civil War," the pupils literally "went wild." A talk of this kind to the eagerrest less pupils of the public schools', by a J man who tells in plain though perhaps uncouth language of things that he saw and felt and knew away back in the shadowy period of the Civil War, fixes the attention of his listeners and will be remembered when the more schol arly addresses, with their pathos and statistics of losses, will he forgotten. Boys who win respond to the call, if volunteer soldiers are needed to wphold the honor of the Nation on the battle field in the future, sit listlessly through an address that sets forth the princi ples and duties of citizenship. The words are practically meaningless to them, and they Jong for the "exercise" to be over. But when an old soldier .roll of enthusiasm tells in resounding tones and plain, unlettered speech of the stirring scenes of a battle in which, in his far-away youth, he was a par ticipant; presents the soldiers and the drummer boys of his long-ago disband ed regiment as real men and real boys full of fight and energy and "bound to win," he touches a responsive cord in the hearts of schoolboys and awakens an answering echo In the hearts of schoolgirls that speedily find voice in wild shouts. For the dead of a past generation, as represented by grass-grown graves in cemeteries, the schoolboy cares little; but for the deeds of these men while living In camp and in .battle; the risks, the dangers, the hairbreadth escapes, he has the most profound admiration. If with the rude lesson of pa triotism thus presented the volu- "h!f r1ri snldlAr In the fires of its vanished youth still glow will teach the virtues of mag nanimity as due to a fallen foe; of self sacrifice in bearing the burdens of his weaker comrade; of humanity in car ing for the wounded, whether of his own or the enemy's force; of brother llness that is ready to forget Issues that have been -settled by the arbitrament of the sword and burled In the unre funding tomb of the years, he will per form service of inestimable value to his country through his part in the school exercises of Memorial day. WHAT DO REVISIONISTS WANT? A rabid trust protectionist cries out against revision of the tariff schedules and denounces all those who favor re vision as free-traders. Here" is what the last Republican National Conven tion said on the subjeot in the plat form it adopted: Protection which guard and develops our industries is a cardinal policy of the Repub lican party. The nteasore of protection should always at least equal the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad. We incltt upon the maintenance of the principles of protection, and therefore rates of duty should be resdjusted only when conditions nave so chanced tbst tbe pebHc interest de mands their alteration. The convention also Insisted that the tariff must be revised by Its friends. who will maintain the principle of .pro tection. xoea this look like free trade? The purpose of the revisionists Is to reduce the tariff rates on articles now enjoying protection much In excess of the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad on such articles, for example, as those which are made in this country, shipped to foreign coun tries and There sold at prices much less than charged to the American con sumer. The revisIonlststands for pro tection of the producer'and also a rea sonable protection, of the consumer who is discriminated against by the monopolists. When an American man ufacturer sells In a foreign country at a less price than he does at home, he Is robbing his own people for the benefit of Inhabitants of another land, and this, the revisionists maintain. Is un- American. LOYALTY TO THE TAIR. The Lewis and Clark Exposition rep resents an enterprise of which the citi zens of Portland, of the state and of the entire Pacific Northwest mav well be proud. In conception It is an honor to the great explorers whose name It bears; as a whole. In Its grand setting of hill and slope and lake and river, it inspires the highest admiration; while In detail It represents the resources of a. wide section and tbe intelligent en ergy and generosity that made possi ble the gathering together of a display in many respects unique and In all worthy of Inspection. Our people should be, and doubtless will be, loyal to this Fair. One of the thoughtless statements that is too often voiced by people who know beter I. e.. that It "always rains In Oregon" was disproved by the glorious weather of the opening day. Neither too warm nor too cool, neither dusty nor muddy, canopied by a blue sky shaded by fleecy clouds, bright with sunshine and balmy with the breatn of Summer, the multi tude that passed through the rates on opening day with one voice spoke of the weather as "glorious." Let us hope that our own people at least will not forget this on the first day that rain falls, and Join, as some of the more thoughtless and perhaps unconsciously disloyal of them are prone to do, In the stale and unjust sneer at "Oregon weather." To loyalty to our climate literally the finest in the world let lovaltv to the Exposition be added. With the mass of our people this suggestion Is un necessary. To the few who thought lessly criticise without stopping to con sider the consequences, a suggestion upon this point will no doubt suffice. Let us all remember that, though the Exposition in the widest possible sense Is everybody's. In a special sense It Is "ours" this latter word includlnr all who have made homes and established business In the wide region, the first story of which was given to the world by Lewis and Clark. That story is now a century old. Civ ilization following its outlines has worked out the tale of empire. Prog ress, now slow, now moving more rap Idly, is shown in every chapter of this simple yet marvelous record. The Ex position presents an epitome of this progress and a Dromlse of its continued and more rapid advancement. Regard ing the past proudly, the future hope fully and the present as a grand op portunity, let Oresronlans 'oledce them selves and each other to a loyalty to this great undertaking as a part of their own family life and effort and history- Mr: Hyde and Mr. Alexander find that their differences in the Equitable after all were not insurmountable. They are both confronted by the pros pect of losing their Jobs, and In great alarm they make common cause against the Frlck committee. Alexan der gets 5100.000 a year, and Hyde a very large sum, and they both have milked the Equitable of exorbitant amounts charged to "expense." The Frlck commltee, too, finds that extrav agance has marked the entire adminis tration of the insurance company. It is the stockholders who are paying these salaries and whose money Is being used for the benefit of the private schemes of Mr. Hyda et aL No wonder there is a great upsetting in the insurance world. The proletariat .proposes to have its inning. The Salem Statesman wants to know what is the matter with initiating the repeal of the referendum. There is Just one thing in the way of such a move the disposition of the people of Oregon to retain the power they have reserved to themselves under the Initiative and referendum amendment. The fact that th last Legislature wanted to er&4 the referendum amendment by attach ing emergency clauses to all orta of laws was enough to make the people suspicious of any effort to take away the power they have reserved. The ini tiative and referendum may be cumber some and open to some abuses, and possibly we may find that it is imprac tical; but the people are not ready to accept that view of It. The mere exist ence of the referendum .power exerts a restraining Influence upon the Legisla ture and the exercise of that power In tbe case of tbe omnibus appropriation bill will teach the legislative branch of the state government a lesgon it will not soon forget. The initiative and ref erendum amendment may some time be repealed, but it will not be at the sug gestion of those who are afraid to trust the wisdom and intelligence of the people. Owners of swamp land in the vicinity of Parkersville. on Lake Lablsh In Marion County, have been trying to drain their land, but In doing so they must destroy the water power of a flour and 6awnilll that has been in op erationfor thirty years and more. Nat urally, a contest has arisen and has become so bitter that there Is threat of resort to armed force. It Is to be hoped for the honor of the good name of the state that the news of violence will not be heralded over the country'. The rival contestants should peacefully ob serve the mandates of the courts, but if they show a disposition to do other wise, the officers of the. law should take precaution to prevent the use of forqe. The electrical storm that passed over this city Wednesday afternoon was an event unusual, but -not unprecedented In this part of the Pacific Northwest. Unusual and almost unprecedented was the death reported as a result of the storm near tbe city. A casualty with which people in qther sections are only too familiar causes surprise and hor ror here. In this catalogue is the death from a stroke of lightning near Council Crest of a little strawberry girl caught in the open field by the unusual storm.. To surprise at the event is added sym pathy for the family so suddenly and distressingly bereft. If Portland shall defeat Judge Will iams for Mayor, It will be called on by the Nation to explain why. Are people ready, to answer that they listened to the fanatical clamor of a few Puritan ical reformers and turned down a man of distinguished career and National reputation? It can hardly1 be said that there was no politics in It. for It is strictly a political matter. A Democrat Is running as a Democrat against a Re publican. Why should any Republican vote for a Democrat to be Mayor of Portland? The Lane County tragedy, reported in our news columns yesterday, is one of the most shocking In the criminal an nals of the stae. The murderer will be arraigned before the Circuit Court on June 19, thus affording an opportunity, all too rare In American Jurisprudence, for the swift application of penalty to a most diabolical crime. According to tbe murderer's own estimate, the "quicker he 13 hanged the better." This estimate is fully endorsed by an oblig ing public sentiment in this case. This Is the time when It should be said that the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion and its splendid results are due to the late Henry W. Corbett. It was he who gave it the first forward move ment. He took hold of it with all his accustomed energy, subscribed a heavy sum of money to start it, and gave to the. work of organizing it the last earn est efforts of his life. But for Henry W. Corbett there would bejio Lewis and Clark memorial celebration and ex position. The opening day admissions were 39, 577. This Is a very large crowd of people in a city of 150,000 population. There were few or no special excursions from outside points, and there was no great effort to make the opening day a record-breaker. Inasmuch as so great a crowd was never before in the Pacific Northwest gathered together wiihin one lnclosure. the public ought to be satisfied. The Northwest wants to see the Fair a success, and will do Its full part. From testimony hi possession of The Oregonlan, it may say.it is confident that the people in the Mount Tabor dis trict, between the Base Line and Sec tion Line roads, do not desire annexa tion. But they have no vote on the subj&ct. They ought not, however, to be dragged into the city against, their will. But on the side of tbe city It is questionable also. The area already Is large. In the Judgment of The Orego nlan It Is best not to increase it. Ugly stories of mutiny by Russian sailors against their officers do not tend to raise the already low esti mate of Russian valor and patriotism. Tbe Russians went Into the fight with no stomach for It. They expected de feat and feared death. How could they fight? No wonder they wanted to sur render, and that a' common incident of the battle was the hoisting of the Jap anese flag above the Russian In token of submission. Admiral Togo generously and duti fully ascribes his splendid victory to the virtues tf the Mikado and to the guid ance of His Majesty's imperial ances tors. This represents the self-effacement of the Japanese character in mat ters of public service. All the world, however, knows that victory was brought about by the strategy of the foxy old Admiral, his splendid equip ment and the skill of his gunners. If American steel rails can be bought In Red Sea markets cheaper than in America, who will have cause to com plain If the United States goes there to purchase Its rails needed in the Pan ama Canal construction work? The Czar is willing for the people to decide whether to continue the war. If there had been victors', it would have been the Czar's victory; but in disas ter he graciously accords the people all the responsibility they win assume. Today's -visitors to the Fair are al most certain to see the largest and most varied collection of fine rosea ever gathered Into one building anywhere on earth. It took the Jap cruleer Iwate Just one minute to sink the Russian pro tected cruteer Jemtchug. This beats Santiago. The President touched the button; we mut do the rwrt. OREGON OZONE Charles J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, rel ative of the late Napoleon Bonaparte, of Corsica, doubtless will .make an able Attorney-General of the United States, should he be appointed, but we are sure to hear the remark from certain quarters that "family counts." The Punk Punster. "I'm going to have Johnson arrested on a charge of theft," said the Punk Punster. "What has he done to you? inquired Sarcastic Smith. "He stole a march on me." Mark Twain once told the undersigned that his -average daily output of writing, when be works, is 1SW words a day. That Is about the average day's work of the newspaper writer on a large dally paper, day In and day out, seven days a. week. In the course of a year this amounts to 637,000 words. The ordinary novel con tains about 100,000 words. The newspaper man writes enough to make a novel of the best-selling type every two months, with plenty left over at the end of the year to make another book of very re spectable size. Let us suppose that he works at the business 40 years; he has written 35,20.000 words, or 240 books. Not even Mrs. EL D. E. N. Southworth could beat that; and yet there arc those who imagine that Journalism is an easy Job. Too Much Washington. "The State of Washington" is the ex planatory legend In raised letters upon the front of the handsome building erect ed at the Lewis and Clark Exposition by the commonwealth that occupies the northwestern corner of the United States. The fact that there are two Washingtons four, in fact. Including George and Booker makes confusion. Ono Instance recalled Just now Is that of the brilliant orator who sought to express the fact that a book on the resources of his state showed forth the greatness of Washing ton. "This book," he said, "I will state for your Information, was compiled by the Statistician of the State Department of the State of Washington. The Secretary of State of the State of Washington" "State it again!" yelled a voice In the audience. An Old Friend. Here Is a veteran Joke that did service at Chicago. Omaha, Buffalo, St, Louis and other points in Its earlier days: "Dearest Cousin: You will be surprised to hear from me. I have been thinking of writing to you for a long time. My Aunt Sally always told me that we had klnfolks In Portland and ought'to go and visit them. My grandfather's step-broth-er-ln-law was a fifth cousin to your first husband's mother-in-law. and I am proud to claim kin with you, having heard much about your generous nature. At last I am going to make a trip to Portland, and will be there on the 6th of June. Please meet me at the station. My seven chll drcn will be with me, also my husband and our Uncle Peter, and his folks. You need not make any extra preparation for us. We can sleep three or four In a room. If necessary, and will not stay more than three weeks or a month, at the outside. Lovingly your cousin, "LULU FAIRVISITOR." Only tbe Remains Remain. From that staid and stately old jour nal, the New York Tribune. Is clipped the following extract from a touching poem addressed by a lady poet to an undertaker friend; "Our friends to us are very dear. Because their souls were very near; Those souls took flight, but their friends here Should hold the remains very dear. The graves do not our friends contain, For only the remains remain." The last line recalls to the mind of the commentator a similar linguistic per formance by an old and highly talented staff correspondent of the Tribune, the elder brother of a distinguished young novelist and poet now dead. This gentle man covered the New Jersey coast for his1 paper, making his headquarters at Asbury Park. When Harrison ran "for re-election to the Presidency, In 1S92, the correspondent went up to New York on election day to get the full benefit of the returns. About 11 o'clock that night he wired to the newspaper group In the tele graph office at Asbury Park: "Indications Indicate the defeat of Har rison." Even So. In the halcyon days of old. Long ago. All the streets were paved with gold. Even so; And the diamonds grew thick On the trees you took your pick. Knocked the big ones with 'a stick, Don't you know. In the days that used to be. Long ago. House and land and food were free, . Same as snow; And you didn't have to work Like the dickens or a Turk To avold the solemn kirk Yard below. Then was everybody gay. Long ago; Debts you never had to pay No, no, no! All you did was doze and dream, Drink champagne and eat ice cream. Turn out poems by the ream, Smoth in flow. ; Every one was kind and good, , Long ago; r Helped each other all they could, High and low; Health was catching then Instead Of disease, and (It Is said) Such a thing as being dead Wasn't so. But a change came o'er us not Long ago; Plutocrats got up a plot Even so; Dug up all the streets of gold; Cut the diamond trees and sold; ' Now the earth they have and hold. Don't you know. ROBERTUS LOVEL Stolen Fortune Hidden Ih Sandbank. BEDFORD, Ind., June 2. Workmen engaged in unloading a carload of sand found hidden in, it several bundles of papers, which proved to be bonds and securities valued at J3M.9G9. They -were Identified as the property of the Wilmington. 111.. Bank, which was robbed of the papers and $2589 in cash on May 9. Miss ReosevcH ia CiaetaB&U. CINCINNATI, Jane 2. Miss Alice Xopeevelt has arrive here on a visit to Hiss Bucknr Wailutgfdrd. who has arranged a rs-tma of aeckal eeteVtalB raeats during the stay of her gueeC WHAT EASTERN PAPERS SAY OF FAIR Great IfnrwfM of Bfe CHie J4 fat Acclaim ef Fertlaad'x Enter prise Svest Fair Commemorate St. LbhU Greets It As Fit KpHioe t LowfeJaM Purchase XxyMMIea. ST. LOUIS. June -(Special.) The opening of the Lewis' and Clark Exposi tion Is heralded enthusiastically by the St. Louis press. The Republic today says: The Exposition Is another of those timekeepers of progress.' Just as the Lewis and Clark expedition was a se quence of the Louisiana Purchase, the Exposition la closely allied with our own World's Fair. Just as the expedition con nected, as It were, St. Louis, the starting point, with the point on the Pacific where Portland now stands, so does the Exposi tion connect the two cities In interest at this time. The Portland enterprise de serves and will have every encouragement from this part, of the country. It Is of significance to all portions of these great, transportation-developed United States, for the brave undertaking which it memo-' rializes- was the birth, the very first be ginning, of the vast system of transporta tion which binds West and East and makes the great country one in Its indus trial and economic life. The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first thread of the web, the first line drawn where now stretch steel bands. "What transportation has meant and means to America, the Portland Exposi tion better than any other will Illustrate and typify us In a hundred years, less than forty of which have been rapidly de velopmental. It has brought a trackless wilderness measuring almost half a con tinent into the condition of flowering com merce and the highest civilization. 'The tiny and tortuous path existing in the memory of the beautiful Indian maid who led the explorers over the mountains and through the dense timbers to the golden Pacific has broadened and leveled Into u vast highway of National travel. The triumph is worth the Nation's hearti est celebration." Great Work Done by Portland. The Globe-Democrat says: "The Fair In the Oregon metropolis, al though smaller In dimensions and general interest than those of Chicago and St. Louis, deserves the country's attention. It commemorates the centennial of one of the big events in the history of the West and of the country. Portland de serves the magnificent advertisement which the Lewis and Clark Fair will give to it. That city did grand work first In convincing Its state and the United States Congress that the cont'nent-crosslng ex pedition of a century ago deserved a great cxpojition as a centennial recognition. It did great work afterwards In raising the funds for the enterprise and In getting the show In a shape which would attract visitors from all over the country. It la understood that the Exposition will be complete In every particular on schedule time, which -will be something new In big fairs. A trip to the Lewis and Clark Ex .posltton is the proper thing for every American who loves to do honor to achievements which have contributed to the glory and the greatness of the Amer ican Nation." Fit Epilogue to St. Louts. The Post-Dispatch says: "Congratulations are due from the whole country to Portland and the Ore gonians on the successful opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Following a gigantic exhibition like the St. Louis World's Fair, it argued great courage to undertake an enterprise of less mag nitude. Yet the Oregonians have, done Just this, and the opening Indicates an Interest as wide as the country, which will Justify what teemed to many a doubtful venture. The Portland Fair ap peals with force only less pursuasive than the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to the patriotic sentiment of the country. The expedition of Lewis and Clark will al ALL EYES TURNED TO WEST Railroad Man Points Out Effect of Roosevelt's Popularity. ST. PAUL, June 2. General Manager Harry J. Horn, of the Northern Pacific, states today that, in anticipation of a heavy volume of business this year, the road was amplifying its facilities. Three transcontinental trains are to be run daily. Extensive purchases of motive power and rolling Btock have been made and improvements are contemplated to Increase the development of the country. ."I sometimes think," Bald Mr. Horn, "that until Mr. Roosevelt became presi dent there were thousands of people east of the Great Lakes who gave little or no thought to the West. Mr. Roosevelt's great personal popularity and the fact that although an Eastern- man, he was for years a Westerner of the most pro gressive type attracted attention to the country west of the Mississippi. Very many people who never thought about it began to realize that the great North west Is an empire in itself. The Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland promises to bring visitors from all parts of the United States who will tour the country, see for themselves its progress and return home with accurate Information. The West needs the hearty co-operation of the East. We need Its experienced farmers to develop thousands of acres of fertile lands. Its skilled me chanics to work In our factories, its men of money, energy and brains, to embrace the new opportunities and develop our natural wealth. The openings for such men are many. "It Is essential that the people of the East understand what the West is. They must, be shown the commercial and In dustrial opportunities the West affords. The growth of the Northwest has Just be gun." . NEW PLACE FOR BONAPARTE Will Ultimately Succeed Moody as Attorney-General. WASHINGTON, June 2. Charles J. Bonaparte Is not expected to remain at the head of the Navy Department for long. In administration circles it Is known that President Roosevelt intends to transfer Mr. Bonaparte to the Depart ment of Justice as soon as Attorney General Moody retires from the cabinet. Attorney-General Moody la anxious to conclude the fight against the beef trust before he goes into retirement, otherwise the arrangement of the cabinet might be different. THe real object of taking Mr. Bonaparte into the cabinet at this time Is to familiarize him with the Roosevelt policy relative to trusts. BODY" WILL NOT LIE IN STATE Cabinet Decides to Send Jones' Bones Direct to Annapolis. WASHINGTON. June Z After today's. Cabinet meeting Secretary Morton an nounced that it had been decided that the remains of John Paul Jones which are to be brought here soon from France would not lie in state in the several cities which have requested that such an arrangement be made, but would be taken directly to Annapolis, Md., and there placed In the crypt as planned. Sargestt Starts for Honolulu. WASHINGTON, June 2. Frank H. Sargeant, Commissioner-General of Immigration, has left Washington for San Francisco, whence on the 7th he will sail for Honolulu. On his return to the United States he will remain for a time at San Francisco on busi ness In connection with the station there. He expects to return to Wasfc Ingtea about the middle of' July. ways be associated with the acquisition of the Louisiana territory In the Imagin ation of the American people, and the celebration of their heroic exploit Is a fitting epilogue to that of the Louisiana cession. It is not expected that the at tendance at the Portland Fair wilt equal .5. ChlcaSo or St. Louis, but the latitude and natural features of the city, together with the allurements of an historic celebration, will no doubt at tract a great host from all parts of the country during the Summer months. St. Louis tenders best wishes to Portland." Buffalo Wishes Good Luck. Many newspapers arriving in St. Louis today from -other points of the country speak of the Portland Fair with equal optimism. The Buffalo News saj-3: "Portland has our congratulations. Rba for the Exposition! It's far away, but It's worth seeing." The Buffalo Times says: "The scope of this Exposition is not as large as was that of the Pan-American, but the show Is a good one and Is worth going a long distance to see. A vast number of people, in the East will visit the Coast this Summer and tfiey will stop at the Portland Exposition. Buf falo wishes good luck to Portland." Success Already Assured. The New York Tribune says: "The Lewis and Clark Exposition will, we trust, successfully challenge a growing preju dice. The opinion is often expressed that people are becoming tired of world's fairs, and it Is probably in large measure true. This Fair at Portland, however. Ls to some extent exempt from the objec tions raised against world's fairs In gen eral, partly because it Is not a world's fair In any such sense as those at Phila delphia, Chicago. St. Louis and Paris have been, and partly because it Is held in a remote part of the country which has not been so overworked with fairs of all Kinds as has the region east of the mountains and which yet is quite rich and populous enough to support such an enterprise on Its own accounts even without the large patronage which is sure to come from the rest of the Na tion and from other lands. We may there fore reasonably expect for it a large measure of material success. "In point of sentimental and historical interest. Its great success may be regard ed as already assured. Those who have from week to week scanned the Trib une's reports of books most in demand at important public libraries cannot fall to have observed how much people have been reading upon the subject of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Happily, there are assurances that all has been done that could be done by the populous, opulent and cultivated communities of the Pacific Coast, while the Interest manifested by the whole country is to be taken as an earnest expression or generous and discriminating support of an enterprise whose appeal to the Nation is strong, direct and unmistakable." Pittsburg Adds Her Praises. The Pittsburg Gazette says: "While the Philadelphia Centennial commemorat ed the birth of the Republic, the Oregon Fair celebrates the occupation of the farthest point in the territory that forni3 the body of states. The managers at Portland, in completing the Exhibition in season for the opening, have given promise of executive ability that may realize their ambition to make its ad ministration pay, and, if they succed in this they will accomplish an exploit unique in such undertakings." The Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin says: "The centennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition may well be celebrated, not only by the people of Oregon, but also by the people, of the United States," SQUARING UP HER DEBTS Castro Says Venezuela Can't Grant Aaerlcan "Demands. CARACAS, Venezuela, Thursday, June 1. President Castro read his message to Congress "'today. He said that the Vene zuelan government had maintained good relaUons with foreign countries in the degree that their respective representa tives1 desired. Therefore the relations of Venezuela with all countries were rela tively cordial. The government had ac ceded to the desires of the respective rep resentatives of foreign countries as far as Justice, equity and the dignity and honor of the nation permitted. Oa the other hand, Venezuela had duly paid the allies the amounts peremptorily demanded by them. and had then paid them 30 per cent of the customs duties collected at La Guayra and Puerto Cabello. When the claims of the allies had been paid the 30 per cent of the customs duties of La. Guayra and Puerto Cabello would be de voted to the payment of the claims of the other powers which had been presented pacifically. In regard to the debts of Venezuela other than the claims of the powers pre viously referred to, the government of Venezuela had twice sent General Jose Antonio Velutlnl to Europe to make new arrangements with her creditors. "I have the satisfaction to announce that such arrangements have already been made that the agreements have been signed and that the arrangement relating to the Dlsconto Bank of Berlin has been ratified by the German government," he said. "As soon as it is ratified here. Gen eral Velutlnl hopes that the British gov ernment will also ratify the new arrange ment made for the payment of the British debt I consider this matter to have been definitely settled with the German and British holders of Venezuelan bonds. These measures are exceedingly. Impor tant to the credit of Venezuela, and in promoting tranquillity and harmony with foreign nations. Venezuela, It wUL there fore be seen, Is strictly executing the terms of .the protocols. "With" the United States, through cau3ea foreign to our will and without the least responsibility on our part, we have had a slight difference, but the discussion of the, question seems to have made the facts clear to the American Government. Judg ing from the measures the said Govern ment lately passed in favor of our good and cordial friendship. Those questions refer to the Bermudez and Orinoco Com panies. The latter have already been ad Judged, but nevertheless hr. Bowen de sired a new arbitration. The government could not accede to this, as the sover eignty and Independence of the republic were Involved." WILL CHARTER BRITISH SHIPS Agent of Canal Commission Can't ( Get Them in America. NEW YORK, June 2. Richard L. Fafnham. a director "of the Panama Railway, has arrived in England. His mission is the chartering of severa ships for the Panama Canal Commis sion, and he is now making a tour of the shipyards of Great Britain inspeit-ing-available vessels. The Associated Press is informed that Mr. Farnham desires vessels of from 4009 to 5000 tens, which are said to be unavailable in the United States because all American bottoms of this size are profitably engaged la the coastwise trade. - According to the informant o,f the Associated Press, the Canal Commis sion desires vessels capable of carry ing dredgers, engines- and other heavy material to be ud i tht eetrsctICR of the caaaL