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The Oregonian never has expressed a doubt that Senator Mitchell, and others under indictment, are innocent of the charges preferred against them. It did not express such doubt in the cases of Puter, the Watson woman, Tarpley, et al. Yet the Jury found against the de fendants. This, doubtless, was mere perverse ness. If The Oregonian couldn't see through the involutions and intricacies of the Tanner revelations, disclosures or confessions, why censure The Ore gonian? Out of this muddy and muddled busi ness let us hope and expect that some plain line of truthful statement will be developed during the trials. The Ore gonian is reluctant to entertain suspls dons. Tot it fears it will be lound that somebody has lied. CLEARING IT TJT. A paper at Pendleton, the East Ore gonian, makes this statement: The Oregonian has roasted every country paper that has dared to question the Fair management, or Portland's action, yet that paper is directly responsible for the aban donment of the state experiment farm and the closing of the normal schools. It is not so. The Oregonian is not in any way responsible. It has not taken the course indicated. Besides, it has been told over and over again by the Pendleton paper, as by others, that It has no Influence. It is content. The Pendleton paper says, further: Portland has ten times enough idle moner lying In her vaults to keep the normal rchools and tho experiment farm alive until the next Legislature meets. But Is one cont of it available for the purpose? She does .not want to let them live. Possibly. Indeed, very likely. But The Oregonian doesn't control this money. It 13 merely a newspaper, with out capital. It belongs to the prole tarlat, or one-gallus democracy. The vast sums of money referred to are in the vaults of "the first families" of Portland, who publish a so-called news paper, to whose hired men nil communi cations should be addressed. IT MEANS JAPAN HAS WON. It is not likely that Japan will at this time forego or abandon any military advantage she may possess. She can not consent to interruption of her mill tary operations in Manchuria unless she shall first know that no-advantage she may now possess will be lost in case military operations shall be re sumed. "Writing before the battle in the Sea of Japan. George Konnan, in an article In the Outlook, said: If my adlces from M&nahuria Arc as trust' worthy as I believe them to be. the Japanese have mad every possible preparation fr sueh a contingency (naval defeat), and have en the mainland, at this moment, food, guof, mine. clothing, and ammunition enough to last their armies for at least elx months some of my in form ants think for a year. Ever Mace it be came apparent that they might have to fight another Russian fleet they have leen pouring provisions and munitions of war Into Manchu ria In lmmenee quantities; and at the present time the principal Manchurian eapert towns and distributing centers are almost burled out of !Ight tinder masses and mountain; of good? . This forecast, this preparation, has been characteristic of Japan through out. Nothing has been left to accident or to chance. Japan is prepared to push the war. Unless assured that peace, on terms that will assure her future, will be tho result, she will not consent to a truce. If Japan, therefore, shall consent to a truce, it will be notice to all the world that she has won this war. and that Russia has lost. That is the situation in fact, and Russia's acceptance of the protocol will be her acknowledgment of it The Indictment of a number of prom inent San Francisco men in connection with a piratical sealing raid by Cap tain Alex McLean has reawakened in terest In that sonsatlonal sea rover. Jack London has admitted that Alex McLean was the original from whom he -.drew that fanciful character Wolf Larsen in the "Sea Wolf," and also admits that he never met McLean. This is apparent from London's description of the famous poacher. London makes him out to be a very handsome, graceful-appearing man of great strength, well read and a. deep thinker. The real Alex McLean is a talL stoop-shouldered. 'touchy-appearing man. Ignorant, and endowed "with no particular knowledge of anything except the business In which, he was engaged. For absolute fearlessness and daring undertakings. London could not have picked up a bet ter character, but the personal descrip tion went sadly awry, and the specta cle of Alex McLean holding an Intelligi ble literary discussion with a lady, as London has Wolf Larsen doing on nu merous occasions, would be amusing In deed to the water-front contingent, who have known him in every port from San Diego to Alaska. THE SCHOOL ELECTION. Three candidates solicit the support of the taxpayer at the school election to day. They are all against the "merit" system, so they say. Mr. Pague is bitterly opposed" to It. Mr. Fleisch- ner says the "merit system is not prac tical." Mr. Brewster proudly points to the Indorsement of the Woman's Club and the Municipal Association as defin itive of his attitude. It is clear thus that he is all right on female suffrage and the closed town. But the Woman's Club Is also down on the merit system. Reasoning by analogy, Mr. Brewster will have none of the merit system, un less perchance the Woman's Club should reconsider, which Is not likely. At least, we hope not. However, we shall assume that the three candidates are of the same mind on this great issue, which, under the circumstances, is no issue at all. The merit system must go. and Director Wittenberg can not help it He seems to anticipate that the new board will reverse him and the old. for he Is accused of look ing -with a partial eye on the candldacy Mr. Flelschner. But maybe Mr. Flclschner cannot help that. Anyway, says the Wittenberg merit system won't work. If Mr. Wittenberg don't like it. he can lump It. .What are the qualifications of a good School Director? We have had some excellent gentlemen In the school ser- ice in the past, and we have had oth ers not altogether excellent. If any cit izen with high notions of the mission , of the public schools goes on the board j and faithfully lives up to his ideals, he ! is In for trouble. If any other citizen with no lofty Ideas and with entirely material aims is elected a Director, he Is also overwhelmed with woe and trib ulation. The Director who serves the public offends the great army of impor tunate and tireless hunters for place and favor. The Director who serves his friends fills the payroll with Ineffi cient teachers and makes an enemy of the interested taxpayer, who thinks he Is entitled to his money's worth. One road leads to Hades and the other to perdition. We have a fine public school machine In Portland. We have an able politi cian for Superintendent of Schools. We have a school faculty that has through many years defied the efforts of en lightened and desirable teachers from abroad to get Important places In Port land. It is a close corporation among our principals, with our astute Super intendent at Its head, that challenges all effort to make changes at each re curring election that are not sanctioned by the school ring and that are not de signed to contribute to its perpetuity. We have had a School Board that was so completely under the dominion of the school mabhine and the sagacious and domineering Superintendent that it stooped to the shameful device of meet ing behind closed doors in order to raise his (the Superintendent's) salary; and It kept Its proceeding off the record for some days in the hope that Its action would somehow escape public notice and criticism. The present board, too. In some way not precisely known to itself, adopted the mysterious and un tried merit system, so as to defeat, for a time at least, the expressed wish of the taxpayers that the salaries of the teachers (not the Superintendent) should be raised. What arc we going, to do about it? We are going to elect a new Director and let him light It out, if he will, with the powers that be; and. If he won't, we are going to foot the bills and hope for better things. THE WHEAT-CROPS CRISIS. New wheat has already commenced to move toward the markets in Okla homa, Texas and parts of Kansas. With It arc coming to market the usual reports of black rust, red rust the chinch bug, the Hessian fly and all the rest of the pests that hurt the wheat and help the market But we have had all of these reports in former seasons, and recollection of their appearance has thrown a decided air of uncertainty over the situation. Statisticians have been busy with their pencils since the Government crop report appeared. about a week ago. and they have fig ured out some widely divergent results for the crop now coming on. The Gov ernment does not make quantitative predictions so early in the season, but In lieu thereof puts out some percent age figures showing gain or loss in con dltlons. The statistician of the New Tork Produce Exchange has for many years figured out a quantitative result from these figures, and while it is not always verified by the crop returns for the year for which the particular prediction Is made, it Is valuable as a standard for comparison. According to the figures of this statistician, the Government's condition reports indicate a total yield of wheat this year of 727.432.000 bushels. which, with the exception of the crop of 1901. would be the largest on record. Should the alleged condition be main talned until harvest and that amount of wheat be secured, we should have 205,000,000 bushels more wheat than was produced in this country1 last year, or a sufficient amount to put us back into our old place as one of the big wheat exporting countries of the world. But there is a world of difference be tween the promise of a crop of 727,000,' 000 bushels and the actual harvest of such a crop. Taking the same condi tion and acreage figures for a basis one year ago in June, the experts figured out a probable yield of 62S.202.O00 bush els, or 76,000,000 bushels more than was actually harvested. The June condition reported by the Government has at no time in the past five years been verified by the yield which followed. The June figures based on the Government con dition and acreage reports have In the past five years indicated a crop of from SS7.846.000 bushels to 776,024,000 bushels, with an average of 670.442,000 bushels. The maximum crop actpally harvest ed In that period fell 28,000,000 bushels short of the estimates JJased on the June report, and the average for the Ave years was 5,000,000 bushels less wheat than was predicted by the statis ticians who used the Government re port as a base for their figures. It is the recollection of this invariable de cline in conditions that now keeps the wheat market wrought up to a highly nervous state, and for the next thirty days some striking changes in prices are not improbable. This country man aged to take care of practically all of the wheat that was grown last year, with the exception of about 75,000.000 bushels, most of which was sent out as flour. With such a narrow margin between the amount required and the amount available, the price quite naturally ruled abnormally high throughout the season. Should the crop be only 100. 000.000 bushels greater than that of last year. It will require a crop failure abroad or some other unusual occur rence to enable last season's prices to be approached. Pending more definite knowledge as to the outcome, there will be a strong tendency to hold the short stocks remaining and to check a free selling movement of the new wheat that is available early. SMALLER FARMS WANTED. The small stockmen of Eastern Wash ington are up In arms against the men who hold under lease large areas of state land. A legal contest s to be In stituted with a view to securing annul ment of the leases. The fight now on was hastened by passage of a law at Olympla last Winter restricting the running at large of stock. This meas ure, together with the steady encroach ment of the big stockmen and ranchers. has practically crowded the smallxJ stockowner out of business, and unless a change is made In the law, he will have to abandon his calling and make I way for the rancher. Owing to the fact that they ,have considerable In common in the leasing system, the big wheatgrowers will also be affected should the small stockmen win and suc ceed In overturning the present system of leasing state land?. There are many thousands of acres of good wheat land under control of in dividual ranchers or corporations, and as much of It Is land leased from the state and farmed In connection with adjoining tracts which have been pur chased from the railroad company or the Government, it will not be given up without a fight. This readjustment of conditions, while 1t may work a tem porary hardship on a few of the large farmers and stockmen, will in the end prove beneficial to the country as a whole. A small farm highly cultivated, with some diversity In the crops, will sustain more people than a large farm poorly handled, or used exclusively for the production of wheat There has been a gradual disappearance of the big wheat farms of the Palouse coun try, and gardens and fruit orchards have taken their place, a dozen families finding a livelihood on the same area of land which was formerly used by some wheat king .solely for production of the cereal. The labors of the small rancher or small stockman are much more arduous than those of the man who controls many thousand acres, but the small op erator In most cases gets all there Is out of the land, -while the large owner is more inclined to handle it In a care less, slipshod fashion. Land through out the Pacific Northwest has Increased quite -rapidly in value within the past few years, and it is falling into the hands of experienced farmers who are coming In from the Middle West, where high cultivation and careful manage ment are much more of a necessity than In this country. With the increas ing value of the land It becomes neces sary to secure the maximum In the way of production in order that the land may return a fair percentage of profits on the investment This is a much easier problem on a small farm than on a large one, and not until the entire Pacific Northwest is cut up into small farms will we secure the most remun eratlve returns possible from our farm and grazing lands. The land barons east of the moun tains may succeed in defeating the present plans of the small stockmen. but In the end they will be forced to succumb. Wc have plenty of land here in the Northwest, but we are wofully short on people and our farms are all too large. nOW MUCH SHOULD RUSSIA PAT? Russia wants peace, but does not want to pay for It That Is the secret of her hesitation .about conferring on her peace plenipotentiaries full power to negotiate and conclude terms with her enemy. She expects that Japan will exact an enormous indemnity, but she will try to avoid being bound In advance to pay it Nor will she pay it after agreeing to do it If through the arts of her devious diplomacy she can get out of it Russia may be expect ed to accede to a requirement that she shall maintain no naval establishment on the Pacific; that she shall withdraw absolutely from Manchuria; that she shall abandon any possible designs on Cores, and that she shall restore the Island of SaghalJen. which she felonl ously wrested from the Japanese. These are all embraced in customary penal ties that the vanquished may pay to the victor without dishonor or Indlg nlty; but the money tribute is another matter. Russia does not know where she is to get it and she would hold out to the last against it, even If the gold were already in her treasury. The money Indemnity is a new device by which the loser is made to pay the winner's war expenses. It has been re- rfined into a civilized practice, but it is. nevertheless, the same in essence as looting a fallen city or devastating a prostrate country. The victor puts his hands in the pockets of his helpless foe and takes what he has and all he has. or can borrow and beg. Germany set the example at the conclusion of the Franco-German War in 1S70-7L By the treaty of Versailles, Germany re ceived a money Indemnity of 5,000,000,- 000 francs, payable In installments, and a cession of Alsace and a part of Lor raine. Territory acquired by Germany embraced about "35S5 English square miles, all of which had once belonged to the German Empire. At the conclusion of the war between Japan and China, in 1S94-S5, In which Japan was completely victorious. treaty was made by which China recog nlzed the Independence of Corea, con ceded Japan permanent sovereignty over the Liao Tung Peninsula and the whole Island of Formosa, and agreed, to pay to Japan "as indemnity for war expenses" 200.000.000 taels, about 4266, 000.000 In silver, or about 5142,000,000 In gold. By the Intervention of the Euro pean powers. Japan was cheated out of the territorial concessions that China was willing .to make. The United States appears to sanction the principle o a money indemnity; but its own practice has been singularly in conflict with the rule. At the conclu sion of the Mexican War, Texas, New Mexico and Upper California were ceded to the United States; but we paid our own war expenses and gave Mexico besides $15,000,000 as a solatium. Pre cisely the same thing was done at the close of the war with Spain. We de manded the cession of Porto Rico, the Philippines and Guam. But we paid Spain 520.000.000 for this territory. True. Spain was forced into an unwill ing bargain, but It was remarkably generous treatment for a defeated en emy. Would Russia, or Japan, or France, or Germany, have done so much under the same circumstances? The United States Imposed no humiliat ing conditions on either Spain or Mex ico, but on the contrary, gave them money to repair their broken fortunes. The money Indemnity is not yet rec ognized as a permanent principle of In ternational law-. If Japan is unreason able towards Russia, other nations may have something to say. Other nations have heretofore interfered, for In the Russo-Turklsh War an indemnity of J750.000.000 was exacted by the victor, but the powers compelled a reduction to 5165.000.000. Russia can very well point to the Turkish precedent "Geologist" who writes a long com munication regarding the Nehalem beeswax legend, explains the presence of bees In the wax as being due to their being caught by the stuff and held Imprisoned while trying to make use of It The theory is plausible, but It does not prove that genuine beeswax has not been found on the beach. Even if the stuff were all ozocerite, as "Geol ogist" asserts, the fact remains that some of it had been moulded Into can dles from which the wicks had rotted generations before they were discov ered, and with these candles were found numerous pieces o( Oriental pottery. most of them broken, but there was enough, together with the candles and the marked pieces of wax, to show that Chey were brought from some other part of the country and placed there either by shipwreck or some other means. Theory sometimes plays havoc with facts, but It necr entirely ellml nates them. Mr. James, the novelist, in a college commencement address, recently took occasion to accuse the newspapers as being responsible for crude English. He designated them as black eruptions of type and as roaring like monsters. The Baltimore American finds in this criticism evidence that the newspapers use English such as everybody can un derstand, and make thereby interesting reading, which latter. In the view of the James school of writers. Is the unpar donnble sin. It is not likely that this criticism will make American youth for sake newspapers and turn to Brown ing or even to James for culture or amusement Better the. "crude Eng lish that expresses something or presents something in which the reader Is interested and which meets his in quiry for Information than the up-to-date English that is nothing if not ob scure. "These proceedings are a disgrace to the state and the county, and the court can go to the devil." said Prosecutor Branton. who was attempting to secure the conviction of the Breathitt County (Ky.) feudists who murdered Judg Marcum. The defendants were then discharged, there being "no evidence to support the contention that a crime was committed." If the devil has kept in touch with the affairs of Breathitt County. Kentucky, he will seriously ob ject to receiving the distinguished jur ist whom Prosecutor Branton consigned to his keeping. From all reports that we hear, there is already a sufficient amount of trouble for the Inmates of the residence district which claims His Satanic Majesty. The Pendleton East Oregonian says The election of Harry Lane as Mayor of Portland, in opposition to the one great his torical character of the state. George H. WiUlamc. means more than merely a mu niclpal fight in Portland it means a quick ened conscience and a reawakened moral aenre throughout the state. And yet they who suppose this elec tlon will stop drinking and gambling and whatever else In Portland, or will cut off the demand and supply of what an early historical character called "the three staple articles," in Portland or elsewhere, will find the mis take. After long observation The Ore gonian concludes that "there is a great deal of human nature in the ginerality of mankind In glneral." There is no better place in the world to hold a peace conference, or any kind of a conference, than Portland In Sum mer time. But we scarcely think that the Invitation officially extended to the Japanese and the Russians to come here to fir up their differences will be accepted. If, however, it should be ac cepted, there will be a genuine effort to leave the plenipotentiaries to their own device. If it should not be accepted, we shall have sufficient diversion for our selves and for all visitors in the land fraud trials and the Exposition. . As punishment for the theft of a pair of ducks.' Thomas Fields, of Whitman County. Washington, murdered one man. fatally wounded another, and lay in wait for hours for a third victim who failed to appear. By the time Jus tice gets through with Mr. Fields he will unquestionably be willing to admit that his method of punishment has drawbacks which he would not have encountered had he adopted other measures toward the man who stole the ducks. Japan's rice crop for 1904 was 263, 692.255 bushels, an Increase of 25.2S4.22S bushels over that of 1503. The greater part of this vast bulk of grain went Into fighting material for the empire, and the victories that it turned out aston ished the world. Small respect has President Rooseve for governmental traditions when he proposes at one fell swoop to tear away the red tape that has accumulated in Washington the past 116 years. Mr. Hyde's chauffeur was fined $20 for running too fast with Mr. Hyde and friends In an automobile. Mr. Hyde seems to have some money left The great -problem Just now is how to exclude the Chinese so gently, but firm ly, that they won't know they are being excluded. OREGON OZONE Tha postmaster at Tonopah, 'Nev., . has gone on a striKC ne announces tnas no more mall will be delivered until the gov ernment pays him several hundred dol lars, which he claims as due. It Is de voutly to be hoped that the Chicago post master will not hear of this. Just think what would be the result if a sympathetic strike should, be started and all the post masters In the United States should go out Packages of letters by the millions would remain tied up until the end of the strike. A Magazine Gone Up. The Wag Well. I understand that new magazine has gone up. The Story-Writer (anxiously) What magazine? The Wag The nitro-glycerine magazine; two killed and six Injured. The Clinic Was Sate. "Come and have something on me." said Dcadbroke to his-chum; "I'm flush today." Where did you get the comr Sold my post-mortem rights to a med ical clinic." How did they happen to pay you In advance, you being in good health?" "Cinch for the clinic; I've Just engaged as understudy to the loop-the-loop cyc list" The Pardonable Lie. "There- is only one situation wherein it Is permissible to tell a lie." said the Rev. Mr. Longfaee. who Is a reader of cur rent literature. 'And what Is that?" 'If you happen to- be a literary man. Tn that cas It Is quite permissible for you to pretend to be a native of Indiana. which will make you famous at once. Lewis and Clark Journal Up to Date. Portland. June IS. We very much fear that If Astoria Is to be discovered this vir the President will have to send out another expedition to do it. Since we reached this head village of the "Webfoot tribe we have been so busily occupied In observing the customs and habits of these Indians that our instructions to push on at all hazards and discover Astoria be fore William Waldorf Astor and other British explorers twit us to It have come to look unimportant. "Wc may Bxia time some Sunday to take a steamboat cxr mninn in the direction of Astoria, but If this big county fair run by J. Ham Lewis and Champ Clark keeps up we are not likely to get far away from Portland So longias the Trail presents a surface big enough to hit we propose to con tinue hitting It If the American peo ple think we are not earning that. $2300 which Congress appropriated In lsw to defray the expenses of this expedition. let them recall us and send Lieutenant Peary to discover Astoria. Untagged Pun. Somebody has said that the fountain of laughter and the fountain of tears lie very close together.- That may .explain why wc sometimes weep at jokes mat are Intended for. us to laugh at. Some Jokes are calculated to make the angels. weep. Tho j" are the sort of Jokes mat have to be thrown up out of the fountain by a force-pump. Jokes mat require ci planatory diagrams or Identification tags ! not tnVes: thev are human erron; Most puns are of that sort. It has been said that Tom Hood ex hausted most of the puns In the English lancuacc He also exhausted most of his friends; but they forgave him. and iovea him. because he wrote poetry that tapped the fountain of tears and made men net ter for the reading of it Sneaking of puns, here follows a sample that has been printed variously and as variously attributed, but it nas ocen traced to its lair at last and saddled upon a Missouri newsnaoer man. Jsaac Newton Bryson. Jr.. the most inveterate punster now operating a pun-shop. Though Mr. Bryson lives in Missouri, he docs not havo to show you by footnotes, what he means whon he makes a pun. This is what he wrote In his newspaper: It is said that a St Louis society women kneads bread with her gloves on. That's nothing. The editor or tnis paper needs bread with his shoes on; he needs bread with his coat on; he needs bread with his pants on: and If some of tho de linquent subscribers to this old rag o' freedom don't pay up pretty soon, ne wm need bread with nothing on at all." The Unofficial Autocrat. "If I were running tho earth." says the Unofficial Autocrat, "and had a few crowns at my disposal. I should pick, out the biggest and brightest diadem Hf the bunch and ship It by fast express to Mrs. W. A. Clark, ot uutte, Jionu j. subuiu throw In a throne built of solid gold and Inlaid with pearls. Sho deserves such an outfit for she Is every Inch a queen, if the newspaper reports aro true. Did you happen to read what Mrs. Clark did to the ladies ot tne r.rai Sol Then you nave missca tne ireai of your life. Such delightful Incidents happen only once or twice ln a generation. Mrs. Clark, you know. Is the wne ot me Senator, who has so many millions that he doesn't know how on earth he Is going to be able to Carnegize them In one man's lifetime; In fact, ha may leave them all to his wife, who Is very much '"younger than himself. Mrs. Clark used to Je a poor girl ln Butte. She came of honest but poor parents, who did not slice much congealed aqua In the altltudlnous circles ot society of Butte. Mont She was as pretty as an angel's picture, as charming as a cherub, and as highly cultured as any Bostdnlan belle; but that counted for naught amongst the elite of Butte, Mont Not long ago the young woman came back to Butte as the wife of the multl-mllllonalre. Presently a bevy ot high-society dames flocked to the Clark mansion and sent in their-calling cards. Mrs. Clark. In silvery accents loud enough to be heard In the recoptlon room. Instructed the boy with the buttons to Inform the callers that she was not at home. But when the rormcr associates of the Butte girl called. Mrs. Clark re ceived them with delight and gave them to understand that tho Clark mansion was theirs. Sometimes we hear it said that women are not capable ot self-government but this incident goes, far to dis prove that statement If I were running tho universe. I should set aside Mars, Juptjer and Venus as rewards of merit for Mrs. Clark, of Butte. Mont, and give her the Milky Way for an automobile course." ROBERTUS LOVE. Frenzied Fashions. Atlanta Constitution. If he hoopakirt roust come let It go the limit and bring with it the flaring little bonnet and hair net of ante-bellum days. Then the male fashionables should play even by donning those 6UL coal-scuttle plug hats with the fur rubbed th wroig war. THE NEW SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Aa ApyTeelatlesi ef Caarlea J. Baaarte, One of the Descendant et the Great Naelee A Rugged, OrJslaal Character asd Master ef Irojsy. New Orleans Picayune. Charles J. Bonaparte, the man who has been selected by the President to suc ceed Paul Morton as Secretary oi the Navy, might be described as a rugged character. His is a strong personality, and his Individuality Is pronounced to a marked degree. The motto, "Every lino original," fits him to pertectlon. wnat he has to say he says as no other man would say it. He combines thougntrui ness, thoroughness and seriousness with humor and a very keen sense of the lu dicrous and ridiculous. He Is a past master at Irony, and those who have con fronted him In legal tilts or political con tests are familiar with the jolts he gives when occasion demands. When he hits. he- hits hard, and his adversary no mat ter whom he may be, always realizes that in Mr. Bonaparte he meet3 a foe wortny of his steel. Mr. Bonaparte dresses in black Winter and Summer. Spring and Fall. His linen Is Immaculate, and he affects the starched white- shirt, with frills. Ha wears a turn-down" collar, to the Invariable ac companiment of a black bow of the va riety that was formerly described as "ahoo fly. His face Is always rresniy shaven, and -his skin presents a healthy glow, set ott by his coal black mustacne and hair. He Is full of gestures. and in this respect, shows his French blood, al though his pronunciation Is of the good, clear. Anglo-Saxon type. Ho talks about every-day subjects exactly as he writes an Interview, and he Is. therefore, an exceedingly Interesting character. Every word he utters and every Idea he ad vances bristles with originality, and la of his own mold and pattern. In con versation and mannerisms he Is unlike anyone else, and his style Is of the in dividual kind that no one can imitate. Though few men in Baltimore have re ceived more newspaper attention than Mr. Bonaparte, people generally nave lrttio knowledge of the personal side of the man. He is reserved in nts manner, ana does not mingle a great deal In public He is In no sense a clubman, but sticks to his business in the daytime, and, for the most part, to his home at night. He is an ardent churchman and a great friend of Cardinal Gibbons, and those who attend the Cathedral can see him occupy ing his pew on Sunday with regularity. He was 54 years of age June 9. He was born in Baltimore and was graduated from Harvard in 3S71. and from the Har vard Law School three years later. The following year he married Miss Ellen Channlng Day. of Newport, R. I. There are no children- He Is a grandson of Jc rome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, and has In his veins the same blood as the great Napoleon, but this Is a subject that he never discusses. All of that sort of thing Is extremely distasteful to him. In fact one would suppose that Mr. Bona parte would go abroad frequently and visit the land of his ancestors In sunny France, but he doe3 not He does not like ocean travel. It should not be gath ered from this that he Is without any family pride. He doubtless appreciates the fact that be Is descended from worthy stock as much as any one could, but he has too much innate refinement and good taste to discuss "family." As an Illus tration that he Is loyal to his traditions. Bonapartes of many generations adorn the walls of his house In town and of his country home. Mr. Bonaparte lives the simple life, and It is a pity Pastor Wagner did not meet him during bis visit to America last Fall, as an affinity would have, perhaps, been established. He Is moderate and temper ate In all things, and one of his mottoes Is "Early to bed and early to rise." Seven months of tho year he spends at Bella Vista his country place on the Hartford road. 15 miles from Baltimore, In the Snow Bird Valley, an offshoot of Long Green A, STERNJLD MAN. Secretary Hitchcock's Work a Valua ble Asset of the Administration. Springfield Republican. The Washington correspondents received a tip tne other day, presumably from the Far West, that Secretary Hitchcock, of the Interior Department, proposed to re sign by the first of July and rotlre from public life. The stern old man, who has camped on the trail of the land thieves promptly declares that he has no Inten tion of leaving the Cabinet until the Pres ident desires It It ought to be safe to assume that Mr. Roosovelt will not dis turb Secretary Hitchcock until the great work which he has ln hand has been thor oughly accomplished. The country has slowly awakened to the magnitude of this work. He Is a laborious and methodical man, not a lawyer, who has insisted on knowing the contents and the purport of every document he signs. This close watchfulness enabled him to discover the cunningly contrived schemes by which wholesale fraud was perpetrated upon the Government Once discovered, there is to be no compromise until the courts have passed upon tho last case. While little bragging has come from this member of the Cabinet his work Is likely to prove the most valuable asset of the Adminis tration. The people would have no pa tience with any, proposition to turn out Secretary Hitchcock before his work has been -accomplished. Bad Figures on Poverty. Christian Register (Boston). Kobert Hunter ln hjs olc on ".pov - r - ertv,.. -cM-ted that 10.063.000 erty, asserted that 10.000,000 people In the United States lacked proper food, clothing and shelter. We did not believe hts statement, because such a condition ot things we thought must show Itself on the surface of society everywhere. We have for 50 years made it a point to know something about all sorts and con ditions ot men. beginning with the Sun day schooj. at Mr. Pease's House of In dustry In tho Five Points of New Tork. We have tried to know how people were living in all communities that came un der our .pbservatloa and have seen noth ing to Justify such a sweeping charge against social- conditions in our time Some ono has taken the trouble to look up the figures concerning pauperism ln the City of Boston and easily finds that M. Hunter, with the facile arithmetic of one whose sympathies are stronger than his mathematics, has multiplied the actual figures by four. It Is a fair sup position that this example, which he made conspicuous. Illustrates the meth ods of his dealing with tha problem of poverty throughout the United States. Grand Event Eagerly Anticipated. Deep River Corr. Cathlamet Sun. The ball which is to take place next Saturday night is looked upon as one of the grandest events ot tho season. . Tho writer, whlla walking through Maiden Lane square last Sunday, saw nothing but smiles, and "tho ball was mentioned as often as it rains in Wahkiakum. We hope the young ladles will be well sup plied with smiles at tho coming ball, for there Is no truer remedy In this garden of "up3 and downs" for a frown on a young man's face, and a surer assurance of a grand-success, than one ot those Irre pressible, soundless laughs from, a young lady whose hand ha Is holding; and there is no surer death to a "good time" than a long-faced dancer with a manufactured taste of appreciation for the occasiot. Mrs. Togo, Handlcom Weaver. Atlanta Constitution. Admiral Togo leads the simple life, and Mrs. Togo , weaves cotton fabrics with her hand loom for tha use ot the family. Mora often trua greatness comes et homely stuff. Valley. He moves out here In May and returns to his town house. 601 Park ave nue, corner of Center street Baltimore, December 1. While in the country he drives into the city every week day usu ally In a yellow surrey with a top. His coachman is a colored man. Like Teddy in the "Little Tycoon." Mr. Bonaparto "never minds the weather," and. rain or shine, he takes his 30-mlle round-trip drive during his residence at Bella Vista. When he is living in the country, Mr. Bonaparte gets to his ofiice on St. Paul street about 9:30 In the morning, and leaves between 4:30 and 5 o'clock In the afternoon. When he is in town for the Winter he arrives a little earlier and remains until 6 o'clock. Ho Is a busy man all of that time, for though he does not appear in court a great deal he has a number ot-Drivato Interests In the way of real estate hold ings and rentals to demand his attention, in addition to the affairs of clients that he looks after. Often he does not go out to lunch, but will take something at his desk that he brings with him in the morn ings He does not smoke or chew. Now that Mrs. Bonaparte is soon to be one of the Cabinet ladles, Interest will naturally center In and around her to a. very great extent. Mrs. Bonanarte has never cared a great deal for society. Her Inclination has not run to fashionable life and gayety In the first place, and then again her health has never been really strong, bhe Is relieved of the cares of the family establishments, both in town and tho country, to a considerable decree by a housekeeper that has been with her many years. Mr. and Mrs. Bonaparte usually give several dinners a Winter at their town-house, but their entertainments are rarely chronicled In the newspapers. Cardinal Gibbons Is Invariably among their guests, all of whom aro men and women of .culture and intellectual attain ments. During his stumping tours In the elec tion last Fall. Congressman J. F. C. Tal bott "opened up" several times on Mr. Bonaparte, whom he referred to as "Soup house Charlie," nd who was champion-in- with his accustomed vigor, the causa of Mr. Robert Garrett. Mr. Talbott's Re publican opponent for the House of Rep resentatives. Lator Mr. Bonaparte .was asked to explain the origin of the term "Souphouse Charlie." He said that tho expression alluded to a remark he made during a lectura delivered In tha early 'SOs. and that for all he knew Mr. Tal bott might have been originally respon sible for the "sparkling witticism." In the Brown-Hodge Mayoralty fight In 1SS5. the late S. Teacle Wallls. the late Colonel Charles Marshall. Mr. Bonaparte and oth er prominent men supported the lato Judge Brown on tho Independent ticket egalnst Mr. Hodges, the candidate of tha regular Democracy. Certain . pet names were then applied to Mr- Bonaparte, among them being "Academic Pharisee" and "Imperial Peacock of Park AVenue." But. in the parlance of the diamond, they "never touched him." One of Mr. Bonapartes chief personal characteristics Is his love of fresh air. The Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Is within two miles of his country place, but he rarely uses its train for his own convenience, preferring the 30-mile drive to and from his office In fair weather and foul. While his ability Is universally recognized by the bench and bar. Mr. Bo naparte has rarely been engaged In Im portant legal contests where big financial reward was the Incentive to win out It Is rather complex and unusual things that Interest him, regardless of the size of tho fee. In discussing him informally recent ly, a very able Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals said: "Bonaparte? Ohl I don't know. It seems to me he would rather have a bad case than a good one." ODD BITS OFJREGON LIFE. How to Make a Good Record. Irrigon Irrigator. We have heard no complaints from Portland about overcharging since the Fair opened. If her people can just stick to the motto, "No Overcharging," they will make a unique and profitable record. Their Wide Range of Activities. Salmon Creek Corr. Vancouver Columbian. Hugh Parcel and G. W. Goddard have returned from picking strawberries at Hood River. They made almost enough to pay expenses. They are now engaged In building a bridge east of La Center. Come, Colonel, Explain. Adams Advance. Colonel Arp spent Monday afternoon at the county seat It is currently reported: that the principal part of his call had something to1-do with a license, and ha was seen transacting business at tho County Clerk's office. It is up to the Colonel to explain. Only One Way to Kill Off Perry. Mitchell Sentinel. Perry Shrum had the misfortune acci dentally to shoot himself through the arm last week, making a very painful wound, but is recovering fast. It would ba a hard matter to kill Perry unless you cut his head off and hid it from him. Why There Is Something Doing. Spruce Corr. Tillamook Headlight. We see from what our editor says of the writing about "Mrs. So and Eo -visited Mrs. Bo and So," but we hardly know what to write. For if it wasn't for tha women visiting around the neighborhood so much there wouldn't be very much news. Miss Daisy's Rare Treasure. lone Proclaimer. Miss Daisy Atkinson possesses a chicken which has three legs, and which has been causing a sensation ln this neighborhood. Miss Daisy has already been offered largo sums of money for her chicken, but has refused them. The chicken seems to bo as healthy and strong as -any ordinary chicken. Why Mr. Fisk Smiled Broadly. Mapleton Corr.. Florence West Wednesday afternoon George Fisk cams down tha road with his head back, lus thumbs in the armpits of his vest and a smile on his face that broadened until it resembled the full moon. Upon inV quiring what was the matter I was In formed tHat he was father now, a young son having arrived at his place that day at noon. To Say that George is proud of his heir 13 expressing it In a mild form. It'ls said that a new smile Is also added to Grandpa Albert Knowles face. No Overcharging. Sllverton SIIvertonlan-'Appeal. The writer visited the Lewis and ClarJc Fair last Friday ln company with a large delegation from Silverton and we were all highly pleased with what we saw. But the point we want to make espdclally plain to every one Is the fact that you can visit the Fair any day or night and not be "held up" for all you have. The citi zens of Portland and the Fair manage ment hava seen to It that the hotels, res taurants and lodging-houses maintain their usual llve-and-let-llve prices, so that fair visitors can get just as good and as cheap now, as at any other time. This was not true of Chicago. St. Louis and other Fair cities. We speak, of this because It is due tha officials and is a hit for Portland and all Oregon- a