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as heretical or schismatic sects. One
curious fact Is that In all the points be
tween Romanism -and Protestantism
the Greek: church is much nearer the
Roman; and yet there Is no -more a
prospect of union between them than
of -union between Rome and Geneva,
or Moscow and Oxford.
The books that explain the causes of
the separation would make a library
Some of the leading causes may be
touched briefly.
The first cause was the politico -eccle
siastical rivalry of the patriarch of Con
stantinople, backed by the Byzantine
empire, and the bishop of Rome In con
nection with the new Franco-German
empire. The second cause, which Is in
cluded partly In the first, was the grow
ing centralization of the Latin .church.
through the claims of the bishops of
Rome. The third cause, profound In its
effect, was the progressive character of
the Latin church and the stationary
character of the Greek church, during
the Middle Ages. This means no more.
of course, than the difference between
the character of the peoples of the West
and of the East. In all the movements
and In all the variations of history and
of life the human spirit, in its different
types, is the controlling force.
Progress of democratic movement In
all countries where Latin Christianity
was ascendant has separated, or all but
separated, church and state. In all
these countries, certainly, the church. In
state affairs, ha? but an indirect influ
ence, such as may be exerted through
moral power. But in Holy Russia the
church, as represented through Greek
Christianity, maintains to this day the
position It held a thousand years ago.
It remains inseparable from the state
and guides It.- The priest is the agent
of both church and state. It 16 the com
blnatlpn which Voltaire characterized
as "Linfame." In Western Europe In
his time, and which his Immense lit
erary power did so much to destroy.
The secret of despotism in Russia, its
stronghold, is the obedience of the peo
ple to an outdated religious and eccle
siastical authority. And this fact
shows how difficult it will be to effect
the reform through which alone the
country can be delivered from a cruel
and relentless despotism.
PORTLAND. TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1905
bogies which telash Intereets ajwaya stasd
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rraoy cojre up ..." ......
rcvlr too. ThertJere. the time seesns awrpieious
fer the work to be dae.
But it Is from the candidates for Con
gress that answers snouia oe rao.
Such men must of necessity be in touch
with the thought and desires of the peo
ple whose support they wish to receive.
and their opinions, if based upon good
reason, must be most nearly represent
ative of the views of the people of the
district. It -Is yet early, but" none too
early, for the voters of the First Con
gressional District to listen to a state
ment of the tariff views of those men
who desire to go to Congress and help
frame tariff legislation. Quite natur
ally, the people wish to know whether
a candidate for Congress Is with Presi
dent Roosevelt or against him in his de
mand for tariff revision where trust
manufacturers are protected in levying
unjust tribute upon American consum
ers. Within the coming week the
Statesman should have replies from W.
L Vawter. Percy Kelly. W. C. Hawley.
T. B. Kay and others who have been
talked of as good limber for the mak
ing of Congressmen. .Perhaps, more
over. Walter L. Tooze may be able to
snatch time from his busy round of
speechmaklng at farmers' institutes
and G. A. R. picnics to formulate a
statement of his views. Turn on the
light, and let us see what Western Ore
gon thinks of tariff revision.
"HOLY RUSSIA."
In Russia there is not yet sufficient
political and social enlightenment to ef
fect separation of church and state. In
the United States the separation is
total, in England and France the con
nection during long time past has been
but nominal. In Italy the separation is
nearly complete. In Russia, on the
other hand, church and state,, 6tate and
church, are practically one.
This is "Holy Russia." The political
afispotism has its foundations in the re
llglous system. It is no new phenom
non. The like has appeared In similar
stages of human history, in all coun
tries.
Separation" of the churches of the
East and of the West Is one of the
leading facts in the history of the me
dieval and modern world. The Immedl- ;
ate cause;Tweier ecclesiastical In their
nature, but political events as is uni
versal in religious movements had
everything to do with preparation of
the way.
The partition of the Roman world in
395 A. D.. between Honorius and Arca
dlus aroused diverse and cpnflictlng in
terests, which had slumbered while the
empire was united. Transfer of the
capital from Rome to Ravenna, the
conquest of the West by the barbarians,
and its final severance from the East,
resulted in the rise of the bishops of
Rome to temporal as well as to spir
itual power. Thus, finally, the Holy
Roman Empire came, and the union
through the Roman pontiffs and the
emperors of the. West of spiritual and
political jurisdiction that is. the union
of church and state, over one-half the
world and the claim of Jurisdiction over
the whole.
The history of the West for five cen-
turies has been the history of effort for
dissolution of this union. It Is not fully
effected yet. but nearly, Concbrdats
have marked steps In thisseparatlon. In
France and Italy, and acts of disestab
lishment have been steps of the separa
tion In England and Ireland. But the
separation or disestablishment in the
West is all but complete. Germany and
Holland fought it out long ago.
But Russia has not been in the cur
rent of this movement, and In Russia
though there are multitudes of dissent
ersincluding more than five millions
of Jews church and state are practi
cally one The head of the government
and the head of the church are united
in the same person: and the despotism
of the government, is founded upon and
rests In the despotism of the estab
lished religion. The despotic political
system of Russia can fall only through
religious reformation.
It was chiefly through the course of
political events that the Christian
church in the early ages divided and
the Eastern church arose. The founda
tion of Constantinople, the dismember
ment of the empire, and the complete
separation, in a political sense, of the
East from the West, exalted the pride
of the patriarch of Constantinople, and
raised his see to an equality with that
of the bishop of Rome. He as indig
nantly resented the pope's claims to
supremacy as they were vehemently
asserted. During thess centuries of in
cessant struggle great changes super
vened in the character and constitution
of the two churches.
The controversy includes an immense
amount of doctrinal and verbal dispute.
of interest to the "student of history, but
in the light of the modern time consist
Ing. chiefly of wordy abstractions.
No two churches in the world are at
this day so much alike and yet so
averse to each other as the Oriental or
Greek, and the Occidental or Roman
They hold as an inheritance from the
patristic age essentially the same body
of doctrine, the same canons of else!
pllne. the same forms of worship; and
yet their antagonism seems irreconcll
able. Their very affinity breeds jeal
ousy and friction. They are equally
exclusive: the Oriental church claims
cxclufJve orthodoxy, and looks upon
Western Christendom as heretical; the
Roman church claims exclusive catho
Hefty, and considers all other churches
MOKE LATER,
Managers of a plutocratic syndicate
that assumes to own and to rule Port
land, whose influence or pretensions
center in the Ladd & Tiiton and First
National Banks first families, and
toadies to first families are and for
three years have been "putting up" for
a newspaper whose chief object In life
has been vituperative attack on The
Oregonlan. Well; The Oregonlan
here, and under provocation Immense
provocation It can Btrlke, too. Latest
effort of the organ of the plutocrats Is
the Insinuation that The Oregonlan
doesn't pay its proper proportion of
taxes. It will go into comparison any
day, on this topic, with those who as
sail It. Whoever may care to know
may learn from examination of the
county records that the property of The
Oregonlan Publishing Company for the
year 1904 was assessed at $185,014, upon
which the tax levied was 17400.60. Also.
that this tax was paid March 13. 19SS.
We think It will be acknowledged that
this assessment, on the basis of the val
uatlons in this city and county, is The
Oregonlan's fair share. This newspaper
does not pretend to raise its head
among the "kings of finance." AH
can do Is to be a newspaper a news
paper doing Its work. It Is ready
moreover, to pay year by year all taxes
on all proper valuations of Its property.
It asks no favors. Of course the prop
ert- of the Individual owners of The
Oregonlan Is not included in the abov
But It will be an Interesting. Inquiry
presently how much tax the great
banks of Ladd & Tlltoii and the First
National (whose managers hav.e gone
into the newspaper business also) pay
on capital, surplus, general business
and good will. It will Interest the pub
lic mightily.
and flour from India and from the Argentine.
The Pacific Coast millers, who have
had perfect control of this business for
more than twenty years, nave not
maintained, that control for the alleged
reason that the Chinese could not se
cure supplies elsewhere. They have
enjoyed a monopoly" of the business
almply because of the friendly trade re
lations established with the Chinese;
and It is the existence of these rela
tions that has been a powerful factor In
deferring the storm that now threatens
to break. These American merchants
have for a long time viewed with seri
ous misgivings the harsh treatment ex
tended the Chinese, and. If the trouble
Is patched up now. the credit for the
performance will be due to their ef-
EDITORS AND OUR FAIR.
The National Editorial Association
comes today to see Portland and the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, we Know
the editors end their work, and we es
teem them among the most important
visitors we shall have during the com
ing Summer. The editors know -us and
our city and state, and they kjiow, too.
from past pleasant experience that we
understand how to receive and enter
tain journalists, whether they come for
business or for pleasure. But they do
not yet know about the great Expos!
tlon. except by hearsay, and so they
haw come to learn, and to record what
thej learn. The editors have seen ex
positions. They know all about them
and why they are created, how they
are conducted, and their .value" to state
and nation. They have seen the Cen
tennial at Philadelphia, the World's
Fair at Chicago, the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition at St. Louis, to say
nothing of other events at New Or
leans. Atlanta, Charleston, Nashville,
Omaha and Buffalo. So they come to
Portland anticipating no revelations
and prepared for no .surprises. They
are here because they like Portland
and because they have a duty to per
form to their readers, and that duty is
to be Informed at first hand about any
thing likely to Interest, entertain or In
struct them.
We shall not tell the editors that w
have the finest Exposition In history.
They know better. We shall not ask
them to overlook the, defects. If there
are any. and observe and commend
only the meritorious features. If there
are any. We know better. They
would not do it and they should not.
We shall not ask them to accept any
body's word for what we have here,
not even the industrious and eloquent
press agent's. They have, as has al
ready been Intimated, come all the way
across the continent at large expense
to put their own pons In motion. Their
prejudices, if they have any. are all In
favor of Portland, for the sake of aukl
lang syne.
Oregon journalism has ever been
prominently Identified with the Na
tlonal EdltoriiH Association. It has
furnished It with one of the best presl
dents it ever had: it has had the ex
treme honor of having had the editors
.assemble "In our midst"; It sends al
ways representative delegations to the
annual conventions; and It takes a con-
plcuous part In all proceedings. So we
say to them that our interest in them
has ever been manifest in our work for
them; and when we say we are glad to
ee them, they know that we mean
every word.
0REG0N0Z0NE
Signer NlcoH Fina, of Portland haa
adopted a novel method of making his
relatives pay attention to him. Not hav
ing heard from his brother la St. Paul,
after writing sundry letters, he had a
friend write to the brother that he was
dead aad had left a fortune to the St.
Paul man. The brother was so eager that
he replied by telegraph, and enlisted the
aid of the police to keep the fortune from
slipping away. This recalls to mind the
young man who had been living off an
indulgent uncle. The nephew finally ran
the limit of Indulgence and the uncle re
futed to send any more money. Then the
youth conceived a scheme for getting
funds. He wrote: "Dear Uncle: when
you receive this I shall be dead, by my
ttT-tm Tia nrfti.nn In r mrvr than a
month ago pointed out the necessity for own hand; I can stand this no longer.
Immediate action, and within the past
few days Puget Sound newspapers have
discovered that the situation was crit
ical. The President has Issued orders
which will tend to quiet the clamor.
providing they are enforced. If. how
ever, the enforcement Is left In the
hands of the men who have caused the
trouble, small relief will follow.
The O. R. & N. Co. has established a
rate of IS cents per hundred pounds on
wheat from Condon to Portland. As
this Is no higher than the rate charged
from many of the company's main-line
points where a heavy traffic has already
been developed. It offers tangible evi
dence of a desire on the part of the
corporation to assist the settlers who
have waited so long for the coming of
the railroad. Considering the excessive
cost of marketing wheat from that re
gion before the railroad was built.
there would have been little or no com
plaint had a material increase over the
regular tariff been exacted. The build-
ins of a few more feeders like the Con
don branch, and a corresponding lib
eral policy after completion, would soon
restore the O. R. & N. Co. to popular
favor In the territory which It serves.
Please send money for funeral expensts
to John Smith, who will take care of my
remains." In reply the young man re
ceived a package of asbestos paper, with
this curt note: "Go where you will need
this to write oa whon you ask for more
money."
The Argonaut tells a story of an erudite
gentleman who recently examined the
contents of a new encyclopedia, finding
more than a thousand errors In the first
volume. Thus we have proof that the en
cyclopedia Is not Infallible. The fallibil
ity of the dictionary was established some
years ago iy a proofreader on a St.
Louis newspaper, This proofreader was
noted for his cocksureness. He was as
absolutely sure of himself as If he had
been a Britisher. In that particular of
fice Webster's dictionary was the stan
dard on spelling. One night a composi
tor found that the proofreader had
marked a certain word contrary to the
accepted spelling. Carrying the proof.
sheet to the autocrat, he remonstrated.
"The word Is spelt as I marked It," said
the proofreader. "I'll bet you J10 Web
ster spells It the way I did," the printer
replied. "I'll go you." assented the auto
crat. They looked up the word and found
It In the dictionary according to the com-
Indla. despite Its great proportions I tosltr'fl sDelllcr. "Well. I'll be dash
and enormous population, does not seem
to be sufficiently large to hold two such.
great men as Lord Curzon and Lord
Kitchener. It is not apparent that the
husband of Joe Letter's sister is to have
his salary reduced, or any of his state
rienhants detached from duty, but
Kitchener Is to be elevated to the po
sltlon of commander-in-chief of all the
forces In India, and the Curzon glory
may be slightly dimmed thereby. If
Kitchener was not a bachelor. It would
Wowed!" cried the proofreader, that
the first time I ever found an error in
Webster dictionary. Til write to the
publishers at once."
Uncle Robert's Essays.
NO. POETS.
Poets are the luxuries of life, to other
people, but they require some of the nec
essaries for themselves. That is why they
rAniiAntK varlr nvrrtlmp In the Olden
be easier to account for this objection o nnanctm nquor ad
riot, poets did not have to write to live
they lived to write. For their living.
and. their expenses were not heavy, even
from the Curzon family circle, but as
the young lady from Chicago will still
romam me nrsi jaoy l mi uie f-..n-r5liv- -neakin. thev cave
land, she oucht to be willing to let her L . ,.,
husband share some of the rest of the
glory with the greatest fighter England
has produced for many a year.
There is one thing that the Russian
navy can do If It gets a chance. It can
send fishing smacks and unarmed mer
chantmen to the bottom without receiv
ing a scratch or losing a man. Further
nroof of this Is not needed, but the val
iant 'commanders of the warships of
the Czar continue to furnish It when
ever opportunity offers. The latest tes
timony In this line was furnished by
the sinking of the British steamer Ik-
honaon June 5. 150 miles north of Hong
kong, by the Russian cruiser Terek. She
was carrying malls and rice from Ran
goon to Tokobama. and was legitimate
prey as far as that went. The Russian
if they had to pay interest on their debts,
for they let their hair grow long and thus
eaved barbers' fees; they wore one suit
of clothes until the separate garments
amalgamated; they used halos Instead
of hats, and their food was the nectar of
the gods, with a few cheese sandwiches
thrown In for feto days. Their biggest
Item of expense was the drink bHL If
the oldtlme poet could have lived whoily
on nectar he would have left fewer debts.
and his memory would have smelt
sweeter and blossomed more beautifully
In the dust.
Nowadays the poet Is a very practical
Individual. He requires three square
meals a day. and he insists- that his dish
of divine afflatus be flavored now and then
with a porterhouse steak. Instead of nec
tar he drinks oxtail soup or eats it, which
nmmnn- n-1 a nnt In the lnj(t afraid
to open fire upon her. though..for obvl- ever Is proper. He gets his hair trimmed
, aia nnt nttomnt to eon- once In every little while, and has so
WHAT HAVE THE CANDIDATES TO SAY?
For a long time the trusts have had
in the Salem Statesman an ardent de
fender of their Interests, for that paper
has opposed any form of tariff revision.
So anxious is the Salem paper to pro
tect the American manufacturer In his
privilege of charging more for his goods
in America than he does in foreign
countries that It has entirely overlooked
the right of the American consumer to
have some measure of protection also.
In the hope of leading the Statesman to
light. The Oregonlan some time ago
suggested that all the men who are
talked of as probable candidates for
Congress in that dlstriqt be Interviewed
upon the subject of tariff revision, the
theory being that any man who Is fitted
for a seat In Congress must have stud
led this Important National question
and formed a definite opinion. Acting
upon that suggestion, the Statesman
sent out inquiries to a number of prom
inent men. not all of whom have been
In any way mentioned as candidates for
Congress. Out of six replies that the
Statesman selected for publication Sun
day, one declares for the "standpat"
policy, two straddle the fence, and three
come out positively for revision. Only
one of the gentlemen quoted Is a can
dldate for Congress.
Henry E. Ankeny Is opposed to tariff
revision at present-
Walter L. Tooze, Congressional chair
man, and an avowed aspirant for Her
mann's seat, says he has positive opin
ions on the subject, but is too busy to
tell what those opinions are.
Dr. W. Kuykendall is opposed to un
necessary tariff changes, as are all
other Republicans, but Is willing to
concede that changing conditions might
make changes In certain tariff sched
ules desirable or necessary. He says he
Is not well enough posted to say that
the time for change has not arrived.
but he Is not convinced that it has.
Dr. James Withycombe says our Gov
ernment Is progressive, hence the need
of changes In our tariff schedules Is an
Inevitable sequence. We quote:
I am in lavor of a ratieaa! revision of the
tariff aa the exigency of the case may de
mand. In an attempt to revise the tariff
schedule, telflch interests roust be kept in
abeyance. To accomplish thin, I think the
better plan wooM be to empower the Presl
dent to appoint a commission for this work.
who, after a thorough deliberation, shall re
port to Congress. President Roosevelt can
be depended upon to appoint a commission
thoroughly competent for this undertaking.
L H. Bingham, of Eugene, not only
has positive opinions, but he expresses
them in straightforward and unmistak
able terms. He thinks the tariff agtta
tlon timely.
B. L. Eddy likewise takes time to an
swer the questions propounded, - and
thus makes his views understood:
The country la 9 thoroughly committed to
the poller of pretectlen. asd at this time
confidence in the- Republican party Is
complete, that it would seem Impossible tr
the people to beeose frightened at any
CRISIS IX CHINA TRADE.
It has at last dawned on the Govern-.
ment that our trade with China Is seri
ously threatened, and that immediate
action is necessary to prevent a blow-
that will cripple and perhaps destroy a
business -which we have been many
years In building. That the serious as
pect of the matter was not at first fully
realized at Washington Is quite appar
ent, for more than six weeks have
elapsed since the President was notified
that a boycott effective in August bad
been declared against this country, un
less there was a change In the treat
ment we were extending to Chinese en
titled to admission. Our commercial
rivals In China quite naturally made
the most of the opportunity, and. If the
truth were known, perhaps had some
thing to do with Inciting this threat
ened reprisal, but we waited until the
eleventh hour, and the result may not
be ver satisfactory.
This Is only another illustration of
this "cocky habit" we have acquired of
by word and deed proclaiming our inde
pendence of all other nations on earth
Every business man In close touch with
this delicate matter knows that through
our insulting methods of handling the
Chinese who are entitled to land on our
shores w have fanned up a spark of
hatred until it is about to buret into a
flame that will wither and destroy
American trade In China. The repeated
protests oC China against such treat
ment have been unheeded, although
their demands for fair treatment of
Chinese subjects made no insistence on
relaxation of. the rigid law against ad
mission of Chinese laborers. They
merely assumed that, having excluded
eevry Chinaman who under existing
treaties was prohibited from entering
or remaining In the United States, we
should throw no obstacles In the way of
admission of the elas-ses who were entl
tied to come.
Our treaties were quite plain on that
point and they were not difficult to In
terpret, but the pernicious activity of
the immigration officials ha? resulted In
making It practically impossible for any
Chinaman, no matter what his standing
may be. to enter without being sub
jected to humiliating delay and not in
frequently to gross insults. This Is the
wind we have sowed, and the cyclone
which we are about to reap Is casting
Its shadow before Secretary Shaw and
Secretary Metcalfe may continue to
hug the fond delusion that foreigners
do not buy anything from us that they
can get elsewhere, but an awakening Is
about due that will convince them of
the error into which they have fallen.
A Portland flour merchant who has
been unable to do any business with
Hongkong for the past two months yes
terday received a cable stating that the
Chinese were buying quite liberally In
Australia. They can also secure wheat
The Willamette Valley threshermen
have formed a trust and prepared a
schedule of prices to be charged for
threshing, and wages to be paid for
help. The latter, according to advices
from Albany, will receive 51.50 for
working from 5:45 A. M. until 7:45 P. M.
With 'longshoremen and stevedores In
Portland drawing down 50 cents per
hour for work that Is no harder than
that of the threshing machine laborer.
oy her with her valuable cargo to port-
many changes of clothing that sometimes
he leaves his checkbook In his other vest
and finds It necessary to send his valet
after It.
Latter-day poets are wealthy; they are
so rich that they can afford to wear ordl
nary clothes Instead of striving after
eccentric effects In order to draw atten
tlon to themselves. You cannot dlstln
gulsh a poet of the present day from any
other millionaire. The poet walks about
the streets, sidestepping to escape the
automobile or the trolley, and declines
to stand with his head above the stars
THE PROFESSION OP GETTING HURT
TJascrupaloscs Fakirs Who Mske Million. Yearly Oat of Corpora tic,
by FrrteTidiax to Have Etrt lajared is. Car Accieat3, Site.
Pearson's Magazine.
Annually, railroads, corporations, cities.
and towns throughout the United States
are fieeced out of a fortune estimated
conservatively at no less than IB, 0J, COO
In settlement of fraudulent claims and
suits against which the defendants are
utterly powerless- Every railroad com
pany, every trolley company, nearly all
of our bis manufacturers, as weR as
many of the lesser ones, and without
exception, all of our big cities are made
the victims of this class of sharper. In
Chicago alone the annual crop of faXa
damage suits brought against the city
amounts to a vast fortune. A project Is
now on foot whereby the various presi
dents and the ether officers ef accident
Insurance companies, as well as the heads
of the claim departments of the big cor
porations, will be Invited to organize a
protective association similar to the Bank
ers Protective Association. The object
will be. not only to run down mercilessly
the swindlers making cemfertabie living
out of this class of fraud, but also to
take a strong stand In putt lag a stop
to the epidemic of one-sided laws watch
are constantly being introduced and slip
ped through the state Legislatures to the
gerti o rtpono(e interests and. for
the benefit of The Profession of Gettlag
Hurt.
One Jenny . Freeman, then IS years of
age and describing herself as a tailor ess.
January 9. 1S33. made a claim upon the
Chicago City Railway Company upon the
ground that she had been badly injured
In a collision between two of Its caMe-
cars. She said she was paralyzed from the
thighs downward. Her physician was a
colored man practicing in Chicago. The
company sent Its examining surgeon to
call upon her. . He believed the girl was
shamming, although the symptoms were
so cleverly simulated that It was appar
ently a case of real paralysis. Believing
that It would be cheaper to settle than
to go to law the company paid the girl
October 15. 1S32. Jennie Freeman, again
describing herself as a taileress. made a
claim upon the Manhattan Elevated Rail
road In New York to the effect that she
had been Injured by falling against a
car door of a Second-avenue train as It
swung around the curve at Tweaty-thlrd
street- She said she had been accompan
ied by her sister. Fannie Freemaa, at the
time of the accident, and she accepted
?1M In settlement of the case.
June S. ISM. Jennie Freeman asserted
she had been Injured while boarding a
train of the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany by stepping upon a banana peel.
which threw her backward against a
seat. She alleged total insensibility of
the lower part of her body, practically
amounting to paralysis. Dr. S. E. Owens
for the company made every possible
test, even sticking plno Into her legs.
but she appeared, totally lnsensiblo to
pain. So the company settled with her
for JCW.
June 6. ISM. one Elsie Beldon. of TS
Dover street, Boston, made claim that she
had been injured on a train of the Aew
York. New Haven Sc Hartford Railroad,
by stepping upon a banana peel just
after the train arrived in Boston. Now
It so happened that Dr. R. P. Hubbard,
who had reported upon a Fannie Free
man, of "3 Dover street, for the West
End Street Railway Company, was also
examining physician for the New York.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad- What
wa.i his surprise, therefore, when he
called upon Elsie Beldon at 75 Dover
street to find Fannie Freeman lying In
the same bed and proclaiming the same
symptoms as upon his former visit- "Why
do you change your name so often?"
asked the physician of the professtdnal
invalid, and the visit was aa embarras
sing one. for the Freeman family, who
soon left for Chicago.
A claim for S2X damages was made ths
succeediag Christmas by Fannie Freemaa
for alleged, damages sustained by riding
en one of the trains of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroad. The girl com
plained that a sudden start of the train
caused her to fall against the seat, where
by her back was so severely Injured that
"she was paralyzed and ruined for Hfa
The claim agent became suspicious or the.
story. The train crew denied that at the
time of the "accident" a sudden start had
been made. Mrs. Freemaa stated that
she and her uninjured daughter had
saved themselves from falHng by catch
ing hold of the straps "hanging la the
car. whereas the Rock Island ears were
not equipped with straps. And tor this
apparent ruination of a young girl's life,
for this prospect of a long future of in
validism, they asked only 32COX Fannlo
Freeman's simulation of paralysis was so
perfect that no amount of pin-pricking
made her wince.
A detective was Instructed to investigate
the case from a criminal standpoint, and
under the name of "Mr. Seymour" he
managed to hire lodging In the same
house with the Freeman family. M he
soon became an intimate friend of the
"paralyzed" girL -The detective bored a
hole In the celling over the room where.
Fannie Freeman reclined In bed. and. saw
her arise and sit in a recking chair. She.
began to rock and perform all kinds
of capers by throwing her limbs in the
ah, etc.
In a few minutes the two younger
children were trying the skirt dance.
Faanie furnishing the music by humming
and singing. They soon tired of this,
however, and Fannie thought she would
give a sample of what she could do. She
not .only danced, but ran from oae end
of the room to the other, jumping, climb
ing over chairs, kicking over the top of
the high-backed dining-room chair with,
first one foot, then the other, without
making any stop. The visiting physician
had always been puszled at the low tem
perature of the girl's feet when he made
his professional visits. The detective saw
the mother plunge the girl's feet In cold
ice water before the physician was ex
pectedand heard the girl "swear volubly
at the extreme coldness ef the water.
Paralysis as a fine art is faked different
ly nowadays from what It was ten years
ago. In the first place prices bave gone
up. No self-respecting paralysis opera
tive would now think of asking less than
a small fortune for a seance. Instead of
COCO. Inga Hanson asked for .OO0. and
later, when the case had matured some
what, she raised the amount to S30.oe fr
alleged Injuries sustained by being throw-
irorn a car. In the Interim, between
trials, that Is. she took a trip to Norway
Whlle In .this country she lived part of
the time at good hotels, so that the de
tectives who watched her. Instead cf
being able to gaze comfortably at hr
through holes la ceilings, were compelled
to lie around on floors peering under
doors. Furthermore, she carried her case
to court no settlement for her and in
order that there might be no mistake
she had herself laid upon a cat and
brought before the jury, where, blted and
Inert, her condition could make Its! own
mute appeal.
Oran Hoskins. the "paralyzed youth
of Fort Worth, Texas, had been award
ed SS.0CO. True, the Hoskins verdict was
afterward revoked because aa attorney
came forward and testified that, long
before bis accident, the boy and his
mother had come to him and asked what
chance there would be for good damages
if an accident like the one that after
ward occurred should take place, and be
cause when a doctor who had previously
beHeved In Hoskins pretended to. operate
upon his brain, the boy. who had seem
ed blind, deaf and altogether inert,
sprang from the operating table and confessed.
It Is hardly probable that there will be
a large exodus of laboring men to the I staring Into cerulean vistas for Inspiration
Vallev. This Is the "open shop" plan -while dangerous traffic Is going on In the
with a vengeance. In fact, the time It
Is open so far exceeds when It Is closed
that the success of the experiment Is In
ddubt.
The Twentieth Century Limited train
will resume Its elghteen-hour schedule
between Chicago and New York, the
management being satisfied that the re
cent terrible disaster was in no way
traceable to the high speed of the train.
It Is not at all probable that there will
be uny perceptible falling off In pat
ronage by reason of the accident- Timid
streets. Also he abstains more or less
from the wine when It is red. when it
glveth Its color In the cup, and he knows
that strong drink such as whisky
straight, rye highballs and gin cocktails
Is raging and whosoever- Is deceived
thereby Is not wise enough to lay up
treasures In the First National Bank,
where moth and rust cannot corrupt nijr
burglars break In and blow up the vault.
The reason why the present-day poet
grows wealthy after a few years at the
business Is that he does not write poetry
as a means of livelihood; he makes his
living at sawing wood. He mixes up a
travelers avoid the fast trains, and
those who furnish the demand for such pulp of wooden thoughts, runs It through
flyers will continue to travel on them nrMdnr m,Phlne. saws It un Into cakes
regardless of the increased speed or the
increased charge exacted. If there was
no remunerative demand for them, the
elghteen-hour trains would be set back
to the slower schedule In short order.
Londoners are complaining of an in
vasion of American confldence men, but
explain that the victims in nearly all
cases are Americans. This latter state
ment Is open to question. It may be
that the only victims who have
"squealed" are Americans, but the
British victims were undoubtedly so I
badly chagrined at being victimized by
an American confldence man that they
neclected to tell their troubles to the
police. The confldence man who could
get away with the average American
traveler would find the average Eng
lishman easy picking.
Demand that the Government take
charge of irrigation In Yakima Valley
i ..nit. n.tiiml Vnwlipr In th wnrW
1. ,-ir.w iw-v of land, einable ofa bust. If be Is a real poet as well
of rmu-lnt- nmfitablv every agricultural as a magazine po. about 40 years after
of equal size, like laundry soap, and
finds a ready market for It In the maga
zines at so much per cake: The general
public mistakes It for poetry, calls It
poetry and lets it'go at that. Luckily it
does not go very far.
The poefs real poetry he keeps to him
self, because he can't sell It; and he can't
sell It because magazine editors, know
ingly or unknowingly, are subsidized by
the System (vide Lawson, of Boston),
and are afraid that a real, old rhythmic
strain pulsating with the divine fire and
fragrant with the unsullied bloom of truth
will offend some of their readers, who
cannot accept truth except In sugar
coated pills for puerile 'people.
The poet who attends to the practical
side as well as the Ideal side gets a lot
of fun out of life, though ha.wears a
Panama hat Instead of a laurel wreath
and he never had the satisfaction of vis
iting the Hall of Fame and rapturously
reading his own name on the basement
product known to the temperate zone.
Increase of the water supply means
large annual addition to the wealth of
Washington State.
"Are the enormously rich ever really
happyr asks a magazine writer. Why
ask such a question publicly when It is
so easy to Interview a Pullman porter?
his death somebody digs up his still glow
lng embers of the Immortal fire, fans them
to flame in an edition de luxe and dls
covers him. Then the fellow who lived
next door to the poet and never paid any
attention to him except when he (the fel
low! wanted to borrow 5S, rushes Into
orint and eays. "He was my most Inti
mate friend." and subscribes 60 cents to
a fund for placing a memorial tablet on
the side of the house where the poet used
to live.
There are practical printers, practical
plumbers and practical poets. It Is the
practical poet who draws the highest
scale of wages nowadays, but he must
cut his work to fit, he must work by rule
he must fill orders. This may not be
art for art's sake; most probably, to the
poet It la art for heart's ache; but It
T?la aonarentlv wants It under- pays the rent ana ouys an occasion
cfn-ifl that Rhe Is still stronc enough to J bat. And "after alL in a chilly climate.
take one more sound beating in Man- a hat beats a halo nine times out of ten.
churia. - i ROBERTUS LOVE.
A pretty shop girl in Chicago says
she refused C60 offers of marriage in one
year, but neglects to state what the fel
low did the other five days.
While the new opposition to Spreckels
may cut down the sugar kinga profits,
we do not look forward with hope for
decrease in the price of sugar.
FACULTY VIEWS0N ATHLETICS
New York Evening Post.
The recent assertion of President James,
of the University of Illinois, that
modern college athletics do more harm
than good to the students has been sub
mitted for comment by the Chicago
Tribune to a dozen or more college pres
idents and professors throughout the
country. The answers, printed in that
newspaper, show a genejql agreement on
certain points that are appropriately em
phasized by college authorities before the
season of Summer baseball and Summer
training for next Fall's football cam
paign begins.
"Training is now being carried to ex
cess." says President Plantz. of Lawrence
University, "practically making profes
sionals of college athletes and Impairing
the Intellectual work of many students
to their detriment." President Faunce.
of Brown, declares It to be "a fact that
the average football man has no time nor
strength for study during the football
season, and sacrifices himself intellectual
ly to the success of the team." Rowing,
he says, frequently leads to overstrain.
"Too much should not be expected of
them." says Professor Gray, of North
western University, In apologizing for the
low class standing of the typical college
athletes. Professor Scott, of the same
university, agrees with President James
that too few students engage la athletics.
and advocates the building of a large
number of tennis courts and the introduc
tion of association football. President
Stone, of Purdue, believes that modern
college- athletics are "antagonistic to good
scholarship," and the president of Ohio
State University, Dr. W. O. Thompson,
recommends a rigid physical examination
of those students who undertake to train
for college teams.
No doubt there will be set down by tne
college champions themselves, the real
rulers of the world of scholarship, as
voices crying In the wilderness, but to
the outsider the plea for moderation they
utter seems uncommonly pertinent-
Idleness a Cause of Divorce.
Leslie's Weekly.
In the shocking cases of perfidy and of
unfaithfulness to the marriage vow among
our wealthier classes, the root of the mat
ter lies, as In" so many other sorts ef sin.
In Idleness. The absence of strenuous,
compulsory occupation is In Itself a
temptation to crime. The Idle man or
woman whose sole Interest la life Is the
pursuit of pleasure Inevitably becomes
sated with Its different forms. All of the
ingenuity which can be expanded upon
Inventions of new sorts of food, new ways
of serving, new entertainments, really
a vails little. After all Is said, and done,
a banquet 13 only a banquet, a cotillon
Is only a cotillon, and even operas aand
theaters after a few years begin to seem
strangely and dully alike. A new emo
tion, a new sensation something which
money cannot buy this becomes the only
fresh and desirable thing on earth.
An Exalted Office.
London News.
Is any M. P. desirous of putting a ques
tion of a humorous character and yet ap-
nmnHate to the penitential season.
through which we are or are supposed
n oassln? The Question might be
framed thus: "Whether there is still In
existence an official known as the 'King's
rotkerower: whether he discharges his
duties faithfully, and what are the emolu
ments appertaining to the office?" A
mntrihntor to the current Notes and
Queries seeks for information concerning
this personage, whose alleged function it
was to crow every nignt aunng- jenu
MONEY IN COLLEGE SPORT.
- McClure's.
The average college professor does not
take the trouble to Inform himself on
athletic matters. One professor, when
first put at the bead of the committee
regulating sports, rushed to the graduate
manager and exclaimed:
"I will not stand for this. It Is not
proper for the association to purchase,
clothing for the street wear of athletes.
"What do you mean?" asked the man
ager. "I have discovered an Item la your,
report of 53CO for rubbers-"
The graduate manager hod to explain
that "rubbers" are helpers who rub tha
athletes down after their exercise.
But for delightful Ignorance, few could
equal a certain Dartmouth, professor.
Talking to a friend, a faculty member
of a rival college, this man out of the
world said:
"Dartmouth. I tell you. Is the moat
democratic Institution In this country.
It Is wonderful. Why. not long ago. a
colored man came to Dartmouth- When
he got there he had not a cent, and h
had. not a friend. The boys took him
in. They furnished his room. They paid
his tuition: paid his board paid his way
through college. It was one of the finest
examples of pure democratic spirit! I
have ever seen."
"Humph!" grunted his friend who was
"wise" about athletics. "What Is th
fellow's name?"
"His name Is Bullock." the professor
Innocently replied.
Bullock was the "star" end-rush, and a
fine track athlete-
In addition to ignorance, many a col
lege professor is lacking In backbone
when It comes to dealing with athletic
matters. That Is why athletes rejoice
la so many special privileges which aro
denied the ordinary student. That is
why, no doubt.. Pennsylvania's eleven
was given two weeks vacation at tha
time of the Harvard game In 1S01: one
week to prepare. In secret, for the con
test, and another week to rest and re
cuperate after the exhausting struggle
Lawyer's Fees
Arthur Goodrich in Leslie's Monthly.
The vast majority of lawyers do no bet
ter than make a fair living, and. if an
average could be made. It would be found
that a large number must earn ridiculous
ly small sums. An estimate recently
made showing that there are not five
lawyers In New York who make jaoo.CCO
a year, not ten who make $73,020. not 15
who make "30.CC0 and not 25 who make
5,000. Is probably not far wrong. "Above
all things." a successful lawyer remarked
not long ago. "never take a lawyer's word
about his salary. He doesn't mean to
prevaricate, but the appearance of pros
perity is so large a part of his capital
that 'bluffing about his income is a nat
ural habit- I can tell you what I make
in a year, but I shouldn't expect you to
believe it. and I shouldn't wish you to
belleye It. because it would probably be
unconsciously exaggerated."
The Spider a Hearty Eater.
Chicago Chronicle.
The spider, still and Intent, watched the
fly that struggled vainly 4n Its web. "Spi
ders aro voracious eaters. said the nat
uralist. "IX you had. according to your
size, an appetite equal to a spider's, do
you know what you would eat daily?"
"No. What?" "For breakfast you would
eat an ox. For lunch you would eat four
barrels of fresh fish- For dinner two Tul
locks. eight, eheep and -four hogs would no
1 more than fill you. For, supper. In order
to sleep well, you would need an ox and
I seven calves."