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and the story of his magical rise from
poverty to the possession of millions
was on every Hp, his success was the
means of dragging down Into the gam
bling maelstrom thousands of good men,
many of whom have since exchanged
comfortable homes and a fair compe
tence for convict stripes and a future
without hope. The wave of prosperity
which swept Sully Into the possession
of millions dragged Price, another cot
ton gambler, into the depths from
which he Is now emerging, although all
of the Sully millions have since been
swept away.
These shining examples of "gambler
3om" are mentioned at this time" be
cause it has been less than a fortnight
since Price "cleaned up" $750,000 on a
single turn of the cotton market. The
wish o prolong a war which can bring
nothing but misery to his people and
ruin to himself, or why he should have
vacillated over sending M. Wltte. his
best man for the place, as envoy. If we
were less acquainted with his character.
But he has never held steadfastly to
any line of policy, so far. and it is not
likely that he ever will. His disposition
is reactlorfary. He promises liberal
concessions one day and retracts or
nullifies them the next. He dreads, and
probably hates, the liberal leaders. II.
Wltte is the leading liberal of Russia.
His final appointment shows how ex-
barred from marriage or by scientific
sterilization from parentage. And this
Is but a sample of what Is being urged
upon public attention elsewhere. Thus
It has come that the discussion of race
suicide has been succeeded by that of
race improvement. It Is a great thing
indeed a glorious thing to belong to
what Galton calls a "thriving family"
i. e.. one In which the children have
gained distinctly superior positions to
those who were their classmates in
early life," and to be the progenitor of
a "large family" I. e., "one that con
tains no less than three adult male chll-
ceedingly strong the pressure of rising dren" providing that the large family
Russia has become. and the thriving family are one and
Up to a certain point In times of pub- the same. But no access of numbers
li. imrKi nncAosIon naelfies the tur- can conmensate the state for lack of the
I vminnt siomonts. When that point is elements of Intelligence, moral and ma-
Eastern press in a congratulatory tone I past, concession adds to tneir iury. xeriai growtn in tne ramus . iveacmng
mentions, the fact as being due to the Unless all signs fall it is past in nus- mis point, we nave come to a conciu-
unflagglng industry of Mr. Price, who. sia now. and M. W Itte's appointment, sion tnat it would oe wen to aoiae oy
by his thrifty habits and attention to will demonstrate the czars weakness since it is ot more reai vaiue 10 me
"business." has within less than three without gaining him friends, it is aiso race and the nation tnan an or ine
years been able to pay off about 51.000,- I worth noting that peace is not iiKejy to loose statements tnat nave oeen made
strengthen Nicholas at home, tie must in recent years upon "race suicide.
make enormous concessions to the Jap
aiipso. nf course, and that Is bad: but
to hnvA the hundreds of thousands of Judge Frazer Is taking hold of mat-
000 in debts Incurred in the previous
failure and at the same time accumu
late another million or more. As a
matter of coldblooded fact. Price is no
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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 15. 1905.
LET THERE BE ACCURATE STATE
MENT. The Oregonlan has not wished to
comment on Senator Mitchell's case. It
feels now however, that it may say a
word, by way of remark on an arti
cle that appears In the Roseburg Plain
dealer. That paper has continually op
posed judicial Inquiry Into the matters
Before the United States Court at Port
land at the present term. It now gays
of Senator Mitchell:
What. then, did the old leader do that the
wolf pack tore him to pieces? The. wolves
pay. "He expedited thoc claims." Is "expe
diting" a claim, that if, having it advanced
more entitled to credit for his oerform- disloyal, or. at least not very loyal, sol- ters pertaining to or growing out of the
Pfwtnfflee 41 .v. , (. I iAr rotnminr to loin the revolutionary 1 estaoiishment of a Juvenile Court in
1 xtii.c man lb iiic liiiu umin. iiiuiiiciui 1 -..
who skins his victims out of enough
money to swell his own bank roll into
phenomenal proportions.
This practice of applying the legiti
mate term "business" to the illegiti
mate calling of the gambler is most
pernicious, and has a tendency to give
the latter a standing to which his call
ing does not entitle him. Not nil of the
tainted money bears the odor of kero
sene, and a man who takes money from
others without rendering them an
equivalent is a gambler, regardless of
whether his name is Lawson, Canfleld,
Gates. Price or Sully.
movement, would be worse. History
presents few Instances of rulers con
fronted with problems more dangerous
than the Czar's. It Is unfortunate for
himself and doubly unfortunate for his
this city in a manner that indicates
personal interest In the work. His In
quiry into the work' as pursued during
his late visit to Denver has already
developed a satisfactory solution of the
country that he is not better equipped old question. "What shall be done with
to solve them.
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.
Ldke many very large things, the
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections had a small beginning. In
May. 1872. representatives from Wis
consin. Illinois and Michigan met in
Chicago to discuss questions about the
treatment of the dependent and defect
ive classes. Being mdstly state officials.
they took up prison management, care
of the insane In public hospitals, and
similar matters. Private enterprises
for social betterment, like college set'
tlements. were either outside their in
terest or did not then exist. The first
really National meeting to discuss
charities and corrections took place in
New York as a section of the Ameri
can Social Science Association, and It
was not till 1879 that the conference
held its first separate session. This
was In Chicago. Since then the annual
meetings have steadily grown In im
portance and scope. Life Insurance,
public and domestic hygiene, play
grounds for schools, ward politics, re
mote as they may seem from that char
ity which "hopeth all things, believeth
all things, endureth all thlugs," are fa
miliar topics at these meetings.
Charity is organized and scientific.
It still hopes, with St. Paul:. but It Is
far from believing all things. Charles
Lamb's Injunction to "Give and ask no
questions" it has rejected as a counsel
of wrath. "He that giveth unto the
poor lendeth," not unto the Lord, our
instructed age believes, but unto the
devil. Giving without inquiry is an In
vestment at usurious rates In sin, mis.
ery and crime. Investigation is the
basis of charity. "Raking into the
bowels of unwelcome truth" Is the be
ginning of social betterment. Like all
other scientific work, scientific charity
eschews self-deception., sentimentality
and illusion; and. having laid a solid
OUR NEGLECTED STATE.
The report of the transportation com
mittee of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, printed elsewhere. Is a
most thorough and comprehensive pre
sentation of a subject that concerns
every resident of our great state. Noth
ing is misrepresented, and nothing Is
overdrawn. As a matter of fact, it Is
merely a summing up and compilation
of a long list of indignities and griev
ances under which Portland and Ore
gon have labored so long that patience
has been practical!' exhausted.
Washington has belabored the rail
roads at every session of the Legisla
ture since It was admitted to state
hood, and It has been rewarded by a
mileage nearly double that of Oregon, a
state which has permitted the railroads
to do very much as they please. Taxes
are lighter on railroad property In this
state than In any other Pacific Coast
state, and yet the railroads continue to
expand their operations In Washington,
and with such expansion increase the
population and wealth of the state. Ef
fect has followed cause so closely that
there Is not an intelligent man in either
state who does not know that it Is the
transportation facilities afforded by the
Hill roads that have given Washington
her present lead over Oregon. As stat
ed 1n the report, we have been for fifty
years endeavoring to develop our state,
and have not made the progress that
has been made In other states less fa
vored by Nature but more favored by
the Tallroads. In permitting the rail
roads to sacrifice our Interests by form
ing alliances for the purpose of retard
ing railroad extension In terrltoy where
It Is sadly needed, we have silently
agreed to the perfecting of a monopoly
which has utterly failed to reciprocate.
Railroad-building In Oregon has not
been held up or retarded by reason of
adverse railroad legislation, high taxes
or lack of a productive country on
which to draw for business. It has
been held up because the profits of the
roads already In operation were so ex
travagantly large that, rather than
Jeopardize them In any way, the Wall
street managers of the Oregon railroads
the boys?" Judge Llndsley. of Denver,
who set the example In dealing with
boys who come under the ban of the
law. which Judge Frazer is industri
ously following, will be in this city In a
few days and give further aid In get
ting the work of the Juvenile Court
established. He will be warmly wel
comed In the Interest of the future citi
zenship of the state. Decimation of the
ranks of youthful convicts in the state's
prison will surely follow these efforts
In behalf of boys who-are prone to mis
chief but without criminal intent.
Common sense and understanding of
boy nature and love for. or at least an
Interest In. boys are the essential re
quirements for thus work. It Is pre
ventive, not remedial, and appeals for
support to all good citizens.
0REGQN0Z0NL j
Special Notice.
Hiram Hayneld. of Grass Valley. Or.,
sends word that he has matriculated in
a spelling: school at Cow Creek Aca
demy, to try to Improve on his ortho
graphy, which has been criticised by
"Constant Reader." He freely admits
that his spelling has not been what
might be expected of a grown man. and
he hopes that a course of a week or so
in the old blue-backed spelling book
will benefit him and enable him to give
Is views on current questions of Na
tional interest in a manner that will
pass muster at the annual spelling bee
on Cow Creek. "I awlways strive to
plees," writes HI, "and Iff yew give mee
time He beat my daughter. Jane Ma
rlar. necks spelling B." But he goe3
on to say that even his bad spelling Is
a little more like the King's English
than the following letter which he has
received from a Norwegian settler
whose promissory note he holds:
Der air
J haf revived your Later and J is orl J
haf not cud mlt my nots J haf axpakting
money for tva monts but have not reseved hvat
haf coromen and J bag If you Pllse voa car
ml one oder mont J haf one vlteplne ciam
for sal and per upn kvickest J can haf the
mm astlmeted eo J hops J can haf al satled
In stdea of one mont.
Pllse du the bast you cxn for me.
A disappointed contributor to an
Eastern periodical with the. sub-title
of "A Journal of Information for Lit
erary Workers." closes his lines with
these confessions: t
Into a new field I have dipped:
O. who can match
My lovely batcn
Of harsh, soft-phrased rejection slips?
The probability Is that a person wno
tries to rhyme "dipped" with "slips Is
not to be matched by anybody now In
the literary field, no matter how lovely
a oaten 01 siuii. ne may scim iu mo
editors.
ine colored murderer who killed a
dozen people on board a vessel from
UtUIa Island, off the Honduran const,
has been lynched. The news of this
final chapter In as bloody a tragedy as
was ever recorded Is accompanied by
the explanatory statement that "the
laws of the Island forbid capital pun
Ishment. and it was this fact that
caused the lynching." There are
great many places throughout the
world where lynching Is engaged in
not becauss the laws forbid capital
punishment, but because the lawyers
Interfere with Its being administered
where needed. Lynching Is always
brutal and repugnant to civilized peo
ple, but In the case of this wholesale
murderer, who has just met his fate,
no other adequate punishment could be
inflicted. The same good reason will
excuse a great many other cases where
the crime was so flagrant as to make
the end justify the means.
According to tradition, the manage
ment of the frontier social hops always
insisted that the guests who assembled
to exchange good cheer were politely
requested to leave their shooting-irons
out In the corral. Thl was, perhaps,
not Intentionally a reflection on the
manners of the guests, but merely
precaution against accidents. Some
thing similar seems to have been over
looked by Sweden when she first- ex
on the calendar and taken up out of its reg- basis of fact, builds upon It. In order haw nuletlv laid down whenever rival tended the glad hand to Kaiser Will
Mint nr-nfr w-mnirtorrwl 1 r r trnlr rtfrr fhA I a 1 At a a i 1 I w l
10 juvesusaie morougniy ana ouua en- romjK n-unir a club over them nnd told ,am Ior sne IS now ver mucn a,s
duringly. charity organizes. tunm ,n w vitMn H9in hnnn turbed over the size of the fleet which
ular order, considered to be work before the
department? The claim is on the list for pat
ent already, and will. In all probability, be
patented when It ls reached. The claim 1,
In reality, a fraudulent claim, but the old
leader does -not know this- fact. His partner
may know It, but his partner amurcs him it
ls honest. Ho believes his partner and has
the claim advanced, expedited. What has
he done? He has not secured a patent to a
Iraudulcnt claim; it would have been patented
anyway. Then the whole crime for which the
wolves have destroyed him was the fact that
he asked the. Commissioner to advance the
claim ahead of itn regular order.
Of this sophistry The Oregonlan will
say little. Unquestionably the 'claims
were fraudulent Mr. Mitchell proba
bly did not Inquire Into this aspect of
the case: nor did the prosecution. In the
course of the trial, for that was an
other branch of the Inquiry, not then
directly before the courL The inquiry
simply was whether Senator Mitchell
had or had not received money for ser
vices rendered by him to individuals in
relation to matters in which the United
States was a party. To do this thing a
Senator or Representative is specially
prohibited by law, and heavy penalty is
attached. Such was the prosecution. In
the case against Senator Mitchell. On
this point, and on this alone, the Jury'
returned Its verdict.
There should be no misrepresentation,
nor obscuration, of the real issue. The
matter is too grave.
LAWSON, GAMBLER AND ORATOR.
It Is not exactly a case of the splke
talled sprite with the cloven hoof re
buking sin when Mr. Lawson inveighs
against the evils of Wall street, but
There are features' of similarity in the
operation. Mr. Lawson, falling to keep
within the rays of the spot light as' it
nvas trained on him through a monthly
magazine, ls now touring the country
and at one-night stands telling the peo
ple of the dangers that beset them.
The Boston man with the matchless vo
cabulary has undoubtedlK in some re
spects performed a useful mission, in
exposing his former pals. Incidentally,
while he was doing this he has spread
over his gambling operations a glamor
of respectability which has a tendency
to legitimatize them in the mind of -the
people.
A friend came to Lawson one day and
told the great plunger that he was a
ruined man unless Lawson took hold
of sugar and boosted the market. Law
eon might have gone down to Canfield's
and coppered the ace, or put his money
on the high card, or even played poker
with. Addlcks. and won enough to save
the man from ruin. There would be
nothing spectacular In a performance
of that nature, so Lawson, according to
his own etory. manipulated the market
until he had forced prices up and saved
his friend from ruin. This was gam
bling in its most pernicious form, for
It ls the widely-heralded success of
plungers like Lawson and John W.
Gates that drags into the speculative
net vast hordes of "pikers" and small
salaried men whose all is eoon swal
lowed up by the system. It is not
necessarily the particular "system" en
countered by Lawson. but the system
of gambling, which is making financial
and moral wrecks out of thousands of
men in all walks of life.
When the fame of Sully, the cotton
Almsgiving is not her principal work;
she Is more occupied in removing the
need for alms. It is well to give food
to the poor widow with ten small chil
dren; it is better to give her the oppor
tunity and the resolution to earn her
own food. It is immeasurably better to
teach the ten children to depend on
their own brain and muscle than to
habituate them to expect to lean on
somebody else. It is well to give relief
to the starving family of a sick work
man; it is better to give the man light
for his eyes, air for his lungs, and
wholesome food for his stomach, while
he Is still able to work. He can then
take care of his own family. Charity,
therefore, studies how to light and ven
tilate factories proving ultimately to
the capitalist that money spent upon
healthful working conditions returns to
his purse multiplied. She opens cook
ing schools for workmen's wives, and
fights King Alcohol, with good bread
and juicy steaks more effectually than
prohibltlonlsm fights with votes. Char
ity believes in a race eugenic and eu
peptic; she begins to work for It upon
the unborn child. She teaches mother
hood to slatternly mothers; opens play.
grounds; supports kindergartens: fights
base politics, which fattens on the de
struction of the poor; wars with all evil
and fosters all good. Charity includes
correction, but is more- In her largest
and most beneficent aspect, charity is
prevention. Her goddess Is Hygela;
her creed Is prophylaxis.
ANOTHER CHANGE.
Last Monday the Czar received M.
Muravieff, his peace plenipotentiary,
coldly, and expressed a fear that the
strain of going to Washington would
be too much for his health. Wednes
day evening Foreign Minister Lams
dorff told a diplomatist that M. Mura
vieff was going into a decline. Thurs
day he fell. Herein enlightened public
opinion scores another triumph. M.
Muravieff lacked every qualification
for a peace envoy except the Czar's
favor and his reactionary prejudices
The Russian newspapers believed he
was certain to break off the negothv
tlons. either by intention or blunder.
and they have attacked him unspar
ingly. The peace party, which includes
all Russia outside of the small Grand
Ducal clique, has insistently begged the
Czar to recall his appointment and
name M. Wltte. who Is a man of ad
vanced Ideas, In favor of peace, and an
advocate of a Japanese alliance for
Russia. Twice the Czar has pointedly
refused: now he yields, and M. Wltte
Is to be plenipotentiary.
Unless the Czar changes his mind
again, this means that the negotiations
for peace will be serious on Russia's
part, with a disposition to concede
rather than higgle. M. Wltte ls aware.
no one better, of the disastrous outlook
for Russia in the Orient and her Immi
nent peril at home. iA'ery day new
sections of the country fall into an
archy; the loyal troops find It Increas
Ingly difficult to suppress Insurrection
and riot: the revolution Is spreading in
the army Itself. In the Orient, victory
is out of the question. It would be dlf
Public sentiment has at times been
worked up to a pitch where adverse
legislation and even a boycott were not
Improbable, but. as stated in the re
port, trouble of this kind has for more
than ten years been silenced by prom
ises.
Down the list from McNeil to-O'Brlen,
ejvery man In charge of the O. R. & N.
Interests In this state recognized the
necessity for extending the mileage of
the road: but their wishes have never
been carried out. and. as soon as spas
modic demonstrations of public senti
ment were quieted by promises. Wall
street lmmedlatey ceased to take any-
further Interest In the rich field that
was producing such enormous reve
nues. Fourteen years ago Chief Engi
neer Kennedy, of the O. R. & N., in one
of the numberless reports that have
been made on various neglected dis
tricts of Oregon, said: "Within a few
years after adequate transportation fa
cilities are provided all the country-
tributary will be occupied and devel
oped." It ls less than ten years since
E. E. Lytle began demonstrating the
truth of Kennedy's statement, and only
about eight years since A. B. Hammond
put through the Astoria &. Columbia
River Railroad, and. while neither of
those properties runs through country
as rich as much of that which ls still
neglected, both of the roads mentioned
have paid handsomely.
The report of the committee as print
ed has set forth the facts as they exist.
It shows what has been accomplished
In adjoining states less favored than
Oregon, and It also shows the Jeopardy
in which our Interests are placed by the
aggression of roads coming up from the
south. The question now confronting
us Is too serious to admit of another ten
years of promises, but inaction. If hos
tile legislation. Increased taxes and the
creation of a railroad commission will
cause the railroads to do for us what
they have done for Washington, an
early start on this kind of a policy
should be made. The railroad company
which has taken 533,358.361 net earnings
out of Portland territory In ten years
should be made to expend at least a
small portion of those earnings In open
ing up a few of the Isolated regions
which are fully as rich In possibilities
as formerly were those now in the pro
ducing column.
is trailing along In the wake of the
Kaiser's yacht. Of course Sweden
glad to see the Emperor, but the rfze
of the pack of war dogs which he
brought with him has caused some un
easiness for fear that they might break
loose.
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK: THREE KILLED IN TRAINWRECK
The Man Who Docs His ork
Quietly No Grandstand Plays.
Indianapolis News.
Collision Near Chicago Also Seri
ously Injures Sixteen Persons.
CHICAGO. July 14. A passenger train
. 3 i . c-fv.on nn t chleaco & Eastern Illinois itaii-
-L.UUC is saia wiesc urtju 1 r . V,. t ,ni,t,t
Allen Hitchcock, secreiary asuburban traIn at gteiger. HI..
ior. uut a gooa wora ougut iu sam t today. Three persons were killed .;ana
the quiet gentleman who has been work- even" injured. Some of the injured' may
inir for vears to clean ud the department ji. Thn ensrlnes of both trains were de
over whteh h nresldes. and to whose mnilshed. and the first coach on tha sub
io i ft, ft tbat ven i iirhan train was smashed. The dead are:
a United States Senator has been convict
ed of violating the law for hire. When a
Cabinet officer pursues his Investigations
even within the doors of the United
States Senate wc may be sure that he la
a man of courage.
Secretary Hitchcock Is not a "grand
stand player." and not at all a man to
make a . fuss about what he does. He
talks little, refuses or neglects to take
the papers Into his confidence, makes
few speeches, does not hesitate to offend
powerful Interests when they stand In
his way, though he does not boast about
having done so. and seems to be entirely
willing to work without having the public
eye on him. His chief anxiety Is lest the
thieves may get away, be warned before
the trap ls sprung, and lest the evidence
may escape him. So he has been patient.
though persistent, and has used the ut
most care In his Investigations. The re
sult Is. not only that we know that there
have been gigantic land frauds, but also
thnt ttb linw evorv rnn to believe
that the men guilty of them no Wuter
how hlshly placed will be punished.
It seems to us that such services as
these should be recognized as of very
creat importance: Mr. Hitchcock is known
to have been at work for years, occa
sionally the public has had some Inkling
of what was going on. but for the most
part the Secretary has kept his own coun
sel. He has been attacked oy some ot tne
leading men of certain communities, and
even the people of those communities have
been severe In. their criticisms of Mr.
Hitchcock. It may even be that In cer
tain cases they had a grievance. But the
Secretary was after big game, and his
sole purpose was to serve the people by
nrotectlntr the public lands, and by wrest
Ing. as far as possible, from the hands of
the thieves those that had already oeen
JAMES LYKE. engineer of suburban
train.
GEORGE EPSTELN. unicago.
pharles HORN. Crete. 111.
The seriously injured are: John Miller,
Chicago Heights, in.. one, wuku,
Ferdinand Heyn. Chicago. bacK ana
head Injured: James CrooKs. intcago,
back Injured; Dwlght I. Wood, brakeman
on suburban train. leg Droxen ana
bruised: A. Gllmore. engineer on St.
Louis train, shoulder dislocated and inter
nal Inujrles; F. H. Ross, wirago, suuui
der Injured, arm broken and Internal In
juries.
The cause of tne collision was
. . ... . . 1 .v..itr.V train nntrt
swltcn wmcn leu wie wnuuf.
a siding on which the suburban train was
standing. That the switch was opened
by some one either carelessly or with
malicious Intent is tne ineory i un
cials. Search Is being made for a laborer
at Steger, upon whom suspicion rests.
The man disappeared soon after tho
tvreck. A warrant has oeen sworn buk
for his arrest.
Three Killed in Wreck In Towa.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia.. July 14.-Thred
men were Kiuea ana iwo piu'i 1
injured in a freight wreck on the Iowa
rntrni Railroad, near Richland. Ia.. to
day. The dead are: Jesse Long, engineer;
William West, nreman: aamuei uuij,
brakeman. The injured are: jaigineer .
K. Williams and Fireman w. 1. Jic.ua
hon. All the dead live at Oskaloosa, la.
TOBACCO REPORTS DOUBTED
Why was not Epstein, who beat his
wife on a public street in this city last
Monday evening In full view of a curi
ous crowd, haled before the court and
thence to the whlpplng-post? A better
subject for the lash could hardly be
imagined than this low. vulgar brute
would have furnished. Instead of this,
however, he Is merely to figure as de
fendant (perhaps by default) In an ordi
nary divorce suit, the result of which
will leave him at liberty to marry. In a
few months, the woman for whom he
forsook and beat his wife. Here's hop
ing he may yet get what Is coming to
him at the whipping-post, and his ac
complice what is coming to her as the
result of her turn at Epstein's marital
discipline.
A grand sight and an inspiring one
was that presented by the fleet of fine
river craft, gaily decked In bunting and
making the air resonant with steam
whistle calling to steam whistle as It
left Its moorings yesterday morning
and steered toward the Columbia River
with 2000 doctors aboard. The day was
made to order by the powers that rule
the Incomparable climate of Oregon.
The mountains, with heads uncovered,
gave the excursionists stately greeting
as they passed: the great river gave the
craft free passage, and hospitality did
the rest toward making the day an en
joyable and memorable one.
The gift of J100 each to the 25 school
teacners In Falrnaven, .Mass.. Dy
Standard OH magnate, to be used for
vacation purposes. Impels Leslie's
Weekly to suggest that some other
philanthropist should "go and do like
wise Tor a group of tired and wornout
preachers." This good work has ben
begun already by some of the Los An
geles churches, which have sent their
pastors on European trips. The Rev.
Robert J. Burdette. who lives In the
modest mansion occupying the highest
point on Orange Grove Boulevard
otherwise known as "illlllonaries
Mile." at Pasadena, is one of these fa
vored few. Brother Burdette has start
ed for Europe, and his Sunday letters
en route to the Los Angeles Times snow
that he Is being refreshed by the trip.
If upon his return he delivers a lec
ture about his vacation. In his well
known style, the general public is like
ly to profit still more by the generoslty
of his church.
Just because ex-Governor Timothy T.
Geer rode In from Salem yesterday on
the blind baggage, some of his polit
ical opponents may insinuate that he.
was saving his ticket so that he could
soli out to a scalper, but the Governor
declares that he got on the wrong end
of the train by mistake, after It had
started. He enjoyed the scenery,
though he says the rear-end observa
tion car is more comfortable.
The Old Dipper Gourd.
I've drank the rarest sparkling wines
From sunny hills of France.
Each bubbling bead a Hit of vines
And flowers and festive dance:
I've drained the richest ruddy brew
From fair Italla's vales.
Each eager drop reflecting true
Romance and tender tales:
But richer, rarer, more divine
Than any draught of co3tly wine.
To me that drink I once adored
Cold water from the dipper gourd!
Some day T may return to quaff
The liquid Joy it gives.
And hear the gurgling waters laugh
Where endless Summer lives, '
In flowery Southland far away
From weary walls of men.
Beside the calm, untroubled bay
Wlthln my native glen:
And then I know I'll quite forget
The cup that cannot kill regret.
To drain that liquor once adored
Cold water from the dipper gourd!
Perhaps I'll find the scene Is changed
And strangers dwelling there.
Where once my childish footsteps ranged
The meadows free and fair;
Perhaps to walls the trees have turned
And whirring wheels go round.
Where once the robin's call I learned
A song m every sound;
But I can bear with anything
If 1 but find the same old spring.
To sip that nectar once adored
Pure water from the dipper gourd!
ROBERTUS LOVE.
Charge Thnt Trust .lianipuitti.-
Them Is Being Investigated--CT.-AST4TXOTON.
July 14. Through tha
stolen. The effect of his work will te receipt of numerous communications irom,
good In many ways. It will make hon- tne south and statements appearing In tho
esty fashionable for a time, and will 1m- press at various times that the statistics
prove the tone of the whole public serv- of tne Department of Agriculture on to-
Ice. Mr. Hitchcock does not. apparently, Dacco were being manipulated in tne m
care for notoriety, but no man can be In- terests of the so-called tobacco trust, Sec
senstble to praise for doing his duty. At retary Wilson has been making an Inquiry
least appreciation 01 services renaerea i Jnto the subject, rending tne inveais.
somethlng which most of us crave. Sec- I tlon te publication of the tobacco statls-
retary HltchcocK nas periormeu many tlcs of tne aeveral districts win De uem
Important services, and he deserves well up although the regular monthly figures
of the country. bv states will be given out on Monday-
There Is much to be done yet. for tne
land frauds are of vast extent, and they It was stated at the department today
have been going on for years. But we that speciai agents have been sent to tha
thlnlc tnat tne man now inveausuuns dark tobacco districts ot uennessee iuu
them will continue his war. and that Kentucky for the purpose or verifying or
when he gets through the Land Office correcting the department's figures. This
will be purged of corruption and of the acton jir. Hyde, the chief statistician,
men guilty of It. Further than that, we gaId was jn deference to the sentiment
suggest that If there are any other Whch nad been engendered that the de-
mcmhors nf Coneress who have been fliir were wholly Incorrect.
dickering with the land thieves, they had Mr Hyde has been given direct charge of
oetter iook out for tnemseivcs. the investigation, wnicn il is expecu. m
be concluded within two or three weeKs.
His Brother Had Spat With Wilson
vpw YORK July 13. Walter C. Hub
bard, president of the New York Cotton
Exchange, today sent the following com
munication to T.ne ASauuau
"Permit me to ask you very kindly to
correct a misapprehension ot the press
tn mv letter to President Roosef
velt concerning the disclosures In the De-
HONEST, NO DOUBT.
But Though Long; on Nerve, He Was
Short on History.
Ellensburg (Wash.) Capital.
While at Portland a few days ago
James Stevenson fell In with a young
stranger while lunching on the Fair
fc.wn.iv.a. ..u ... -.i. ....... - -' ..-o t hovA naver
ersauon tne youin, wno uiamieu iu 1 iai uucui. --o- .,v . ., ,at
from Chicago, took special pains toTip written to secretary vSuu.
ur" th West, and everything in it. tie
That a bunch of Butte miners desired
to corral a bevy of bright Illinois
schoolteachers Is but another bit of evi
dence that desirable wives are In de
mand where the male population ' Is
largely in excess of female. More than
thirty years ago a cargo of eligible
women were Imported into the sparsely
populated Puget Sound country and se- I
cured husbands within a few months.
No doubt 10,000 positions as housewives
are available on the Pacific Coast at
this time.
was heralded around the world, I ficuit to Imagine why Nicholas should
FATE OF TILE UNFIT.
Much is being said in these days In.
relation to the practical promotion of
eugenics. Medical men are strong in
denunciation of the stupidity and crim
inality that not only permit, but en
courage, the perpetuation of the unfit.
while scientists delving deep for cause
of race degeneracy find and proclaim
It In conditions so palpably preventable
or controllable that human Intelligence
stands Indicted for criminal indifference
in that such conditions remain to curse
the world by their fruits.
Within a week two strong statements
from medical sources have been deliv
ered in this city upon this subject, the
burden of each being that the degener
ate, the insane and the criminal should
be done away with promptly and
painlessly, and the physically unfit be
Members of the American Medical
Association are to be felicitated on the
last day of their official stay upon hav
ing made the finest river trip In the
world un'der weather conditions Incom
parably fine.
It Is worth noting that, contrary to
the prediction of knockers, Portland's
food caterers did not run up prices
with the opening of the Fair. No one
hears visitors complain of being robbed.
Possibly It has Just occurred to the
Czar that, when an unsatisfactory
peace is concluded. M. Wltte will be a
good choice for scapegoat.
Here's to you. Captain Peary. Even
if you don't find It. we hope you will
return safe and sound in the good ship
Roosevelt. .
Disposing of the Grafters.
New York Evening Post.
Undoubtedly there will be great sym
pathy for Mr. Mitchell In Washington
He merely did what dozens of other
Senators and Congressmen are doing
all the time ignoring their real re
sDonsibllltles until they become con
vinced that their first duty is to their
constituents. It Is a pity that In this
case the conviction was secured on
what ls rather a technical point In
stead of on tho direct Issue of fact as
to whether Senator Mitchell was or was
not one of the land thieves Secretary
Hitchcock Is prosecuting so relent
lessly. None the less, the conviction
will do a vast amount .of good, be
sides making a dozen or more Sena
tors tremble In their shoes lest the
public have further reasons for seeing
In the Senate a resort tor law-Dreatters
as well as a "rich man's club." The
snectaclo of two of their kind. Burton
and Mitchell, actually convicted will
cause people to rejoice the country over
that grafters In high political places
arc being caught up with. l-urtner
more, the Mitchell trial has given
most valuable insight into the attl
tude of mind of such as he. It has
been Impossible to convince him that
he did wrong; the whole trouble was
that Secretary Hitchcock had a grudge
of some kind against him and that his
law partner betrayed him.
The Peerless 3Iulc.
From the Chula. (Mo.) Stvrt.
Hti nobl ears and maly nose.
His itllstenlnjr coat and polished toes. .
His fine straight legs and ribs of steel.
His tnuiclf tense as when you feel
A monster warship's Iron keel.
Ills tendons of the strength It brings
To twist a million cat&ut strings.
He drags the battle engines forth
And proud to prove on field hit worth.
He dtea like one of noble birth.
A faith portrayed In form and face.
To divorce mountain from their base.
He dlf at last a giant klnr
Of all the creatures earth can bring.
And leaves so child bU sralM to Jinx.
declared that the people were slow, knew
little of the world In general and were
really hardly worth taking Into considera
tion. The Exposition, he declared, was
total failure, and he concluded his whlrl-
. n nor t no seauei 10 uiu
Hfh him ronducted by my brother.
Samuel T. Hubbard, when president of the
New York Cotton Excnange. My iuj
was prompted simply by the recent reve
lations, and had for its purpose aolely tol
wind ot denunciation by saying: "I tell make a clear statement ol me
you this show Is a fizzle, and Lewis and of our exchange.
Clark are fakers and ought to be exposed
by every honest man.
Mr. Stevenson was too mucn amused to
get mad. and he let the young man fin
ish his harangue, when he turned to him
with one of his penetrating glances and
Cheatham Confers With Officials.
WASHINGTON. July II. Richard Cheat
ham, secretary ot ine auumc...
, trtdav was in lengthy conter-
slmply said for he was surprised "My J,nce wjth District Attorney Beach and
dear boy. are you In earnest?' iIr j-0ran. acting chief of the Secret
"Never more so. snapped tne reilow. Service Bureau, regarding tne recent -ui-"Don't
you know." said Mr. Stevenson. ton investigation. Mr. Cheatham pro-
In a kindly tone, that Lewis and Clark poae3 to remain here for some time, ana
have been dead for many, many years. wjjj assist In the preparation of evidence
and this Exposition commemorates their unon which possible criminal prosecutions
famous trip to the Pacific?"
"Is that true? asked the smart young
man in real amazement.
"It Is." said Mr. Stevenson.
"My friend."' the late kicker said. "I've
made an ass of myself: 1 ve learned some
thing: I shut up right now, and I'm going
to stny shut up. Thank you, and good
day."
may be based.
Before and After.
North Yamhill Record.
The Eastern press, now that Senator Mitchell
Is meeting with reverses, pounce upon him
like a pack of hungry wolves upon a lamb.
displaying In many Instances the rankest ig
norance of the merits and demerits of the
BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Rear-Admiral Thomas has been detailed
s superintendent of the naval training
service.
Serious disputes have arisen between
Brazil and Bolivia about the demarcation
of the boundary.
Peru will reduce foreign postage on
ron'cnnncrs IO ccnus iiiu " ... .
matter to 4 cents after September 1.
m.o. towi- Donnrtment will establish A
school of application for the Instruction
of newlv commissioned paymasters.
case, all of which, however, has a tendency A bjj haa been Introduced In the Bra
to prejudice the higher courts In which Mitch- rnncress offering a prize of 52.000.-
ell may yet have a hearing. Had the Ore- t. .ii-rovercr of an efficacious cure
would have been Just as demonstrative agalnit
hLf accusers. This characteristic of the Amer
ican pres Is subject for the bitterest of con.
demnatlon. Roseburg Plalndealer.
Just so. and you can find men right
here in Oregon who have supported Mitch
ell. and have taken great pains to see
that men were elected to the Legislature
favorable to Mitchell's election each time
who now clnlm they knew him to be
rascal all the time. Strange how some
men can turn a double summersault and
alight running the opposite direction when
for tuberculosis.
The committee preparing plans tor trio
centennial ol ss.eu.iu "",' , . , i.
In New York In 1907. has oeciuea 10 iuu
Admiral Togo on his flagship.
Captain Warren, a cattle rancher ana
miner, aged about 70 years, was shot and
Instantlv killed on Thursday evening by
a Mexican halfbreed in his employ neat
San Carlos. Ariz.
The Younj? People's Christian Union con
vention at Hartford. Conn., yesterday de
nnt to make Junior unions a part .of tho
Roosevelt. Hitchcock and Honey get after National and state unions, paying a tax
tha heavy-weight conspirators. of 5 cents a weeK per memuer.
swindler In Salt JaKe nas oeen seu-
. . . , t ln th. TTIti-ii Tn-
Some Wont Desert Him. IOI? ' t-. V Im hViv-
Iaian rcser "
tn rprpints as a land agent, and thus
A Portland paper remarked that men making himself liable unuer reaerai un.
whom SenatorMltchcll made politically are
lcavinsr him as rats desert a sinking ship.
That ls Just like the Mitchell crowd. All
thev cared for the ring was tne money-
there was In It. and now they are ashamed
of their own colors. But there are many,
about 7t. who will not desert Mitchell, for
the particular reason that they arc In the
same boat. The others were hut politi
cians of the lower order.
A Glorious Chance.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
If Mr. Carnegie will kindly loan Rus
sia the cash to pay her Indemnity ob
ligations, he will have a most glorious
chance to die poor.
Portland Cement Ranks High.
Kansas City Star.
Portland would appear to be an ap
propriate place to cement the bonds ot
peace between Russia and Japan. Port
land cement ranks high.
Sonnet to Sleep.
William Wordsworth.
A flock of sheep that leisurely pas? by
One after one: the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, wlnda and
seas;
Smooth fields: white sheets of water, and pure
sky
1 have thought of all by turns and yet to He
Sleepless, and soon the small birds' melodic
Must hear, first uttered from my orchard
trees.
And the first cuckoo'a melancholy cry.
Even thus last night and two nights more
I lay
And could not win thee. Sleep, by any stealth.
So do not let me wear tonight away.
Without thee what la all the morning's wealth?
Come. blesed barrier between day and day-
Dear mother ot fresh thoughts and Jorous
Tho hodv of Emmeline Schlldlosska. wife
nf n Pole who was employed In a barber
shop at Belmont. Mass., has been found In
a gully with the neaa nearly severeu.
Her husband Is believed to be on the way
to California.
The Navy Department will form a flo
tilla of torpedo-boats to be attached to
the Coast squadron. The torpedo-boat
destroyers heretofore attached to tho
Coast" squadron will be attached to tho
battleship squadron.
Samuel Plunkett. a stockgrower near
the Roosevelt reservoir on Upper Salt
River. Ariz., and an employe named E. A.
Kennedy were murdered and robbed on
Wednesday and their bodies found yes
terday. Former Mexican employes are
suspected.
Walter Sullivan, a passenger on the
steamer Manchuria, for Manila, was
found to be missing on the arrival of the
steamer at Honolulu. He was a gradu
ate of Yale, and a son- of D. D. Sullivan,
a banker of Austin. Tex., and was on his
way to visit his sister, the wife ot Colo
nel Clem, at Manila.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kerouac. of St.
Herbert, N. Y.. who had only been mar
ried a year, have been drowned together
In Lac Grande Fouche by the foundering
of a boat In which they wero rowing.
Mrs. Dumont. a slater of Mrs. Kerouac,
who" accompanied them, was picked up
alive after having been In the water for
two or three hours.
El W. Warflcld. cashier of the St. Louis
County Bank, at Clayton, a suburb of St.
Louis, and one of Its wealthiest citizens,
shot himself through the head yesterday,
dying Instantly. Ill health Is the sup
posed cause. He was 60 years old.
The Administration building on tho
Stony Point (N. Y.) battlefield reservation
will be dedicated today, this being th
126th anniversary of the capture of Stony
Point by General Anthony Wayne.