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Tinfe HORNING- OBEGOyiAy , - SAURDA3l- JULY 29, 1905? JSaUred at the Postoffice at Portland, Or., as second-class matter. BUBSOUPTIOX KATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. (By Mall or Express.) Daily and Sunday, per year S'2x" Dally and Sunday, lx months 5-w Dally and Sunday, three months 35 Daily and Sunday, per month Dally without Sunday, per year i'S! Dally without Sunday, lz months 8.80 JJally without Sunday, three month.. 1.85 Dally without Sunday, per month .05 Sunday, pr year. -0 JSunday, sir month. x-rX tSunday. three months . . -. .SO BT CARRIER. Dally without Sunday, per week -IS Dally, per week. Sunday Included t THE WEEKI.T OREGONIAN. Issued Every Thursday.) Weekly, per year ..... ........... 1.50 Weekly, alx months. ................... Weekly, three months 50 SOW TO REMIT Send postoitlce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C Beckwith Special Atcncy-Ntw Tork. rooms 43-50 Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms B10-512 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago-Auditorium Annex. Postofflee ICews Co., 178 Dearborn street. Dallas, Tesv-Globs News Depot, 200 Main street. San Aatoalo. TexLouls Book and Cigar Co., S21 East Houston street. Dearer Julius Black, Hamilton & Kend rlck, 808-812 Seventeenth street; Harry D. Ott. 1363 Broadway; Pratt Book Store. 1211 Fifteenth street. Colorado Sprints, Colo. Howard H. BelL Dec Molars, Ia-Moses Jacobs. 308 Filth street. Goldfleld, Xer. C. Malone. Kansas CMy, Mow Rlcksecker Clear Co., Ninth and Walnut. Los Angeles Harry Drapkln: B. E. Amos, EM West Seventh street. Minneapolis M. J. Xavanaugh. 60 South Third; L. Regelsburger. 217 First avenue South. Cleveland, O. James Pushaw. 307 Superior street. New York City I. Jones & Co., Astor House. Atlantic City, N. J. Ell Taylor. 207 North Illinois ave. Oakland. CaU W. H. Johnston. Fourteenth and Franklin streets. Ogden F. R. 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Italian phyriclsts asserted more than a century ago that the spread of certain fevers depended on transmission through the mosquito; but not till our own time lias It been fully established. The malarial mosquito Is one variety of the insect; the yellow fever mos quito Is anpther. The several varieties have been closely studied. Patient In vestigation -with the microscope has ac complished -wonders. Magnified to three Inches in length, the yellow fever gen tleman or lady) is a dandy-looking fel low, with striped trousers, a cutaway coat and a. showy necktie. Just how the yellow fever germ originates In the mosquito is nof. known, but It Is known that this Individual mosquito propagates It, and prob ably that it cannot be propagated "without him.. If he bites one Infected with yellow fever, then he Infects with the germ the next person he bites. The wonderful thing Is that the microscope detects in the mopqulto the parasite In process of sexual development. To pre vent, then, the breeding of this mos quito, and to keep it from biting the human individual, are the sure ways of preventing or of stopping the yellow fever. Upon these principles New Orleans is now making her fight against the spread of yellow fever. All pools -where the mosquito may deposit Its eggs are drained or closed. All Infected patients are kept where the mosquito cannot bite them And carry on the Infection. All persons In health guard their per sons in every possible -way against the mosquito. It is an accepted fact. then. In phys iological science that the yellow fever Is due to a parasitical germ, whose sex ual life history is worked out In the body of the mosquito. In the whole domain of science nothing exceeds this 1n wonder and in importance. It Is upon this .knowledge that New Orleans Js now fighting the yellow fever, confi dent of ability to eradicate it. It is believed to have been demon strated fully by our people In Cuba, dur ing the occupation by our soldiers, that yellow fever Is propagated only through the mosquito. Men slept in yellow fever quarters, on bedding on which, yellow fever patients had lain and died, yet had not a touch of the disease. The only precaution was to bar the mosquitoes oifu New Orleans drains or screens her pools, Isolates her yellow fever patients and spreads the mopqulto bar. Thus already she is get ting the better of this sudden and ma lignant outbreak of one of the most deadly diseases known to man. CONDITIONS OF PEACE. Evidently the end of Russia's dream of a Far Eastern empire approaches. She must make peace, on the best terms she can get. She must abandon her pretensions to imperial domination on the Pacific; she must pay heavy Indem nity for Japan's losses in the war. These things she must do. or withdraw from Aeia Into Europe, or withdraw at least into the heart of Siberia, so far that Japan will be unable to follow her. Only by- acceptance of such terms as Japan may propose will she be able to Tetaln any fragments of her preten sions to & hold on the Pacific. Jtu-sela must completely evacuate Manchwria. Her menace over Corea must be withdrawn. The claim of Russia to hegemony in Eastern Asia will be subordinated to that of Japan. It is Intimated that Japan will not lay claim for herself to Port Arthur and Vladivostok, for naval ports, but will insist that they be neutralized and re main tiBfefUAed. Her power at sea will enable her to reaintaia this condi tion, ad to prevent any renewal of the menace t her Interests on the con tlneat. Through arrangements w&h Cairo. a-l Cerea, alter peace steal! fee made wkk Rateta, Japan wMl be able to establish her leadership In the affairs of Eastern Asia and to maintain it No outside power will wish to at tack her. " It was an International crime of stu pendous proportions when "the pow ers," at the end of the war between Japan and China, forced Japan to give up Port Arthur, and permitted Russia to occupy It, through "lease from China. It was a menace to the very ex istence of Japan, which Japan could not Ignore, and hope to live- It bred this costlj' and destructive wan and Japan now Is on right ground when she demands indemnity tor her expenses In the war and guarantees for the future. SAFEGUARDING THE STATE'S INTEREST The testimony produced by the state at the land contest before the State Land Board last Tuesday presents a condition of affairs that is troublesome in any view that may be taken. Ac cording to the undisputed testimony, one man signed names of fictitious per sons to seventy-five applications for the purchase of state school land, and se cured from the State Land Board cer tificates of sale showing that upon pay ing the balance of the purchase price the holder of the certificate would be entitled to a deed to the land. These certificates were transferred to a land dealer and soon afterward were trans ferred by him to Minneapolis capital ists, who now claim to be Innocent holders and not bound by any fraud In the original transaction. The State Land Board questions the right of the capitalists to have deeds Issued to them. There are several unfortunate and discreditable features to this whole af fair. To begin with, the fact that one young attorney not particularly prom inent In his profession nor -as a notary public filed a vers' large number of ap plications was sufficient to arouse the suspicion of a careful officer. The man ner in which the applications came to the land office was enough to convince any reasonable man that the whole business was being engineered in the" Interest of one or two men. That seventy-five applicants sought out the same notary about the same time and had him pay their money for them is too foolishto be credited for a moment by any one. The State Land Depart ment wap therefore not wholly without fault. Attorney-General Crawford has held, and with apparent good reason, that the certificate of sale issued gave the holder but an equitable interest in the land, and did not give him an interest free from the burden of fraud by which the certificate was originally obtained. The Minneapolis capitalist knew, or at least It was his business to know, that the laws of the State of Oregon limit each purchaser to 320 acres of land. It follows, then, that when he met a dealer in the East with bundles of state land certificates for sale, the circumstances were sufficient to arouse his suspicion that the law had been violated. Indeed, if he had stopped to think as long as a reasonably prudent man is expected to think before investing large sums of money, he mu6t have known that there was Irregularity in the transaction. By accepting subsequent payments, however, the state land officials gave the Minneapolis people reason to be lieve that they would recognize the cer tificates as valid, although they must have had reason to believe that the original transaction was tainted with fraud. Neither the state nor the hold ers of these land certificates can notv enter a contest with clean hands, jind it would therefore seem best for the state to pursue such course as prom ises best for the school fund and for the credit of the state. It may well be doubted whether the lands, taken as a whole, are worth more than the price paid for them. It is doubtful whether the lands would sell on their merits for more than the stipulated price. It may be best for the state to recognize the certificates as valid and call upon the holders for the remainder of the pur chase price. If. however, the State Land Board finds that the fraud prac ticed will deprive the school funds of any considerable sum of money, the Minneapolis capitalists are scarcely in a position to complain if the board de cides to cancel the sales and return the money. The state's Interests have been disregarded too long, and it would be well now if this matter could be closed with strict attention to the financial Interests of Oregon. I MALHEUR IRRIGATION PROJECT. Distinct issues are very plain be tween the Washington statement, emanating from the. Reclamation Of fice, and C. E. S. "Wood's letter, print ed yesterday In The Oregonlan. Against the general charges of being "distant" and obstructive, the con tract with the Secretary of the" In terior, dated May 29 last, is cited in full. So the owner agreed to allow a Government Hen of not less than 142 an acre to be placed on all the land within the grant which" will stand such a charge; to sell such land In small quantities only to persons taking up the water right: to permit all irrigated lands, not sold within a year after the water is on the land, to be disposed of. by the Government at as low a price as W an acre to the land-grant owner, and to sell by auction at the upset price of $3 an acre, all land not privat61y sold within ninety days. What more could the Government ask? Add to these facilities, proved by the contract, the other facts, that the land-grant owners donated to the Government a whole sec tion for dam site, and the right of way through all their lands for nothing. It seems' as if the official who, for some reason unstated, strove to make this kind of obstructlveness a cloak for de lay or even abandonment of the Mal heur project must have been very hard up for a plausible story. If the people of Oregon are to wait with patience much longer for work to begin on these Government projects, the straight questions will be put: "Is the reclamation department ready to go to work? If not, why not? What is the irrigated land to cost? Who are standing In the way, and for what cause?" Let us remember that, while it may be delightful to the officers em ployed to get every private right, need ed given" for nothing, and while nine teen men who give may grumble at the twentieth man who decides to. sell rather than give, yet so long as the price to be paid him is no higher. than the law permits, there Is no sense In holding up the work for the nineteen men till the twentieth can be wheedled or dragged Into line. The objeclw is not getting his price out ef his neigh bors' pockets. 'Because the United States Government is concerned? and am irrigation project of its own to- at slake, coram on sense and fairweee ahetild not be discard mL If a raHro&a were in 4etk, u4 mm, mc Mm,uk1- owners refused to give the right of way, although the majority did so. the road would not be stopped. Eminent do main would come Into play, the rights of way not given would be bought, and the work would go ahead. Oregon has supplied the millions of money for all these works, waiting to be spent and results got at. Let us stop arguing and let the Government get to work. The land-grant people have given dam site, right of way, and agreed to have all their practicable land included then. If not with them and It-tertalnly appears that their skirts are clean where is the sticking place? THE TWO EMPERORS.. Dearly doth the Kaiser love the lime light. It was a saplently chosen spot, "alone, alone, all. all alone, alone on a wide, wide sea. that he and Nicholas took for their meeting. There was noth ing to obstruct. the view of a rubbering world; there was everything to whet Its curiosity; and there was profound secrecy. To all this doth William seri ously Incline, What is the use of fret ting and fuming to play the King, un less one can keep the attention of the audience? What did these two relics of feudal Ism, almost the last ones In Europe, talk about with the winds of the Baltic whistling in their ears? Some scheme, let us say, for restoring their liberty to the betrayed and outraged Finns. Both these monarchs are fond of liberty, when it Is properly limited. They love it so well that no one would be sur prised to learn that they were planning to free the Poles; or that Nicholas had some project in mind for stopping the slaughter of his Jewish subjects and desired his brother William's co-operation and counsel. Whatever they talked about, it was something peace ful, kindly and benevolent. So much is certain. William loves peaec only less than the limelight. For the sake of peace he keeps two or three million men con stantly under arms, and builds a war ship every time he can squeeze the money for It out of his fat and parsi monious Reichstag. From pure love of peace he Journeyed to Morocco and shook his fist at France: and -from a love purer still, if possible, he delivered himself the other day of an opinion that the fatherland is destined to rule the world. He is a very Prince of Peace, and so is Nicholas. There Is nothing so precious to Nicholas as universal peace while Russian armies march from vic tory to victory. In fact, profound peace on the part of the enemy is what the lawyers call a condition precedent to a Russian victory. Hence Nicholas op position to war. Hence his moral rep robation of the Japanese who cruelly and Inhumanly gain their victories by fighting. There can be no doubt about it; the two Emperors discussed the near advent of universal peace. THE "GOVERNMENT POSITION." Out of all this difficulty In securing good men to workon the Panama Ca nal, and keeping them at work after they are once secured, some new facts regarding Government methods and Government work are coming to light. One new feature that stands out with, prominence explains why there Is such an unusual amount of mediocre talent in all departments of the Government service. It Is quite clearly demon strated In certain phases of the canal troubles that the salaries paid by the Government are not so large as those paid by private corporations. As a re sult, the Government In most of its de partments is obliged to get along with cheap men, a great number of them being individuals who have made fiat failure In enterprises where success was dependent on their own efforts and talents. Every successful business man or pol itician has a number of these commer cial derelicts floating around him, and to escape their importunities is glad to get them anchored in the haven of a Government Job. The various branches of the Government service are almost waterlogged with this "dead timber" from which the minimum of results for the maximum of pay Is practically all that is expected. From the man who cleans the cuspidors in the Capitol cor ridors to the individual who, by a care less, slipshod, unreliable system of guesswork, overestimates or underes timates the size of a wheat crop by tens of millions of bushels, there is the same predominant, ever-apparent be lief that the holder of a Government Job must ever make common sense and hard work subservient to red tape and dignity. Panama is not a health resort, and the men who were sent down there by hundreds and thousands were not sup posed to be going for a pleasure trip. Had they been engaged by a private contractor to perform-the same duties which the Government has in a meas ure unsuccessfully tried to exact from them, there would have been no dis appointment on arrival because the work was hard and the climate un pleasant. But when there was that magical attraction, "a Government Job." in sight, and on arrival at Pan ama the Government actually Insisted on work being done for salaries to be paid, the situation assumed a less roseate hue and the Government Job seekers were so surprised that many of them took the first boat back to this country. These desertions may tem porarily hamper the progress of the canal, but they will not prevent the -ultimate completion of the great work. If the Government cannot rush the work along under direct supervision of Government employes, it may be neces sary to let the work out by contract. If this latter course is pursued, there, win oe no great aimcuity in pushing the work to completion. There Is a vast amount of labor available in lati tudes where Nature is fully as strenu ous as she is at Panama. When these contractors pick up their construction crews they will not draw the color line or insist on the naturalization qualifi cation. They' will not even look the workers over to see whether the carry cards from the Excavators Union or not. but canal-diggers will be forthcom ing if they are paid for the work. The Panama Canal work has disclosed the fact that some Government positions mean something'besides easy work and big pay. It has also 'shown us that talent is so scarce in the Government service that good men hesitate before belittling their own abilities by enter ing it It is well r perhaps, that a sharp de cline in the price of chlttam bark comes occasionally. Otherwise chlttam woods, even in the sectkm-s of the state where they A iaeeivahewnd, weuld he prac tically dMtwsyta. Last jwar, wnsar the stimisliK M eesrts a powM. ssweihtag like m tons ef thte Wrfc was fk- ere and sold in this state. This sug gests the folly of killing the goose that lays the golden egg. A check ia the onslaught upon the chlttam woods has followed the decline in price from 20 to 3 cents a pound, and as fife young trees grow rapidly, much of the waste will be repaired in the few years that are likely to Intervene before the de mand for the bark becomes again ac tive. The thousands of trees from which the bark has been stripped are now but useless cumberers of the ground, but. unless swept by fire fed by the denuded trees, a new growth wjll be ready to yield bark by the time the stock on hand Is exhausted. The chlt tam tree has been the basis ot"fortune for more than one patent medicine man. furnished a multitude of men and boys with good wages .for many weeks to gether, and supplied a tonic or physic for a greater multitude that has become addicted to the patent medicine habit. It possesses, besides, an Intrinsic virtue in being harmless, and. though not a staple product of Oregon, it is one that is by no means to be despised. The dandelion has been in some lo calities Toted the yellow plague of plant life. The despair of the gardener, the vexation of the owners of fine lawns. It flaunts Its gold,, scatters Its silver winged seeds and strikes Its sturdy tap root down deep In the soil, defying or dinary means of destruction. The Com mon Council of Helena, the capital of Montana, has voted It a nuisance, and will seek to make effective this vote by an ordinance requiring all persons em ployed by the city on the streets and parks to -fight the pest wherever It ap pears, while property-owners who allow it to grow unchecked and seed upon their premises will be subject to a fine .of J50 for their carelessness. It re mains to be seen whetherthls hardy, cheerful vagrant will yield Its hold upon street and lawn at the behest of muni cipal ordinance, even vigorously en forced. If so. we would be glad to see the Portland City Council copy the Hel ena ordinance, with its requirements and penalties. It Is refreshing to turn from ever present stories of municipal, corpora tion and political graft to official fig ures for the country's .imports and ex ports during the last fiscal year. Every working, day we sent abroad nearly J5.000.000 worth of stuff produced at home. The balance of exports over Imports was more than $400,000,000. For the .first time in history, we shipped to foreign countries products valued at one and a half billion dollars, A glance at the table showing figures of each de cennial period fdr i00 years gives in concrete form evidence of material growth that Is simply astounding; for the growth of business has been larger than the Increase In population. And not the least gratifying feature of the report Is the steady increase of farm products which foreigners buy of us. A country that receives from other na tions a million and a quarter a day more than it pays out Is. and deserves to be. the envy of the world. Explorer Peary Is again under way for the North Pole, and expects to re turn In September. 1905, with a full so lution of the mystery which has cost so many lives and such vast treasure. In hl confidence of success. Peary differs not from all of his predecessors, and It might be stated with equal truth that his chances for success are not much better than those of Sir John Franklin and his Illustrious successors, who lost their lives in the same line of endeavor. There are some secrets which Nature has locked so securely in her fast nesses that they defr the most strenu ous efforts of man. aided by a vast number of modern Inventions. One of these secrets is safely guarded in the polar regions, and there are but few reasons for believing that Peary will unravel It. Mr. Ree Had. brother of the Sultan, is Incarcerated in the same quarters where the late Sultan Murad was con fined by the great Abdul last year. Mu rad was also a brother of Abdul, and, according to rumor, was given his pass port to another world by men acting under orders from Abdul. Ree Had is accused of the same offense as that which caused trouble for his late la mented brother that is, they both wanted Abdul's position. This envious hankering added uneasiness to a head that was already wearing a crown sev eral sizes too large. Royalty in Turkey Is not always happy when the bombs are flying thick, but Ree Had' seemed to be willing to take a long chance at it, even though he lost. ' Twenty-five Portlanders who have been successful In business will answer in The Sunday Oregonlan tomorrow the question, "How did you make your first JlOOOr In nearly every Instance It was by the strictest economy. Their original capital was energy, intelli gence, ambition and Industry. These answers are a safe and sane guide to present-day youth. The farther Secretary Taft gets away from home, the more marked Is the so cial attention paid to him and to the young woman whom he is chaperoning. At Toklo he seems to have had the time of his life. Well, he deserves the vaca tion for holding down the lid while his superior was killing bears In Colorado. When the young lady returns to Washington she can add to her fame by writing a book on Alice In Gelshaland. For a precedent In literature she has her distinguished father's work, which not only brought him into prominence, but added materially to a depleted bank account. North Irvington Is going to ask for a branch postofllce. It will not be sur prising If half a dozen rapidly growing residence districts on the East Side will make like demand within the year. And nearly all of them need better mall facilities. "Divine Providence," says the Saltan of Turkey, saved his life from the as sassin. "God's reward for his constant endeavors to pre mote the peace and happlaess of his people. Divine Prov idence never had to shoulder a heavier load. For baremetrical fluctuation, a rais ing and a .lowering of hope, alternate Jubilation aaa despair, see Portland's place l the percentage column of the Pacific Coast Natioaal League. The hattlesWp XiMouri. S an eAclal test 'aittx Being aH ether vessels of her own aak. as reversed khe saying ap pH to the state hearhag Imt huh. se showed thoaa. OREGON OZONE. A Portia ad Tragedy. - . Alas! The luckless rall-H-ner! I'm truly sorry, now, for her - A lass! - A mass Of hats she hath in store. But wealth she cannot any more Amass! The trouble lies in the fact that the Eastern habit of going hatless has reached these parts, and nowadays, or nowanlghts. the girls perambulate up and down Wash ington and Morrison streets with their golden hair a-hanging down their backs and no hats on. So. at any rate, says an esteemed correspondent, who declares that he has stood on one corner at night and counted 215 white-robed ladles with bare heads. Mr. Carnegie Is building a J5,000,CCO ad dition to his J2.C0O.CCQ library la Pittsburg. This Is a case where the appendix over shadows the prefix. Luther Burbank Is about to produce another fine potato. "The new potato Is large and smooth-skinned." we are in formed. From which we infer that It must be an eyeless potato. A blind man could see that. George G. Foster, of Alameda. Cal., has discovered the long-sought elixir of life. The heretofore humble hen is the Instru ment. Mr. Foster has laid colls of wire around the nests "in bis henhouse, and he turns an electric current on when the hens get ready to lay. The eggs thus elec trified. If eaten In sufficient quantities, will produce Immortality upon earth. This should satisfy any of us. but no doubt some meddler will now begin experiment ing with a view to Inventing the wireless elixir electrifler. That It Is foolish to argue is an aph orism. A man at Newcastle, Pa., got Into an argument with his wife. He held that Oklahoma Is a state. She contended that It Is still a territory. "It's a state!" shouted the husband, "it's a territory!" shouted the wife. So it went. "You'll be sorry for this," said the husband. "So'lt you." retorted the wife. Then the hus band. In a fit of rage and spite, went out to the woodpile and chopped off his left hand. Now both are sorry, and Oklahoma Is still a territory, but if the man had waited a few years he would have won hands down. It Is foolish to argue. ' A Portland man Is said to be writing a. lecture entitled "Jesse James, Rockefeller and Other Bandits." He declares that when he takes the platform he will make Rodkcfcller's hair fly. He Is hereby In formed that Mr. Rockefeller has no hair. What's In a Name. The Mazamas. the Sierras, " Appalachians atd Alpines Have been climbing ML, Tacoma; Having started from Tacoma. But if they had left Seattle For the climbing of the mountain. ML Rainier they would have tackled. But it's all the same to Portland. For a mountain Is a mountain. And it smells as sweet by any Name you want to tack upon It As by any other title. The Good Old Country Games. (Carl Dehoney. In the Kansas City Star, deplores the passing of the old-fashioned "play party" In country, places, with Its kissing games and Its merry songs.) Alas for the days of the old-time plays. Of the good old country games! For the fond sweet bliss of the forfeit kiss. For the girls of the good old names: Ah! Mary and Tessle, And Susie and Jessie. And Lucy and Lou and Stella, And Mattle and Minnie. And Jennie and Winnie, , And Birdie and Bess'and 'Bella! There Is no such chance In the swell new dance On the polished ballroom floor. With the stiff and proud of the city's crowd. Alas for the games of yore. When Jim and Willie, And Bert anJ Blllle. And Charlie and Tom grew mellow With love's young dream And the nights agleam -With Birdie and Bess and Bella! How I yearn again to be glad as then. To be simple and frank and true. Kissing the girls of the wind-blown curls And the. gingham gowns don't you? Ho! Bert and Billie. And Jim and Willie. And Charlie you sly old fellow. Here's a truce to fame For a kissing game With Blrale and Bess and Bella! ROBERTUS LOVEL Hhymo "Willamette.' New Tork Post. A versatile poetess undertook, a little while ago. to celebrate the opening of the Lewis and Clark Fair out In Oregon. Her lines appeared In a weekly newspaper published In New York.- Four of them are reproduced by a rhyming critic In The Portland Oregonlan. who adds some stan zas of his own designed to give the poet ess the correct notion of how to pro nounce the name of the river that flows through the Exposition city. The lady's verses recited: "When Clark and Lewis first beheld The rlppllnjc "Willamette. The vltxln to re it round them lay With nianr a snare beset."" The point of The Oregonlan's criticism Is made in this stanza: Truly, truly, 'tis a pity Thus to criticise your rhyming-, Since the bards of Gotham Cjlty Are supposed to do their chimin Quite correctly; but Indeed, ma'am. When we find our "bright Willamette Mispronounced, we feel you seed, ssa'am. To b4 told it rhymes with 1" This is the second protest of the same sort to which we have had occasion to re fer. Before the Fair opened, another Portland poet took the opportunity to sec the world right on the Willamette's pro nunciation. We reproduced his verses in the hope that we might save visitors to the Oregon Fair tram embarrass&aeat. This poet, however. Is patient, merely suggesting that the tedy pubtish a retrac tion, and adding, philosophically: "Anyhow, our swlfr Willamette Floweth. seaward unarrested Even poets may sot 4am it! Not Too Maay Ornaments. American Hosnes and. Gardens. Overcrowding with ornaments is aa atro city that should he aveWea at all costs. Too many ornaments hi distinctly worse than nene at alL Xe ornaments show want of taste, a faHnre to realise to the utmost the poeMotMty of room aeoora tkjH. and. an Ignorance of the rawnomenta of life. Toe maay ornaments show look ef prooarMon and amonnt to a vuisc ever a nine of the rooms. wMoh ia ovon more omhoiriontnc than nonrat all. X itw tMnssj. Is H troor than taot too rnuah of- a soathtnt; mj- he hod. NOTABLE DISASTERS IN U. S. NAVT Greatest Lew ef Life Fellefrea the Destractloa ef the Randolph la 1T7T Thrilling Story of the Wreck of the HiireB The Sensational Incident at Samoa Seme Freaks ef Wind and Wave. Boston Transcript. The appalling accident on the cruiser Bennington is the worst in number of deaths that has happened on an American warshio since the hlowin&r no of the Maina Jn Havana harbor In 1588. The explosion on the Maine was probably the worst ca lamity that has ever befallen a warship, with the exception of the Randolph, which was destrnvpfl bv an Tnln.lnn "dur ing action in 1777. when 310 men perished. i ne next gravest naval disaster since tne Maine was the explosion of the 12-Inch KUIl on tne hkttleshln fianuii- at Pcna. cola. April 13. 190L This explosionresult- ea in tne aeatn ot 3Z orncers and enlisted men. On April 9. 1503. three men were killed and five Injured on the battleship Iowa, also at Pensacola. through the bursting of a 12-Inch gun. An explosion of powder on the battleship Massachu setts, at Culebra Island. January 17, 1903. killed six men and Injured three. On De cember 13, 1S04. the Massachusetts suffered another explosion, this time a boiler blow lag up. resulting in three deaths and seven Injured. To begin at the beginning ot the United States Navy, the most notable disasters are reported in the following table: Lives Lost. 210 200 45 Xame and Cause. When. Albany Cyclone 1853 Balnbrldge Cyclone ISC3 Demelgos Explosion 1820 Fredonla Tidal wave 1861 Huron Wrecked ..1S77 t 12 1 lOi Raadomh Bxnloalon 17TT am Kearsarge Wrecked 1S03 2 Missouri Explosion 1885 12 Porpoise Cyclone 1853 J 00 Pickering Foundered 1S0O 150 Wateree Tidal wave 1S0C 10 Saranac Wrecked 1S7S 12 Dispatch Stranded 1893 Suwanee Wrecked ....1S6S Maine Explosion 1898 2G5 Charleston Wrecked 1900 Oneida Collision 1870 117 The 32-gun frigate Randolph encoun tered the British -gun ship Yarmouth on March , 1777, and prudence dictated flight from so powerful an antagonist, but the Randolph was soon overtaken and engaged. After a sharp engagement of 20 minutes at close quarters she blew up. There were only five survivors. Including Captain Blddle. who was severely wound ed. The rest of the Randolph's crew, 310 In number, perished. One of the most appalling disasters in American naval history was the sinking of the Oneida, while steaming out of the harbor at Tokohama, on January 21, 1870. Twenty-two of her 24 officers and 95 of her 152 men were lost. Homeward bound, alter a three years' cruise, she was run Into by the British passenger steamship Bombay. A large portion of the Oneida's stern was carried away, and she sanlc In 15 minutes. On November 24. 1S77. 101 lives were lost. Including all but four officers, in the memorable wreck of the Huron off Ore gon Inlet, on the North Carolina coast. The Huron went on the rocks during a heavy fog In the middle of the night. She sank In a few minutes, as the water poured through a great hole torn' In her stern. A few of the men reached the shore, several hundred yards away, but the most of them. Including Captain Ryan, were drowned. t No disaster in the history of the United States Navy has been so tragic as that In the harbor of Apia, Samoa, in March. 1SS9. The Trenton, the flagship of the Pa cific squadron, the Vandalla and Nlpslc were anchored near the shore. A hurri cane swept over the island, accompanied by all the fearful phenomena of a tropical storm, and when night fell the ships were in deadly peril. The Nlpslc began to drag her anchors, and her rnmmnnior nHit. slipped his cable and ran her ashore, sav ing all except six of her crew. Among the other vessels In the harbor was the British stoop of war Calliope. Unfortu nately, she struck the Vandalla. which was disabled by the shock and carried be fore the gale to a reef. The Vandalla's Captain was thrown Into the sea and oth ers of her company perished trying to save themselves by swimming. The re mainder of the officers and crew clung to the rigging of the wreck. Soon after the Vandalla struck on the reef the Trenton rapidly dragged and was soon driven ashore. As she was swept by the Vandalla, borne with all hands to al most certain destruction, the 450 brave men on the crowded decks burst into a mighty shout of "Three cheers for the Vandalla," and the 100 or more unfortu nates clustered In the tops of the sunken Vandalla replied with a feeble cheer. Then, while the Trenton sped before the hurricane to her fate, her band burst out with the inspiring strains of the "Star Spangled Banner." Four officers and 47 men were lost from our ships at Samoa. A sensational accident was that in ODD BITS OF NORTHWEST LIFE Musical Genius Invents a Drum. Cottage Grove Leader. Dr. Klme bas a beautiful snare drum that he made from Coos County myrtle wood. It is not only a very fine-looking drum, but has a fine tone, and he is going to send it down to the Fair for the exhibit. Kara Avis. Independence Enterprise. Rupert Hall captured a bird on the Lucklamute last week that Is a rare bird indeed. In appearance it is a cross be tween a parrot and an owl and bright brown in color. Mr. Hall was offered $25 for his bird, but he shipped It to relatives in Oregon City Sunday. Baby Quartette Pats In Hay. r Castle Rock Leader. Unable to find men to put up his hay. Charley Huntington hunted round and got four kids this weeX the baby of the out fit being Joseph Green, aged 68 years. The others were Hewy Davis, 70 years; "W. E. Burt, 71, and J. H. Wilson, S3. Dallas Girls Excite Independence. Independence Enterprise. A round dozen of Dallas girls formed a hayrack party and enlivened Independ ence streets Saturday night. The girls were modestly attractive in hayrack cos tumes and the only reason why they did not carry back a dozen Independence boys was the Invitation was not extended. Fickleness in a Thermometer. Cathlamet Sun. A. R. Snreve was Jumped upon by an elderly woraaa last week, who had Are in her eye, Jn the following manner: "Here, young ssaa, I've hrung back this thermometer ye sold me." "What's the matter with it?" demanded Shreve. "It ain't reliable. One Usse ye look at it it says ene thing, aad the next time it says aaether." Darlag BqHstrIaa Thrills Scle. Sdo News. Willis Foren entertained Sc loans, last Friday aaernlag, by riding a bucking herse on Maia street. At one time the horse casse eato the sidewalk and against the doer of Lttckonhaeh's sfeee shop, probably ihiaklag that either He or hie rMer nested a sew pair ef shees. Wiilfa stayed in the saddfe,. hweer, aad the erM ftaa My gave ap the battle. Peary, sb joe-maw. i -sMmab 4 fVaV -1- WewMs't ywt Mm ta'ltavr Pcy'a Jt? 1S44 when a new gun on the -new war ship Princeton burst at the first dis charge In the river below Washing ton, while Resident Tyler and other distinguished guests were aboard. Six were killed. Including Secretary ot State Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Gilmer. The Secretary of War prob ably owed his life to the fact that In Jest h? hid behind a mast before the discharge of the gun. while President Tyler was delayed In reaching tne deck by the fact that Miss Julia Gard iner had hidden his hat. To this fact the President ascribed his safety, and he afterward married Miss Gardiner. The revenue cutter Pickering, brig rigged, of 14 guns, sailed from the United States in August. 1SQ0. for the Guadaloupe station. Her fate remains to tnls day one of ihe mysteries of the sea. Gunboat No. 7, with two guns and a crew of .30. sailed fr6m New York in the early part of 1805 for the Mediter ranean. Sne sprung her mast, returned to New York to refit: sailed away June 30 and was never afterward heard of. In 181J another gunboat, was lost with all on board. The next year gunboat No. 2 went to the bottom in a violent gale and only two of her crew of 30 were saved. The next year another gunboat was wrecked off Newport. R. I., and the Commander and nine of his crew were lost. In 1S13 gunboat No. 62, after being condemned, was ordered to sea. She encountered a severe gale and took her entire crew to the bottom with her. The Hamilton, ot nine guns, and the Scourge of ten guns, capsized on Lake Ontario during one night in August. 1S13. and the entire crew of the former, about 75 in number, were losL Of- the latter's crew of 8t, all but 16 went down with her. The Alligator, of four guns, was sunk in 1814 in Port Royal Sound during a violent tornado and two officers and 21 men were drowned. On July 14. 1S15, the 18-gun sloop of war Epervier, bear ing Important dispatches from Commo dore Decatur, passed out of the Straits of Gibraltar and dropped forever from human annals. Five years afterward the six-gun schooner Lynx foundered at ea, carrying her entire crew of 50 to a watery grave. In 1S24 the Wild Cat., of three, guns, carrying a crew of 31, -was lost with all on board while cruising In the West Indies. The brig Hornet, of IS guns and a crew of 140. sailed from the United States in 1S29 and has never been heard of. In 1S43 the sloop of war Concord, of IS guns, was lost on the west coast of Africa; her Commander, one other officer and ona of the crew perished. The same year the Grampus, of 12 guns, was lost off Charleston. S. C, and her entire 1S45, the brig Somers, of ten guns, while carrying sail to cut off a vessel attempting to enter the harbor of Vera Cruz, was struck by a squall and foundered, carrying with her her gal lant Commander. Captain Clemsen, Lieutenant Hymen and 40 men. The brig Balnbrldge capsized In a squall August 21, 1863, off Hatteras. The sin gle survivor of the disaster was after ward picked up at sea. The famous Monitor went down in a gale during tf night of December 29. the same year the Bainbridge was lost, and. four officers and 21 men went down with her. One of the most remarkable wrecks occurred at Arica, Peru, in 1S6S. The American gunboat Wateree, Comman der James H. Gillis. and the steamship FreJonfa were anchored in the harbor when an earthquake caused the water to recede. The Fredonla was broken into pieces by the returning- wave and 27 officers and men were drowned. Tha Wateree was carried half a mile inland with the loss of only one man. and the vessel was left high and dry. The Gov ernment sold her where she lay, as it was found that It would cost more than she was worth to get her Into the water again. The last wreck before that of the Maine was that of the historic Kear sarge, stranded on Roncado reef, in the Caribbean Sea. but no lives were lost. The one .Just previous to that was the loss of the Despatch on the Vir ginia coast October 10. 1891. but it was not attended by any loss of life. It Is somewhat interesting to note what a fatality seems to pursue ves sels ot certain names. For example, the name Boston Is regarded as very unlucky for a ship. Four of this name In our service have already gone to grief. San Francisco is another un lucky name, while Constitution is re markably fortunate. COST OF THEMG STRIKE. Chicago Tribune. Strike began ,.. April Strike made general April 27 Duration In days 105 Number garment-workers orig inally Involved 17 Teamsters originally called out at Montgomery Ward & Co.'s 71 Total number of teamsters event ually involved 4.500 Persons killed in strike violence.. 2L Persons Injured (reported by po lice) 415 Police on strike duty 2.300 Deputy Sheriffs on strike duty.... 3,400 Cost to city for extra police pro tection $ 306.500 Cost to county for extra Deputy Sheriffs .-. 100.000 Cost to unions for strike benefits. 359,000 Loss to teamsters In wages 769,000 Cost to employers (wages and lodging of strikebreakers and protection of wagons) 2.000.060 Shrinkage In wholesale, retail and freight business (estimated) 6.000,603 A "Woman's Bargain. Exchange. How's this for a bargain-counter stroke? A woman entered a department store In New York City to buy a yard of silk, which the clerk told her would cost her 75 cents. Her purchase left a remnant of one and a half yards. The clerkr sug gested that she buy the remnant. "What will you take for It?" asked the woman. "Fifty cents, madam." replied the clerk, politely. "Weir. I'll take It. but you can keep the yard you've Just torn off." The clerk was staggered for a moment hut ap preciating the humor of the proposal, made the exchange. 4 A Song of Fellowship. Richard Hovey "ComradJ Comrades, pour the wine todffhV For the partlac Is with dawn. Oh. the clink, ot caps together. With the daylight coming oat . Greet the mora With a double hern, Whea stroag men drink together! Comrades, gird your swords tonight. For the battle i with daws. Oh: the clash ot shields together. With the triumph coming oa! Greet the foe -Aad lay hua lew. When strong raea fight together. Comrades, watch the tides taalght. For the sailing 1-s -with dawn. Oh. to face the spray together. With the tempest eeratag ea! Greet the Sea With a sheet ot glee. Whea streag- mtn ream together, C(Mr. give a efceer taaigbt. Far the dyiag is wKk daws; Oft. to set the stars together, WMk sfc sstexe oesstag sal - set tat ad Km .a' Mwl a it