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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1905.
PEACE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
It may be as well to ask what would
be Russia's terms, were she victorious?
She would wipe Japan off the face of
the earth. "Were she In position, through
the frtunes of war. to dictate terms,
cf peace she would strip Japan to skin
: ar.d bune. Every exaction would pro
cre 1. to the last farthing. Japan would
be compelled to withdraw from all her
rights, and from all her pretensions to
Influence, upon the continent; she
wouil be forced to give up her fleet.
an 3 Russia would take possession of
her ports for collection of a war in
dent. Itv as large as she might sup
pose .t possible to extort.
Japan, victorious, has not yet made
known her ultimate terms; so there re
mains a chance for her to make such
cdT.ressions as the progress of the ne
gotiations may seem to require. But
a. . t.e world knows what the irredu
cible quantity of Russia's terms would
I be. were she dictating the peace. It
wculd be summed up In the old Ro-
Iman form ascribed to Brennus, in the
story of Llvy "Val vlctis!"
Russia, victorious, would have oblit-
Ierated Japan. "When she had beaten
Turkey, some thirty years ago, she in
slsteJ on terms which- would virtually
ihave wiped the Ottoman Empire off the
mat: but Great Britain wouldn't have
jit. and effected an arrangement with
lother European powers through which
Russia was compelled to moderate her
demands. But what Russia demanded
Eof Turkey then is but an illustration of
what she would demand of Japan now.
But such speculations are without
jractlcal value at this time: for the last
lay of the conference is now at hand,
md there seems as little probability as
it the first that the views of the bel
ligerents can be accommodated. Unless
Jme change of which the telegraphic
reports, down to the hour at which
Itnese words are written, give no indi-
ltion. shall occur, the commissioners
Will separate today and the war will
10 on. Russia doubtless feels that she
lasn't anything further to lose through
she war. except the lives of soldiers.
ibout which she cares little. Japan
jvidently believes she has much more
ho gain; and since she cannot cet
through diplomacy the advantages she
cairns, she will try the chance and fate
f war further. She may succeed in
?xculsion from the Pacific shore and
lay throw her back far into Siberia.
Jut Japan will be compelled to stand
it arms always against Russia, in any
?vent.
Great Britain also has Jong dreaded
tussian advance upon India. Circum
stances make Great Britain and Japan
laturai anies against extensions of
Russian dominion in Asia.
BOOKS FOR COUNTRY HEADERS.
ine traveling library system, Just
Inaugurated In this state, has a very
LsLIcct advantage from the fact that
It reaches the small villages where the
tie. pie are not already surfeited with
Sh.ngs that are free. In country towns
fdks are fewer than in the cities and
ere are no reading-rooms where the
lormiy periodicals may be perused.
?here are no clubs, lodges or free en
tertainments to occupy the time of the
leor.e on winter evenings. In such
lommunities It should be comparatively
Jasv to arouse Interest in a traveling
ibrarv and to cultivate an apprecia
jion of good literature.
The traveling library is altogether
tlfferent in Its purposes from the or
dinary public library. The latter Is
lesigned to contain all standard works
ind to offer the public a large collec-
lion or reference dooks. such as en
cyclopedias, histories, scientific treat-
pes. etc.. not designed for general read
he The traveling library is made up
If books which people may be expected
h read at any time without deep in-
Iestlgatlon of a particular subject The
ooks are carefully selected to meet
tife needs of all classes of readers. Only
liKtv books are sent to a town at a
rme and these may he kept six months.
iring which period any resident of the
community may take of them and read
without payment of any fee. At the end
of the six months the books are sent
back to the state commission and an
other set of sixty is sent out.
This plan has the advantage of offer
ing something new at frequent inter
vals, thus keeping- up Interest and
avoiding that listlessness which comes
from beholding the backs of old books
year after year. Knowing- that one
case of books will remain but six
months, the readers, will Improve all
their leisure time during that period.
When a new set arrives they will And
in the catalogue none of the names they
have looked over before, but will have
assurance that all that are offered are
new to them. In the course of time
the traveling library will arouse such
an interest In reading that the people
of the small towns will start libraries
of their own. at their own expense, and
then have available such works of ref
erence ag should be at hand In every
community. ,
THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Much ingenuity has been shown in
the programme of the Irrigation Con-
Igress In drawing in a score of topics
not directly connected' with irrigation,
but bearing on the central irrigation
Idea. Advantages of this method are
that every one interested in the states
of the Pacific slope whether his spe
cial sphere be in forestry, general farm
ing, stock raising, horticulture, or arid
or ralnfed soil is attracted to the
meetings.
Forestry is almost as much- In evi
dence as irrigation. Discussion ranges
from the vital question . "Is Forestry
Practicable?", through relations of for
estry to the railroads, forest fires and
state laws, and the relation of droughts
to forest fires. Thon come "Problems
in Handling Forest Reserves," and the
connection between forestry and irriga
tion through tree-planting beside irri
gating canals and reservoirs. Theee
topics are to be studied In different
sections and it wilL be difficult for one
person to take In all.
No one can overestimate the need of
instructed rJublic opinion on these mat
ters. It will be observed that the speak
ers are nearly all government officials
of high standing. They are the ex
ponents of a new policy, to which
President Roosevelt is a hearty convert,
and wherein he is giving these men all
possible support of his high office. The
old plan of laisser faire, of letting
United States lands, forests, waters,
take their chance in a medley of fed
eral law, tangled in the codes of va
rious states, has given place to the di
rectly opposite system. These officials
have now traveling commissions to go
up and down the country and find how
the public domain may be protected
and then improved.
The government men are all experts
highly trained, and most competent.
no doubt but they are naturally apt to
see tnings from a governmental view
point. In speaking to the large audi
ences at this congress, these officials
have now the opportunity of "making
good." In the best sense. Many of their
hearers dwell under the shadow of our
forests, or are indebted to our rivers.
lakes and water-courses for the. growth j
of their crops and herds. From many '
of them, individual sacrifices may be
demanded for what the speakers be-.
lleve to be the public good.
- Several of the engineering .papors are.i
quite technical. The features of the
Malheur project are singled out for a
special paper, unis is good, for of a,
certainty, no project in Oreg&n is less
understood than this, nor caused more
hard feelings, nor -more clearly raised
the issue between irrigation applying
to a limited (though important) area in
acres and the' possibilities of advan
tageous railroad construction In the
near future, benefiting the entire state.
No doubt the opportunity will present
itself to give the public a clear under
standing of what is to be the early, if
not the immediate, future of the great
Klamath project.
It seems "impossible tn keep out the
subject of colonies when any questions
affecting land on a large scale are dis
cussed. "Communal life on reclaimed
lands" Is a suggestive topic. Here, ir
rigation touches other questions dealt
with in the civics congress during last
week. If the remedy for many of the
Ills of the congested city Is planting
out the city dwellers on comparatively
small areas of fertile land, whore they
may have the benefits, without the
drawbacks, of associated life, where
better than on Irrigated - lands can a
close settlement flourish?
Plenty of food for thought, plenty
of good teaching, will be offered during
the next two days. A chance which to
many will never come again.
THE NEW MARKET ORDINANCE.
What are we coming to In this coun
try? Have all our Industries degener
ated into parasites? Can no new en
terprise come Into being without
stretching out, suckers to prey upon the
life blood of others? An impudent
graft Is the proposed ordinance, for
the benefit of the new city" market
which Is to open September L to compel
every farmer who brings a load of pro
duce to Portland either to take out a
license or pay 25 cents a day for a stall
In the market. Unless he has a license,
which would cost him $15 a Quarter, the
farmer, wherever he comes from and
whatever his load, must first go to the
market and stay there till 9 A. M. He
may then, after paying the graft of 25
cents, prettily called a fee for a cer
tificate from the market master, go
out upon the street and sell his pro
duce. Could the "swilled Insolence" of
tyrannical greed devise an injustice
meaner and more annoying?
A farmer, let us say. hauls a load 'of
hay to town for a customer who keeps
a cow and who lives at the edge of the
city. Can he pitch off his load, take
his hard-earned money and go home?
Not he. Can he leave his load at the
customer's, trudge to Third and Mar
ket streets, pay his tribute and then
go back and put the hay In the barn?
No. Indeed. He must haul the load of.
hay clear across the city to the mar
ket and keep it there till 9 o'clock. Then
the benevolent market master, for 25
cents, will vouchsafe him permission to
return to his customer and deliver his
hay. This Is not a story .about a. lu
natic asylum, gentle reader, it refers
to the requirements this charming or
dinance makes of the farmer.
Suppose he brings in tomatoes or cu
cumbers for the cannery. Can he take
them there, deliver them and go home
to his work? Far from It. He must
first haul them across the city to the
market, wait In those sacred -precincts
until the holy hour of 9 A M., and then,
and not till then, having forked over
his two bits, he may deliver his truck
at the cannery and make his escape.
Consider the' case of a farmer at
Russellvllle. for instance. He has
cleared his land and made himself a
home at a cost In pain and labor, which
the promoters of this ordinance, of
course, neither know nor care about.
And he has done it all in the expecta
tion of finding a market for his pro
duce in Portland. He pays taxes on
his land to the county, the state, and
the Port of Portland. "When he has
paid these taxes and deducted the cost
of production from the price of what
he has to sell, there is little left for his
family to live on at best; and that
little our market company is oagerly
grabbing at,
Thinly disguised, this ordinance at
tempts to Impose an actroi, ' the tax
which is levied at the gates of Paris
upon .every article brought Into the city
for sale. The burden of It falls partly
upon the consumer, partly upon the
farmer. It will raise the cost of liv
ing in Portland while at the same time
It will diminish the all-too-slender
profits of the farmer; it will rob both
ways, like the beef trust.
The Russollvllle Grange has appoint
ed a special committee to carry on a
campaign of education against the pro
posed ordinance There is talk among
the farmers of looking for a market
in San Francisco in case it passes. But
surely there is enough practical wis
dom In the Council to forestall any such
necessity. Private Interests too often
prevail against the public good; but
surely In this case the Council will not
allow itself to be misled.
PRODDING ROGUEtS FISn KING
R. D. Hume, king of the Rogue, Is de
fendant In a damage suit for $125,009
brought by Representative and Mrs. E.
B. Burns, and thus another act in a
fun-making drama has opened in Curry
County for the entertainment of South
ern Oregon in particular and the state
in general.
Many persons in Southern Oregon
Mke to rub Mr. Hume's fur the wrong
way. just to see the sparks fly, and to
shy stones in his direction, as boys
at the big bear in the City Park pit.
Just to see him paw back. And Mr.
Hume never fails to paw back. Once
whn a Southern Oregon newspaper
ruffled his feelings he sued for libel and
won Judgment for $1. That furnished
amusement for all of Rogue River Val
ley, and Jackson County's apples grew
larger and redder that year. Then
when Representative Burns went to the
Legislature from Curry and Coos Coun
ties with the avowed purpose of break
ing Mr. Hume's salmon monopoly on
Rogue River, the king of that stream
scattered in the capltol belligerent and
scathing pamphlets, which moved Ms.
Burns to sue for damages.
But Mr. Hume won. and now Mr.
Burns has come back in a suit to re
cover damages in three parcels, $S5.M
for causing Burns' arrest on a charge
of anchoring a steamer In Rogue River
where Hume holds a riparian monop
oly: 56000 for ejecting Burns and his
stock of goods Into the street, and
for throwing out Mrs. Burns in the
same way.
King Hume is a busy gentleman; the
Rogue salmon find his riparian rights
projecting from each shore until they
meet in the thread of the stream; the
fish -are propagated in Mr. Hume's
hatcheries and embalmed in his cans;
thev swell his riches until the people
round about grow envious; once every
two years they behold him dabbling In
politics, and either going to Salem as a
Representative or trying- to go as a
Senator, and they see him pawing back
whenever anybody else spreads nets in
Rogue River to catch them.
No wonder the fish persist In coming
back to Rogue every year. Mr. Hume
has always said the fish would be gone
but for him. Mr. Burns evidently is
not sufficiently appreciative.
QUESTIONS ON GOOD MANNERS.
Ex-Governor Crittendon. of Missouri,
has had things to say about the cit
izens of Portland that were not pleas-
ant to hear. Moreover, his arraign
ment of our people for lack of hos
pitality and attention to visitors has
pcreated some surprise, since it is a fact
well known that guests have been made
welcome in hundreds of homes In the
city ever since the Lewis and Clark
Fair opened. Some things perhaps have
heen left undone which It was the
duty of citizens of Portland to do In
the capacity of hosts, but that our peo
ple have been amiss to the extent
charged in the indictment of Governor
Crittendon we are loth to believe,
Takefor example the Imputation that
citizens of Portland are not generous
with their roses. It Is no exaggeration
to say that tons of roses have been
carried to the Exposition for various
functions and used for decorative pur
poses, the free and glad gift of public
and private rose-growers. On many
special occasions, roses have been
given to visitors Impartially as they
passed In or out of the buildings. To
the court in the indictment that charges
the people of Portland with having
been stingy of their roses, a plea of
not guilty must certainly be entered.
Governor Crittendon says there were
no roses placed upon the speaker's
stand during the sessions of the Trans
Mississippi Congress. This was an
oversight on the part of those In charge
and Is to be regretted, but it does not
signify for a moment that the absence
of the bouquet from the speaker's stand
was due to lack of generosity on the
part of our people.
This is, however, a small count In the
ex-Governor's Indictment of Portland's
citizens. The serious charges are that
they are slow, reserved, unsociable,
self-sufficient. It Is worth while to
ask oifrselves if this is true and to an
swer the question honestly. Are we
each and all doing every day what we
can" to make known our city and Its
attractions, our state and Its resources,
through generous and far-reaching hos
pitality? Have we not formed, through
long yoars of comparative isolation, the
habits of the recluse? Have we ac
quired the spirit of self-sufficiency that
is a foe to cordiaiity? Do we really
want our visitors to get all that Is to
be gotten out of their" sojourn of a few
days or weeks In Portland?
These are timely questions and it
will be well for us, one and all, to take
them up singly and answer them, hon
estly, for the Summer Is passing and
the Lewis and 43lark Exposition oppor
tunity will not come again.
It is regretted that ex-Governor Crit
tendon went away without a rose In
his buttonhole; that the speaker's desk
during the sessions of the Trans-MIs-sisslppl
Congress was not set off with
roses; that our prominent business men
did not seek out and take the delegates
to this congress by the hand in genial,
friendly way. But this Is not enough.
We must see to it that this lack of
cordiality, which was but In seeming, is
not repeated. We are not quite ready
to admit that Portland's greatest need
at present is a number of first-class
funerals. But perhaps it will do us
good to be told so. that we may by
acts, not words, refute-" the statement
as a slander upon our hospitality and
good manners.
When the chief executive of the sec
ond city of this republic disregards the
regulations of a neighboring town re
lating to the spaed of automobiles,
what can you expect .from the riotous
and law-breaking contingent of the
populace? Mayor Dunne set a bad, not
to say dangerous example, when on a
Sunday afternoon he became particeps
crimlnls in violating an ordinance of
the very orderly city of Evanston and
subjected his chauffeur to a properly
imposed fine. Chicago's many miles of
level, smooth boulevards offer an al
most Irresistible temptation to fast
motoring, but Mayor Dunne should be
the very last man to drive his car be
yond the speed limit fixed by the law
he is sworn to execute. Perhaps it Is
strictly true, as generally believed, that
human life Is cheaper at Chicago than
elsewhere In the West. Maybe the new
Mayor hasn't the courage to rise above
his environment.
Farmers In the neighborhood of
Wood burn twice this Summer have
been called upon to fight desperately
to save their homes from fire' that
started from slashings. Danger from
this source Is hard to avert. Men who
clear brush or timber land for the plow
must bum their slashings. There Is
no other way to dispose of them and'
no time except a dry time Is suitable
for the purpose. A permit to burn
slashings Is well enough as far as It
goes and It goes as far as It can. It
requires prudence in setting a fire, tak
ing wind and harvest conditions into
account, and it carries with It a warn
ing to neighbors that Is not without
value. Fire must be allowed to do
its share In clearing land, otherwise
land cannot be cleared. The loss from
this cause the present year has been
relatively small due to official over
sight and the exercise of care.
The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln,
a farmhouse near Hodsonville, Ky will
be sold at bankrupt sale on August 2S.
To those who have read the record of
the hardships endured by the family of
thriftless Thomas Lincoln, father of
the President; of the sufferings and
death of his mother; of the heroic
struggles of his second mother to lift
the family out of poverty; of the pri
vations that made the boy, Abraham,
old before his time, and gloomy to the
verge of self-destruction, this old home
presents few attractions. It was In
no sense a holp to the boy, born under
its roof; 'it was indeed hardly more
than a shelter for his Infancy. It is
just as well to forget the things that
the old place stands for since they are
not pleasant nor profitable to remexn-.
ber.
The saloon and the restaurant box of
less than 160 square feet is under the
ban of liquor prohibition In Portland,
but the hotel retreat Is exempt. Hotel
facilities for vice are quite as conveni
ent as any other: In fact, more so, only
they are supposed to be more than or
dinarily respectable, because "high
toned," It might be pointed out that
several or the worst Iniquity dens In
Portland pursue their traffic under the
hotel exemption. The evil that used
to freauent thjr saloon! and the restaur
ant box can soil thrive In hotels. How
would It do to put the respectable hotel
"Joint" under the ban. too?
Perhaps the weightiest Influence for
peace is the fact that Russia can bor
row no more money to fight with
France will furnish her ally plenty of
funds to make peace with, but none
to use in continuing the war. The at
tltude of the Jewish bankers of Ger
many is said to be the same. Russia
still has plenty of men-to throw away,
but It really seems as thouch she had
reached the end of her financial re
sources.
Miss Roosevelt Is the first American
girl on record to receive a proposal of
marriage from a monarch. Her stu
pendous success with the Sultan of
Sulu will somewhat console the nation
for the rude conduct of Lord Kitchener
which has resulted In Lady Curzon's
being no longer vice-queen of India.
Of course, all good Americans know
that Lady Curzon Is a countrywoman
of ours.
We are told of a man up in the Pal
ouse country, the father of ajarge fam
ily for which he was unable to provide
without assistance from the county, yet
of such merry mind that he "laughed
himself to death." The neighbor's Joke
that induced this fatal merriment was
not untimely told. "The county" has
one burden less to carry.
For twisted pronunciation, read this
jokelet from the New York Mall: "Sec
retary Taft's reception at Hollo seems
to have been appropriately oleaginous.
Hope he will keen Hollo and pour it
on any troubled waters that arise." It
may be news to Gotham editors to
know that the natives pronounce it
EeJo-Weelo.
When President Roosevelt's automo
bile goes too fast his chauffeur Is
guilty. Same with Mayor Dunne's.
When Paul Morton gives rebates no
body s guilty. When Loom Is disgraces
the office of ambassador Mr. Bowen is
guilty. When Bill Jones gets drunk and
I kicks up a row. Bill Is guilty. 'Tis a
queer world.
Uncle Sam has paid for printing and
distributing 29.000 copies of a report of
Commissioner Harris containing a
laudatory biography of John D. Rocke
feller, who paid Commissioner Harris
for inserting matter of that sort In a
volume which decent people sometimes
have to consult.
Where will the big circus, a few
years hence, find a place on this side of
the river to spread Its canvas? A few
more houses under the hills in Gold
smith's addition will make the present
site unavailable. These may be erected
within a year. Open level ground is
getting scarce.
In Los Angeles the Salvation Army
will build a $60,000 home for unfortu
nates. If It isn't too late to file appli
cation for admission. Oregon can fur
nish two or three carloads of men who
were not fortunate in acquiring and
helping to acquire public lands.
Leading French Journals unite in
praising Roosevelt's Intermediary serv
ice at the peace conference. Our Pres
ident is getting to be a big man all
over the world.
OREGONJKONE .
If diamonds grew on trees
And I could take my pick.
I think I'd only knock
The big ones with a stick;
I'd get a hofty pole
And drop one every lick.
If diamonds grew on trees
And I could take my pick .
Enrico Hernandez, of Rosarlo. Lower
California, Is said to be the oldest man
In the world. His age Is HI years. Huh!
There Is an Egyptian mummy at tho
Lewis and Clark Exposition who is 400Q
years old. and he thinks nothing of it.
Mrs. Laura Mill ice, of Kansas City, St
years old. has one grandchild and two
divorces.
The papers tell of an Austrian princess
who fell In love with a pig- and devoted
her life to it. Many an American queen
has fallen In love with a hog and de
voted her life to it.
The Milwaukee newspaper man who
took a snapshot of a highwayman In the
act of holding up the Yosemite stage. In
which the photographer was a passenger,
seems to have been something of a
quick-shooter himself.
Over In England the poet laureate is
created by royal .patent. Here in Amer
ica it Is easy enough for our poets to
copyright themselves, but the Patent Of
fice will have none of them. And this is
singular, since many of them are mere
machines.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Dr.Thomas Jef
ferson Jackson See. the New York Sun
and other luminaries are seeking to prove
the truth of the proposition, set -forth by
Mr. Wallace, that there Is no other
world like ours. Who thinks there Is?
This old world Is the best ever, and there
is only one edition of It.
The remains of a Roman city have been
discovered In England. No doubt the
British are gnashing their teeth In cha
grin because they have had this weak
and unprotected outpos- n their very
midst for many centuries and have not
conquered and colonized it.
The town of Ackley, la., celebrated its
Sauerkraut Day. August 17. by the con
sumption of S8 acres of sauerkrautcd cab
bage and three thousand miles of Wiener
wurst, It Is stated that the string of
sausages would reach from Jamestown.
Va., to Portland. Or., thus connecting
two exposition cities with linked suste
nance long drawn out. This evokes a
suggestion. Since we have had individu
als walking to Portland from far-distant
points, autolng across the continent, com-
. " ,i j i .
...b, Ui v..C uuwis ut.toi 1Ui.B-ui3-
tancc feats, why not have something orig
inal In that line the sausage line, for In
stance? Let the string of sausages be
strung from here to Jamestown, with
Ackley, Iowa, as a relay station, and let
some ambitious burgher say from St.
Louis or Milwaukee begin early and eat
his way to the Jamestown Exposition.
Nobody ever saw such a feat as that, and
It's the new things that count.
In Sclf-Dcfense.
Beneath my- window played the band
The roving band (although It stayed
And never roved, but took Its stand.
And there It played and played and
played).
The tune I could not understand
(The band was German, I'm afraid):
Supply exceeded the demand;
The bandits stayed and stayed and
'stayed.
There was a pitcher near at hand
A present help, a handy aid;
I emptied It upon the band.
And thus I played and played and
played.
Did It Ever Occur to You?
That the great majority of children in
the world are good children? Really,
now. the bad children are only the excep
tions. That In a crowd of a thousand women,
the world over, you will find only about
one who is a virago, a gossip, a public
pest? Most women are good " women,
very much like your mother.
That down In their souls most men are
courteous and considerate, and not one In
a thousand really takes delight In being
a boor? Well, It's true, and If you'll sit
down and think It over a minute you'll
realize the truth of the fact.
Did It ever occur to you that you may
be the bad child, the unwomanly woman,
the Inconsiderate man? Alienists tell us
that the lunatic Imagines himself to be
perfectly rational, but thinks everybody
else is crazy. It's a pretty good world,
brothers and sisters, and we are pretty
good people who inhabit It. Be kind.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
THE "SOT CANAL,
Pilgrim.
Traffic on Lake Superior prior to the
opening of the Soo Canal was so Infi
nitesimal that no one, unless blessed with
the gift of prophecy, could have foretold
its development to its present volume
when single boats come down with car
goes ten time sover that which could
have been carried by the whole fleet of
the lakes In those days. From then to
now is the story of batteau to leviathan.
Lake Superior floats ships today that
carry their 10,000 tons of cargo at a
single trip: the biggest vessel ever on
the lake, prior to the opening Of the
canal, was the propeller "Manhattan,"
3S0 tons burden.
The look backward from the present
time of marvelous steel steamships to
the time when the first schooners be
gan competition with the Indian's canoe
and the voyageur's batteau. is scarcely
more than SG years. The advont-of. the
first steamer on the lake Is a quarter of
a century nearer.
Early records do not determine defi
nitely what was the first boat to sail
on Lake Superior, but the first of which
any record exists were the Otter, the
Mink, the Invincible the Recovery and
the Discovery. All of these were
schooners varying in size from 20 to 100
tons, and were built on the lake by the
American. Northwest and Hudson Bay
Fur Companies for use In their traffic
with the Indians.
The Invincible was wrecked on White
fish Point, about 1S22. The Discovery
went to pieces In running the rapids at
the Soo, an attempt being made to take
her down to the more profitable field
of the lower lakes. The fate of the
Mink was similar, this, craft going ashore
above the rapids on the Canadian side
of the river. Bayfield, while making the
survey of Lake Superior in 1S22. Is sup
nosed to have had the Mink loaned him
by the Hudson Bay Company. The Re-J
covcry successfully ran the rapids Inn
1S29. and remained on Lake Erie to finish
her service. What became of the Otter
Is unknown.
His Mistake
i
Cleveland Leader.
"You don't seem to care much for the
girls at this Summer resort."
'No."
"What became of that girl you were
flirting with last Summerr
"You mean the girl I thought I was
flirting with. She married me."
"NO INDEMNITY" CLAIM OF RUSSIANS
They Cite That United States, Though Victorious Over Mexico and
Spain, Paid Money to the Defeated Enemy.
NEW YORK. Aug-. 15. (Correspond
ence of Philadelphia Press.) while
there Is no authoritative announcement
that Europe, London and the United
States, as represented by their great
financiers, have been preparing and are
now prepared to meet any call that
may be made In the way of marketing
a Russian peace loan, yet it is impossi
ble not to suspect that these arrange
ments have been made or are in the
course of making.
The international bankers would find
It-Sfo tho highest advantage In other
lines of their business than any con
nected with the floating of the Russian
peace loan, if they could by Inference
or judicious hint get some preliminary
Idea of the probable terms of peace.
Doubtless it was for this reason that
these bankers sent word to Portsmouth
that they were contemplating a visit.
There Is no certainty if Japan does
receive acknowledgment from Russia
of the principal of recompense for the
losses sustained by reason of the war,
that this recompense will take the
form of an immediate cash payment.
If the Russian envoys admit that the
proposition of Japan as to recompense
Is discussable, then it is a mere ques
tion of detail as to the cash amount of
the recompense or the equivalent which
Russia will give to Japan In part pay
ment. There Is good reason for sus
pecting that this subject has been to
some extent worked out In Europe or
in London already. It would not be a
rash prediction that England. Germany,
France and the United States are to co
operate In the financing of any Russian
peace loan and so to co-oporate that
there will be no disturbance in the
world's money market.
This undstanding having undoubted
ly been reached, probably reached be
fore the Russian envoys started, for the
United Staes, there is no reason why
Mr. Schiff or Mr. Seligman should visit
Portsmouth, N. H., in order to nego
tiate with Mr. Wltte for the financing
of the Russian peace loan
It Is a fact that the Russian dlplo-
matists and especially Professor Mar- session now of vast amounts of R&s
tens have diligently examined Ameri- si&n government property. Including
can diplomatic history and discovered j railroads, fortifications and ordnance
In that, history two Items that may I stores, and it Is thought by the finan-
have especial value as precedents when
the matter of recompense is under dis
cussion. Professor Martens was especially In
terested In the details of our treaty of
peace with Mexico after the War of
1847. We had absolutely conquered
Mexico, captured the City of Mexico
and the great fortress of Chapultepec.
commanded the entire Rto Grande
frontier and, in fact, had Mexico pros
trate. And yet notwithstanding that com
plete, victory, the American peace com
missioners proposed to incorporate in
the treaty of peace or to agree to sub
J sequent resolution, a covenant binding
UnUed gtaes t
to pay Mexico some
$15,000,000 In return for the territory-
ceded by Mexico to the United States
as the result of the war.
THE TRIALS AT PORTLAND.
The Morning Olympian.
The Wllliamson-Gesner-Blggs jury has
been discharged after another disagree
ment and a third trial will follow
shortly. . . . The result of the second
trial, notwithstanding that a stronger
showing was made, need not have been a
surprise, and It Is doubtful If a third
trial will give a different result. Delays
arid retrials are the salvation of de
fendants at the bar. Every passing day
renders less distinct the memory bearing
on any certain transaction or scene, and
as time goes on the testimony of wit
nesses Is gradually weakened and be
comes more and more susceptible of be
ing broken down. The first, second and
third stories of a witness may vary on
some trifling point or In the telling, which.
taken advantage of by- a shrewd lawyer,
can be used to raise a doubt In the rnlhd
of the jurors, notwithstanding that the
witness has told the truth throughout.
The same story, told differently, may put
a very different face on a transaction. In
addition to this there Is wanting public
Interest or change of public sentiment,
which Is almost Invariably reflected In
the Jury. More Important, perhaps, than
any of these. Is the maudlin public sympathy-
that Invariably goes out. Irrespec
tive of his guilt, to the man who puts up
a good fight.
The people of thl3 state will remember
that a few years ago, when convict Harry
Tracy dashed through the country leav
ing behind him a trail lined with dead
and wounded, he actually made friends
as he progressed, and It cannot be denied
that when he ended his career in an
Eastern Washington wheat field, there
were thousands who more than half re
gretted that he did not reach the Wyom
ing refuge for which he was heading.
Notwithstanding his many atrocious mur
ders, had he maintained his life and lib
erty for another month, there were many
who would have tendered him aid.
Then, too. there Is that other popular
fallacy, the Idea that a third or fourth
trial on the same charge Is persecution
rather than prosecution. This is always
made the most of by defendants' attor
neys. These are unfailing and naturally re
sultant conditions of the public mind In
cases of ordinary malefactors. In cases
where prominent persons are on trial, as
In this Instance, the reaction Is much
more speedy and marked. When It la
considered that each succeeding Jury must
be drawn from the on-lookers. It will be
readily understood how the chances of
conviction diminish.
The reaction has set In at Portland,
at least In trie cases of Williamson. Ges
ner and Biggs, and it is extremely doubt
ful If conviction can now be secured. And
there Is evidence, too. to show that pub
lic opinion Is undergoing a change at
Portland on the subject of the land
frauds. If not on the general subject of
graft. The conviction of Mitchell, .they
say, has given the other big fellows a
scare, and tbey will probably be good
now. Is that not enough? They are for
getting that It is Mr. Heney's duty to
prosecute and convict. If possible, every
grafter that can be apprehended, and
they are losing sympathy with. his fight.
Besides, he is attacking men in high
places and the freemasonry of wealth
and position is strong in Portland.
MASON AND DIXON LINE MARK
The Surveyors Had a Hard Tlmo
Finding tho Original Stones.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hanover, Pa., Aug. 4. The resurvey of
the historic Mason and Dixon line has
been completed by the corps employed
Jointly- by the states of Pennsylvania and
Maryland.
When the legislatures of the two states
decided not to allow the famous boundary
line to disappear so far as visible signs of
Its location were concerned, they- under
took a work that proved very difficult and
tedious. The surveyors were obliged to
cut a path through the mountains and
they found many- of the old markers and
crown stones displaced. In Adams Coun
ty one stone was used as a doorstep In a
dwelling, another In a church; some were
doing duty in bake-oven3 and others were
lying miles from their original places.
All were recovered, although not without
vigorous objection on the part of the
persons who were using them.
The work of re-establishing the line
was very carefully done, and tho old
stone posts set along Its course where
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon mark
ed It out In 1763 were reset In solid ce
ment bases, and Iron posts were substi
tuted In places where the old posts have
disappeared.
When that was done. Europe was as
tonished. The diplomatists of the Eu
ropean courts were of the opinion that
the United States did a very foolish
thing. But it was the beginning of th
new diplomacy. It speedily cultivated
the most cordial feelings with Mexico,
and served as a good lotion to heal tho
sting of defeat. For us. it was the
most economical and honorable expen
diture of money we had ever made, excepting-
the millions we gave to Na
poleon for the Louisiana Territory.
Of course Professor Martens will not
refer to thdt precedent so as to per
suade Japan to pay Russia for Port
Arthur or the Island of Sakhalin, and
yet the precedent may be skillfully
and reasonably used when there Is
consideration of the recompense in the
way of cash to be paid to Japan by
Russia.
Another precedent established by the
United States, of which the Russian en
voys possess full details, was as r
cently established as 1S9S. Our peaeo
commissioners at Paris having gained
Spain's consent to the cession of Porto
Rico and the independence of Cuba and
the transfer of Spanish sovereignty
over the Philippines to the United
States, afterwards voluntarily, without
any perssure from "Spain, or any sug
gestion from a European nation or
from London, offered to pay to Spain
$20,000,000. not for the sovereignty of
the Philippines, as some anti-imperlal-ists
assert, but for the property of
Spain, visible and material, in the
Philippines.
That one clause in the treaty of
peace which brought about a contract
of sale from Spain for government
works and ordnance materials did
much speedily to restore kindly feel
ings In Spain towards the United States
and the gold which we sent to France
wherewith to fulfill this contract' of
purchase and sale enabled Spain speed
ily to regain her financial strength.
That Is a precedent which will serve
greatly when the Japanese and Rus
sian envoys begin to discuss the ques-
tlon of recompense. Japan Is In oos-
clers here that by reason of this prece
dent established in the Treaty of Paris
of 1898 it will not be difficult to induce
Japan to recognize the value of this
property as an offset, so that there may
be considerable diminution of tho ac
tual cash needed.
It Is very doubtful whether Mr. Mor
gan has recently or at any other tim
said to President Roosevelt that he and
his banking-house will be able to float
In the United Staes S250.000.000 of the
Russlanpeace loan. It Is possible that
Mr. Morgan may have said that he had
no doubt that a peace loan could be
floated provided Its terms were satis
factory, but It Is not credible that the
United States would be able or willing
to absorb as much as $250,000,000 of a
Russian peace loan no matter how fa
vorable the terms might be.
ROCKEFELLER k POORER MAN
New York World.
The Standard Oil Company declared
a beggarly dividend of 56 a share yes
terday. This amounts to a distribution
of $6,000,e0. of which Mr. Rockefeller's
portion will be a miserly $2,400,000. He
won't get the money until September
15. either.
The last dividend of the Standard Oil
whs declared In May. It Is a matter of
cold fact t&at since May Mr. Rocke
feller has given away very much more
than the $2,400,000 he will receive noxt
month from the Standard Oil Company.
On June 29 last Mr. Rockefeller gav)e
$1,800,000 to Yale University as a per-
manent endowment fund.
On June 30, the next day, Mr. Rocke
feller gave $13,000,000 to the general
Education board.
He has made a number of smaller
gifts of sums ranging from $1000 to
$100,000 since last May, which aggre
gate more than $500,000. This, In spite
of the difficulty of getting- rid of tainted
money
In the past three months he has given
away at least $11,500,000, or $9,000,000
more than he will receive from Stand
ard Oil. He is also considering a $50,
000,000 gift to the Chicago University,
If he has not already decided upon the
gift.
Of course. Standard Oil Is not Mr.
Rockefeller's only wealth producer. He
Is believed to have at least $250,000,000
stowed away in other investments,
which yield him about 4 per cent, or
$10,000,090 a year.
In all Mr. Rockefeller will probably
receive $16,000,000 this year as his share
of Standard Oil. If his other invest
ments yield him $10,000,000, his total
Income will be $26,000,000.
WItoin three months he has given
away $11,500,000. In the preceding five
months he gave away about $2,500,000.
or a total of $14,000,000. so far in 1905.
If he makes the $50,000,000 gift to the
Chicago University the total will be
$64.00.000 at least for the year, or about
two and a "half times his Income.
Should this come to pass, Mr. Rocke
feller for the first time In his life will
be poorer at the year's end than he was
at its beginning.
It Was Circus Day.
Exchange.
Outside the entrance to a circus a
number of boys were standing, waiting
for any possible opportunity which
might offer of getting In. A man went
up to them.
"Want to go In,. boys?" said he.
"Yes, we do!" came In a chorus from
the lads, who Immediately marched up
In front of the pay box.
"Count these boys," said the man:
and the circus attendant checked the
grinning lads off with his finger as
they rushed by him. and scattered on
the inside.
"One. two, three," counted the
money-taker, and finally announced
"eleven'
"All right." said the man. "All
right; that's all," and he turned away.
"Hold on there." said the other.
"Are you going to pay for these boys?"
"Pay for 'em I" said the stranger.
"Well, I fancy not, I said nothing
about paying for 'em. I Just wanted to
know how many there were. You cir
cus men are good at figures, and I
ain't. All I asked you to do was to
count them. Much obliged."
And away he went, astonishment at
his surprising audacity preventing the
money-taker from making any further
effort to stop him.
Kept" Up His End.
Harper's Weekly.
An English and an American mer
chant were discussing the relative Im
portance of their businesses.
"Why," said the Englishman, "In
my firm the clerks use 30.000 gallons of
Ink a year!"
"Ob, that's nothing!" retorted the
American: "we saved that much Ink
In a year by ordering our clerks not
to dot their fs."
Has a "FcclinV
Governor Douglas, of Massachusetts,
appears to be as far sighted in politics
as he has been shrewd and successful
In the shoe business. He evldently
knows that fashions In Governors are
as liable to change as In shoes and
seems to have concluded that thls'won't
be a Democratic year In the Old Bay
State. Philadelphia Bulletin.