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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1906)
THE QRG0KIA2, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 19-06. s "Entered at the Postoffice at Portland. On, as Second-Clacs Matter. strascKirnox rates. CT IKVAKI AB LT IN ADVANCE. CJ (Br Mall or Express.) DAILY, SUNDAY INCLUDED. Twelve months. ??.&0 Six months Three months..... ..... One month Delivered by carrier, per year - Delivered by carrier, per month...-. Less time, per week, Sunday, one year Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday) Sunday and Weekly, one year 4.25 .75 9.00 .75 .20 2.50 1.50 3.50 HOW TO REMIT Send postofnee 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 Beckwitb Special Agency New York, rooms 43-50. Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms 310-515 Tribune bulldlnc. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, Postotnce Kews. Co., J78 Dearborn street. St. Paul, MIhb. N. St. Marls, Commercial Station. 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Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Market and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear. Ferry News Stand. . Wa&tagtla? D. O-Ebblti House. Pennsyl vania avenue. rOKTLAND. SATUKDAY. FEBRUARY 10. YICAEIOES SACRIFICE. The movement on the Richards place reduced excellent results. It not only has stopped vice there, but has put a check upon similar misconduct and vice at the iiotei iroruanu u Of course the original at tack could not have been made on the Hotel Portland. It is owned by the Tifld and Corbett and other estates, and the influences that protect It are loo -Dowerful. But -when the attack on the Richards establishment was pushed, -. v. T-.tio vi1 nnd nther nlaces. taking alarm and -warning, sought cover. A few days ago The Oregonian announced that a change would be made at once "in the arrangements for entertainment of ladies and gentlemen in the "rathskeller," or bar-room, of the Hotel Portland. It meant that no more llauors would be served to "ladles and gentlemen" there. Before that time continual orgies and carousals oi uie Bacchae had been observed therein. and in other highly respectable places also. Richards is the vicarious sacri fice. But the vicarious sacrifice is uni versal; and unjUBt as It Is It Is about the onlr effective way for redemption of mankind. The whole history of the human race is the lesson of vicarious sacrifice and atonement- Let Richards go. But sacrifice of Richards cuts vice out of hlcher nlaces. Thus the town obtains purification. When the out posts are carried, the main town is forced to surrender. The most edifying spectable of all Is the skurrylng to cover of the respectable establishments. Herein Is both prophecy and fulfillment of regeneration. A FAMOUS PHRASE. Almost every pregnant and famous saying in the mouthB of men Ms had a long history. A proverb has been ae fined as the wisdom of many, but the wit of one. As the idea that underlies a familiar saying undergoes modifica lion -when new conditions arise, so the proverb, or sententious expression of the idea, chances Its form. Yet the truth at bottom remains the same. Lincoln at Gettysburg said that the srrcat battle on that fleid had been fought, that government of the people by the people and for the people might not perish from the earth." Mr. Charles E. Carr, of Illinois, in an address before the Historical Society of that state, is at the pains to say that the Idea and the words -were not original with Lin coin. The:, were not, certainly. The idea had a very long, ancestry, before Lincoln gave it this expression. And his words varied but little from tnose used by persons who had preceded him Some asserted at the time that Lin coin was guilty of plagiarism. But the expression, nearly as he used it, had long been the. common property of the English-speaking world. In few in stances -was Shakespeare the author of the sententious expressions which are found everywhere in his work. He made everything his own, by improve ment and adaptation. It was the same with this expression of Lincoln at Get tysburg. It had been a germinating and growing maxim of democracy for many -centuries. The matter -has been thoroughly in vestigated by many, and It Is agreed that the phrase though with variations had been so often used as to become common property. It appears substan tia lly as Lincoln used It In "Webster's reply to Hayne. It was used by Theo dore Parker In an anti-slavery conven tion at Boston in 1850, and by Joel Par ker In the -Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1853. The first appear ance of this phrase, so -far as it has been possible to ascertain, -was In the preface to the old "Wyclif Bible (A D.- 1384), which declares that "this Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people." The phrase had sunk into the consciousness of Abraham Lincoln. He didn't stop to think where he got it, nor probably could he have told. The death of Captain John McNulty at The Dalles on Thursday removes an other from the rapidly thinning ranks of the pioneers who helped to make history in Oregon. Captain McNulty commanded the first steamer which the O. S. N. Co. placed on the river above the Cascades, and in that golden age of steamboatlng the man In the pilot house was a much more -Important In dividual than Is now the case. On the middle river he handled the R. R. Thompson, Harvest Queen, Mountain Queen and all of the other fine steam ers which laid the financial foundation from which the rich .and powerful O. R. &. N. .Co. of the present day was build ed. The West was new and interesting 1 in those days, but the glamor of ro mance -which hung: over the river In the. steamboatlng era has been dissi pated by the coming of the railroad. A few of the jjd-tlmers still -remain, but they are nearing their last port, and when in a very few years they join Captain McNulty. "Dan" O'Neill. "Tom" Smith and others of their day and age, there will have vanished a type of men which changed economic conditions will prevent the world cverA again beholding. CHURCH AND POLITICS. The official board of Grace M. E. "Church, acting-through Mr. E. T. John son, has pointed out to Councilman Masters all alleged variance between his action In the Richards case as a member of the liquor license committee and his duty as a member of the Meth odlst Church. The resolution of the official board raises two questions, both of wh'lch. merit careful and candid dis cussion. What control may a cnurcn properly assume over the political ac- x 3. 1 - O TIThan i m fl UVliy Oi JIH juemuerai duty as a public officer conflicts with his duty to his church, which has tne higher claim to his obedience? To the first question the official voice of Methodism replies that "it Is not the province of the church to give affirm ative direction to or assume to control the franchise of the citizen," and this is sound doctrine. It Is so well estab lished in American thought and prac tice that no church -which should fa.II. to accept It could hope to. thrive in this country. Aside from polygamous prac tices, the -worst charge against the Mor mon hierarchy is that it undertakes to dictate toMts adherents how they shall VOie. Sucn aiciauuii ia imnv of the worst sort, no more endured from an ecclesiastical organi zation than from a railroad corporation or a -ward boss. In joining a church a man Tesigns none of his rights or du- ns none m . ....- ties as a citizen; to vote according to his own ideas of political expediency is both a right and a duty perhaps the highest which an American enjoys. No church may Infringe it without dis- lovaltv to republican principles and imminent danger to Its own prosperity. A church may very properly make its teaenmg ireno wru ..,--- . . . a J -.Iv ,ousness; it may exhort to lorty laeais ;alnst foolish or vicious courses in public as in private conauci. . j i i but with exhortation and admonition the church must stop. To command Is beyond her province. A Councilman takes an oath to obej the law, not to obey his church. So long as his official conduct conforms to the law, he has full liberty to follow his own conscience and judgment -without regard to ecclesiastical authority. If his constituents disapprove of his con duct they may and ought to express the press, In public meetings and at the noils but never through the machinery of a church. Ecclesiastical control oi politics has Invariably proved dlsas trous to church and state aune. jvny church which assumes such an attitude that a man's duty as a public officer conflicts with his duty as a church member puts itself in a false position. Mr. Masters first duty as a Councilman is to administer the law honestly and Intelligently. The law as It lianas practically requires the Council to il- J cense saloons. -The members may and j ought to discriminate among saloons as to locality, character and number, but there their discretion ends. As a Coun cilman Mr. Masters must vote to li cense certain saloons, and he must use his own judgment which they shall be. This is his duty to the public and If It conflicts with his duty to his church. the church must stand aside. -His fel low members should try to alter the law. not to punish Mr. Masters for obeying It according to his best judg- ment, even If to them his Judgment I seems weak. The full remedy is in their own hands at the next city elec tion without any resort to ecclesiastical thunders. INCREASING TRANSPORTATION" FACILI TIES. It is announced that the Canadian Pacific will Issue 120,000.000 new stock. from the proceeds of which new branch lines will be built In the Canadian Northwest. The Grand Trunk Pacific which crosses Canada some distance north of the Canadian Pacific. Is en deavoring to secure charters from the Canadian Parliament for building more than a score of branch lines in the country lying west of Winnipeg. With both of these bis: lines building so many branch roads, or feeders, Wcrtcrn Canada will be more extensively ex- plolted -In a short space of time than any other region In the West. When ever a transcontinental railroad is built and equipped for thousands of miles. every additional ton of traffic turned over to It by a feeder pays a larger proportion of profit than was secured from the original traffic generated along the main line,, Development these necessary feed- ers in the Pacific Northwest for a num ber of years after the main lines were completed was retarded by financial difficulties and attendant constantly changing management of the proper ties. Now tnat an roads are in a healthy financial condition, there will be more of a disposition to Increase the earning power of the main lines by Increasing the traffic with branch lines. Some surprise has been expressed bver the announced intention of the Harrl- man management to extend the lines to Puget Sound. Such action is perfectly natural and logical. Puget Sound has vast timber, coal and fishery resources. A number of large and prosperous cities have been built up by these resources. Traffic of these cities and the adjacent country is of great magnitude, and the Harrlman system has been handicapped jn securing us snare oi ii uirougn nav- Ing to enter the field over the tracks of an active competitor- Greater part of tho lumber manufac tured on Puget Sound, as is the case at Portland, finds Its market at the east- cm end of the transcontinental lines. All of it is now going out over the Hill roads, and will continue to take that route until Mr. Harrlman taps the field with his proposed road. The route which he will select has not yet been announced, but at the worst It would not involve construction of more than 145 miles of new road. By construction of tills mileage he would secure the haul of many hundreds of trainloads of lumber every year over a main-line mileage ten times to fifteen times as great. He would also be In position to secure a share of the traffic In west- bound freight which was needed for local distribution on Puget Sound. With excellent deep-water terminals at San Francisco and Portland, there would be no necessity for handling any of the over-sea traffic from Puget Sound, and the road, if It Is built, will probably be simply a feeder to the system which terminates at Portland. Traffic all over the Pacific Coast H expanding so rapidly that It Is almost a necessity that better facilities for han dling it be provided. The Northern Pa cific has been handicapped In doing business with Portland by a roundabout haul over high, mountain ranges, and is now preparing to come Into Portland over its own tracks by a water-level route. The Harriroan system has been handicapped in doing business with the Paget Sound ports because it had lo use the facilities of a competitor. The disadvantages of both roads are now to be nullified by the building of addi tional mileage, and both of the locali ties Interested will profit by the Im proved facilities. When these roads are completed the management will un doubtedly discover that the main line is still physically able to handle more traffic, and accordingly there will be more feeders built wherever there is traffic In sight. ALASKAN STEAMER LINE. There should be no faltering or hag gling over the support that Is needed to secure and maintain a steamship line between this port and Alaska. There has been plenty of evidence from men vitally interested that Alaska Is sadly in heed of better trade facilities than she now enjoys. The Importance of the trade and the wonderful possibilities for its development and expansion are fully understood. The territory In volved is entirely too large to be ham pered In growth by having but one port in which to handle the large ana rapiaiy increasing traffic Less complaint has been filed over poor transportation fa cilities with that one port than over the . , r mnn Trhn as- same exclusive ownership of Alaska. It Is the mistreatment given the Alas kans that h-as caused them to grow restive under Seattle domination, and mnetltion to which the im -;; ; - ,ntrv entitles them. - - - ,-.,,oW mrrim, Portland and the tributary territory supplies a large amount of merchandise and farm products that find a way to Alaska through the Seattle middlemen, Both bus-er and seller will gain an ad vantage by direct dealing. A line from Portland -will, of course, meet with onTVl-,ton ,u, f receive the - 'r , 1.! rnmmta- 1" :r J. " -n,- nil v il ce.ii ue uiaue v auvicu- -- nlty. It can be made a success. prospects for Its becoming a permanent fixture are better than they have ever been before on account of removal of the fuel handicap formerly suffered by steamers running from Portland. Oil Is a much more economical fuel than coal. and oil cosjs less at Portland than on Puget Sound. If we can now establish regular communication with that won derful land of riches, the trade will crow so ranldly that we will never prise Is well worth striving for, even though a premium must be paid to se cure a foothold. IS IT NOTHING TO YOU? It's a pretty good old -world -we live In, after nil. The sun gets up early and shines all day, and the moon dodges around Mount Hood early in the even Ing and shines all night, barring a brief eciiose. Both see nlenty of good men good -women who heed the ad mom tjon pf Jeremiah. Jeremiah was the wors old pessimist ever, yet he said soro5 things to stir the blood. "Is It nothing to you, all ye that pass by?" Yea, Indeed it Is. The good peo ple'who are restoring sight to the little half-orphaned girl, who arc clothing and feeding the naked and hungry; the good men who gave them sheltei' these people would change the Lamen tations to paeans of Joy. "Is it nothing to you?" We are all of one family, and the misfortune of one is the trouble of alL The wor1! Is the better for reading yesterday of tho deeds of these people. The one discordant note In the story will find its solution. There Is enough left by the revisionists of the good, old crossroads Methodist doctrine of hell lire and damnation to provide for the shiftless husband and father who would desert his little brood. His day Is com ing. MILTIAKr REFORMS. Mr. Frederic Louis Huldekoper has an article in the North American Review for February which advocates a gen eral reform In our military system. The article is to be followed by others, and therefore does not state Mr. Huldeko per' opinions fully, but he seems to advocate both an Increase of the stand ing army and eome more efficient method of providing officers for It. He I argues that our present system of de- pending upon volunteers when war oc curs is wasteful of men and money. More men are enlisted than would be necessary If we had an army of trained soldiers under efficient officers; supplies are squandered; lives are needlessly sacrificed; and each war Is followed by a monstrous train of pensions which more than doubles its cost. Since the close of he Civil War we have already paid In pensions about three-fifths of its entire cost, and the list Is now, forty years after Lee's surrender, larger than ever before. To reduce this list otherwise than by the slow operation of disease and age is out of the question, but it is the part of wisdom to ponder deeply any measure J which promises to lesson the. burden resulting from our next war if we ever have another. Whether Mr. -Huldeko per's suggestion of a larger standing army would have that effect may be doubted. There would probably be Just as many pensions to pay after the close of a war and between wars we should be under that additional expense of a great military establishment which is exhausting the resources of the Euro pean nations. Americans have always j looked upon a.standlng army as a nec-H i essary evn. n nas oecn uieunvarymg policy of our wisest statesmen to keep our permanent military force as small as possible, and the almost unanimous popular sentiment which approves their policy is thoroughly sound and not likely to change. . But the Nation ought to have a con stant supply of trained officers so large that troops In time of war need never be put under ignorant commanders, This practice, as Mr." Huldekoper points out, amounts to nothing less than Wholesale murder. Trained officers may be provided by means of a prop erly organized militia without increas ing the standing army. Enrollment In the militia and compulsory drill for a short time yearly may wisely, perhaps be imposed upon all able-bodied males of military age. This would furnish ex- j pert experience to a large body of offl- ccrs. However that may be, the rules for promotion in the regular Army ought to be modified, as the Taft bill provides, so that it should depend on merit, and not on seniority. The mere fact of on man feeing older than another should not decide -which i entitled to promo tion. Ability, soldierly merit, ougnt to be the crucial factor. This reform would add a great deal to the efficiency of the regular army and put us on 'an Incomparably better footing than we were at the outbreak of the Spanish War. Kansas City packers have been asked to offer bids for 235,W pounds of emer gency rations for the United States Army. This suggests a possibility of trouble with China that will call Amer ican troops thither In some force. It also, let us hope, suggests the neces sity of a better, cleaner more suitable emergency ration" than was provided for the troops mobilized In the South during the early part of the Spanish War, and for those that were pushed on to Cuba later. The embalmed beef lesson was a bitter one to the country. costing It dearly In the lives of its sol diers, and proving that the commercial instinct was stronger than that of pa triotism, unless carefully supervised. General Miles made some mistakes when he was at the head of the Army, but his denunciation of those who were responsible for the embalmed beef and the canned rottenness upon which the soldiers were fed In Florida, on Army transports and In Cuban military camps was not one of them. The ex pose came too late to be of benefit to the emergency rations for use in a trop ical climate In the Spanish-American War, but if it 4nsures a wholesome. nutritious and suitable emergency ra tion for the use of troops suddenly called to China, there will be no dls count upon its value. It Is absurd to say whoever may say it that any "attack" has been made on United States District Attorney Bristol by The Oregonian, or through The Ojre gonlan. Mr. Bristol had notbeen con firmed. It was interesting to know why. It came to the knowledge of the Washington correspondent of The Ore gonian that the reason was that un professional conduct In an Important matter had been alleged against him. The particulars then could not be as certained, but In a. general way are known now. Withdrawal of Mr. Bris tol's name by the President confirms The Oregonlan's statement. This Jour nal alleges nothing whatever against Mr. Bristol. But It thinks Mr. Bristol knows himself by this time that he has not been confirmed. The Oregonian has simply endeavored to tell what, has pre vented the confirmation. It is In no way more responsible for non-confirma tion and withdrawal of Mr. Bristol's name than It would be responsible for the death of a person because It had named the malady that took him off. The Government will order "open ings" this year of a total of 505,000 acres of Indain reservation lands. Bills pro viding for these have passed the. House The lands covered are In Oklahoma, be ing portions of the Kiowa. Comanche and Apache reservations. The usual provisions were made for the platting and sale of towns lies. The area of res ervation lands is still great, and as the Indians arc steadily diminishing In numbers, these land openings are likely to continue for many years. They will. Indeed, and should, continue until each Indian has his fair allotment and no more. Good arable land, lying uncul tivated through sentiment, will not be the order In this country half a century (hence. "Dreadnaught" Is a name suited to the largest battleship In the world's navies. This giant In naval architect ure and power will be launched at Portsmouth, England, next Saturday. She is not the first vessel of her name that has been In the English navy. Her predecessor Is, however, outdated by c vents and by the growth In naval architecture, and her advent Into the navies of the world as the largest and most powerful battleship afloat, the finished product of naval architecture. will be of lntercutto the fighting pow ers of the world. Stanford's baseball manager says to Berkeley's: "I can prove you have five professionals on your team"; Berkeley counters with: "You're In the same fix." And these unblushing confessions are published. Is It a wonder that uni versity faculties find themselves forced to butt Into the game and order the hired men off the field? The merchants of Portland are doing something now to dispel an Impression prevalent In some quarters that Alaska Is a part of Seattle's back yard. Seattle Is going to have to reform some of Its notions about geography and trade Mrs. Graham, the New York W. C. T. U. president, denies that she said It was nobody's business whether wine was served at the Roosevelt wedding break fast- Certainly; but whose? Mr. Heney thinks one-half the court Judges of San Francisco are Crooked. That Is a very moderate percentage for San Francisco. Mr. Longworth, it appears, is to be spared the humiliation of beckoning his thirsty guests Into the china closet af ter the wedding. Illinois Justice must weep that wlfe- TOUrdcrer Hoch was not born a cat. Senatorial VI tHpc ration. Brooklyn Eagle. None should think that Tillman's at tack on President Roosevelt Is un precedented for savagery or injustice. TM V. U.H.. . ,.. .1.1. better motives. Ben Wade and Henry Winter Davis attacked Abraham Lin coln" with speech asbad. and with spirit as diabolic. More than a score of Senators attacked President Andrew Johnson with a ferocity as marked as Tillman's, but veiled with a classic culture that intensified the ferocity. Charles Sumner attacked President Grant with a contempt which even Tillman could not feel for the strong character of Theodore Roosevelt. Ros coe Conkling assailed R. B. Hayes and James A Garfield quite as bitterly as Tillman has Roosevelt, though, of course with a grammatical grandilo quence and a measured malignity quite his own. All of these attacks hurt the men who made them and hurt not the men upon whom they wero made. That should be the result this time. It Is within tho caultlca that it should be. A distinct gain to temperance of thought and speech is revealed by the revulsion from Tillman's violation of both. Ho has relapied. but the Sen ate has much Improved. That Is the advance to be noted and applauded. Time was when the Senate would not have lacked a small minority to abet any verbal brutality against a Fresl dent. Many Senators deplored and pitied Tillman's fall, but none sympa thised with him or shared or approved his ravlsg. j THE SILVER LINING. That unearthly din Just beyond - the northern horizon Is not the echoes of the Tacoma grand jury Investigation. It Is merely Seattle knocking the heads of her rival telephone companies together. The masters and pilots of Puget Sound demand a new investigation of the nat uralization frauds. Thy ought to be willing to do most anything to divert pub lic attention from their testimony In the Valencia Investigation. To tell the honest truth, we believe that Mayor Lane wrote that poem for Harry Murphy, at least the last line. "Hurrah for us and right!" Councilman Masters Is not the only one who Is "awfully tired." Wonder if it Is one of the premonitory symptoms of "real humiliation"? The penny-ante players for TvhomSher Iff Word makes life a horrid vision of police courts and prison bars should learn the seductive Oriental, game of fantan. It seems to be a more slippery article when a police raid comes off. Judging from the changes worked by the climate of South America on exotic diplomats, especially Northern-grown va rieties, we risk the prediction that farther botanical research will reveal that the common American life-insurance com pany, Cinchus Graftorlbus. is a native of Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador. Chicago's new gas ordinance Imposes a fine of from 32 to $2 on companies sell ing poor gas. The enforcement of such a law In Portland would make municipal ownership of the present gas company's plant a dead cinch inside of a month. Mr. Harrlman would have taken greater pleasure In reading the Police Court story of Jim Hill's commitment to the Poor Farm If it had been the other Jim. For Mr. Balfour's sake let us hope that the English tariff fence is not of the picket variety. m From the erratic progress of the banner of reform In Junction City it Is to be In ferred that the pathway of the standard bearer is not an asphalt pavement. Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Clark arc still friends. The Montana Senator did not ask the President to admire the archi tecture of his New York mansion. There was no chance for an argument over the art gallery. Like the Justly famous sauce of similar name, Mr. Woostcr's testimony in the "Fads and Fancies" case Is hot 'stuff. It adds a relish, even to a well-roasted Mann. The drummers who aro making a cru sade for clean sheets In Georgia hotels should realize that there are certain limi tations. What is the landlord to do while the sheet Is In the washtub, for example? Or If the extra sheet happens to be doing duty as a tablecloth? And, by the way would these high-toned gentlemen of the road prefer to sleep on the sheet first or start It on the road to the laundry at the breakfast table? We don't know how Mr. Wallace feels about It, but most of us would rather have .Secretary Taft let ua off with a cussing. The Secretary Is out of our class in a crushing contest. Ghosts of early Christian martyrs who happened to bs lingering about St. Sym phorlen's Church In Paris, when the tax collector called, must have been reminded of old times. The Chicago court finds Commis sioner Garfield's report on the beef trust dull reading. In view of Its Judi cial cognizance of the subject the court displays a sadly deficient sense of humor. The tribute Ella Wheeler Wilcox pays to the science of medicine gives us the impression that she has been to hcr Sam Jones preach. The Annapolis hazing" trials have been ordered suspended. The'hazers will con tinue their pernicious activity until the order is extended in Its application. A French bacteriologist announces that sea water Is a cure for all the Ills that flesh Is heir to. Captain Cousins evidently fcared an overdose. Papa McCurdy says he Is glad to be rid of the cares Incident to the presidency of the Mutual Life. The Mutual Life caa heartily reciprocate. A local paint shop is displaying a slab of material said to be a section of ICO) coats of point applied at intervals during a period of 11 years. Some variety ac tress must have met with a mishap. Jack London's campaign for free adver tising Is beginning to bear fruit- The Derby Neck, Conn., free library has with drawn all his books from circulation and denounced him as an anarchist and traitor to his country. Bulb for the wooden nutmeg state! The White House attic these days mutt bear a strong family resemblance to a pawn shop after a panic Mixed Intelligence. Bridge vllie Tribune. Frequently typographical errors creep Into newspapers, and the result Is often humorous, bringing forth many a laugh, even on serious subjects. Tho Tribune lias had more than Us share" of these blunders of late. Last week "wo got three Items "all balled up" In thi rush to get out the paper. The effect was startling, and If the Tribune had been believed the laws of nature would have had to be suddenly Ye versed. It was all caused by transposing a couple of lines of type. J. D. Curry, one of our most respected citizens, has been 111 for some time with rheumatism. The Tribune made the startling statement that as a result of his sickness he had given birth to 12-pound boy. As a matter of fact that boy belonged over In the home of Samuel Cox. In the Item relating to the birth of Mr. and Mrs. Cox's 12-pound, boy the Tribune ald It happened "whllo the whistle blew. Now, of course. It In possible that a whis tle was blowing at the time, but we doubt IL That line referring to the whlstlo blowing should have been under tho Item about Riley carylng the dynamite. The Tribune sincerely regrets the blunder. Behind the Times. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Berlin Street Railway Company, which has a monopoly of the traction lines in the German capital, is capital ized at but $25,000,000. This la enough to make the average American traction magnates weep for the ignorance of his German colleagues. They do not seem to have grasped the first Idea of street .railway management over there. THE" PRESIDENT'S WAY. New York Tribune. There Is probably no other man who has President Roosevelt's accurate knowledge of the political conditions In all our states and territories. He gets his Information at first hand from men who are- doing things the country over. Whenever a new factor appears on the horizon in any section the President take3 early oportunltles of ascertaining just who and what he la in this process of acquiring Informa tion and studying men and affairs the President shows no prejudice and plays no favorites. If there are factions In a state, representatives of each are honored by an invitation to meet and talk with him. These Invitations do not. and should not. suggest partiality, nor do they give any clew to the President's personal feelings, as must be apparent to all who study understanding! the list of White House callers for a week or more. Nevertheless, there are people who read into such incidents all kinds of meanings. An Illustration of this has been given recently In New Jersey. The President had heard a good deal about Senator Colby, but had never met him until a friend of both arranged for an Invitation to luncheon at the White House. That started the politi cians, experts as well as amateurs, guessing as to what it all meant. Could it be possible that the President was going to throw down the regular organization and cast his influence and power on the side of the Colbyltes? While the conundrum was still In cir culation Mayor Fagan and George L. Record, of Jersy City, appeared as White House guests. As they are affiliated with the reform wing, of which Senator Colby is the official leader, the wiseacres had no further doubt about the President's Intention to project his personality into the mael strom of New Jersey politics. The next act in this little comedy came when Governor Stokes, accom panied by Senator Dryden, called at the White House by Invitation. As they represent the regular organization Re publicans, the prophets and sons of prophets immediately perceived a change of heart on the President's part. These speculations, guesses and asser tions are. of course, the veriest non sense. President Roosevelt's position Is that If a good Republican who wants to meet and know the men of "light and leading." whether or not they see eye lo eye with him. on public ques tons. Title Won Before Breakfast. World's Work. Von Bulow became a Prince In a sud den and curious manner. When the Mo roccan controversy had continued two months. It still seemed that Germany might emerge from the dispute with scanty success. In this controversy. Von BuloWs diplomatic skill had been pitted against that of M Delcasse. the talented statesman who had directed the foreign a'ffalro of France with conspicuous sutecess for seven years. Von Bulow. however, worked with great dexterity, until he contrived suddenly to bring about Del- casse's dramatic defeat. His retirement Into private life followed. When Europe woko up ono morning to learn that Theo phlle Delcasse had quitted office, it could hardly believe the report. At sunrise a special messenger was sent to the Im perial palace with the news. The Kaiser. overjoyed, rose, dressed quickly, and drove to the Chancellor's official resi dence. Extending his hand impulsively. he said: "Prince von Bulow, I congratu late you on your success." Von Bulow hesitated and looked questionlngly at the Kaiser, who added: "I havo created you a Prince as a token of my gratitude for your services to my dynasty and the em pire." Good Deal of a Bore- St. Louis Globe-Democrat. We arc getting rather tired of the north pole. It ha3 been overdone. Time was when we were Intensely cu rious to know about it, and thought perhaps Its discovery might have some commercial value, but now It Is differ ent. We know pretty well that noth ing Is to be gained by locating the pole beyond the satisfaction of a dulled curiosity and the ambitions of the hunter. We can get on very well without the alleged "geographical and scientific facts" to be adduced by the discovery. And we are tired of mak ing heroes of the plain or garden chumps who go In search of the pole. Every man who wants to be a hero and break Into print trots off to dis cover the north pole and comes back afterward and tells us how and why he failed, and will we make up a purse to send him again? Sur4 to find It this time! It's getting to be a nui sance. Let tnc oia poie aionc. no body wants it anyway. Case of Mistaken Identity. Hartford (Conn.) Courant. The ease with which mistakes In the identification of persons may be made was Illustrated In a case which has just been decided in New York. A letter-carrier was arrested charged with passing a check that had been stolen from the malls and the Indorsement forged. A business man ana tnree women in ms erapioj Identified the letter-carrier as the man who Dassed the check. As a matter of fact, the carrier was attending a funeral at the hour when, according to the sworn testimony of four people, he entered a storo and passed a check. Fortunately for him. he was able to prove this beyond a possibility of doubt. Otherwise he would probably have been convicted ana sent to the penitentiary- As it was, ne suea tne merchant for falao arrest and got a judg ment against him for $3300. Military Postage Stamps. Chicago Journal. The latest new postage stamps are a de- dded novelty. Issued in Italy, they are reserved for franking the correspondence of the noncommissioned officers and men of the Italian army. There are different stamps for various corps and regiments. and consequently a large nuraDer ot ue signs. For instance, on the stamp as signed to one regiment Is the portrait of Its Colonel, on another a representation of a court-martial and on others views of the cities where particular corps arc sta tioned, while on the stamp specially re served for tho Bersagllen appear a few notes of music those of the first bar of their famous refrain. one of these stamps will be offered for sale by tbe authorities, nor should they be sold by soldiers, and collectors will doubtless ex perience some difficulty in obtaining un used specimens. Strolling With Jim 3IcPlioys. Say I to stolid Jim aicPfeor'. Aa down the path strode: How often when you and roe waa bOya We tramsed tkja dtutr road I How sweet them boyhood walks wa. Jim I'" ,rWe never too no wains," aar him. , And oh." says T. "the happy talks tVe had la them old days! How brisk we chatted on them walks Which now seems faraways. Tou recollect them talks, hey. Jim?" "We. never had no. talks," says him. "Ere. 'ere." saya I. you can't forjet That cool and shady spot Aside the sprln;. where oft we set When you and me was hot?". A queer look come to me from Jim; "We nerer set nowheres," saya him. 'Ere, fool." says I. "you lyin Mike. Quit put tin on them airs; What'f roakln' we two hit this pike Except to set somewheresT "I thousht." says Jim. with some surprise, " 'Twas Juit to get the- exercl!." Richmond tVa.) Ttmes-Dlspatch; SOME THINGS IN THE OREGONIAN TOMORROW First and best, the most compre hensive telegraphic news service by the Associated Press and special correspondents, of any Pacific Coast newspaper; then the customary de partments, and the best features that can be bought: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SAVIOR OF THE UNION Epitome of the life of the sreat emancipator and brief estimates of his character by American and Eu ropean statesmen, soldiers, histori ans and poets, together with an article by Judge George H. Wil liams on the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. - DOES THE STAGE HELP THE WORLD? Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest liv ing 'actress, says yes; Rev. Reuben A. Torrey, successor to Evangelist Moody, says no. Two written state ments 'holding diametrically oppo site opinions, each expressed with vigor, clearness and force. FOR BETTERMENT OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS What the People's Institute Club al Fourth and Burnslde streets Is ac complishing for the "North End" In the way of manual training and domestic industry: illustrated with photographic half-tones showing the various classes. SAINTS DAY THAT CUPID STOLE , St. Valentine was an early martyr and died for the church. How its observance was changed from reli gious to secular is .told entertain ingly. accompanied by pictures -of Cupid as conceived by noted artists. JAPANESE CHILDREN LEARNING ENGLISH Annie Laura Miller, daughter of Consul Henry B. Miller, writes from Yokohama about model children In modern schools who devote about one-fourth of their hours to ac quiring English; well illustrated. SPIRITUALISTS OF TWO DIFFERENT KINDS iu. B. Wells writes of the stereo typed frauds that Infest Portland and of genuine seekers after psy chic knowledge. In the latter class he gives names of 40 distinguished believers who are open-minded and waiting for further proof. A VALENTINE FOR THREE A readable, kindly story by Louiae LexingtOnlnvolvlng an orphan girl who serves as an active agency In a romance. THE "ROOSEVELT BEARS" AT THE COUNTY FAIR Pictures and text of the sixth In stallment are funnier than any of the preceding chapters. The two Teddies wind up a most exciting day with a balloon ascension. INDIA ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SHOW PLACES Frederic J. Haskin writes from Bombay abont the unrivaled works of Nature and the unequaled crea tions of man: the wild waste of wealth on worthless things. DIPLOMATS EXCITED BY TEMPEST IN TEAPOT Alice .Roosevelt's wedding could not co'me oft without some heart burnings. The society correspond ent of The Oregonian in Washing ton this week describes the tem pest In a teapot.caused by the fail ure of Baron Hengelmuellcr. the Austrian Ambassador to invite the Ministers Plenipotentiary and En voys Extraordinary to contribute with the Ambassadors toward a wedding present for Miss Roose velt. "IS THE PRESIDENT A BOSS?" BY LINCOLN STEFFEN5 Lincoln Steffen's studies In govern ment have won him an internation al reputation. His Investigations are fearless and unprejudiced and his style clear and brilliant. He has already contributed studies as to the way the House and Senate respond to the nation's will; he an nounces his topic for tomorrow. "The President a3 Boss." In which he will describe how an American President who wants to do things Is forced to act. UPWARD STEPS OF A THIRD OF CENTURY Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway. a pio neer In the equal suffrage move ment, although unable to attend " tho National Woman's Suffrage Convention, sent an address which was read before tho convention by Mrs. W. P. Olds. This will be pub lished in full tomorrow, and is an Interesting account of the equal suffrage campaign in Oregon. NEW YORK AUDIENCES AS VJEWED BY A CRITIC Emilie Frances Bauer In her New York letter describes a typical top gallery theater audience "attracted to one of Mrs. Leslie Carter's pro ductions. She also touches in her letter upon a topic In which Miss Bauer is much interested the , strange case of a New York singer who was supposedly called back to life by Dr. John D. Quackenbos, a well-known practitioner In thera peutic suggestion. This case has aroused much discussion In ew York and abroad. CALIFORNIA RACING AND PRIZEFIGHT NEWS San Francisco Is now seeing its greatest racing season nearlng its conclusion. There are three big stake events yet to bo run. the Derby, the Watcrhouse cup at two miles and a quarter, and the Thorn ton stakes. Fred J. Hewitt, a well known sporting writer. In his week ly letter gives the current gossip as to the starters and also discusses the developments In James Coff roth's prizefight trust TWO PAGES OF SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP The Sunday Oregonian devotes two pages to the news of the sport ing world, which Is gathered by the Associated Press, special cor respondents, and local writers. The National and local field is fully covered. and The Sunday Ore gonian prints more legitimate sporting news than any other newspaper In the Northwest. REVIEWS OF SOCIETY. MUSIC AND DRAMA Two pages arc devoted to the so ciety news of the week, with illus trations of prominent women who figure in the news of the week. Weddings, society events, an nouncements of engagements and coming society affairs are fully covered. Two pages, with illustra tions, are given to reviews of the drama, announcements of coming attractions, and gossip 'of stage people. Musical happenings arc also completely reported. BUILDING AND REAL ESTATE REVIEW The fact that Portland is in the midst of a marvelous development Is made apparent each week by the many features ot the .real es tate market and the building move ment, which arc exploited each week in the real estate department, to which a page with illustrations is devoted