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TOKTI.AXD, SATURDAY. ATRIL 7. 1808.
RELIGIOUS HUMBUGS.
It would be folly to deny that John
Alexander Dowle is a man of great
'ability. As a captain of Industry, a
man -who conceives great enterprises
nnd adapts means to ends to carry them
tout, he ranks high. According to his
vn statement, which there is no ap
parent reason to doubt, he created
520.000.000 of assets above all liabilities
In four years at Zlon City and made
3and which he bought for $250 an acre
S-ell anywhere between $3000 and $12,000.
Financially, this is a great achleve
'iment, however It -was accomplished; but
line means -which Dowle UBed were so
Extraordinary, so little available for
'common men, that we must class him
among, those rare and puzzling charac
ters who go by the name of religious
igeniuses.
Most men liave more or less Influ
ence over their fellows. The power of
persuasion and suggestion is Something
which we can all exercise to a limited
degree, and we have all at some time
probably persuaded one of two persons
to embark Jn a trifling enterprise
against -their will and better Judgment.
"There are evangelists of unusual power
who can throw great audiences Into
temporary hysteria; and there are
preachers -whose persuasive eloquence
can Induce their hearers to contribute
lavishly to missions. But such men are
rare and .their achievements, marvel
ous as they appear, are insignificant
compared with Dowie's. He has held
his followers in hysterical religious ex
citement, not for an evening or a few
weeks only, but for years. 'He has in
spired a multitude of inteligent people
with! a profound conviction that he pos
sesses -superhuman powers and made
their belief so thoroughgoing and sub
stantial that they freely gave him all
they possessed. What other man in
modern times has done anything like it?
The Mormons profess to take a tithe
of the goods of the faithful for the com
mon cause. The marvelous eloquence
of Savonarola persuaded the fickle
Florentines to heap up their ornaments
and set fire to the gorgeous wreckage.
'John Wesley founded a faith which in
'its primitive vigor overcame the inborn
love of human beings for gay apparel
and Innocent amusement; but who be
sides Dowle has ever persuaded a large
number of men and women to renounce
absolutely the craving for material pos
sessions and labor with Inflexible devo
tion for the sole purpose of promoting
an idea? His Infirmities of temper, his
inordinate vanity and his vacillating
purpose have lately destroyed Dowie's
influence over his followers, in part at
least, but when his power over men was
In its prime he seemed to bid fair to
Tlyal In that respect the founders of
the great monastic orders.
How shall we account for such a phe
nomenon? We expect to hear of medi
cine men among savages, but Dowie
w rought lite miracles and won his fol
lowing in a land of newspapers and
common schools. Nast's "Introduction
to the Gospel Records." a forgotten
booik once studied in divinity schools,
used to argue that the Bible accounts
of miracles must be true because they
were first published among Intelligent
people, and if they had been false they
would have been contradicted and no
body would have believed them. Dowie's
performances impair the force of all"
filch arguments. Contradiction seems
without the slightest effect upon the
popular disposition to believe in mira
cles and deify miracle-workers, and in
telligent people are. If anything, a little
readier than tho ignorant and stupid
to accept a prophet.
The hunger for the supernatural
grows with the general intelligence of
mankind. As life becomes more valua
ble, men search with intensified eager
ness for evidence, that it will be pro
longed in another world. The quarry
slave scourged nightly to hi dungeon
has little to lose and much to gain if
death is an everlasting sleep without
k dream. A person of keen intelligence,
loving his friends and interested in the
evolution of human affairs, necessarily
thinks of death as a calamity. "To lie
3n cold obstruction, and to rot" is not a
(pleasant exchange lor the keen delight
of modern intellectual existence. None
of us leaves the warm precincts of the
cheerful -day without many a longing,
lingering- look behind, and when even
an impostor like Dowie comes proclaim
ing that he brings new- evidence touch
ing the oldest, the deepest and the most
momentous of mysteries, it is no shame
to pause and examine his pretensions.
To weigh evidence is the most difficult
intellectual, task which human beings
have to perform. -Those who make It a
profession find it perplextag; -no we a tier
then that common w often fail to
estimate correctly, the protmolonj of v
humbug and charlatan like Dowie when
their dearest hopes and deep instinct
ive longings all clamor on the side of
belief; and when the charlatan is gifted
with magnetic influence invincible
self-confidence, the qualities of leader
ship and great practical sense, with,
perhaps, an insane faith In his own in
spiration, we must expect to see him
gain a following; Considering what hu
man nature4ie, we can only marvel, not
that eo many religious humbugs pros
per, but that any should fail.
THIRTY-SEVEN CANDIDATES.
Thirty-seven but of the forty can
didates for the Legislature from Mult
nomah County and for the Joint district
ofAMiiltnom&h and Clackamas have
subscribed definitely, specifically and
completely to pledges which commit
them to legislation at Salem for regula
tion and control of public franchises
and for regulation and control of state
and private banks. There is a variety
of other questions upon which the thirty-seven
have expressed themselves; but
these two are the great issues, except
ing possibly election of United States
Senator. Two candidates have not ex
pressed themselves fully. The Oregonian
is not yet ready to assume that it is not
their purpose to make their attitude en
tirely clear to the public One candi
date has been out of the city and has
had no opportunity to subscribe to any
platform. This is Mr. Nortbup. The
Oregonian understands from persons
who profess to be sponsors for him that
he is in hearty sympathy with the
thirty-seven upon these Important and
vital matters.
The Oregonian herewith submits In
alphabetical form the names of the
thirty-seven legislative candidates. It
desires that the public shall familiarize
itself with the identities and attitude of
the entire thirty-seven. From among
these gentlemen are to be chosen "thir
teen members of the lower bouse and
two State Senators, a total of fifteen.
The public will doubtless select the fif
teen nominees with what discrimination
and judgment it can, taking Into con
sideration the personal record, charac
ter, experience, promise and political
affiliations of every one of them. All
are bound in honor to carry out faith
fully at Salem pledges they have volun
tarily made. If any of them who may
be elected shall fall, that one will un
doubtedly be held to direct acoountabil
ityby his constituents, die should be.
These promises were not lightly made
and cannot be easily fulfilled. It will
take work to get through the Legisla
ture such measures on the subject of
franchises and state banks as the pub
lic demands; for the corporations and
the banks will be there with all the in
fluence and peculiar persuasions that
they are able to bring to bear. They
will have no direct representatives of
their own In the Legislature, except
those whom they may by fraud and by
deception be able to place upon the
winning ticket. In the present state of
the public mind no one dares to say
that he will take vat Salem the part of
these corporations. If there are any
among these thirty-seven who are likely
to betray the public confidence, we .shall
trust that they may be found out be
fore the day of the primaries rolls
around. If they are not then "smoked
out," and shall be among the successful
fifteen. It may be regarded as certain
that they will have no easy time In
Lprocurlng election in June. What the
people want and demand Is fifteen can
didates who are pledged to promote cer
tain great measures at Salem and who
are likely to do all there is to be done
to secure them.
The thirty-seven candidates who have
declared themselves favorable to legis
lation on franchises and banks are as
follows:
Adams. L. H. Fsrrell. R. S.
Bayer, J. C- Frrra. Albert
Bailey. A. A. (Joint) Gill. John
Beutpen. N. D. Gruber. S. II.
Beverldce. J. TV. Keady, TV, I
Bush. II. N. Ltttlepace. C J.
Burns, D. C. Jlatthicu. S. A
Beach. 8. C. McPheraon. P. A.
Campbell, J. I'. Monahan. T. J.
(Joint) McArthur. C. X.
Coffey. John B. Mackle. Dave B.
Cross, HarA-y (Joint) Orton. G. M. (Joint)
Col well. E. B. Sandetrom. A. H.
Cleveland, Charles SlmnTons. R. E. L.
Clautfcenlu. II.. Jr. Tarjrart. Edward T.
Drlscoll. John Thompson. James R.
Davis. L. M. Thornton. Edirar IL
Emmons. H. H Wanner, Wllllam-
Freeman. F. S. Wilson. Robert W.
INCREASING SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
Xon of the disinterested patriots
who have essayed to ride the ship-subsidy
hobby have ever failed to call at
tention to the small South American
trade of the United States as compared
with that of European countries. An
attempt is always made to show that
we are hampered by lack of steamship
lines out of American ports to the South
American ports. The fallacy of that
argument has been exposed over and
over again by publication of freight
rate? and sailing dates, showing that
shippers ftom American ports enjoy
even lower rates and a more frequent
service than their foreign competitors.
That we are not in the slightest degree
handicapped in our pursuit of the South
American trade is shown by the official
figures for 1905 for the Argentine Re
public, most important of the South
American countries.
The report of Minister Beaupre for
103 shows total Imports Into the Ar
gentine Republic of $205,154,420. of which
England is credited with $68,391,045.
Germany $2?.0S3,027, and the United
States a remarkably close third with
$28,920,443, and France, with a. heavily
subsidized merohane marine, $21,248,202.
In percentage of gain in business, the
United States led all other countries,
the increase being 25 per cent over that
of 1904. Germany and France coming
next with 23 per cent, while England is
fourth with 21 per cenL The export
business of the Argentine quite natur
ally does not make such a favorable
showing for the United States, and yet
the figures are in a large degree ex
planatory of the conditions, which will
always prevent us from buying as
much from the South American country
as we sell to It. For example, we find
that, with total exports of $522,843,541.
Great Britain was a buyer to the ex
tent of J44.826.C70. France 37,SS4.2$L
Germany $37,058,221, Belgium $20.7S0,S50.
and the United States but $15,717,458,
all of the other countries snowing, a
greater Increase in the amount of their
purchases than was shown by the
United States.
This is due entirely to the fact that
the exports of the Argentine are largely
made up of commodities of which the
United States is also an exporter. We
cannot buy from the Argeatlne wheat,
corn, cattle, wool and other great sta
ples which make Hp tho bulk of the ex
ports from that country, and It Ut seel
less to state that, with the European
countries purchasing these eomraodttlee
from the Argentine, they are almost
certain to sector a larger portion of the
trade ia Imports respired by that coun
try than we can expect to secure. Tho
teorease ft 'H ptostt oasporto
is most eacoraginr, however, aad ef
fectually sete at rest any argument that
our trade is being hampered by lack, of
oMpplng facilities.
New Tork and BettoB handle the
hulk or the hvolness with the Argentine,
hut during J5 thirty-six -ships were
dispatched from the port of Baltimore,
their cargoes being snade up almost
exclusU-ely of farm machinery and
other iron and steel manufactured
goods with which this' country success
fully mfcets European competition. The
United States has secured a good foot
hold hi South American trade, and if
the field is properly cultivated the busi
ness will swell into great proportions.
Some Jdea of the tremendous possibili
ties for commercial development can be
gleaned from the figures given for the
196 exports and imports. These enor
mous totals were achieved by a popu
lation of hut little more than S.W0.W0,
the amount per capita being greater
than that of any other nation on earth.
We are not handicapped in this field
by lack of transportation facilities, but
we have not always bjeen as well
equipped with consular representatives
as some of our competitors. The poli
tician with no qualification except that
he ts out of a Job, and with, no recom
mendation for the eervice that Is more
weighty than that some member of
Congress is under political obligation
to him, might at one time have been
sent an Consul to a South American
port without special detriment to the
commercial interests of the country.
But that time has .passed. Men who
have , been trained for the service are
needed in consular positions as never
before, and in no other country is this
need more pressing than in Argentina
and other expanding states of South
America. The.Unlted States is gaining
In that country now. Let us hope that
this gain will be maintained by intelli
gent study of the requirements of the
trade by men who have more than the
passing politician's Interest in IL
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB TTRE.
The fire that destroyed the fine quar
ters of t&e Portland Commercial Club
yesterday will cause most sincere regret
throughout the entire community. The
Commercial Club, on account of the
public nature of its workings and or
ganization, has become a most import
ant factor in the business and social
life of the city. Scores of famous pub
lic men from all parts of the United
States have been entertained in th.e
commodious quarters which are now a
blackened ruin, and hundreds of prom
inent business men from all parts or
the Pacific Northwest have made the
club their headquarters while in the
lty. The stereotyped term "loss cov
ered by Insurance," or en partly cov
ered by insurance. Is misleading In the
case of such a fire.
Nothing, of course, can offer recom
pense for the deplorable loss of a good
citizen like Mr. Homer H. Hallock. who
perished by a mournful accident In
seeking exit from the burning building.
His death adds an element of tragedy
to an event which, aside from this Irre
parable loss, will cause profound sor
row and regret, not only" among the
club members, but among- thousands of
their friends. The Commercial Club
has become one of the strong organiza
tions of the city, and the serious loss of
yesterday will not retard Its growth or
curtail Its sphere of usefulness. But
there Is sentiment In business, and all
the Insurance money that can be col
lected and all that can be secured to
repair the property loss will not bring
back the environment which was dis
tinctive of the old Commercial Club as
it grew to greatness in the quarters
now ruined almost beyond repair.
The building was improperly protect
ed against such emergencies as brose
yesterday. Had there been the same
number of stairways leading from the
eighth to the seventh Boor as were
available below the seventh floor, all of
the people on the eighth floor could
have made their way to the ground
floor without placing their lives in Jeop
ardy. As Portland Is about to witness
the construction of a number of sky
scrapers, the lesson of this fire will be
valuable and may save life In the
future. Although this was practically
the first fire which Portland firemen
have been called upon to fight on any
of the high buildings, their work was
worthy of the highest commendation.
In going up to the lofty position which
It was necessary to reach there was not
only a possibility but a strong proba
bility that some of them might get
caught and perish In the flames; but not
a man flinched.
All great emergencies can be depend
ed upon to develop heroes. Tom Rich
ardson. Instead of making an easy es
cape when the fire first started, re
mained behind until he had mustered
all of the employes of the club and di
rected them to as safe a place as was
possible. Another h,ero of more than'
ordinary grit and courage was the gal
lant fireman at the top of the ladder,
whose cool head and steady nerves
made possible the rescue of the victims
who were trapped on the Fourth-street
side of the building and were taken
down by ladders. There were plenty of
other heroic deeds performed by the
firemen and others, and, despite the
great loss, no conflagration In this city
was ever handled in a more satisfactory
manner.
RENAISSANCE- OF THE rASCOS.
Many a year has melted into the past
since Colonel Mnncey gave to the public
that famous admonition to "Keep your
eye on Pasco." Old Father Time, In his
relentless and unhaltlng flight through
this transitory state which we term life;
brushes aside a good many admonitions
and precepts which are soon forgotten.
This for a long time seemed to be the
fate of -Pasco, and Colonel Munceys ad
vice regarding it. but after many years
of retirement in the wind-swept sand
dunes. Paeco is again rising above her
environment to a height where It Is
once more possible for us to keep our
eye on her. "When Colonel Muncey was
circulating the dreams of future great
ness for his water-tank metropolis, the
strongest "hop" he smoked failed to
conjure up more than a couple of trans
continental railroads for his future
great city. Now. with a renewed hope
beating high In her heart. Pasco wOl
be dlseatlefled with less than feur
transeoatlaeatal roads, and i$ fondly
expecting to become the hub from
which a still greater number of local
railroad spokes wMl branch.
An item now going the reuad of the
press, leader a Pasco date Une. states
that on oompletioB of the North-Soak
road down the Cotemhla Pasco will he
made a d4vMon headquarters for the
Northern PacMc, aad that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul will afee make
that point the headtwirtors Jor the op
erating d4artneit east o the Cascade
Mon(aiAK. It -is also atatasd- that the
imortowortkCtroxiriBotbf
happy utM it can break iete the eity
limits of Pasce and the Spokane fc In
land wHl surely reach the potet made
faraoas by Cstoftel Museey-and Captain
"William Pasco Gray. All of this Is in
teresting, and we hope it is true, for
Pasco, in company with a good many
other interior tows, has a better op
portunity today than she ever before
had for becoming a prosperous city of
fairly good proport!es.
When Colonel Muncey was so success
fully endeavoring to keep the public eye
on Pasco, about twenty years ago, the
Hora and fauna of the adjacent
land were almost exclusively sagebrush
and Jackrabbits, neither of which met
with a demand at all commensurate
with the price which the Colonel placed
on his town lots. All this has been
changed, and Pasco, like many another
neglected Jackrabbit preserve In the in
terior isonow in the Irrigation belt.
The llfegivlng water Is changing the
desert into fields of marvelous richness.
The sagebrush Is giving way to the
vineyard, orchard and truck farm, and
the Pasco of a few years hence will be
more unlike that of tht boom days of
the Ss than the wildest dreams .of
Colonel Muncey could have pictured.
Railroad development such as the North
Pacific States have never before experi
enced will bring to the surface, a good
many long-neglected Pa cos. and will
also present new candidates for the at
tention and favor of the public. Not all
of these towns and cities will achieve
the degree of success which their pro
moters anticipate, bus there will be no
such fiascos and failures as character
ized the boom period of the early 'SO.
The Irrigated lands, which will be trib
utary to Pasco and other new town.,
will turn off fruit, garden truck and
stock, regardless of the condition of the
money market. The producers on these
lands will require lumber, salmon, flour
and other commodities from over on the
Coast, and in that way will increase the
business of the railroad companies and
aid In the general Improvement of the
entire economic system In Oregon.
"Washington and Idaho. This is a good
time to keep your eye. not only on
Pasco, but on a number of other new
or long-neglected cities and towns that
are quickening into life with the com
ing of more railroads. Irrigation projects
and a general era of Industrial activity.
The most remarkable Instance of the
tenacity- with which men hold on
to life under desperate conditions
Is that of the survival for many days
of a number'of the entombed miners at
Courriercs. France. The disaster which
wrecked the, coal mine occurred on
March 10. On March 30 thirteen men.
looking hardly human, worked their
way out of the mine, having been en
tombed all the Intervening time in foul
air and dense darkness, subsisting on
the flesh of a horse. Their appearance
was like that of the dead arising from
a tomb that had long been closed and
scaled. Astonishment gave place to Joy
and Joy to anger at the engineers who
had charge of the work of rescue. In
that these wretched, reeling, living
skeletons were not rescued earlier. And
now comes another and even greater
surprise in the form of another man
being found and brought alive to the
light and air after living In a subter
ranean vault twenty-five days. This
man was more fortunate than the oth
ers, as he found the lunch bags of his
dead comrades and lived from their
contents. The story Illustrates again,
and In a striking way. the fat that
truth 1? stranger than fiction and is
marvelous in that it shows bow wonder
fully strong Is the connecting link be
tween body and spirit, which we are
wont to designate the "slender thread
of life."
The most remarkable multi-marriage
tale comes, not from Chicago this time,
but from Detroit. There a woman not
yet 40 years old Is suing for a divorce
from her sixth husband and mourning
the untimely demise of one who would
have been No. 7 had not death Inter
vened to save him from this fate. Six
marriages, two divorces and one divorce
suit pending, this buxom German
woman who graciously consents to go
by the name of her latest ts suing an
insurance company for what she claims
Is coming to her from the death of the
prospective No. 7. It Is painful to see
Innocent, unsuspecting victims lured to
death and'dlvorce In this manner. A
woman possessed of such fatal charms
might well be Imprisoned as a danger
ous character on the ground that she is
a menace' to the peace and dignity of
the commonwealth.
Ex-Queen Natalie of Servla has
spoken after a long silence. She offers
her fortune of $15,090,000 to the king
dom of Servla on condition that a ca
thedral be built In which the bodies of
her late husband. King Milan, and her
son. King Alexander, will be Interred.
Servla is a needy kingdom, and her sub
jects are not noted for the possession
of that troublesome thing, a tender con
science. They could, without stultify
ing their record in the least, accept the
ex-Queen's money, comply with her
condition, and when she is well out of
the way throw out the bodies of the
disreputable Milan and that of his mur
dered son.
If professional prizefighting Is prop
erly classed as a brutal sport, what
shall be said of the amateur contests
now In progress in San Francisco which
have drawn together boxers from all
parts of the United States? Prlxerlng
chronicles have never contained ac
counts of fiercer and bloodier fighting
than the three-round bouts at the Me
chanics Pavilion.
When the full text of the decision of
the Illinois Supreme Court on the pri
mary law comes to hand It may open
the was for Judicial inquiry Into some
of the provisions of our owa law. which
will be generally employed for the first
time two weeks from bow.
It Is curious to note how many life In
surance company officials took sick this
year, disappeared and then were discov
ered In some mountain fastness or sea
side resort. Tet this Is no new mani
festation of human nature.
Ordinarily we should not he Insistent,
-but under preseat conditions Portland
demands to know whether the rolling
otock. and motive power of the munici
pal street sprinkling plant Is in apple
pie order. " ,
"No rowdyism oa the bM fteid" is the
order to arbiters who bogfcv duty th4s
afternoon. And the public Is la fuM
sympathy w 1th President Bert's mani
festo. Once more the thoucbts of youth turn
to love and the sotmd the. baM-boar-taa-
lawn mover Is amtff hoard at the
lsssd,
THE SILYER LINING.' .
Bj- A. H. VaHartf.
Some More Men.
Many a man ia sickly.
Many a maa la sound.
Many a maa Is diary
And makes your head go 'round.
Many a man is brazen.
Many a man is shy.
Many a man's courageous
And vows to do or d!c."
Many a man's a doctor.
Many murder straight. "
No one knows what he wiu.get
When he corses to Peter's gate.
Many a man's a preacher.
Others He. as well.'
Many a man's a teacher.
Others buy and sell.
Many a man is bashful.
Many a man has nerve, - -Many
have two masters t
And don't know which toservs.
Many a man Is fleshy.
Many a man Is lean.
Many a man Is dirty.
Manyu man is clean.
Many a man's a worker.
Many a man's a lout.
Many a man is earnest, '
Many a man's a tout.
Many a man is yellow.
Many a man Is green.
Many a man's vermilion
Sonic have a golden sheen.
Many a man's a sinner.
Many a man's a saint.
Many a roan's a blackguard . ,
Worse than the devl can paint.
Many a man is forward,
Manr a man Is meek.
Many a man's untidy.
Many a man Is sleek.
Many a man is crazy.
Many a man Is sane.
Many do not know enough
To go in out of the rain. .
Many a man is sHcnt.
Many a man Is loud.
Many a man's distinguished s
In any kind of crowd.
Many a man Is nervous,
Many a man is strong.
Many are philanthropic
And help the world alon;.
Many a man's a leader.
Man a man is led.
Many a man's a live one.
Many a man is dead. ' "
Many a man's an angel.
Many a man's a bear.
Many a man is proper.
Many a man will swear.
Many a man Is empty.
Many a man is full.
Many a man Is without friends.
Many have a pull.
Many a man's a hustler.
Many a man's asleep.
Many a man Is shallow. 4 ;
Many a man Is deep.
Many a roan is wolnsh.
Many a roan is mild, . .
Man" a roan has knowledge.
Many are like a child.
Many a man Is very 'fat, .
Many a man is slim.
He may not know where he's at
Or what Is ailing him.
This list you ne'er could fill It.
Let's stop It pretty soon.
1 could keep It up untttyt
Put whiskers on the moon.
No- Is the time that the girls take off
flannels and the boys put them on.
Warts, although still worn, are not pop
ular. Actors, and. some few men. carry gloves
to show'thcy've got them.
Waists this year are a mere net to hold
together the flufferie underneath.
It is often wise to play the fool.
Illusions arc . the veils that destiny
throws over our eyes to bind us or jto
enchant us.
Envy never discriminates.
Definitions.
(Tips on the Race of Life.)
MONOLOGUE When I talk to you.
DIALOGUE When we are talking to
gether. CATALOGUE The women's conven
tion. FOREVER What he says to her.-
UNTIL I GET TIRED What he thinks.
DARLING What she says to him.
EAST MARK What she thinks.
OFFICE-SEEKING A deadly epidemic
that periodically afflicts Portland and
kills much of the energy. Industry, thrift
and wjrthy ambitions of many of our
naturally gifted men.
SULPHUR The element supposed to
produce the worst punishment for a ain
nerafter death.
HYPER-SULPHUR Something a mile
worse than sulphur, which has been
adopted by Mephlstopheles to punish oth
erwise fine women who have aspired to
become politicians on earth.
Floor of the Pacific
Professor Dyke in "The Opal Sea"
(Scribner's).
The red clay which covers the deep
floors of the Padflc and the Indian
Oceans Is made up of, refuse and residue
that which can withstand the strong
chemical cctlon of the gases. In it -may
be found decomposed volcanic rock, pum
ice, zeolltlc crystal, manganese oxides,
meteoric iron, teeth of sharks, and ear
bones of whales. Few. if a ay. shore de
posits are apparent in It. The reek Is
vitreous refuse, belched forth by subter
ranean or Insular volcanoes. The mtaer
als are supposed to be of cosmic origia
planetary dust and meteoric fragmeats
that have fallen Into the sea and hare
become disintegrated. The groat auaatity
of sharks teeth remahu quite uoaeeouat
ed for at least their apparent ftbermg
together in these ocean baatas is consid
ered very strange.
Too Much to Expect.
Rochostsr Poet-Express.
Mfeoteatppi has substituted the electric
hair for the gallows. It is expected,
however, that the prominent sad reprs
setMattve eHloeua of tho esmmonwealth
who iies-limHy tahe tho law m hbofc
haado. wNlbe sattotod wMh tho old asd
oowTtnoV-Ml sMtho C a rope, throws
eror tho arm of a loiuiaph si.
SHOULD GIVE FIGURES.
"Why Port land Lumber Trade Looks
Small to GoTcmment.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 6. Senator Fulton, at the
request of President F. W. Lcadhetterr
or the Portland Commercial Club, today
took up with the Department of Com-'
xserce and Labor the matter of statis
tics shewing- lumber shipments from
various ports of the United States, with
a view to having Portland properly
credited as the leading lumber port or
the country. Complaint was made that
in the December report of the depart
ment Portland's pre-eminence was nob
mentioned, but important statistics ofr
other ports w,ere given.
Cities FHrnlsh Figures.
The department explained to Mr. Ful
ton that its reports from Portland are
based entirely upon figures furnished
by the Collector of Customs, and his
returns cover only lumber exported to
foreign countries. Tho department Is?
willing- and anxious to give Portland
due credit, but Is compelled to depend
upon Information from the commer
cial organizations of the city or other
private sources of information for Its
data. The Senator was assured that, if
reliable reports are submitted to the
department each month, the depart'
meat will publish them In full in con
nection with figures on forefgn ex
ports" submitted by the Collector of
Customs. Portland Must Get a Move On.
Puget Sound cities and San Francis
co, a well as the raost important:
ports of tho Atlantic and Gulf States;
are duly credited with their coastwise
as well as foreign trade, but in cachr
Instance flgures on all but foreign ship
ments come from unofficial, though re
liable, sources. There is no disposition
to discriminate against Portland in
these Government reports, but Port
land has not furnished the department
with the data, hence the department
has been unable to make a showing on
any but foreign trade.
Get Commercial Club to Act.
Mr. Fulton will take the matter up
with the Commercial Club and suggest
that hereafter that organization on
some other of recognized standing un
dertake to supply the department with
monthly statistics not only on lumber
trade but all other lines of trade and1
commerce.
DIRECTOR OF RECLAMATION
Bill Creates New Office and Re
moves Existing; Friction.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. April 6. The House committee
on irrigation today favorably reported
a bill creating the office of Director of
the Reclamation Service at a 'salary
of $SQfl0 per annum. The bill provides:
It shall be his duty under the direc
tion of the Secretary of the Interior
to carry out works contemplated by
the National irrigation law. The di
rector shall submit an- annual report
to Congress, showing the progress of
work and expenditures made, and shall
also submit each year a statement of
the amounts proposed to be used out
of the reclamation fund during the en
suing fiscal year In construction of ir
rigation projects.
Until the President appoints a Di
rector of the Reclamation Service. Di
rector Walcott. of the Geological Sur
vey, shall perform the duties of that
office and. in addition to his present
salary, receive $1500 annually, to be
paid out of the reclamation fund.
The bill is intended to remove the
friction heretofore experienced In the
administration of the reclamation law.
TWO STORIES OF TON BUELOW
One Has 3IIm Seriously 111, Other
Rapidly Recovering:;.
BERLIN. April 7. Reliable agency re
ports that the stories concerning Prince
von Buclow's having a fainting fit are un
true, and he really Is suffering from em
bolism. His condition Is reported to be
most serious. He has had repeated spells
of unconsciousness, and complications are
likely to set in.
BERLIN. April 6. Chancellor von Bu
low. who fainted while in the Reichstag
yesterday, slept throughout the night and
awoke this morning fresh and clear
rolnded. After taking a cup of coffee, he
asked for the newspapers, but Professor
Rcnvers suggested It would be advisable
not to read them.
Professor Renvere and the physicians
who are associated with him in the case
say no bad consequences are likely to re
sult from the Chancellor's Illness.
Later in the day the Chancellor seemed
so much better that he disposed of some
correspondence with his secretary.
In conversation with Princess von Sue
low, the Chancellor said he regretted that
be felt so badly while speaking yesterday
as to be obliged to omit certain important
statements which he intended to make
about Germany's relations with the for
eign powers.
PILGRIMS BANQUET CURZON
Ex-Viceroy Hopes America Will Suc
ceed in Philippines.
LONDON. April 6. The Pilgrims' So
ciety tonight gave a banquet at the Sa
voy to Lord Curzon. of Ke'dleston. in
honor of the conclusion of bis service as
Viceroy of India. Lord RoBerts. who pre
sided, proposed the toast to King Edward
and President Roscvclt. which was en
thusiastically received.
Lord Curzon made a notable speech. He
referred to the Philippine Islands and
expressed the hope that the Americans
would achieve there the same measure
of success that Great Britain has gained
in India. There were frequent references
to the Pilgrims' dinner in honor of Earl
Grey, Governor-General of Canada, in
New Tork. All the speakers expressed
the hope that these dinners marked a
new and Important era of closer relations
with the Anglo-Saxon peoples.
In the course of his short speech. Mr.
Justice O'Darllng said he was glad to
learn that the British people were plan
ning to return to the United States a pic
ture of Benjamin 'FrankHn which was
captured during the War of Independ
ence. THe speaker was greeted with
shouts of laughter when he suggested.
that Americans might reciprocate by re
turning what they had won as the result
of that war.
Japan Acting: ia Good Faith.
ST. PETERSBURG. April S. The condi
tion of affairs in the Far East, accord
ing to a seml-oSlcial statement published
today. Is far less menacing than has been
panted by certain papers, as the Japan
ese evacuation of South Manchuria is
proceedfag actively and ia good faith, but
the statement avoids reference to Chinese
reJatleas or .the possibility of trouble in
this quarter.
Russia la preparing to take up with the
Japanese minister thedefinltion of fishing
rights on the Mhortaa coast granted by
the treaty of Portsmouth.
Artillery to 1111 Bambaata.
GJUBTTOWN. Natal. April S. Bara
baata, tho leader of the outlaws, is be
Mered to be wKMn seves miles of Grey
town. He has only Ms foHewers. It Is
tmpeoefsle for infantry to penetrate the
Traoh tn pursuit of. the rebels, bat ever-lookmg-
their Mdtn- pteee la as eminence
on which artMery Is boiar ptaeed.,.
tm mhvii ar wiraog kw attaox
IN THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
First and foremost All- the news,
American, foreign and local. Asso
ciated Press and special, in such
fullness as raises this journal head
and shoulders' above any other pa
per on the Pacific Coast. 1.
EASTER DAY AS A
RIVAL OF CHRISTMAS
Within the past few years the- cus
tom of giving presents to children
on Easter Sunday has grown to
such proportions that the. spirit of
the day has changed character in
the popular mind. Today Portland
shops are filled with Easter toys
ana traditional gifts fashioned by
European and American experts.
Marlon MacRae tells of the many
novelties In which the rabbit, the
egg. the chick and. the baby figure
in a grotesque as well as an artls
. tic way.
FROM PEASANTS COTTAGE
TO CA9VLE BYCHOR
The story of Jan Kubelik, .violin
virtuoso, who at the age of IS had
the musical, world at his feet. It
reads like a 20th century fairy
tale; yet It is the story of reward
for unremitting work, coupled with
nature's great gift. If the Bohe
mian boy did not "many the
princess and live happy forever." "
he did marry a countess and he
has saved enough money now he
Is only 25 to be Independent and
live In a castle. .
THE GENTLE NAZARENE IN
MODERN RELIGIOUS ART
Present day painters of the high
est repute contend that Christ be
longs to no one period, but to every
age. therefore Easter's supremo
figure Is now associated on the
same canvas with modern men and
women. Photographic reproduc
tions are given of famed paintings
now hung in Paris showing today's
conception In art of the man of
Galilee and his personal relations
with mankind.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
OF GEORGE H. WILLIAMS
For his topic tomorrow. Judge
Williams takes up the Senate's
action In 1S63 toward maintaining
the integrity of the financial ob
ligations of the Nation. As one
result of the Civil War, we had
an Immense interest account .to
meet and 'a big debt to pay. The
high purpose and the sound busi
ness senso of the Republican side
of Congress are well set forth.
BEST LOCAL TENNIS
PLAYERS IN SIX YEARS
Will the Portland topnotchers be
able to hold their present rank
the coming season? A man who
knows the game has a personal
talk with some of the men who
expect to be close to the head of
the list. With the article are
gocd portraits of Portland players.
GEORGE ADE IN
PASTURES NEW
In the coming letter, the humorist
presents compressed information
extracted from Mr. Peaslcy's un
scholarly notebook and hands out
useful knowledge of Europe In
tabloid form- Now. In Naples, the
populace believes It must be .very
lonesome in America with half the
population abroad.
THE ROOSEVELT BEARS
AT HARVARD
These visitors at the Hub are res
cued from jail and fall in with the
boys at Dr. Eliot's school. They
have the jolliest sort of a dinner,
ride the donkey In true Western
style and each receives a. degree.
LEADERS IN THE OREGONIAN
VOTING CONTEST
Ballots are coming in by the thou
sands in .Tho Oregonian's voting
contest. The prizes are free trips
to the Yellowstone Park for 24
lucky young women. Interest In
this contest Is beginning to over
shadow the primary election cam
paign, and the friends of the can
didates all over the Pacific North
west will read with interest the
results of the count of the last few
days, which will be announced to
morrow. MUSIC, SOCIETY AND
DRAMATIC REVIEWS
Society is looking forward to the
end of Lent. This will be the
theme of the social department of
The Sunday Oregonian. Small so
cial gatherings, events that are
looming up on the social horizon,
weddings and items of a personal
nature will make up the grist of
this department. Reviews of the
week's theatrical attractions, an
nouncements of coming attractions,
small talk of the stage will be found
on the dramatic page. Musical
events of the past week, announce
ments of approaching" concerts,
and gossip of music and musicians
will be covered in the music de
partment. '
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING REVIEW
The Sunday Oregonian is devoting
a. page to the review of the week
In- real estate and building circles.
Real estate Is moving with such
rapidity, the coming of transcon
tinental and suburban railways
bring with them so many investors
that the real estate map of Port
land Is changing dally. Buildings
are rising rapidly so that "ISO?
promises to be one of the record
years in number and value. Illus
trations of new buildings and resi
dences are features . of this de
partment. TWO PAGES OF
SPORTING NEWS
Herbert W. Kerrigan will continue
to write for the sporting pages of
The Sunday Oregonian. He has
left New Tork with the Athens
team and during his trip abroad
will write a series of articles which
will cover not only the Olympic
games, but also the athletics of
foreign countries. All the news of
the world In sports will be found
on the sporting- pages.
EMI LIE FRANCES BAUER'S
NEW YORK LETTER
Gossip of musical, artistic and lit
erary circles in the American me
tropolis Is presented in a chatty
letter from Emllle Frances Bauer.
The fire In Julian Hawthorne's
home, which damaged the price
less "manuscripts of Nathaniel
Hawthorne: the coming American
tour of Paderewski; the story of
Thomas W. Shields' great paint
rag; the last moments of Mozart,
and a review of the musical sea
son In New York, are hes topics.
BOOKS, REVIEWS AND NEWS
OF LITERARY FIELD
There's fashion in Spring books
as well as Spring "bonnets. New
Spring- books wllL be found on
The Oregonian's book, page, as
well as news and gossip of peo
ple In the world of letters. This
week's book reviews: "The
Snare of Strength." by Randolph
Bedford; -The Sea Maid." by
Ronald Macdenald; "Old Wash
ington." by Harriet Prescott
SpoeTord; "Called to the Field,"
by Luey Meacham Thruston;
"The Gospel of Love," by Rev.
Edmund G. Moberly; "The Negro
and the Nation." by George S
Merriam: "The Log- of a Sea .An
gler." by Charles Frederick
Holder: "The" Spellers." by Rex.
E. Bea; 'The- Frenoh Revolu
tion' and the: Rise of. NapoloosC
by Pxofeocor Ftethe.