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rORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 19O0.
A FALNE ACCUSATION.
A certain lawyer of fine presence and
good practice who passed to the bar of
the higher court with the last genera
tion kept a student In his office accord
ing to the good, old custom. One day
the student in reading over the docu
ments which his preceptor had prepared
for the trial of a case came upon (he
notes for his address to the Jury, with,
hints along the mifVgln for its effective
delivery. Here the learned- advocate
admonished himself to look up towapd
heaven; there he was to weep; and o
on until finally the wondering youth lit
upon the startling words "insult the
court." What possible advantage could
a lawyer pain by insulting the court?
The preceptor proceeded to explain and
the student admired in silence. "If I
insult the Judge, I make him angry at
nie. Being angry, he suspects himself
of a prejudice against me; and, dread
ing lest his prejudice turn awry the
course of justice, he will lean toward
my side of the case in his , rulings."
The youth made a reverential bow and
retired to his apartment to digest what
he had learned.
The ideal of every judge, as the old
lawyer well knew, is to be impartial.
Just as a soldier must be brave and a
priest pure and a lawyer faithful to his
client, so a Judge holds himself bound
to be Impartial. The obligation Is both
personal and professional. The judge
who violates it not only blackens his
ow n character and destroys his hopes of
high renown, but he also desecrates the
noblest of human institutions and un
dermines the foundations of the social
order. Once destroy the confidence of
mankind in the courts of justice and
anarchy becomes Inevitable. Of all of
fenses against society, therefore, preju
dice in a Judge is the worst, and no
monk In his solitary cell ever inspected
his soul for blotches of sin so relent
lessly as the modern judge inspects his
mlml for the barest trace of unfairness.
Those who glibly assume that Hay
wood, Moyer and Pettlbone have been
prejudgud by the courts and will be
executed without regard to their guilt
rr Innocence commit the identical social
crime of which they accuse the Idaho
Judges. That is. they condemn without
evidence.
The accusation is made by certain
newspapers not too well balanced in
thought or temperate In expression.
Stripped of its passionate verbiage, it
runs something like this: Moyer and
his companions are workingmen: the
.indites are dependent for office and
emoluments upon capital and are there
fore subwrvient to it; and, since capi
tal demands the execution of these
prisoners, they will be sentenced to
death even if they are innocent. This
accusation has been made widely and
persistently ever since the Federation
officials were arrested. We wish to
show thai-it is groundless. In the first
place, the reputation of the courts for
impartiality Is a fact which must be
accounted for. Such a reputation could
never have hern acquired if the judges
had been fair sometimes and sometimes
unfair, according as their own interests
or wishes prompted them. It is so nearly
universal and so deep-seated, in the
public consciousness, that it must cor
respond closely with the facts. Impar
tiality must have been the rule with
the courts, and it must have prevailed
ITactically without exceptions for a
long time, or they would never have
gained that public confidence which
they jiow uijoy. It is too much to say
that no Judge has ever shown bias in
the course ' bf "our history, but bias
against the prisoner in a criminal case
Is a rare 'exception. There is an enor
mous balance of probability that the
Judge who is to try any particular pris
oner in his anxiety to be impartial will
lean to the side of the accused rather
than against him. Such is the practice
in this country. It is so notoriously the
practice that it has been made a re
proach to American Jurisprudence and
tt prevails, no matter whether the man
on trial Is poor or rich, no matter
whether he Is a capitalist or a work
Ingman. The law and the courts In this
country are notoriously on the side of
the accused.
Hence the prediction that Haywood.
Mover and Pettlbone will not have a
fair trial amounts to the expectation
that in their case all the ordinary prac
tice and all the established rules of
criminal procedure will be suspended:
that the Judge is without conscience or
honor, the jury without integrity or in
telligence, and the defendants' lawyers
without ability. For. even If the court
were never so bitterly prejudiced
against the prisoner, the trial must be
fair if the lawyers are able and watch
ful. The judge can say or-do nothing
contrary to the law unless he is permit
tod by the defense. If he displays the
least prejudice his rulings will be re
versed upon appeal. Better still, the
Jury Is keen to suspect partiality in the
Judge and Invariably resents It. In the
unthinkable care that he wished to
murder the prisoners on trial before
him he cou'd not hope that twelve fair
minded men would conspire w ith him to
do such a deed. Out of the twelve ,
surely there would be one man who was
not an assassin, and one would be
enough to save the prisoners' lives.
But let us grant for a -moment that
the Judge and Jury who are to try
Moyer and his companions are all mur
derers. Let us also grant that their
lawyers are imbecile and that "capital,"
whatever that vague word may denote,
can direct the trial to suit itself. What
would be the effect upon the public
mind If capital should put them to
death without producing evidence to
prove their guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt? Has assassination ever bene
fited any man or any cause among
English-speaking peoples? Has it not
invariably ruined those who employed
it? If Capital could assassinate the
Federation officials, by a mock trial or
otherwise, and should venture to do so.
is it rent certain that the word itself
and those whom it designates would be
come forever abhorrent to the Amer
ican people and that their cause would
from that day be doomed? What in
Jury could Haywood, Moyer and Pettl
bone inflict upon Capital, If they la
bored all their lives and if they were a
thousand times as gifted as they are,
which would compare in ruinous conse
quences with their judicial murder?
Capital may be greedy and cruel, but
it is not stupid. It may commit crimes,
but it does not make mistakes so pat7
ent and fatuous as this would be. The
mere fact that Capital is suspected of
desiring their execution Is probably
the best of all possible assurances that
Moyer and his companions will have a
trial absolutely fair.
A RIFT IN THE CLOCOS.
There is yet hope for an American
merchant marine. Not one of the
weak, sickly, subsjdy-pap-nurtured af
fairs to be used principally as a vehicle
for graft on the Treasury, but a ood
sound, economical merchant marine
that can float on its own bottom and
meet the oompetition of the world. Sec
retary Taft has laid the foundation for
this merchant marine by insisting that
supplies for the Panama Canal be pur
chased In the cheapest market, and to
emphasize the importance of the princi
ple involved he mentions in a letter,
which is approved by the President, the
purchase of two large seagoing suction
dredges in Scotland at a material re
duction in the price demanded by
American manufacturers. Of course
we have not yet got far enough along
on the road to reform to expect that the
Government will permit the private in
dividual in need of an ocean-going
dredge to buy it where he can buy it
the cheapesl, but the action of Secre
tary Tait to a degree establishes a pre
cedent and shows the possibilities of
the new system.
Seagoing dredges are built In the
same yards and, by the same class of
workmen as merchant marine vessels.
If the German, British, French, Norwe
gian, Japanese or any Important mari
time nation except the United States
has a shipowner who is desirous of add
ing ships to his fleet and glory to the
flag of his country, he is at perfect lib
erty to buy where he can buy the
cheapest. . This privilege, enjoyed by
our competitors for Ihe carrying trade
and denied our own capitalists, is the
greatest handicap suffered by the
American who desires to engage in the
shipping business. The handicap Is so
manifestly unjust that Secretary Taft
has refused to submit to it in provid
ing equipment for. the Panama Canal, i
But if it is right for the Government
to save money on its purchases, why
should this right be denied private citi
zens? Is the Government, like the
trusts, so needy that It must enjoy
these special privileges while the tax
payers who foot the bills are not al
lowed to participate in them? This ac
tion of Secretary Taft, sanctioned by
President Roosevelt, is fraught with
great possibilities. The first tiny stream
which seeps through an embankment
is of small consequence, but it rapidly
eats out a wider channel through
which a torrent eventually ru6hes. If
the Government is permitted to buy
cheap dredges - and ships, the people
should and eventually will have the
same privilege.
FRESH-WATER HARBORS.
The International Association of
Sailing-Ship Owners, which for the
past three years has maintained an un
just, unfair and inexcusable differential
of Is 3d per ton against Portland, will
hold its annual meeting early next
month. If the association members will
kindly indulge in a mathematical cal
culation on the length of time con
sumed by their ships in making the
homeward passage from Portland ani
Puget Sound, and also take Into consid
eration the delays Suffered by their ves
sels on Puget Sound as compared with
their experience at Portland, there
should be a strong inclination either to
eliminate the differential or turn it
around and make" the discrimination
against Puget Sound. Facts are stub
born things, and figures cannot lie. For
that reason no difficulty will be encoun
tered In determining how much more
time was lost by the Puget Sound grain
fleet this season than by the Portland
grain fleet. Up to date, eighteen of the
Portland grain fleet for Europe have
arrived out, and twenty ot the fleet
from Puget Sound have been reported.
Of the Portland fleet the fastest pass
age was 103 days, and the slowest 179
days, the average for the eighteen ves
sels being: 130.8 days. The Puget Sound
fleet already reported shows the fastest
passage to be 111 days, and the slowest
179 days, with an average for the fleet
of 140.5 days, or practically ten days
longer than the passage from the Co
lumbia River. The showing would have
been still more favorable for Portland
had it not been for the remarkably long
passage of one vessel. The extent to
which the average was affected by this
long passage is indicated by the pas
sages of the other Vessels. But seven
of the Portland fleet 'were out more
than 130 days, while fifteen of the ves
sels from Puget Sound were out more
than 130 days, and eleven of them were
out more than 140 days. The demurrage
charge on a grain ship of the average
size, with her crew on board, is $200 per
day, and, as the owners of the Puget
Sound grain fleet lost ten days' use of
their vessels as compared with the
Portland fleet, the balance sheet will
show a time handicap to the extent of
$2000 against each of the vessels that
arrived out from Puget Sound this sea
son. If to this Is added the differential of
Is 3d per ton which was accepted from
Puget Sound, it will be found that the
earnings of every grain ship arriving
out from Puget Sound this season will
be about $3000 less than the earnings of
those sailing from Portland. These pas
sages are reckoned from the time the
vessels got clear of Neah Bay and As
toria, but throughout the season there
has been much more delay in getting
vessels to sea from Tacoma or Seattle
than there has been in getting them
from Portland to the sea, some of the
Tacoma grain fleet being held up for
nearly a month after the cargo was
aboard. So far as known, no definite
attempt has been made to bring these
facts before the shipowners, and possi
bly without a full understanding of the
unfair nature of the discrimination they
may retain the differential for another
year. That it is unfair and unreason
able is plainly shown by action of some
of the same members of the association
who frequently, since establishment of
the differential, have chartered lumber
vessels to load at Portland at exactly
the same rates as from Puget Sound.
In the case of steamers which, on ac
count of cheap fuel, should naturally
take a lower rate from Puget Sound,
there has never been a difference in
rates at the two ports. If the Interna
tional Association of Sailing-Ship Own
ers is disposed to act fair in the matter
at the coming meeting, it will supply
Portland shippers with a bill of specifi
cations stating wherein it is more ex
pensive for ships at Portland than on
Puget Sound. The ship William and
Ann was wrecked at the mouth of the
Columbia in 1828, and there were a few
wrecks in later years, but they are so
infrequent .now as not to be regarded
as increasing the risk to Portland
bound vessels over that of vessels going
to other ports. There has also been
some shanghalng done here, and ex
cessive blood money was exacted by
Jim Turk, who is dead; Bunko Kelly,
who is in the penitentiary, and Larry
Sullivan, who is in Tonapah.
All these handicaps have been re
moved, however. There were no delays
at the bar or on the river in recent
years, no excessive charge for sailors,
and the ships having the advantage of
a fresh-water harbor all made fine runs
to Europe. For these reasons and a
number of others, the shipowners could,
without loss to themselves, equalize the
Portland and Puget Sound grain rates.
THE FAKE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.
The local plutocratic organ, which, is
permitted by its owners for reasons best
known to themselves to support the
Democratic ticket, has lately been
printing glowing accounts of the Cham
berlain tour of Eastern Oregon. Large
audiences, torchlight processions, bril
liant oratory, and immense enthusiasm
are the common Incidents of the appear
ance everywhere of the Governor and
his party, according to the organ, Monday-
evening, under a prominent head
line, "Governor Is Greeted by the En
tire Town," the organ had the follow
ing: Union. May 14. Although It came at the
Inconvenient hour of 1 o'clock in the after
noon, the meeting addressed by Governor
Chamberlain. J. D. Matlock and Robert A.
Miller was attended by practically everybody
in the town. The reception to the Governor
was very enthusiastic and amounted to al
most an ovation. His speech was one of the
best he ever made at this place.
There was more of the same kind of
whoop-it-up campaign guff. The facts
are that Chamberlain and party were
not at Union on that afternoon, any
other; and the news story in the organ
was a bold fake, written at home, and
published with no attempt to learn the
facts. It illustrates two things the
Journalistic misdeeds of the plutocratic
organ, which never pays for real news,
and rarely gets it, and the awkward
straits of the Chamberlain campaign. A
meeting had been scheduled for Union,
but the date was canceled, evidently
because a Democratic "mass meeting"
held there the previous week had been
attended by nine lonely citizens. Fear
ing a frost, the Democratio manage
ment took no chances, and avoided
Union. The Chamberlain press bureau,
however, failed to notify the organ, and
it Went ahead and printed one of Its
usual made-in-Portland telegraph dis
patches. If you see It in the organ, they
guessed at it.
WEAVING THE OLD PARTY.
It Is not surprising that the registra
tion books show largely increased Re
publican majorities. In 1904 thousands
of men who had been Democrats voted
for Roosevelt and made that the occa
sion for their leaving the Democratic
ranks permanently and Joining forces
with the Republicans. In 1896 and in
190O, large numbers of Democrats left
their party on the money issue and be
came pronounced Republicans. Others
whose confidence In their party was
badly shaken quietly retained their
party affiliation, hoping that another
campaign would bring about conditions
which would justify their course. The
nomination of Parker and Davis, cold
blooded aristocrats, in opposition to a
Republican candidate whose heart
beats in sympathy with the people,
was one mora jolt that shook free the
loosening hold of party affiliation. Some
Democrats voted far Roosevelt, and still
remain loyal to their party, hoping that
1908 will find the party worthy of con
tinued support. Others who voted for
Roosevelt did so with the expectation
of voting in the future for Republican
candidates. They could see no use in
longer wasting their efforts upon a
party that persists in being wrong.
They prefer the party of peace, prog
ress and prosperity. They made no
public announcement of their change at
the time, but the registration books
show the increasing number of Repub
licans. There is no encouragement for young
men to go Into the Democratic party,
while there is much In the history, the
achievements and the principles of the
Republican party to make it attractive
to first voters.
Chicago furnishes an unexpected and
admirable object-lesson in moral brav
ery. The directors of the Traders' In
surance Company, which lost its capi
tal, surplus and reserve fund, together
with a million and a quarter more, in
the San Francisco disaster, announce
that enough stockholders will assess
themselves to make good the losses and
pay policy-holders in full. John J.
Mitchell;- president of the Illinois Trust
& Savings Bank, one of. the largest
financial concerns in Chicago, and vice
president of the insurance company, is
responsible for this marked act of busi
ness integrity. The world knows that
corporations have no souls; yet men
have, and once in a generation a big
man arises t6 put human attributes
into a mere money-making machine.
A very interesting military move
ment is planned for the coming Sum
mer. The War Department and Presi
dent Roosevelt have arranged and
agreed upon a programme that will, if
carried out, involve the ordering out of
the entire regular Army, except the
Coast Artillery. The purpose is to test
the facilities for concentrating troops
under conditions as closely as possible
approximating those of war. It was the
Intention last year to assemble a large
body of troops in the vicinity of New
port News, convey them under emer
gency orders by transports to some
roint on the New England coast, and
have them, equipped for field service,
march to their appointed stations. Lack
of means prevented the carrying out of
that plan, but this year it may be put
into effect in modified form. The Army,
with the exception noted, Is to be mo
bilized at different camps in different
parts of the country, when "alarms"
will be sounded and the troops will
march out as if to battle. The idea is
one to stir the military ardor of the
troops, which is naturally abated by
long years of garrison life, and to test
their endurance in stress of emergency.
If carried out, people in the vicinity of
large military posts will no doubt wit
ness some stirring scenes scenes that
can hardly fail to revive pride in the
Nation's prowess that is a - necessary
element In patriotism.
v.
A heavy rain in Umatilla and Walla
Walla Counties on Monday added sev
eral hundred thousand dollars to the
value of the 1906 wheat crop. It is, of
course, still too early to consider the
crop safe, but a drenching rain in the
middle of May is a pretty good safe
guard against serious damage later, un
less there should be a long-continued
spell of dry weather, accompanied by
hot winds. It has been ten years since
the wheat crop in the Pacific Northwest
has been seriously damaged by hot
winds in June, and, & there was an
unusually heavy fall of snow in the
mountains last Winter, repetition of
this trouble is hardly probable this sea
son A succession of good crops and
high prices has placed the farmers of
Oregon and Washington in a good posi
tion to withstand a setback of this na
ture, but quite naturally none of them
are desirous of again undergoing the
unpleasant experience.
In order to relieve passengers from
the annoyance, of dense clouds of dust
lifted into the air by the swiftly moving
trains, the O. R. & N. Co. has arranged
to sprinkle its track between Pendleton
and Spokane with oil. Crude petroleum
such as is used on the highways in
California will be used. This is a rem
edy which has often been suggested ,by
passengers as an effective method of
keeping down the dust, not only in
Eastern Oregon, but in the Willamette
Valley, where, in Summer, the dust
rises In immense clouds at every road
-crossing or wherever the railroad grade
has been recently worked. It probably
is not practicable for the Harrlman
lines to sprinkle all their tracks at
present, but in a few years some
method will be in common use to elim
inate this pleasure-destroying feature
of railroad travel.
If Rev. I. D. Driver puts as much en
ergy and enthusiasm into the manage
ment of his new 320-acre farm near
Lebanon that he has put into preaching
these many years, -.he will show the
Linn County agriculturists how to ac
complish things. The zeal with which
Dr. Driver has preached the gospel in
Oregon has driven the devil out of
many a soul. Here's hoping that sim
ilar zeal in the cultivation of the soil
will result In the extermination of Can
ada thistles, wild mustard, FreAch pink
and dog fennel.
A belated hail storm went skurrying
over this section yesterday, its course
set toward the Rocky Mountains, where
such storms break now and then
throughout the entire Summer. So far
as noted, no damage was done, though
the ice pellets bombarded blossoming
rose bushes, tender green leaves and
trees set with half-grown cherries and
other small fruits, furiously for two or
three minutes.
They have, a happy way of saying a
thing over in Malheur, as is shown by
this item in Friday's Ontario Argus:
"Governor Chamberlain,' Democratic
candidate for Governor, will address
the people of Ontario and vicinity this
evening ot the" opera-house. The band
will play, the Democrats will shout and
Malheur County will go for Withy
combe in June."
John G. Woolley, the temperance lec
turer, asserts after careful investiga
tion that the consumption of intoxicat
ing liquor is decreasing among the mid
dle classes and is increasing among the
idle rich and the idle poor. In other
words, Mr. Woolley offers one more
proof of the operation of the law of the
survival of the Attest..
Theoretically, the plan fpr contour
grading of the hills which make Port
land's natural western boundary is
flawless. The beauty of streets thus
laid out is apparent. All that remains
is to induce owners of the property to
abandon right angles and plat building
sites in conformity with topographical
suggestion.
And now the Cumberland Presby
terian Cbjjrch asks for an injunction
restraining its delegates from entering
into a combine with the parent organ
ization. To the iay mind this form of
procedure looks reasonable. What is
sauce for the sinner ought to be sauce
for the saint.
W. C. Hawley, the Republican nomi
nee for Congress in the First District,
says he believes that every man should
be protected in the right of pursuit of
happiness, but he would insist upon the
coolie laborer pursuing his happiness
in China. In which sentiment we can
all concur. t
As a demonstration of the get-together
spirit, the Coos Bay Congress
called for next week at North Bend is
commendable. It has Portland's good
will in full measure, and, what is more
to the purpose, it will have Portland's
active support.
Publication of the serial story in
which the steamship. Geo. W. Elder
serves as the central figure and the
Lower Columiba as a setting will be re
sumed at an early date. Mr. Peterson
promises to furnish copy for a happy
denouement.
As usual, Hood River Valley Is send
ing out a call for laborers. Here Is
an opportunity for California refugees
of either sex. Berry-picking pays good
wage and Involves not physical strength
so much as suppleness of backbone.
With the published testimony as a
basis for observation, it would seem
that Roosevelt has caught Tillman's
pedro as well as Aldrich's. Unless the
cards are stacked on him in some later
deal, he has the game won now.
Eggs are firm, says the telegraphic
market report from Oakland. Mst of
Oregon product that finds its nay to
Portland is infirm.
It is announced that Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt will give a dinner May 24.
Has the family been living on two
meals a day?
Milwaukee. Wis., is now a closed
town. Something new to make Mil
waukee famous.
Pl'REST OF" ALL ENGLISH.
Rarity Said to Br That Spoken la the
Middle West.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fro-m the investigations of an Eng
lish Vavant, Sir Jonathan Williams,
the best English is spoken in Kentucky
and tne Ohio Valley rather than In
London or any other part of the British
Isles or possessions. S
Sir Jonathan has traveled through
Australia, all of the different counties
of England. Ireland and Scotland and
through many of the states of the
Union, examining the peculiarities of
the different pronunciations.
I have been interested in dialectical
English for many years." said Sir Jona
than, at Chicago.' "Your ordinary Eng
lishman of the isles is, above all. dia
lectical. The same is true of your New
Englander. The southlands of .America
have a drawl wnlch is totally mis
placed: the norfhlands of your country
a nasnl twang which is a joke to Eng
lishmen. It is oivly on the middle
ground here in America that I have
found the true English, the English of
Shakespeare and Dr. Johnson, unmixed
with dialectical absurdities or with pe
culiarities of expression. Slang as such
I do Hot find in Kentucky and the
neighboring regions) along the Ohio
and Missouri Rivera. Nor were the
crudities of your Western Americanism
so apparent there.- The clipped and
halting speech of Scotland comes nearer
to the Kentucky English than any I
have heard in my investigations. Aus
tralia is overlaid "with a slang which is
worse than the worst of your West.
Your East is imitative of Cockneyisms,
unnatural and therefore un-English.
"In the island itself the best English
Is 'not that of Oxfordshire or of Cam
bridgeshire, but of Kent and Southern
Downs. This, however, does not ap
proach in purity of diction, clearness
of enunciation and adhesion to class
ical forms the English of your Middle
West, which Is neither your North nor
vour South, your East nor your West.
I have found in the City of Louisville
a pronunciation and a use of terms
which is nearer, in my mind, to Addison
and the English classicists than any
thing which the counties of England,
the provinces of Australia or the
marches of Scotland can offer."
When King Alfonso Is Married.
Madrid cable dispatch.
The official programme for the wed
ding of King Alfonso and Princess Ena
of Battenberg is as follows:
May 29 Introduction of the foreign
Princes to trie Princess at the Pardo
Palace. In the eveningtheatricals.
May 30 In the afternoon, signing of
the marriage contract at the Pardo
Palace in the presence of the grandees
of Spain and the foreign Princes.
May 31 At 11 o'clock in the morning
the wedding In the Church of St. Gero
nitno bv the archbishop of Toledo.
June 1 At 3:30 P. M., banquet at
tended only by the members of the
Spanish royal family and the foreign
Princes.
June 2 In the afternoon the battle
'of flowers. In the evening, state per
formance at the Teatro Reale.
June 3 Service in the morning in the
palace chapel. In the evening, state
ball.
Juno 4 Bull fight.
June 5 Excursion to Aranjuez. In
the evening, torchlight procession.
June 6 Banquet to Spanish officials.
Juno 7 Banquet to the diplomatic
corps.
June 8 Official reception, nnd in the
evening ball of the municipality.
Servant Girl Without Appendix.
Fond du Lac letter to Milwaukee
Sentinel.
WANTED GTRTj FOR -GENERAL HOl'BE
work; one who has had appendix removed.
J. I,. Bradley, Hlfl Linden street.
The above advertisement appeared in
a local paper this morning. The reason
for i f is that Mr. Bradley, who is a mail
carrier, has been unfortunate enough
-to have had two servant girls taken 111
with appendicitis, which seems to have
became epidemic in Fond du Lac He is
now determined to take no more
chances in the way of sending girls to
the hospital for operations, but wants
one who has undergone an operation
and is willing to work for him.
In at the Killing Time.
Exchange.
Tt is related that Ma.ior-General Wood
was prevailed upon one evening at a
Washington. D. C., club to recount some
experiences of the Cuban campaign.
Among the members of the club who fur
nished the audience for General Wood
was a well-known physician.
"And how do you feel. General," he
asked, with a trace of sarcasm, "after
you have professionally kiied a man?"
"Oh." responded" Wood, carelessly, "we
don't mind it any more than you do."
Told by Congressman Adam Bede.
Syracuse, N. Y., Herald.
They reminded me of the Scandina
vian girl, fresh from her home, who
came into my district. She went to
church, and the good minister, as was
his custom after his service, stood at
the door giving the hand of fellowship
to the brethren and sisters. She told
him her najne and where she lived.
"I will call on you soon," the minis
ter said.
""Oh, I got a fellow already," replied
the young woman.
Wonderful Kent of Etching: on lln.
St. Louis Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Twenty-six letters of the alphabet and
nitie numerals neatly engraved on an or
dinary pinhead. This apparently impos
sible feat of infinitesimal etching has been
accomplished by Eugene Wrenger, 21.".3
College avenue, St. Louis, an expert steel
and copper-plate engraver. Every letter
and figure can be seen plainly through
the microscope or without a glass if one
has good eyes. It has been placed on
exhibition in a public museum in Phila
delphia. Seen. Through a Kentucky Tunibler.
Baltimore American.
A Kentucky preacher had for his
text last Sunday: "Straws show which
.way the wind blows." It has been long
thought that in Kentucky straws usu
ally indicated the course of the Julep.
WHEN THE RATE BILL FINALLY EMERGES
1 ' HOW VT3u rjf
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From th FittPhury tMspatch.
WOMAX ISES WATER HOSE.
Dreachea lavaders W ha Plaat Phone
Poles Xear Her House.
Kansas City Star.
"There'll be no more poles in front of
this house as long as the water supply
continues." With these words, Mrs. O. P.
Smith, 3121 Harrison street, squirted the
chilly stream toward a workman for the
Bell Telephone Company, and he dropped
his shovel and ran away.
The conflict between Mrs. Smith and
j the pole planters began at $:30 o'clock
this morning. A hole was dug in front of
her home, in the sodded parkway, two
feet from a fine shade tree, but every
workman was soaked while digging, and
at length they quit and went away for a
while, leaving one man to watch for a
load of poles and direct their unloading.
During the lull in hostilities Mrs. Smith
had a small boy 1111 up the hole and resod
it. While he worked she kept the hose
ready. The watchman interfered once
and Mrs. Smith soaked him so that he
was glad to escape.
'Patrolman Conbov from the WestDort
"Police Station, arrived just before noon
and prevented the unloading ot poles until
it was shown that the Bell people had
a permit Issued by the Board of Public
Works. Then he could do nothing more.
The Bell people want to put in three
telephones at $1.50 each in houses on the
west side of Harrison between Thirty
first sti-eet and Linwood boulevard. The
property-owners object to the poles.
The workmen driven away by Mrs.
Smith seemed to take their drenching
good-naturedly. They ran away frequent
ly, but returned laughing to work. Mrs.
Smith didn't laugh. She was in deep
earnest. Mrs. Smith is the wife ot a
traveling salesman. She looks after the
house when her husband is away.
Auto Perfume Xext on the Mat.
Exchange.
The automobile world hails with great
satisfaction the report that Mme. Hen
gelmuller wife of Emperor Franz Jo
seph's Ambassador to the United States,
has discovered a way not only to get rid
of the vile smell that accompanies gaso
line motors, but to substitute therefor "a
delicious and ineffable scent like unto
myrrh and incense." As one of the belles
dames of Prance recently said: "Think
of flying along the roads in an intoxica
tion of speed and perfume! And then
we may vary odors. One may have a
12-horsepower machine in simple violet,
a 24-horsepower machine in double violet,
a 36-horsepower in amaryllls de Japon and
a 40-horsepower in jardin du couvent.
The highways will hereafter be as sweet
as sachet bags."
And now the Inventors are reported as
seriously at work on motors that will
play the finest quality of orchestral mu
sic as they skim along. "Next year."
said the fair Parislenne above quoted,
"1 expect to take a Wagnerian cure at
Baireuth in an automobile that will play
en route a complete repertory of Offen
bach." .
Question ot Senatorial Privilege.
The American Spectator.
A distinguished United States Sen
ator from the Middle West strolled
into the barber shop in the Senate
wing a few mornings ago for
a shave. The chairs were all occupied.
The statesman seeing this, started to go
out, with the idea of returning a little
later. But the head barber of the ton
sorial parlor sought to detain the Senator.
He called after him in a rather strident
tone:
"You're the next. Senator!"
The Senator wheeled about, assuming
a sad smile, placed a hand over his fast
pulsating heart, as though the throbbing
there pained him, and said to the head
barber:
"Be good enough not to remind me of
that any oftener than you can help. I un
derstand fully that I am tabbed, but
permit me to enjoy what peace I may
until the blow falls."
And the occupants of the chairs
chuckled under their soapy masks.
Jlidd Was a Famous Chess Player.
St. Louis Dispatch.
Max Judd, who died suddenly yester
day, had a National reputation as a
chess player'. Mr. Judd was born in a
little village near Krakau, Austria, on
December 27, 1852. At the age of 12 he
came to this country, and lived at first
at Cleveland, later at St. Louis. He
soon made a name as a chess player,
winning the championship of Ohio in
1871, and holding the title until 1891.
He played in many National and in
ternational chess tournaments in this
country nnd abroad, and received many
second, third, fourth and fifth prizes.
He played last in a National tourney
during the World's Fair at St. Louis,
winning the second prize after Marshall.
Winston ChnrchlU's Repartee.
Ottawa (Canada) Citizen.
Winston Churchill, the English convert
to Liberalism. Is making a reputation for
sharp wit. His curt retort to a woman
heckler. "Madam. I will not be hen
pecked," was the best thing of the recent
campaign.
He is now raising a mustache. A fair
lady was being taken in to dinner by the
budding politician. "Mr. Churchill," she
said, "I like your politics as little as I
like your mustache."
It should have been a crushing shot,
but not so to Churchill. His reply was on
the instant: "Madam, you are not likely
to come"""in contact with either."
Booms WeaW Chnri-h by Printer Ink.
Augusta, Ga., Chronicle.
Finding that interest in and attend
ance at his Bible class were falling off.
Rev. W. T. Rogers, of the First Cum
berland Presbyterian Church, Knox
ville, Tenn., inserted a page advertise
ment in local newspapers. Among the
results were an immediate Increase of
one-third In attendance, and scores of
letters of inquiry.
Salvation With a Freight Tag.
Atlanta Constitution.
A darky preacher in North Carolina
prefaced the passing of the collection
plate with the shrewd remark: "Salva
tion's free, brethren: salvation's free!
It don't cost nothin'! But we have to
pay the freight on It. We will now pass
aroun' the hat an' collect the freight
charges."
DELAYS RELIEF MEASURES.
House Decides to Await Further
Xews From San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, May 15. After hear
ing Secretary Taft and Supervising
Architect Taylor, the emergency sub
vommiitee of the House committee on
appropriations today decided to delay
action regarding the $500,001) asked for
by the President for San Francisco and
the $656,000 asked for to repair the
Federal buildings damaged by the re
cent earthquake in California.
As to the emergency fund, Mr. Taft
explained that he would be able in a
week or ten days to submit a detailed
estimate which wnuld probably cover
everything which would be needed for
relief purposes. He was unable to
state what that amount would be.
The estimate regarding the building
was a preliminary recommendation
made by telegraph on a cursory exami
nation of the damage done to the
buildings in question. These buildings
are in such shape that they are being
used and the Treasury Department is
requested to have detailed estimates
made at once with the intention of
having the amount carried in the gen
eral deficiency bill, which will be taken
up by the committee in two wacks or
more.
Mr. Taft informed the coramittee
that there would continue to be a con
siderable expenditure for relief pur
poses for some time to come.
BKEATHES SPIKIT OF HOPE
Promotion Committee Tells of mas
ter and' City's Recovery.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 15. The Cal
ifornia Promotion Committee has Is
sued the following statement concern
ing the earthquake and fire in San
Francisco:
On April 18. l:H. San Francisco experi
enced an earthquake followed oy a disas
trous fire of four days' duration, which
swept over four square miles of densely pop
ulated area. The earthquake did some dam
axe to poorly-constructed butldlnffs. hut it
was demonstrated beyond a doubt that the
modern bullillnft ot the hicher type Is not
affected by seismic disturbance.
The tllsastrous effects of the fire were ap
palling, the loss running into the humlredi
of millions ot dollars, with Insurancf of
possibly two hundred millions. All of those
millions and more will seek reinvestment.
Fortunately the water front was not seri
ously damaged and the vast shlpplna through
the finest harbor In the world was but little
disturbed. Many manufacturing plants and
a large section of the residence district of
the city remained Intact.
Within a few days after the catastrophe
street-cars were running on several of the
streets and on Market street as far as the
ferry. This traffic was extended day by day
until now it is fast approaching normal con
ditions. At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of April IS a
citizens' committee was organized for relief
and for the regular business of the city.
This provisional government by. committees
worked in admirable harmony with the
Mayor and Federal authorities, and at once
developed an orderly and wonderfully effi
cient operation.
The health conditions remained wonder
fully good. At no time waa an epidemic
threatened. The loss of life was compara
tively small, many a minor catastrophe in
recent history having resulted much more
disastrously in this respect.
Business confidence remained unshaken after
the disaster and the banks all demonstrated
their solidity. At no time was a panic threat
ened. Before the ashes cooled, wholesale and
retail trade was resumed in original placea
where the buildings remained and in tempo
rary structures in cases where the buiMinvrt
had been burned. The people of San Fran
cisco, millionaires and wage-earners, refugees
and householders, showed a spirit of fortitude
and optimism probably unequaled In tho his
tory of the world.
San Francisco Is now In course of recon
struction: the debria is rapidly being removed
and the hum of industry has supplanted the
roar of the flames. The abiding results ot the
tire will be wider streets, more Imposing edi
fices, larger parks and a complete fire-fighting
system which will utilise the waters ot Hie
ocean. The real estate market weathered the
storm and shows great activity.
Pan Francisco is the cily of opportunity.
The vast fertile country' back of it promises
the yield of an exceptionally good year's crop.
The chance for business investment Is mag
nificent; Eastern and local money will le
poured In freely while the rebuilding pro
gresses. The history of all euch events as
that which has Just transpired proves that
the ultimate result is a general Improvement
in conditions and a vast Increase in community
wealth.
WILL INVESTIGATE QUAKE.
Japanese Expert and Architects on
Way to San Francisco.
VICTORIA, B. C, May 15. Profes
sor Omori, famous Japanese nelsmolog
ical expert and inventor of tho Omori
seismograph, arrived today by steamer
Tango Maru, accompanied by threo
Japanese architects, bound to San Fran
cisco to Investigate the effects of the
earthquake. Professor Omori said his
observatory had recorded the earth
quake, which reached Tokio, both
across the Pacific and around the re
verse sid-j of the world.
Professor Omori was in Formosa in
vestigating the two earthquakes which
killed 1300 people there in March and
April. Professor Omori hiis investigat
ed all notable earthquakes of recent
years. He said steel buildings would
be the best for future structures If on
good foundations and not built on
made land; wooden buildings were also
good. In tact the wooden buildings, if
securely jointed to prevent beams
breaking away, were practically earth
quake proof.
The three architects who accom
panied him arc Messrs. Nikamnra and
Sano, of Tokio, and Noguchi, of Osaki,
all prominent.
Other notable passengers were Surgeon-Colonel
Haga, delegate from the
Japanese Red Cross Society to the in
ternational conference at Geneva, where
he will read a paper on Japanese field
surgery during the war, when he was
attached to the Hfroshina division: and
Dr. Aktyama, medical councillor of tho
Japanese War Department.
LIMIT TO SKYSCRAPIMJ.
Proposed Xew Law Regarding llio
Height or Buildings.
RAX FRANCISCO, May 15. At a
meeting ot the joint committee on
building laws with the various sub
committees It was definitely decided
to recommend the following ordi
nances: On streets 100 feet wide or over, the
height of buildings facing thereon
shall be unlimited.
On streets i feet wide or over, the
height of buildings shall be limited to
200 feet.
On streets less than SO feft wide, the
height of buildings is to be one and
cne-half tirriVs the width of the street
upon which the building faces.
Have Doubled Insurance Rales.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15. The Call
today says:
Certain insurance companies doing busi
ness in San Francisco are charging double
the rates for Insurance on local business
that were assessed by them before the re
cent fire. Various reasons are asstgnctr
for this. One is that the water pressure
Is still weak: another that the fire alarm
servk-e is out of order. While the double
rates are announced, persons seeking in
surance are told that there will be re
bates later, when normal conditions are
restored and the underwriters have time)
to look over the field.