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' Is there a "machine" In the politics of Oregon this year? If so, it is not a Republican machine. All Republican candidates have been nominated by initiative of the people state ticket and county tickets alike. No clique, combine, machine or fac tion, no group of professional politi cians; no association of bosses or. war horses, has had the least to do with making the Republican ticket now be fore the people. The nominaltons have come direct and directly from the peo ple themselives. No caucus, no conven tion, no assembly of bosses or delegates, has had the least to do with the busi ness. The Republican voters have tick ets made directly by themselves, in' their own voting precincts. There' have Ven no conventions, and therefore no delegates to conventions, to be "seen" and "rounded up" by bosses, upon a programme. The voters have acted, directly, for themselves. No member of the Republican party there fore has any right of complaint or ground for it.. The candidate would be absurd who should make the com plaint that another candidate had re ceived more than he had obtained, on this open and free appeal to the electors of his party. One man cannot go hato a contest with others and then, if he falls to win, fly from the result. There has been no trade, no dicker; there have been no promises, no secret meetings or combinations, no agreements based pn addition, division and silence. The Re publican voters have made the Republi can nominations; and a vote in Malheur or Grant has counted for as much as a vote in Multnomah or Lane. . Hence there can possibly be no assertion that anybody haa been sold out or traded out. Hence the complaints and revolts common in former years are now un heard and unknown. But as to the Democratic party. It has compiled with the form of the pop ular primary, but has ignored complete ly the spirit and substance. Its state ticket, and its county tickets, for the greater part, were set up by self-appointed bosses. In advance. A group of politicians from a half dozen counties met at Portland, in advance of the pri maries, and nominated a state ticket, by "inviting" certain men of their selec tion to become candidates. Through this machine method we. have the Dem ocratic state ticket. Democratic county tickets, generally, were nominated. In, advance of the primaries, in the same way. A little group of bosses, here and there, did the business. There was no occasion to hold a Democratic primary anywhere; and such primary, wherever held, was a petty farce. Suppose the Republican nominations had been made In this way what? A roar about ring methods and machine and boss rule, till the welkin had rung with it. But our Democratic brethren do . the machine and boss act by the simple process of "invitation." They know how to commit the oldest sins in newest kinds of ways, and to give the proceedr ing the gloss of a new name. AN AUDACIOUS JUDGE. It is not forgotten with what discreet haste a proposed investigation of the New Tork banks was hushed up a few weeks ago. Dire panic struck the kings of high finance at the bare thought of such a thing. Judge Johnson's rash at tempt to investigate the election frauds of the Denver franchise-grabbers seems to have affected the Colorado Supreme Court in the same way. That learned and impartial tribunal fairly fell over its own feet In its haste to shut him off. The ever-ready injunction, that unfail ing refuge of the plutocrat ,in distress, came down from the Supreme Court in time to smother Judge Johnson's pro ceedings, and it -ame not a whit too soon, for the audacious magistrate al ready had one plutocrat in jail and heaven knows what he would have done with the other members of the gang if his impious hand had not been stayed. The Honest Election League of Den ver began proceedings in Judge John son's court to investigate the recent no torious1 frauds of the franchise-grabbers at the city election. They had the un speakable presumption to summon as a witness Henry L. Doherty, president of the Denver Gas & Electric Company, and general manager of the McMillan syndicate of gas and electric companies. Think of the scandal of dragging such an exalted personage into court. One wonders that he condescended to ap pear. But he did. He forgave the in sult and actually showed himself In court. However, when the attorney for the league presumed to question Mr. Doherty, a proper sense of what is be coming to a franchise-grabbing pluto crat returned to him and he declined to answer a single question. He even de clined to be sworn. Of course he did this on the advice of counsel. One can riot imagine a genuine plutocratic pi rate doing anything whatever without the advice of counsel. They probably keep a high-priced lawyer on hand to tell, them how to kiss their wives . with out getting into jail; and they need one. Contrary to all legal precedent and propriety. Judge Johnson took umbrage when Mr. Doherty refused to testify. He considered his court Insulted, and in a rude and exceedingly disrespectful manner informed Mr. Doherty that he would have to testify or go to jail. One's hair fairly stands on end at the awful thought of a plutocrat going to Jail, but the earth did not open and swallow Judge Johnson when he uttered his awful threat, nor did the stars fall when he executed it. Doherty went to Jail, but he did not stay there ' long. The Supreme Court fell into a great flutter when the news came of what a shocking deed Judge Johnson had com mitted, and one may imagine that an extra force of typewriters was put on to hurry out the injunction that would release Doherty and stop the magis trate's anarchistic proceedings. Something ought to be done to make the Judges of inferior courts understand what the prerogatives of plutocratic pi rates are and now they ought -to-be treated. Something more effective than an injunction should be applied to a Judge .who persists-in investigating the frauds committed by . these privileged characters'and committing lese majeste againpt. their sacred persons. It would be well to give Judge "Johnson a -dose of his own medicine.. The next time he threatens to send a plutocrat to jail let the Supreme Court commit him to a dungeon, and we venture to predict that he will not offend again. ONE KIND OF DEMOC RAT. William Horan, Democratic candidate for the Legislature from Multnomah County, has honesty enough at least to be plain in stating his position. If he should be elected to the Legislature he will not .-be found playing any two faced games. At an open-air meeting on the streets a few nights ago he pro claimed himself a Democrat, an advo cate of Democratic principles and an opponent of Republican principles and Republican candidates. . He announced his intention to vote the Democratic ticket from top to bottom. He de nounced President Roosevelt and de clared that the people of this country have more to hope for from Tillman than from Roosevelt. Now Mr. Horar!,has perhaps injured his chances of election by thus- openly declaring his convictions. He might possibly sacure a few Republican votes if he would 'pursue -the common hypo critical method " of lauding Roosevelt and insisting that there are no party lines in a state election. He might fool some Republicans by that means, but he Is too honest' to try. He is running as .a -Democrat and he does not expect people to vote for him unless they are willing to indorse the Democratic prin ciples for which he stands. Horan may be read out of the Democratic party for conducting a straightforward cam paign, for it is not Democracy Oregon Democracy. Yet men admire a candi date who is frank in expressing his opinions and they have contempt-for a man who tries to sneak into office by trimming and straddling. Hora,n will be defeated, because. he is running as an ojjtspoken Democrat In a strong Re publican county, but he will not have reason to be ashamed of theflght he has made. COOS BAY TBADE DEVELOPMENT. The Portland delegation of business men now visiting the Coos Bay country will encounter a number of surprises, of which the principal one will be the re markable natural wealth of the Isolated region. They will also be surprised to learn by personal experience the,extent of the handicap which the roundabout sea voyage places on our trade with our southern neighbors, who, under ordinary-circumstances, would like to do business with Portland. As a means for the economical handling of heavy freight and bulky commodities in which time is not an important factor, the water route will always be a favor ite one, even after completion of the railroad. But not until the railroad gives the people of Portland and Coos Bay an opportunity for the closer com mercial relations which are fostered by personal contact w-ill we fully under stand the possibilities for development in this new trade field. With completion of the railroad next year it will be possible to leave Port land in the morning and reach the thriving Coos Bay . cities in the after noon. A sleeping-car service connect ing with the main-line trains of the Southern Pacific will enable the Coos Bay people to leave their homes in the evening, spend an entire. day In Port land and return at night with the loss of but one day for a trip which now requires the greater part of a week. The advantages following such a close union of the Coos Bay cities with Port land are so apparent that there can be no question about a-large and Immedi ate increase In trade between the two points as soon as the railroad is com pleted. Meanwhile it must- not be for gotten that Portland owes something to a comparatively new customer with rapidly increasing buying powers. Coos Bay produces coal, lumber and dairy products In large quantities, and, to a certain extent, her buying will be done1 where she sells her products. Portland cannot, of course, take very much of her lumber, but this Is a staple product which the ever-widening markets of this country, as well as the rest of the world, are soliciting at prices that are steadily advancing. But Portland can assist Coos Bay in getting her great timber wealth to mar ket. Her citizens are asking aid for improvement of the harbor so that deeper-draft vessels can enter and carry away the lumber, which is now largely dependent on the comparatively restricted California demand for a mar ket. ' Completion of the railroad will give the Coos Bay lumberman access to the markets in the Middle West, and, as the rail .trade and cargo trade can be worked together to better advantage than separately. It will be highly bene ficial to have at sea an outlet to the foreign markets, which are increasing their imports of American lumber at an astonishing rate. t1t Coos Bay is in a position to - enter the foreign cargo trade and is also given rail connection with the Eastern markets for lumber, it will be a matter of indifference to her people whether either Portland or Cali fornia continues to buy. With coal, her other great staple, the situation is dif ferent. This is a commodity for which there Is no market over the sea or east of the Rockies; but there Is a demand for coal in Portland, and it should be the duty of every advocate of the "Made-in-Oregon" policy to extend the trade for that coal wherever it is possi ble to do so. . . The quality of the coal Is unques tioned, and. as every steamer which comes north with coal will return with merchandise sold by Portland mer chants, it is highly necessary that as large a demand as possible be worked up for the great staple. As to the dairy products, fruit and gardentruck. unex celled by those from any portion of the state, there will always be a market at Portland and vicinity, at least so long as we are still importing from the East and from California such large quanti ties of these products. The building of the railroad will bring Coos Bay into so much closer contact with Portland than with San Francisco that In any event there will be a great increase in the trade; but it w ill still be very 'neces sary for us to make a market for all of the Coos Bay products that can be ab sorbed in the Northwest, and also to as sist our neighbors on the south In im proving their harbor and developing their industries. Portland has never proved remiss in duties of this nature', and she will not now establish a precedent. FATHER BLAXCHET. Rev. Francis Xavier Blanchet, vicar general of the archdiocese of Oregon, beloved of all loyal Catholics through out the Pacific Northwest, lies upon an honored bier in St. Mary's Cathedral, In this city. His name has been known and honored .throughout " this region since the early days through the work of his late uncle, the first arhcblshop of Oregon, and his own faithful la bors. It stands for consecration to duty, for the careful and conscien tious fulfillment of churchly obliga tions, for wise counsel and for manifold acts of charity and humanity. Father Blanchet was of French-Canadian parentage, and was early inden tured to the church. He was to the last its faithful son, and under its ministra tions passed, peacefully -and hopefully to his eternal rest at the age of 70 years. ' - The life of Father Blanchet has been .as an open book in this community for forty-four years. Latterly much of his time has been spent in 'St. Vincent's Hospital, in comforting the sick and giving consolation to the dying. ' The record' of such a life must in he very nature of things be classified as un written history, but he, as all others whose office It is and was to comfort .the sick and afflicted,-minister to the dying and bring relief to the poor, may well receive the plaudit- "Inasmuch as ye did it unto the lea-it of these, my brethren, ye have -done it unto me." The body of the venerable priest will be taken to Sf. Paul, Marion County, where one of the first Catholic Churches in the Oregon country was established and where In consecrated ground lies the dust of many of his predecessors and co-workers of the archdiocese of Oregon. GORKY'S TRANSGRESSION. In the case of Maxime Gorky, the Russian novelist and patriot, who has been universally and bitterly censured in America on account of his irregular marital relations, there are extenuating circumstances which may possibly miti gate the severity of our condemnation when they; are clearly understood. Gorky came to America as a propa gandist of the Russian revolutionary party, accompanied by a woman whom he called his wife. Many leading liter ary men and politicians had interested themselves to help make his mission a success. The press was friendly. The public was cordial. Presently, however, the news came that the lady accom panying Gorky was not his legal wife, and the effect of it was to blight his purpose instantaneously and irretriev ably. If the Russian autocracy had sought the most dramatically effective moment to announce it for the ruin of his efforts on behalf of freedom, they could not have chosen better. In our zeal to 'show by our words our rever ence for the conventional institution of marriage, we changed our welcome to execration. No man of standing dared rom that moment appear on the plat form as the friend and patron of Gorky. Few newspapers ventured to take his part with explanation or apology. The hotels of New York thrust him out as something too vile to Inhabit their hal lowed precincts. The curse of the un pardonable sin had fallen upon him. He had become anathema. It is not our present purpose to sug gest that many of Gorky's most ob streperous judges had sinned more fla grantly than he in that kind for which they whipped him. His conduct was indefensible, and we have no wish to undertake the hopeless task of making it appear less black than it really was. Still, to afford those who -may be by disposition inclined toward charity those who are 'willing to say a good word for the devil when he seems to de serve it some ground for their lenien cy, or laxity, of rebuke to Gorky, there are certain facts which it is not im proper to mention. Three years ago Gorky separated from his first wife, by whom he had two children. If the couple had lived in America they wcJuld have gone into court and secured a divorce on the ground of incompati bility of temper, or something of that sort, for they could not live together happily. But in Russia, dorninated as Its courts are by a reactionary and in flexible ecclesiastlcism, a divorce is Im possible except for those who have money or influence to lavish upon the officials. Gorky had neither. He was In the same condition as many other unhappily married people in Russia. The law denies them all escape from a life of misery, but society has invented and sanctioned a method whereby the inequity of the law is partially reme died. Each of the parties to the un happy marriage, after they have agreed to separate, is permitted by custom to take another partner, and the relation thus formed is accepted on all sides as right and respectable. . To this custom Gorky .and his first wife ' both con formed. Each of them "married" again without the formal sanction of the law. That this custom is wrong we fully admit. It is utterly indefensible. Still It is the custom in the country where Gorky has always lived and where his ideals were formed. Of course he is blameworthy for not having perceived its true-wickedness. Just as the heathen are to be condemned for not accepting our religion, though they have never heard of It; but he is not quite so much to blame as he would have been if he had been reared under American insti tutions with our liberty and our privi leges. In bringing with him to this country the lady with whom he had formed his second connection, Gorky, of course, shocked American sentiment. To us he seemed openly to defy all that we hold most sacred in the marriage relation; but It is quite certain that he had no such intention. His sin was one of ignorance. Marriage in Russia is a thirlg essentially unlike what It is here, and Gorky simply did not know of the difference. He ought to have known of it. Ignorance of the law excuses no i one, and Ignorance of national senti ment ought not to excuse him who shocks it. Still, he is not quite in the j same case as if he had understood our feelings and willfully outraged them. Gorky's connection with his present "wife" is. precisely similar to that of George Eliot with George Henry Lewes. Mr. Lewes had a wife with whom he could not live, but from whom English law would not grant him a divorce. In defiance of the law and public senti ment he and Miss Marian Evans agreed to live together as man and wife, and for-years did so live, happily and with out reproach' from their consciences so far as can be known. Of course we dis approve of their irregular connection; but in thinking of Mr. Lewes and George Eliot we do not insist upon their anomalous marriage; we concede that before their own consciences they did nothing wrong; and we so far condone their transgression that we do not per mit it -to obliterate their great abilities and their pre-eminent virtues. We can show such charity to the dead without reproach to ourselves, but it may be necessary to deny it to the living. There may be some good reason why -we should Judge George Henry Lewes as leniently as possible and Gorky as se verely as possible. What can the rea son be? The Chicago wheat market, which went up like a rocket Monday, came down like a stick yesperday, the May option slumping over a cent per bushel, while the later options were all corre spondingly lower. As the sharp ad vance t)f the day previous was based on the outlook for unfavorable weather conditions. It was but natural that the decline yesterday should be attributed to the expected appearance of more fa vorable conditions. It requires only a small investment of fact at this time of year to yield to the Chicago manipu lators wholesale returns of conjecture regarding the possibilities of the crop. Meanwhile the Liverpool market pur sues the even tenor of -its way, and a variation of one-eighth either up or down is about the limit of the changes which has been noted, while Chicago was bounding and rebounding at the rate of from 1 cent to 1 cents per bushel. Europe is no longer dependent on the United States for the greater part of her wheat supplies, and each year the Indifference of the Liverpool market to that of Chicago becomes more pronounced. All of the rules and regulations pro viding for clean markets In the city are good and wholesome, but the one that appeals most strongly to persons of cleanly habits and well-regulated, stom achs as imperative is that which for bids smoking and expectorating In all places where food supplies are manu factured or kept for sale. The very suggestion that such a rule is necessary to protect food from the results of these most disgusting haibts causes a sensa tion of nausea and repulsion. If It Is possible, let this rule be enforced and rigorous penalty be exacted for its In fringement. The boy who was reported to his clean, old-fashioned mother for punishment as having been guilty of "three spits and one damn" well de served the maximum penalty for vio lated maternal law, whereas a reversal of the items of offense would have en titled him to the minimum. The boy upon whom the utter fllthiness of the spitting habit is thus impressed may be depended upon, when he becomes a man, not to defile the street corners, the domestic hearth and the market places by this means. The Russian Government, having been forced to accept defeat at the bands of the Japanese in the late war, now proposes to apply a salve to Its sorely wounded pride by putting to death General Stoessel, who surren dered Port Arthur, and Admiral Nebo gatoff, who commanded one of the de feated squadrons of Russia ih the bat tle of the Sea of Japan. It is not clear to the average mind what this military and this naval commander would have gained by refusing to surrender to a victorious enemy. True, they might have committed suicide, after the man ner of the vanquished Chinese warrior, and thus escaped the wrath of the gov ernment, and in the light of late devel opments it looks as if this would have been the wisest plan for them to adopt. Their execution will suggest to the next Russian commander who finds himself unable to hold out against a foe the best course to pursue. The New York World has figured es timates that from a financial stand point one New York traction merger Is as expensive as two San Francisco earthquakes, basing the loss of the latter at J200.000.000 each, while the amount of "water" in the capitalization of the New York traction merger Is $400,000,000. This is a novel method of comparing the financial burdens that have been laid on the two communi ties, but it seems to be fairly accurate. If anything, New York would have the worst of It were it not for her enormous population, among which the burden will be distributed, for while San Fran cisco will In time pay off the enormous Indebtedness that has been forced on her by the terrible disaster. New York must keep putting up money for in terest on the "water" In the merger until the end of time. William J. Bryan has been Indorsed for President by the Democrats of the Sixteenth Ohio District. It will be In teresting to note whether or not the "longest leased wire in the world" will carry the glad news to the Hearst string of papers. It is now In Order for Mr. Hearst to discover a "district" somewhere that will indorse him for the high office. The Oregonian Is said by the pluto cratic organ to be "swinging the party lash" because it advocates the election of Withycombe, Bourne and the Re publican tickeL But of course the plu tocratic organ isn't swinging the party lash at all when it advocates the elec tion of Chamberlain, Gearin and the Democratic ticket. We shall not attack Governor Cham berlain for his "foreign nativity," though he was born In a state that se ceded from the Union and set up a "for eign" government. We don't say he was to blame for It. What the Democrats mean Is that the next Democratic state administration would be so non-partisan that no Re publican partisans need apply. They haven't yet succeeded In getting Senator Burton out of the Senate Into Jail. His term in one may begin when his term In the other ends. The climate and soil are here and we can raise Enough alfalfa to feed enough cattle to. supply the packing-houses whenever they come. IT COST EIGHT MILLIONS.. New Hotel Belmont More Like a Pal ace Tli an Hostelry Exchange. Among the 300 hostelries in New York, tho greatest hotel city in the world, the Belmont, recently opened. Is of the upper ten. From basement to cornice it soars 21 stories above the pavement of Forty-second street and Fourth avenue. Its cost is computed at JS, 0.10, 000 for building and equipment. Throughout the entire hotel ths builders and furnishers of the Belmont seem to have cut loose from the .fixed traditions of the past. There is noth ing anywhere in the vast color scheme that would tend to give a man the blues. The ladies' breakfast-room is a poem in pearl gray and pale yellow walls and mingled shades of old rose, a thing as daring In Its way as the famous blue and yellow room of Whis tler. The gray color scheme seems to run to a certain extent throughout the en tire hotel. The main dining-room is of gray and cerise, with frescoes rep resenting the seasons on the walls. In all the larger rooms are huge chandeliers of cut glass, which' blaze like constellations of diamonds. The hotel office desk is done in a dark shade of oak. The elevators, of which there are 17, have mirrored doors, and are furnished with air cush ions for the safety of patrons. The state apartments are on the first floor. They are paneled in silks of crimson and pale yellow, and are laid with carpets of red and gray. Into which one's feet sink without sound. Beds, chairs and sofas are of satiny uncolored walnut with a curly grain. The bathrooms are done in Carrara marble, with mosaic floors and silver toilet fixtures. The doors throughout this and the bridal suites are of rich mahogany. On this floor there is also a banquet hall In red and gold. The lofty heights of the upper floors are furnished in a manner in keeping with the luxury of the parlor and mez zanine floors. The halls are carpeted In thick swaths of- red and blue. The doors are of dark red wood, as are the chairs and bureaus. The beds are of brass. From the upper floors a wide and splendid view of the city may be had. Altogether, the hotel can furnish separate rooms for 1006 guests. As hotel populations usually run, however, the Belmont will accommodate about 1500 patrons. In the pantries there are 18 tons of silverware. The kitchens and wine cellars will be taken care of by 200 chefs, pastry cooks, butchers, saucemakers, scullery maids and laun dresses. Among the chefs will be the famous Columbin, formerly of Delmon lco's, r The wine cellars are filled with everything that Bacchus ever dreamed of. They are located in refrigerator rooms, varying In degrees of coldness. In these cellars, according to the man agement, there is some cognac of the vintage of 1800, made from grapes raised by a noted French connoisseur. There is Russian champagne and sher ry almost a century old, and clarets and Burgundies hoary with age. Adjoining the wine cellar there is a cigar-room, where, in glass cases, on floors of absorbent stone, are stored a million or more choice cigars. There is a room for the Havanas, another for the Key West and a third for the Ma nila cigars. In yet another room Is kept the smoking tobaccos and the cigarettes. In these rooms the air is kept con stantly moist by spraying. Here you can order anything from a 10-center to a SI cigar rolled for the Emperor of Germany.. The barber shop is in the white marble of Carrara, and adjoining it is a. manicure parlor, with little private stalls curtained off with portieres of green silk. Girl's Income Over $6000 Dally Exchange. Bertha Krupp. the richest girl In the world, owner of the great gun works which her father established at Essen, Germany, Is soon to be married. The name of the young man Is being kept a secret. r?ome say he is a prince, others that he is only a poor physician. Miss Krupp, who holds nearly all of the 140,000,000 capital stock of the great gun works, has an Income of $2,400,000 a year about $6600 a day. When her mother dies Bertha and her younger sister, Bar bara, will divide $75,000,000 more between them In stocks and bonds and "property. Including iron and coal mines in West phalia and Spain. Bertha owns the whole town of Essen. Miss Krupp Is good looking, religious, unassuming and dresses plainly. She per sonally attends to the beautiful little Florentine garden her late father laid out for her. She has had an orchldhouse con structed, and she has collected rare floral specimens from - England and South America. She leads a somewhat retired life within the lnclosure of the splendid Villa Hugel estate, near Essen. She and her mother sometimes visit Florence or the Italian lakes, but her movements are generally veiled In mystery. It has been conjec tured that she is afraid of kidnaping. She was reported two years ago as en gaged to the son of a rich Cologne banker. ' Anti-Harem Epidemic Worries Turks. Constantinople Dispatch in New York Sun. An anti-harem- epidemic seems to have broken out among the Turkish women and girls of the better classes. A few months ago two daughters of Nourl Bey, Secretary v General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fled from the harem and went to Paris. A little later a daughter of Redvan Pasha, City Prefect, who was recently assassinated, fled to Broussa. Now it Is learned that the daughter of Memdouh Pasha, Min ister of the Interior, and of Turkhan Pasha, Minister of Pious Foundations, have fled from the country, in order to escape the deadly dullness of harem life. Similar cases are reported In other families of good standing. The Sultan is uneasy over the matter, and. In consequence, he is likely to sanction a law forbidding the intrusion of foreign women in the harem, inas much as they "constitute a grave dan ger to the peace of the souls of Turk ish women," who frequently are too weak to resist the glowing, tempting descriptions of European women . in contrast to the dismal harem life. Curious Clew From a Broken Tooth. Indianapolis News. When the verger of St. Mary's Church, Burdon street, Berkeley Square, London, opened the church re cently he found a broken tooth on the floor and signs that the almsboxes had been tampered with. The tooth fitted Henry Seymour, who was taken to the Middlesex Hospital on that morning with a fractured skull and Jaw. It was suggested at Marlborough-Btreet Po lice Court that Seymour Bad fallen from the roof to the floor of the church. - ' Hack and Hobsom, the Kissers Ticket. New York World. The Presidential ticket for 1908 is being widely discussed tonight. For President Edward W. Hoch, of Kansas. For Vice-President -Richard P. Hob son, of Alabama. "If there is woman suffrage by that time, such a ticket would sweep the country," said an enthusiastic delegate. "Besides, Andrew Carnegie, being sym pathetic, would contribute a few mil lions to the campaign fund." rERO.YlDE WOMAX OUTDATED. Prematurely Gray Hair Pepper and Salt Effect the Latest. New York Press. Peroxide is out of date and henna is discounted. The too. too, golden blondes and adventitious Tlttans may hide their diminished heads. Prematurely gray hair, of pepper and salt effect, is the latest the very latest. It took the prize of honor at the annual exhibition of the American Ladies' Hairdressers'. Association on Sat urday night at the Murray Hill Lyceum, and is now the envy of all womankind. The hair in question grows on the head of Miss Mary Considlne, and the gold medal goes to Ernest Deubert, the artist, whose waves and puffs and professional genius transformed It from an ordinary suggestion of fading youth to the mag nificent coiffure, touched with white and distinction, of a court lady. Some of the puffs were adjustable, and the instruments of torture that fashioned those delightful undulations were in full view. But what would you have? The Marcel wave is the woman's saving grace, and the postiche is ths thing. The posticlie Is the cable, or cornice, or central tower added to the feminine headpiece by these latter-day sculptors. Every wielder of irons and hairpins employs a different variety. There were IS living models who sub jected themselves to the manipulations of the artists before an Interested audience. Each was sated before a mirror, a sheet about her neck. and. her golden (or other) hair hanging down her back. At the word from the president, B. Alexander, while the orchestra breathed slow music, each hairdresser drew a comb from the breast pocket of his dress coat, and, with a pre liminary wave, seized the hirsute ap pendage of the victim firmly in his left hand. By his side, on an alcohol stove, twin curling Irons were heating to the temperature fit for the deed they had to do. The belle of the affair was Mme. Prie dieu, plump, pretty and demure, who was "combed" by Samuel Benach, one of the two Russian brothers who headed the ltet. Woman Steeple Jaek Keels Hnnsrer. Philadelphia Despatch. For the last two days Mrs. Charles J. Corbett, wife of a steeplejack at Camden, N. J., has climbed each morning to the top of a chimney 155 feet high as intrepid ly as her husband, who has been engaged by the American Nickel Company to dis mantle its big shaft. His wife volunteered to help. Together they took their stand at the bottom of the shaft, and. fastening themselves to ropes which encircled the chimney, they worked their way slowly to the top. Hun dreds of onlookers cheered the plucky woman as she reached the top. Mrs. Corbett merely waved a handkerchief to them. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett worked six hours the fir6t day, and succeeded in removing five feet of the chimney. Yesterday they repeated the effort. Mrs. Corbett, upon descending, tord of her experience. "It was difficult work getting to the top, and had not my acms been welf de veloped from rowing every Summer I should have given out before I reached the top. "Was I afraid? Only once. It was when I had gone about two-thirds of the distance. I could hear my husband pant ing, and I was becoming tired. Then the thought came upon me: Suppose I should relax? "I gripped the rope and climbed like fury. That saved me, for before I knew It I was at the top. "I shall go up again -tomorrow, and every day until our work is finished. "What impression has the climb left 6n me? Chiefly that of hunger." . Alfonso Making; a Good Beginning;. Kansas City Star. Princess Ena's wedding dress will cost $10,009. It is, of course, as splen did as can be made, the foundation be ing white duchess satin, with 20 yards of point d'aiqullle Brussels lace cover ing the glimmering fabric. After the marriage this costly structure is given to a church to adorn the statue of the virgin. The King of Spain is deeply interest ed in the "trousseau of his bride to be, and while In the Isle of Wight has re ceived colored sketches of the dress and five other robes, which he is hav ing made, for her. Nice young man! It's a good sign when a girl's future husband takes an Interest in her tclothes. Let's hope Al fonso will never outgrow it. By His Tennis Ye Shall Know Him. Boston Globe. Jay Gould, the founder of the Gould for tunes, was a very small, spare man, who worked without recreation or diversion of any kind until his beard was grizzled and his form bent. He accumulated vast wealth and left it all to his immediate natural heirs. What would have been his emotions if he could have known that the Jay Gould who would come after him in the second generation, who would be the son of his eldest son, George, would ren der the name famous for a purely recrea tive and athletic accomplishment, and that at the age of 17? Yet this is what has happened in the case of the Jay Gould, the court tennis champion of the United States, who has been defeated in England by Eustace Miles for the court tennis championship of Great Britain. Fairbanks a Good Listener. San Antonio Express. In the United States Senate everybody talks but Fairbanks, and he sits around all day. merely listening quietly- to what the others, say. BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PANAMA -1 ' ') l 7 A tilt MI SY . I - siflSs. ' ' - . ' s W to e:io Medals for si heroes. Carmen ie Commission Suitably Honor) Deeds of Valor. Chicago Tribune, May 17. Pittsburg, Pa. Twenty-one awards of medal and money were made by the'Carnegle liero fund commission, to day. It is expected the medals will be ready for distribution about July 1. The awards made today are: U-OY F. KRNST, 2022 North Sixth street. Philadelphia: silver medal for savins K:" of Harry Sehoenhut by heroie treat rmnt of rattlesnake bile In July. 1!V3. WALTER H. MURBACH. Elyrla. O. : silver medal; rescue of boy from drowning. WIDOW OF MICHAEL, OISMOSIH. Mount Pleasant, Pa.; silver medal and l."i; hus band lost life saving boy's. WII.LIAM WATKIXS. Blwardsvllle. la: silver medal and $l2i0; rescued three mlncia from gas explosion. TIMOTHY B. HAUERTr. Ashtabula. O. : allver medal and tllXiv; rescued ship's crew' In gale. ROBERT W. SIMPSON. Ashtabula. O.; bronse medal and : saving Urea In lake. MICHAEL sasso Ashtabula, o. ; bronio medal and 5nt; res.-ue of crew. MICHAEL P. O'BHIKN. New York: silver medal; rescued three from burning- buiMInc SIKTER. OP GKORtiE P. WUJ.IAMS. Kliia beth. Pa., who lost life rescuing man from lite vire; sliver medal. WIDOW OF HENRY STl'CHAU of Penn sylvania, who lost life resrulng two from drowning. FATHER OF JAMES W. GlUIRlt, Charlerol. Pa.; drowned while rescuing man from drowning; bronxe medal and $300. HARRY El MOORE. Alliance, O. ; bronae- medal and IS4"0; lost arm rescuing man. JOHN DELO. OH City. Pa.; bronse. medal and $.VM; saved man from liva wire. THERESE S. McNALLY. 1.1 years old. Water bury, Conn.; bronze medal and :JOOO; rescued child, from drowning. DANIH3L, c. CCRTIS, lti yeans old. New York; bronze medal and J2wo; rescued two girls from drowning. W. L. WOLFF. Camden. N. J.; bronse merial and .V0; rescued two men from drowning. RICHARD Ht.-GHES. Bangor, Me.; bronas medal and o00; rescue of fellow workman. EDWARD H. CAMPBfXU Buena Vista. Ta.; bronze medal; rescued two from drowning. W. J. WILD, Cleveland. O.: bronxs medal; rescue,! man from, burning car. C. A. SWENSON, Brooklyn, N. Y. : bronxe medal; rescued Insane man from drowning. EDWARD Ml-RRAY. ' Pittsburg, Pa.; bronxs medal: rescued two children from front of locomotive. Senator La Follette's t'nt Vara. Kansas City Star. "The document," said Senator LaFol lette, anent an unreasonable petition, "re minds me of the letters that a civil ser jfant in India sent to the government. The man was a babu. as the educated Indian natives are called. He was in charge of a Btate library, and the docu ments In this library were being eaten by the rats. Accordingly he applied to the government for weekly rations for two cats. The rations were granted him, and several weeks passed, when ths gov. ernment received from him this letter: 'I have the honor to Inform you that the senior cat is absent without leave. What shall I do?' Receiving no reply, he wrote again as follows: 'In re absentee cat.- I propose to promote the junior cat, and in the meantime to take into government service a probationer cat on full ra tions " Steps Taken In Antl-Trast War. New York Herald. Suit to enjoin Drug Trust. Suit to enjoin Northwestern Paper Trust. Suit to enjoin Tobacco Trust. . Suit against rebates by private car3 from Fabst Brewing Company. Suit to enjoin Elevator Trust. Suit to abolish monopoly of St. Louis Bridge & Terminal Company. Suit to punish for rebates given to Sugar Trust. Contemplated suits against hard and soft coal combination. Rebate suits contemplated apainst Standard Oil Company and many rail roads. Indictment of persons iri Fertilizer Trust. Mill Portland Have a Barefoot Craze f ' Baltimore Herald. For years the craze of treading the dewy grass barefooted has found a num ber of enthusiastic devotees. Now comes the proposition hard and fast that health and beauty conjoin to recommend tho general adoption of the habit. The sug gestion has percolated from Boston, where it arose in a class of women de voted to the study of the toes of Minerva. It was wafted half way across the conti nent to Chicago, where the ladies took hold of it as an opportunity to vindicate themselves from the aspersion as to the size of their pedal extremities. It has not yet struck Baltimore, but this city can stand up to it when it comes. Worked 60 Years for Uncle Sam. Boston Globe. Henry S. Adams, the veteran cashier of the Boston postal district, recently completed? 60 years in the United States postal service. Mr. Adams entered the postal service in 1846, and went to th" Boston office in 1S53. He has served under 13 of the 42 Postmasters-General. He has seen the rates of postage re-, duced gradually fj-om 10 to 2 cents. Senator Burton In tbe "Amen'' Corner. Atlanta (Ga.) Journal. It Is understood, that Senator Burton said "Amen!" inaudlbly, but none the les fervently, during the recent speech of Senator Tillman in which ho criticised Federal Judges so severely. From the New York Press.