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PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1906.
WHERE IS THE MACHINE? '
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
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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.