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PORTLAND. OR., FRIDAY. J CMC 7. 1906.
COLONEL BAKER,
It seems that Easterners visiting: the
Capitol at Washington experience dif
ficulty in remembering who the man
was that Baker's statue commemorates.
Kansas City and New York papers
speak of him as "a man named Baker,"
with no recollection of what he did. A
Chicago paper, better informed than its
contemporaries, gives a brief account of
the Oregon Senator and concludes
some reflections upon the transitoriness
of fame with the remark that "the
country Is fortunate which has so great
a wealth of patriots that men like Ba
ker are lost in the crowd."
The multiplicity of our patriots
doubtless conspires with other causes to
make Americans forget all but three or
iuiir names connected with the Civil
Wal From a school history where we
have just searched in vain for Baker's
name Halleck Is also missing. Obliv
ion acattereth, his poppies over all of
them and their destiny is to be forgot
ten. How many revolutionary heroes are
well known to this generation? Does
the reader thrill at the name of Ethan
Allen? Is he quite clear about Israel
Putnam's title to, eternal fame? Who
was Molly Stark? Emerson, looking
back across the gulf of time, saw some
half-dozen figures which seemed to
grow larger as the centuries advanced.
Sir Thomas Browne predicted that none
would ultimately escape oblivion. The
multitude of the forgotten dead vastly
outnumbers all. that live, he truly la-'
ments, and what has happened to them
must happen to all. Mark Twain, Jeer
ing at glory in "Innocents Abroad,"
foresees a time when the encyclopedias
will speak in three lines of fine print of
one "Uriah S. (or Z.) Graunt." George
Ade ridicules the aspirations of Rame
sea for earthly Immortality, and sees in
the mighty avenue of granite sphinxes
at Luxor only a pathway to oblivion.
.-Such a man as Colonel Baker will be
remembered locally long after he has
disappeared from national recollection.
It Is a high privilege and sacred duty
of each state and city to cherish the
memory of their dead. Sad is the des
tiny of that community which has had
no heroes or has forgotten them. Some
memorial to Baker in one of the parks
would be a fine thing for Portland. A
tablet such as Boston erected on the
Common to Lieutenant Shaw, with an
inscription inspiring the young to emu
late his deeds, would prove to a forget
ful world that Oregon's hero la not for
gotten here and show that the state is
worthy of his fame.
SUFFERING FOR BINS OF OTHERS.
The livestock men have undoubtedly
been severely hurt by the blow to the
packers, and it is quite natural that
they should feel aggrieved at the Presi
dent over the Injury they have suf
fered. The public, in sympathy with
the relentless war which the livestock
men have been waging against the
packers, will naturally regret that the
former have been injured in the present
controversy. It is, however, another
case of "Old Dog Tray," and the live
stock men, innocent of any wrong
doing, are obliged to suffer for the ini
quities of the beef packers, with whom
they have much m common. It is, of
course, impossible to strike at one
branch of the Industry without injur
ing other parts of it, which are to a
large extent dependent on the prosper
ity of the branch that is under Are.
This is ihe reason that President Hag
enbartb of the National Livestock As
sociation, protests In such vigorous lan
guage against the publicity being given
to the nefarious practices of his an
cient enemies, the packers.
Representatives of the packing inter
ests estimate the loss to the industry
by the recent disclosures at 1150.000,000.
This vast sum is only the beitynntng,
for competitors in Europe are making
the most of their opportunity by start
ing an active campaign against all
American packing - house products.
With a lessening demand from Ger
many and Great Britain, which in the
past have been such large buyers of
American meats, it will be Impossible
for the livestock growers to avoid suf
fering In company with the big meat
trusts, whose revolting practices have
caused the trouble. The pity of It all,
and the feature which will excite the
sympathy of the public for the stock
growers, lies in the fact that In the end
all of the enormous loss will be passed
on down to the shoulders of these men,
who can least afford It.
For many a year the livestock men
have been fighting the packers to se
cure a more even distribution of the
immense profits of the great Industry.
Even in the most prosperous times,
when the demand for meats reached its
greatest proportions and prices were
high to the consumer, the stockmen
were so completely at the mercy of the
packers that but few of them were able
to make money. For these men the
present blow, directed at the packers
but going over their heads and strik
ing the poor stockman, is a severe one.
The mammoth plants of the packers,
together with their private car lines,
distributing agencies and great real es
tate holdings, all represent an invest
ment on which they will endeavor to
earn a percentage of profit.
When the output of these big plants
Is cut down by a decreased demand
for the product, the packers, being in
absolute control of the situation, can
promptly recoup by increasing the cost
to consumers, who will still buy, and at
the same time cutting down the price
on the raw material, which the stock
men are forced to sell at any price fixed
by the packers. Unfortunate as it may
be for the stockmen, It seems to be one
of those desperate cases which require
desperate remedies, and If the present
exposures result in jcorrectlng the
abuses which have caused such a pro
found sensation, the immediate loss
may in the long run be more than off
set by the advantages of having the
industry on a more legitimate basis.
DELAY ON CANAL LEGISLATION.
From the tenor of recent advices from
Washington regarding the Panama Ca
nal matter it is quite apparent that a
deadlock on the "type" of canal to be
built is highly probable. It is quite
clear that the Senate is in favor of the
sea-level canal, and the Kittredge bill
providing for that type of canal was so
brief, simple and unequivocal that,
when it was reported by the commit
tee on interoceanic canals, there was
general belief that it would be rushed
to passage and meet the approval of
the President. Now It is reported that
the President and the House will refuse
to accept the sea-level type, and, as
the dignified Senate can hardly be ex
pected to recede from the stand it has
taken, it is feared that matters will
come to a standstill. The Senate bill
provides "that a sea-level canal con
necting the waters of the Atlantic, and
Pacific Oceans be constructed in ac
cordance with the report and plans of
the Board of Consulting Engineers for
the Panama Canal created by. order of
the President dated June 24, 1905."
This board was appointed for the pur
pose of carrying out the provisions of
the Spooner act of 1902. The Spooner
act made no provision as to the type of
canal to be constructed, and the de
cision of the Senate committee in favor
of the sea-level plan would accordingly
meet with no obstacles from that
source. The dilatory action on this mo
mentous question cannot but provoke a
suspicion that beneath the surface Is
running a current of political manipu
lation which may sweep the canal proj
ect Into an eddy where it will remain
until the next session of Congress un
less a special session should be called
In the meantime.
This threatened danger of delay lies
In the question of purchasing canal
supplies. Ever since Secretary Taft
placed himself hopelessly out of the
running as a Presidential candidate by
recommending purchase of canal sup
plies where they could be bought the
cheapest it was feared that the "stand
patters" on the tariff would force re
versal of that economical policy. There
Is now a possibility that, in an effort to
prevent this threatened breach in the
high-tariff wall, they will endeavor to
hold -up legislation on the canal itself
until their wishes are granted.
The people throughout the country
will take no decided stand on the type
of canal to be adopted, but the tariff
question Is so important an issue that
the question of purchasing supplies
abroad, because they are cheaper than
In this country, is approached with
considerable anxiety by the vacillating
element that Is uncertain as to which
road will lead to victory two years
hence. There is nothing In the past or
present attitude of the high tariff devo
tees to warrant belief that they would
hesitate to hold up the canal by a con
test over the type to be followed, if by
so doing they could defer unfavorable
action against the special Interests
which they represent. The canal will
Burely be built, but the delays and hin
drances to which It Is subjected are be
coming exasperating to those who are
honestly endeavoring to hasten adjust
ment of preliminary details.
THE DOGS AND THE GIRL.
Little Elsie Mllhoff, 11 years old, cru
elly tortured and brutally murdered'
near Kenton, Wash., last week, would
have been alive today If her parents
had observed one simple precaution..
They failed to send the dogs with the
girl.
In the development of a new country,
when the small boys are few or none
In the family, the small girl must of
necessity do much of a boy's work.
Getting up the cows at nightfall is a
necessary duty. Father is not yet home
and mother has altogether too much to
do; so the task falls to the little maiden
not yet or barely into her teens. The
wise parent sends the dogs with the
girl.
There is no better companion, no
stouter protector, no truer friend of the
little girl than the four-footed brute
(sic) who gladly goes with her in work
or play; who shows his Joy by romping
back and forth and running the dis
tance twice over; who grieves not at
a hurt, so it comes from the hand of his
little mistress; whose bristling hair and
bared teeth resent fancied or real af
front; and the would-be assailant
knows why he is there and why the dog
has been sent with the girl.
It is the hard and cruel truth of the
day that all the villains do not inhabit
the' cities. The tramp abounds every
where, and when he becomes a hobo
he is a beast of prey. Nothing is sa
cred to him and a physical hurt is all
he fears. Cruel and rapacious as the
baboon of the forest, traversing the by
ways rather than the highways, he too
often finds his helpless victim. There Is
but one remedy send the dogs with the
girl.
AS THE BREWERS SEE IT.
The United Brewers, in convention
assembled in Indianapolis, note with
sincere gratification that since 1870 the
consumption of beer in the United
States has grown nearly four times as
fast as the population. This explains
why the number of millionaire brewers
has Increased so largely in the period
covered; also why the proclaimed in
crease .of "living expenses' has been
sounded as the keynote to so many
laborers' strikes.
But these things are merely Inci
dental, and trifling at that. The great
fortunes accumulated are the main
thing, and next to this is the statement
showing that we are a thirsty as well
as a great people, 49,459,540 barrels of
beer having been manufactured in the
United States in 1905 an increase of
1,251,401 barrels over the production of
the previous year. i
While the United Brewers deplore the
legislation Instigated by meddlesome
people, known as local optionlsts and
anti-saloon- agitators, as having in
flicted "great injury" upon their indus
try, they display pardonable pride in
the increased product of their plants
and Its increased consumption, and are
confident that It will not be. long be
fore the electors will properly rebuke
these meddlers.
CHEAP SHIPS. NOT BIG SUBSIDIES.
It is announced from Seattle that the
big Hill liner Dakota will be laid up
until next October, the freight offerings
being entirely too light to warrant op
eration of such a large steamer. Her
retirement Just at this time, when the
subsidy bill is in a critical condition,
can also be used as an argument in fa
vor of the graft. An effort will prob
ably be made to show that it is compe
tition of the foreign vessels that makes
it Impossible for Mr. Hill to keep his big
freighter moving except at a loss. Of
course every practical shipping man on
the Pacific Coast Is of opinion that the
Dakota and her Bister ship, the Minne
sota, are too big for the route on which
they are engaged, and can never be op
erated there at a profit. The disadvan
tage suffered by American shipowners
not from lack of a subsidy, but by the
enforcement of unfair, hampering laws
is strikingly illustrated in the case of.
the Dakota and the Teucer,. a new Holt
liner which has just completed her mai
den trip from the Orient to Puget
Sound. ' . . .
The Teucer is an 18,000-ton carrier, or
slightly smaller than the Dakota. She
has a capacity greater than the largest
cargo that has been carried by the Da
kota this year, and she steamed across
the Pacific at a gait nearly as rapid as
that of the big and expensive Dakota.
The Teucer cost approximately $750,000
less than the Dakota, and, unless she
was held for an accumulation of freight.
thus lengthening the period between
sailing' dates, she could handle all of the
freight that has ever been available
for the Dakota. She is, accordingly,
from a speed and capacity standpoint,
the equal of the Dakota, and as a busi
ness proposition is so far superior to the
Dakota as utterly to outclass the big
vessel. The Increased cost of the Da
kota at a 5 per cent interest rate and a
5 per cent depreciation charge will
amount to $75,000 a year, a sum suffi
cient to enable the Teucer to be oper
ated at a good profit, while the Hill
steamer was showing a loss.
It must be remembered that the mat
ter of a subsidy does not enter into this
case at all, as 'the Teucer is an unsub
sldlzed craft operated with no conces
sions whatever from the Government
whose flag she flies. The case of these
two ships offers a pretty clear demon
stration of the fact that what Is needed
to restore the American flag to the high
seas is cheap ships, and not big subsi
dies. It never will be possible, in a le
gitimate manner, to meet the competi
tion of a $750,000 ship with one that
cost twice as much, for the added cost
will run against the ship until the end
of time. The suggestion thatf Ameri
cans be permitted to buy ships at a9
low figures as those for which foreign
ers can buy them is always met with
violent objection on the part of the men
who are so anxious to "strengthen" our
merchant marine with subsidy pap. In
the face of plain and practical illustra
tions of the advantages of encouraging
our merchant marine by legitimate
methods, this objection discloses the
real purpose of the patriots who are so
solicitous for the welfare of the Amer
ican merchant marine.
SAVING THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.
A case Is to be brought before the
Circuit Court at Oregon City to test
the law which empowers a fruit
inspector to enter a pest-infested or
chard after the owner, having been
duly notified, failed to spray his trees.
A Mllwaukle orchard was entered un
der these conditions several weeks ago
and 34 prune trees infected with scale
were cut down. The irate owner prom
ised to make the Inspector pay for the
damage Inflicted, and, in pursuance of
this purpose, has brought suit for the
sum of $2040, the alleged values of the
trees thus destroyed.
The question of clean orchards and
perfect fruit in this state is Involved
in the outcome of this suit. That the
owners of orchards will not, In many
cases, without compulsion, spray their
fruit trees and destroy those that are
moss, dirty and useless, is a fact well
attested by the infested fruit that has
appeared In this market in years past
and by the moss-grown, pest ridden
trees that abound throughout the
Willamette Valley. The orchardlst who
sprays his trees finds his crop at the
mercy of his neighbor who neglects to
do so. It is manifestly Impossible to
re-establish and maintain the reputa
tion of Oregon fruit, according to the
required market standard, unless these
old orchards are destroyed and the
newer ones are sprayed at proper times.
The thrifty citizen finds spraying his
own orchard unavailing while the trees
of his neighbors across the way are
white with wooly aphis, mottled with
San Jose scale, or are a breeding place
for the codlln moth.
This statement carries its own evi
dence and argument. It follows that
Oregon must either abandon its pre
tensions as a state able to raise fruit
as fine as any in the world, or take
measures to compel indolent, thriftless
orchardlsts to come up to the standard
set by the Board of Horticulture for
the production of clean fruit.
The rival railroad companies that are
trying to circumvent each other in
building down the Columbia may now,
without let or hindrance from Judge
McCredie, of the Clark County (Wash
ington) ' Superior Court, honeycomb
Castle Rock with tunnels if they see
fit. Each company is allowed to re
sume work with Its newly sharpened
drills the one on the east and the
other on the west side of the great rock,
and run into each other or parallel each
other as the work proceeds, or as the
engineers may direct. In the mean
time those who but now rent the air
with the voice of -lamentation because
of the desecration of Castle Rock for
commercial . purposes have become si
lent. Sentiment seems to have capitu
lated to utility; the great spur of gran
ite is left to defend Itself while it can
by the stubborn resistance with which
Nature endowed it and capitulate when
it must to the demands of a commer
cial age. There is comfort in the re
flection that Castle Rock is stony
hearted and will not feel the indignities
that a utilitarian spirit heaps upon
It, and that two great and persistent
bores will not in the least affect its
serene temper and lofty bearing.
Twenty-five years ago the United
States produced 27,000 tons of copper.
The production during 1905 was prac
tically 40,000 tons, or more than half of
the world's total supply. The value of
last year's output was $160,000,000. The
uses of this metal are steadily grow
ing. It hi estimated that by 1920 the re
quirements of the world will reach
1,500.000 tons. The United States will
probably hold its present place In the
market. New deposits are opened from
time .to time. There are known dis
tricts yet undeveloped in the Western
mountains, and Alaska is rich In cop
per. Mexico and Canada are copper
countries, and send the United States
ore and matte for smelting, and pigs,
bars and ingots for manufacture. Un
less there be formed a world trust, the
price of the metal will probably be kept
within reasonable bounds and it is cer
tain with Increasing electrical develop
ment that the industry will continue to
be profitable. There Is always the pos
sibility that a substitute may be found,
yet the day of copper Is going to be a
long one.
Mr. Shively, addressing the Demo
cratic convention at Indianapolis, finds
In the protective tariff the root of all
political evil. Insurance graft, timber
stealing, Burton, Piatt, Depew, all
spring from that one direful source.
Abolish the tariff and, presto! the coun
try will become pure. This would be
more convincing if one could forget that
there is no graft in Germany, though
the Kaiser's tariff wall is higher in
some places than Dingley's. Mr. Shive
ly carries to a ridiculous extreme the
Democratic tendency to theorize. The
tariff produces many bad results. Like
all good things, it needs reform from
time to time, and it is abused by greedy
monopolists. But it Is not responsible
for all our ilia It did not help Mr. Bel
mont create . the street railway-gas-subway
combine in New York, nor did
it put the Equitable Into Mr. Ryan's
hands. How is the tariff accountable
for railroad rebates and discrimina
tions? A child-wife of 15 years appears be
fore a court in this city charging her
husband with extreme cruelty, which
charge is substantiated by her foster
mother. The charge of preliminary cru
elty might well He against the latter In
that she permitted a girl of 15 over
whom she had control to become a wife.
The folly of the marriage of a girl of
Immature mind and body is only
equaled by its inhumanity.
Manna rained on A. W. Glbbs,
superintendent of motive power for
the Pennsylvania Railroad in the
shape of a graft of 3 to 5 cents
on each ton of coal burned by the rail
road. The manna came from the coal
companies. Glbbs is said to be a very
"nice" man; if he were a franchise
grabber living off the public or a bank
baron squeezing the poor borrower, he
could be no "nicer."
Apparently the Federal brigade that
fought Bourne's election either knew
Mr. Bourne is not a vindictive man or
thought jobs would be parceled out In
the same old way after the next Legis
lature. There have been many exam
ples of Patterson, Matthews, Gowan,
Dresser, Hall, Bancroft, et al., in this
state. The courage of the Federal bri
gade was admirable. If its Judgment
was bad.
And now if Cleveland should shout
for Bryan and make It unanimous It's
not impossible. Perhaps Bryan, from
becoming rich and traveling in Europe,
is not so much of a commoner. Besides,
strange bedfellows have been seen In
Oregon Governor Chamberlain and C.
E. S. Wood; Harry Lane and John
Manning; L T. Peery and George H.
Thomas; Pat Powers and Tom Word.
Another sad chapter Is recorded In
the family life of the late Judge C. B.
Bellinger In the death of his eldest son.
Oscar Bellinger was born In Linn
County and at the time of his death
was 46 years old. The sympathy of the
community will go out to his mother
and other relatives in this city in this
further bereavement.
The Indiana Democratic platform
pays some unpleasant attention to the
grafters, and Orator Shively mentions
by name a number of Republican Sen
ators who were "caught with the
goods." The Indiana Democrats are
never afraidi to call a spade a spade,
provided it is a Republican spade.
The Oregon Democrats are not even
to have a candidate for Speaker of the
House of Representatives. The state
wondered how it could have got along
without the resonance of "Josephine"
Smith in 1905 and W. R. Bllyeu and
Charles V. Galloway in 1903; now it will
find out.
Blnger Hermann's trial will not come
off until next Winter, and If there shall
be a conviction, it may be deferred until
after Hawley shall be the state's Rep
resentative, beginning March 4, 1907..I
Hermann always has been doing things
for Oregon.
Woman suffragists will try again two
years hence. By that time the men
may be so rested from the annoyance
of this last campaign that they will
feel no resentment at another intrusion
of the issue nor at bothersome women
at the polls.
Down in Arkansas they still call it
"boodle." Boodle is the old-fashioned
and nearly forgotten word for "graft."
Arkansas is the state where they are
still voting and yelling for Jeff Davis.
See Little Rock dispatch yesterday.
Those leaders of the liquor association
who bet their money on Word were
surprised. There have been tricks in
politics before, only the liquor men are
usually sly enough to put up better ap
pearances. Mr. Napoleon Davis and Mr. Peter
D'Arcy are In position to sympathize
with the lady that swallowed the gen
tleman's diamond. What is the lady
like thing for them to do?
The packers and1 livestock men who
are angry with Roosevelt don't have to
eat the embalmed beef and rope sau
sage and tuberculosis hash. Consum
ers are more vitally concerned.
Two years ago the Republicans who
went under were Sanderson Reed and
James Stott. This year it Is only Dr.
Withycombe. That's some little prog
ress, anyhow.
Throw out Sell wood in the count?
How would any other precinct like such
treatment? But Sellwood is not wholly
ignored; It has a free ferry.
At least five Democrats wanted those
Jobs in the Sheriff's office which are
held by Republicans possibly more.
Sheriff Bulletin: Mr. Stevens con
tinues to be the latest and newest thing
In Sheriffs.
It's about time for Mr. URen to be
gin hatching a new brood of amendments.
LIFE IN THE OREGON COUNTRY.
Open the Locks.
Independence Enterprise.
Everybody Is committed to the open
inn; of the locks at Oregon City. Now
who will open them?
An Equine Dnde.
Huntington Herald.
J. A. Buchan has a curiosity In the
horce line, it having a mustache over
two Inches long and curled in the ap
proved style. .
Stock Will Be Fat.
John Day News.
Range riders say that the ground Is
the most thoroughly soaked that It has
been for years. Miners, farmers and
stockmen have a most promising year
before them.
A Different Prlneville ' Fins.
Prinevllle Review.
The Review has a country subscriber
who. every time he comes to town with
a Jag, pays a year in advance. He is
already paid up to 1909 and is about
due to have another Jag.
Now, Then, Altogether Mostly.
Baker City Herald.
Now that the shouting is in order
you can do your best. If the election
doesn't please shout for disgust and
If it does please you shout for Joy.
There is nothing like shouting to im
prove the lungs in this high altitude.
How a "Kernel" Get Natty.
The Dalles Chronicle.
A yarn is In circulation to the ef
fect that strawberries cause insanity.
Tomatoes are said to cause cancer,
grapes cause appendicitis, apples cause
colic and all the good things are pop
ularly supposed to cause something
dreadful excepting the good old Ore
gon prune, and it Isn't to be trusted
until it is dried. Please pass the dried
prunes and send the strawberries East
to your "poor relations."
Tea Plants in Oregon.
Bend Bulletin.
The tea plants received by Henry
Hedges last week took right up with
the Bend country and are doing very
well. Mrs. Hedges potted one. Intend
ing to keep It in the house but the
plant could not stand the confinement
of a warm room, pined for the open air
and wilted. Consequently . It was
transplanted to the garden where it is
now thriving in the bracing air of
Central Oregon.
Porcupine Beated the Dogs.
Brownsville Times.
One day last week Fred Malone's two
dogs came in contact with the "real
thing." He heard them give the "dis
tress sign" and rushed into the brush
to find that his dogs had engaged In a
"mix-up" with a porcupine, and had
gotten the worst of it. The dogs had
their mouths full of quills and Were in
great distress. Mr. Malone went to
Murray Barrett's for assistance and
the two succeeded in extracting 200
quills. Porcupines are very rare in
these parts.
The Walnut tn Loanred-Oir Lands.
G. W. Peters In Salem Journal.
The English walnut grows to per
fection In Oregon. No pests among:
it; no spraying "necessary, and the se
lection of the ground Is even of sec
ondary Importance, though the soil
should be well drained. You don't have
to cultivate the land previous to plant
ing. A large proportion of the Prince
orchard was simple cleared of its big
timber and the young trees planted
among the big stumps. This is another
great advantaee In favor of walnut
tree cultivation ,ln the timbered dis
tricts of the Northwest, where thou
sands of acres now "logged off" by
the timber men can be rendered highly
profitable without the expense of clear
ing necessary for the growth of grain,
grasses and fruits.
Tariff Too Much for the Gnekwar.
Washington, D. C, dispatch.
The Gaekwar likes Washington, D. C,
and wants to return to the city at some
future day. He is as enthusiastic over
the capital as the constituents of a rural
Congressman making their first visit to
Washington. He likes the broad streets,
shaded avenues, the parks, and, above
all, the cleanliness of the city appealed
to him, so he told his Interviewers.
The stately Capitol Congress house, as
he referred to it also moved the Prince
to admiration. He was there yesterday
and occupied a seat in the diplomatic
gallery of the House while John Sharp
Williams was making a few additional
remarks upon the comparative cost of
wire nails, tin plate and other commodi
ties under the Wilson tariff and the
Dlngley law. The Prince was deeply In
terested, and expressed the opinion that
John Sharp must be a great man and a
powerful orator, but he added by way of
qualification that while he was able to
understand his words he was not able to
comprehend his meaning.
"That Is because," said His Highness,
"I am not famliar with your tariffs and
your other institutions. I should like to
learn much about them."
He was Informed that no one except a
"stand-patter" knew all about the tariff,
and the Prince's evident Ignorance of
the term promised to call for too long
an explanation In the brief time allotted
for the interview, so the subject was
changed and the more congenial topic of
agriculture was broached.
Chaffee for Prealdent.
Kansas City Journal.
General Funston's friends, or some of
them, in Iola, have suggested his name
for the Presidency. This 1b pardonable,
but not admirable. The Presidency is a
big place, but it goes more by luc2than
by merit, and It Is a place of brief au
thority. Much trouble goes with it, and
it Is not to be sought for by any wise
man except as any man of political promi
nence may find himself in the clutches of
circumstances which render him possible
as a candidate. Funston In the army of
the United States for life is a better
proposition than Funston fooling with the
Presidential buzz-saw for a few unhappy
years.
If the country wants a soldier for Presi
dent the best man at hand Is General
Adna R. Chaffee, retired. He was a vet
eran before Funston was born and is now
In the prime of his wonderful strength.
The United States is a fool to deprive
itself of the active services of its best-
tried and best-proved servants men like
Chaffee and Bates who have Just retired.
The country wants the pleasure of seeing
General Funston meet a few more emer
gencies in his own masterful manner be
fore he gets Into the pool where General
Miles got so much mud on his uniform.
We are sure that Funston takes this
view of it which Is a sure sign that his
head continues to be as level as of yore.
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Doing; Good at 81 Years Old.
London Post.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts recently cele
brated her 91st birthday. Since, as a girl
of 23, the bulk of the vast fortune of the
Coutts family was placed In her hands
she has labored unceasingly to utilize It
for the benefit of mankind. The poor chil
dren of the East End of London have
been her especial care, while the Church
of England has received largely of her
bounty. But Baroness Burdett-Coutts
charity has been so varied and extensive
that it defies enumeration. Charles Dick
ens was one of her earliest friends and
advisers, and it was under his guidance
that she first visited the most squalid
quarters of Stepney and Whlteehaoel. now
brightened by her benevolence.
CUTS LOOSE FROM WIFE.
Rockefeller Professor Triggs' New
Matrimonial Cult.
Chicago Journal and Inter Ocean.
Professor Oscar L. Triggs, who severed
his connection with the University of Chi
cago under sensational circumstances that
caused a stir throughout the educational
world, has reached an agreement with
Mrs. Triggs for a permanent separation.
Whether a divorce will follow has not
been made public. The separation is and
will remain as complete as any legal man
date could effect, Mrs. Triggs being lo
cated in Paris, France, and the professor
in Chicago through an arrangement mutu
ally agreed on.
When Triggs left the University of Chi
cago he went to live at- the People's In
dustrial Institute at 1926 Indiana avenue,
conducted by the Spencer-Whitman Cen
ter. Miss Fagan Is a physical culture
demonstrator, and the interest of the col
lege man In the demonstrator became a
matter of comment. This led to unpleas
antness In the Institute, and Miss Fagan,
a handsome young woman, left. Shortly
after Professor Triggs took up his abode
in the home of Miss Fagan at lift Thirty
third street.
Oscar L. Triggs was formerly a pro
fessor at the University of Chicago, and
first gained fame by a lecture in the class
room in which he declared the genius of
John D. Rockefeller was in its way as
great as that of Shakespeare.
This lecture made him a National fig
ure. Mr. Triggs gained further notice as
a result of an attack on the literary and
musical merit of the hymns which are
usually sung in churches. He declared
the text in certain cases was doggerel
and the music pretty bad.
On many other subjects he expressed
ideas that were decidedly original. He
soon found himself looked upon at the
university as too radical and Indiscreet.
Two years ago, therefore, when the uni
versity trustees met and considered
changes In the faculty, Mr. Triggs' con
nection with the university was severed,
although students prepared a petition for
his retention.
Professor Triggs and Miss Fagan's ap
pearance in the Thirty-third street apart
ments followed a finale at the People's In
dustrial College that was as sensational
as the former's exit from the University
of Chicago. President Parker H. Ser
combe of the college, which Is now known
as the Spencer-Whitman Center, is said
to have Invited Miss Fagan in vain to
absent herself from the premises, and to
have brought about that denouement by
setting her trunks on the front doorstep.
Professor Triggs almost immediately
severed his connection with Sercombe in
associate editorship of "Tomorrow," and
left the institution without the neces
sity of any such strenuous inducements.
Triggs then devoted his energies to a
publication he termed "Triggs' Maga
zine." He is now associated with Profes
sor J. Milton Jones, who became conspic
uous following his action in divorcing his
wife to develop his soul, and his subse
quent marriage to another woman within
11 days.
The new magazine, to be published by
Professor Triggs and Professor Jones, is
to be known as the University Digest,
"devoted to the Ideas that are influenc
ing civilization." Man's Innermost thought
is to be the principal theme for discus
sion In the publication.
Excerpts from the magazine "Tomor
row," published by Parker H. Sercombe,
head of the Spencer-Whitman Center:
"Are you weary of talking the talk and
do you want to live the life? You may
do so.
"Our colony is for the superman and
the superwoman.
"If you are impassive to praise or cen
sure. "If your ambition Is not for wealth or
poverty.
"If you desire a chance to be normal.
"If you love art, beauty, comradeship.
"If you have poise.
"If you have Industry, initiative, orig
inality. "If you can mind your own business,
practically and theoretically.
"If you are satisfied to explain, subdue
and control yourself alone.
"If you do not get booze drunk, or
money drunk.
"If you regard clothes as Incidental to
life and not the whole thing.
"If you realize that God no longer de
pends upon you to kill the devil.
"If you realize that the scheme of life
left us by our dead ancestors is unfit for
the real man the over man the future
man I will Join you."
New York City's $15,000,000 Bulldlnar
New York Exchange.
By an exchange of deeds between
the city and the United States Realty
& Improvement Company yesterday,
relative to the closing of Thames and
Temple streets and the opening of a
larger Thames street, the last barrier
In the way of the erection of the new
Boreel building and the Trinity addi
tion was recorded.
The twin structures, which, when
completed, will represent an invest
ment close to $15,000,000, will be the
most ornate and commodious office
building in the world.
The present Trinity building, which
occupies the site of the first office
structure in New York, has a floor
area of 166,000 square feet, and In the
completed twin buildings there will
be an area of 552,873 square feet.
Architect Francis H. Kimball has
provided every modern device for the
structures, which will be ready for oc
cupancy May 1, 1907, and will be held
as a permanent investment by the
company.
THE RATE-BILL
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Prom tha Chlcaco Record-Herald.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT HAPPENS WHILE GOING ROUND THE CON
GRESSIONAL CURVES.
RICHEST BOY IN THE WORLD.
Marshall Field Grandson of One Time
Chicago Merchant.
' London Cable Dispatch.
-Unconscious of hia vast wealth, young
Marshall Field, the richest boy In the
world, is having a good time In London.
With his brother Henry, who is 10 years
old, and his little sister, Gwendolyne, he
Is being taken to all the sights and
shows by his aunt, who is the wife of
Captain David Beatty, of the Royal Navy.
The happy party is staying at Claridge's
Hotel, the exclusive and expensive Max
fair house, and have a magnificent auto
mobile to take them to the Tower, the
Zoo or the Hippodrome. Their mother is
In Paris.
The two boy 8 must wonder at the at
tention they attract, for their movements
are watched by eager reporters and pho
tographers, wishing to record the dolnga
of the ltttie multi-millionaires.
An Englishwoman who met the, elder
boy in the corridor after laying in wait
for him, kissed him, much to his aston
ishment, and said: "I hope, my child,
that you will always make good use of
your great wealth."
At present nothing has been decided as
to the immediate education of the boys.
Two schools have been suggested to Mrs.
Field by Mrs. Beatty. One is a private
school at Wokingham, where the boy of
Colonel John Jacob Astor was educated,
and the other is a preparatory school at
Eton, near Uxbridge, where several boys
with American mothers. Including the
sons of Lady Grey Egerton and Lady
Cheylesmore, are being educated.
Henry and Gwendolyne come In for a
share of the $150,000,000 of their grand
father, the great Chicago merchant, but
young Marshall will have the greater por
tion to keep the wolf from the doors of
his many residences. There Is no great
retinue to mark their wealth. Just a gov
erness for the two boys and a nurse for
the little girl. Both the little boys are
unassuming, as all little boys should be,
whether millionaires or Princes, and are
quite unspoiled as yet.
Mrs. Wu Ting-Fans; Winn Oat.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Once again has Wu Ting-fang, ex
Chinese Minister to the United States,
succumbed to the influence of lovely
woman! Only a few days ago his com
plete conversion to the water wagon and
the simple life by Mrs. J. B. Henderson,
of Washington, D. C, was announced.
And now comes the startling news by
cablegram from Pekin of his retirement
forever from official life. The reasons
given are the failure of his plans to hu
manize the administration of Justice In
China. They may have cut some figure
In the Celestial mind, but the real reason
Wu Ting-fang has made known to a
personal friend in Philadelphia, for in a
letter Just received from Pekin he says:
"I have been in active public life for
many years, and my wife is continually
urging me that it Is time for me to retire
and earn some rest.
"She sayg that the wise man ought to
khow not only to advance, but also to
retire in proper time. This seems to mo
a good advice, and I am seriously think
ing of following It."
And now It would seem as if Mrs. Wu
had won out. The little lady, who is
said to have the smallest foot in China,
has proved more powerful than all the
pomp and power of court life.
Chorus Girl and Cornell Flaar.
Ithaca CN. Y.) Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
One of the automobile giris In "The Earl
and the Girl," which played here Saturday
night, paid the highest price for a small
Cornell banner that has been recorded In
the history of the university.
The performance Saturday evening was
the last one of the season, and a crowded
house greeted the company. The students
clamored for encores. The chorus girls,
who had been given a great time all day,
entered Into the spirit of the fun with
more than their usual vim, and some of
them added stunts that were not on the
regular programme.
In the first act one of the prettiest of
the automobile girls wound a tiny silk
Cornell flag around her shapely ankle just
low enough to allow a glimpse when her
skirts whirled around In the dance. At
the flag's appearance the house went Into
an uproar. The students shouted and
yelled applause. It looked as if the flag
bad scored a triumph, but when the show
was over the prosaic manager fined the
pretty girl with the be flagged leg $18 out
of her week's salary.
There Is some talk of taking up a sub
scription to pay the fine.
Klpltnjr on Cheapness of Life.
Chicago Chronicle.
Rudyard Kipling is indulging his clever
ly caustic wit at London banquests. At
the Academy dinner which followed the
private view of the May exhibition,
speaking to the toast of "Literature," he
declared that literature has always stood
outside the law as the one calling that Is
absolutely free free in the sense that It
needs no protection and he Illustrated his
point In this fashion: "For Instance,
when, as occasionally happens, a judge
makes bad law or a surgeon makes a bad
operation or a manufacturer of food
makes bad food criticism of their action
is by law and custom confined to com
paratively narrow limits. But if, as oc
casionally happens, a man makes a bad
book there is no limit to the criticism
that may be directed against it, and it is
perfectly as it should be. The world re
cognizes that little things like bad laws,
bad surgery and bad food only affect the
cheapest commodity that we know about
human life."
TRAIN LOSES A CAR