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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1808.
A PERILOUS GROUND.
The law cannot do otherwise than
treat cases like the killing of White in
New York and Creffleld in Seattle as
murder. Of course no person has- a
right to go forth and slay even the
wickedest man In the community. But
when it is said that the social or per
sonal habits-, or practices, of men like
White and Creffleld can have no bear
ing whatever when the defendants are
put on trial for murder, there is fun
damental mistake.
In criminal charges the rules of evi
dence must, of necessity, be closely fol
lowed. For there Is danger, in most
cases. In departure from them; yet lit
tle or none, in cases like those for
which the names of White and Creffleld
stand Just now as conspicuous victims
of the villainies of their own lives.
At Seattle, the attorneys for the de
fense insist on bringing before the Jury
the fullest possible account, through
competent witnesses, of the life of Cref
fleld, his abhorrent practices and the
methods by which he gained and held
ascendancy, for immoral purposes, yet
in the name of religion, over the minds
of a group of deluded women. The
trial Judge 1s reported to be disposed
to very close rulings on the admission
of such matters. Strict legal interpre
tation no doubt would justify this, or
indeed require it. Tet such interpreta
tion, in cases of this description, on the
strict rule that the habits and practices
of such men as Creffleld and White
can properly have no bearing upon the
charge and the fact that their lives
were unlawfully taken, involves a seri
ous mistake, not only as against the
defendants, but in a higher degree,
against society itself.
No Jury, of course, will admit that
any person or persons can have the
right to go about the world to rid It of
Its moral lepers. But in the face of
such testimony as that delivered in the
trial of Mitchell at Seattle, no Jury is
likely to find a Judgment of murder;
for, though an act has been committed
which was and is murder, in the eye of
the law, yet the character and acts of
the man whose life was unlawfully
taken, and the position of his slayer, in
relation to the victims of the scoun
drel's black arts, are not likely to be
Ignored by this Jury, or by any other
Jury in similar position.
Likewise, though Thaw and wife are
a characterless pair, yet if it shall be
proved, as asserted, that White, after
he had parted from the woman, still
pursued her, or talked about her, and
about his former relations with her,
no Jury ever will convict Thaw of mur
der. White's character and conduct
will have everything to do with forming
the minds of the members of the Jury.
No provocation Indeed can be said to
Justify murder; but there1 is a class of
cases in which Juries always have de
cided for themselves whether homi
cide is murder, or not; and In reaching
this decision they have considered, and
always will consider, the motive, the
provocation, and the character of the
parties, and especially the character
and the acts of the person whose life
has been taken.
For in such cases it is assumed that
Justice te a function of the jury, as well
as of the law. But an unhappy fate
will await him who takes a life upon
a less provocation than the deliberate
human judgment of a jury can excuse.
Tis a perilous ground.
WATER FOR THE THIRSTY.
Mr. W. T. Shanahan reports to The
Oregonian that his appeal for more
drinking fountains In the city for man
and beast is receiving encouraging at
tention. It is a need, truly: and the
hot weather emphasizes the need. Fort
land has but two public fountains
where the thirsty, man or beast, may
get water. It ought to have twenty.
They need not be so large or costly as
the Skidmore and Thompson foun
tains, but might serve the purpose as
Well. A proper type of such fountain
on the curb, or on a street corner,
would take up very little room. An
erect pillar or shaft, with room for one
or two horses to drink, and a small
conduit, with faucet and cup, for the
thirsty passer-by, would be enough.
The area of the city has become so
great and the use of good Bull Run
water, to quench thirst, is the need of
so many; the number of horses at work
Is Increasing so fast, and the area they
traverse has become so great, that
more places where water can be had
are demanded alike by motives of econ
omy and humanity. Mr. Shanahan so
licits the Interest of the people and
ledges of money to this end. In no
city is the need greater. i
The East Side holds more than half
the city's population, yet we think there
is not a single public fountain in It.
The two fountains on the West Side
are fine ones, but are not so situated
as to supply the central portion of the
West Side.
Others, we hear, have thought of put
ting; in fountains as permanent memor
ials of themselves, as well as for thw
use and comfort of generations; and no
method of public benefaction could be
more excellent. But there is need of
numerous drinking places, which can be
supplied to the extent required only by
erection of fountains of moderate cost,
at many places. It is a subject for the
people of Portland to think and act on.
JUST A FEW PLAIN WORDS.
Undoubtedly Mr. William Ladd and
the group of first families can "put up"
for an Indefinite period the money nec
essary to "run" their newspaper and
their pulpit, and can run them as long
as they desire. They have the money,
got from extortions and oppressions
and .financial prestidigitations of all de
scriptions, and In all Indescribable
ways. But if they suppose they can
control much further the development
and purposes of Oregon, they mistake.
The mind and the thought of Oregon
have ever been beyond their reach. But
of these things they have no concep
tion. They are simply "grubbing" for
advantages over the public, and over
Individuals, to gain additional millions.
Money will buy an alleged gospel;
money will control and print and direct
an alleged newspaper, for a time;
money will get and keep a strangle
hold on the earnings and estates of
others for a time; but there always
has been, always will be, a reckoning.
The forces that make for proportional
and distributive justice will, in the long
run, prevail. All abnormal things find
their level.
It is necessary that there should be a
force to stand up against this pluto
cratic gang that assumes the owner
ship of Portland. Its members have
expected The Oregonian to shake and
cower before them. So they have their
pulpit and their press, to force It to do
so. Fortunately there is a force in
Oregon this newspaper which they
cannot control, and which is strong
enough to be a rallying point for oth
ers. It Is this plutocratic gang that ever
has held back the development of Ore
gon. Its long reign has marked the
long night of Oregon; but the clouds
are breaking. This plutocratic group
has warned all capital and all enter
prise away from Oregon, these forty
years. It wanted and has obtained the
greater part of the results of the nat
ural development of the country, and
has done It by bluffing all others out.
To keep others out at least till the
time should come for realization
through sale of the advantages they
had usurped has been the main pur
pose. It was a desire to absorb for
themselves all the growth and all the
future.
And they have too nearly succeeded.
Hence Oregon has not grown, except
for their profit. Hence development of
Washington, which has not been op
pressed by a plutocratic and monopo
listic gang like ours, far exceeds that
of Oregon. The life of Oregon has been
sapped and crushed; the life of Wash
ington has had free course. Hence It
is that Oregon, though it had an in
comparable start, is immensely behind
Washington.
LIQUOR TAX IN LOUISIANA.
New plans of dealing with the sale of
liquors appear in various parts of the
country, ever and anon. The Legisla
ture of Louisiana Is now dealing with
one; at least we take it to be a new
one, since we remember not to have
seen it heretofore.
The plan, briefly, Is this: Adopt a 4
per cent schedule on the gross receipts,
on which to fix all liquor licenses. Fix
the minimum gross receipts on which
a license can be obtained high enough
to hold down the number of places at
which liquors can be sold. This would
first be guessed at, but after a while
experience would control it. Strict rec
ord of the amount of sales would be
kept, under heavy penalties, and "local
option" would decide in what places
liquors might be sold, or sale refused,
on this basis. The law, thus, would
have a prohibitive feature also.
It may not be adopted, for members
of the Legislature of Louisiana Insist
that the law would be too restrictive
for their state, where hitherto there
has been little limitation of the liquor
trade an annual tax or fee of $100 only
being the minimum license. Tet in all
probability some change, in the direc
tion of greater restriction, will be made
at this time.
THE NORTH-BANK CONTEST.
The decision of Judge McCredie, of
the Superior Court of Washington, that
the Portland & Seattle Railroad had
the power to condemn a right of way
across the property of the Columbia
Valley Railroad, will not prevent Mr.
Harriman from building down the
north bank of the Columbia River, If he
desires to do so. In his decision Judge
McCredie gave assurance that, should
the Columiba Valley (the Harriman
road) desire to build down the north
bank within a reasonable length of
time, it would be allowed to build a
roadbed and track parallel with that of
the Portland & Seattle without the ne
cessity for recondemnation proceedings.
This decision was apparently the only
one that could make possible the build
ing of any road down the north bank.
Both the Hill interests and the Har
riman Interests were in possession of
certain separate and distinct points of
vantage which were of vital necessity
to the success of the project of each.
If the courts had offered no relief to
the Portland & Seattle Railroad, the
work would necessarily have been
abandoned. On the other hand, if the
Harriman project is a bona fide one, if
could not have been successfully car
ried through without some aid from the
courts In securing a right of way
around or through strategic points, now
held by the Portland & Seattle. By the
decision of Judge McCredie, the way Is
made easy for the immediate construc
tion of the Portland & Seattle road,
and at the same time the Columbia
Valley- Is not deprived of the right to
build a line down the north bank on
practically the same terms as are en
Joyed by Its rival.
It would be useless for Portland to
disclaim a preference in the matter. If
the Columbia Valley had succeeded in
blocking the work of the Hill line, the
present Harriman line down the south
bank would remain the only one down
the Columbia. If, on the contrary, the
Hill people had successfully resisted
the effort of the Columbia Valley road,
there would still be an additional rail
road. The decision clinches the already
practically assured success of the Hill
road, and at the same time does not
shut out another Harriman line. There
has been considerable money wasted in
the right-of-way squabble along the
north bank, and as it will all be charged
up against the ultimate cost of the
roads involved, an early adjustment of
the difficulties will be to the advantage
of all concerned.
If the Harriman Interests are sincere
in their efforts to build a line down the
north bank of the river. Judge McCre
dle's decision offers them ample protec
tion for carrying out their plans. The
time Is coming when the great develop
ment of the Pacific Northwest will de
mand double-track roads on both sides
of the rVilnmriia. On the south bank
the Harriman line Is practically 1m-
pregnable, and even should its field for
activity on the north bank be limited
to a single track paralleling that of the
Hill road, It would still have an im
mense advantage over Its active com
petitor, which has suddenly shown ap
preciation of the advantages of the
water-level grade.
AN OVERWORKED FAIR.
Mitigation of the robbery of the City
of Portland of vast sums of money,
through secret and corrupt operations
in politics, and through traffic in fran
chises, is not to be accomplished by
rehashing the old story that The Orego
nian printed large tax lists, during sev
eral years, and was paid a considerable
eum of money for the service.
The Oregonian advertised the lists at
rates below those of its ordinary once-a-week
advertisements, earned every
dollar It received, and saved the county
several times as much money as it
earned for itself by the advertisements.
Besides, though the county paid for the
service, the expenses were charged up
against and collected from delinquents
as part of their penalties for delin
quency, or non-payment.
The law under which these lists were
advertised had been the law of Ore
gon more than forty years, and The
Oregonian many times, though not
every year, had carried them at its
current rates. But in 1898 a clique In
the Legislature, representing the "first
families" of that time and today, want
ed to change the law, in order to get
the collection of taxes wholly in Its
own hands, through tax collector and
treasurer; and to promote and extend
its own operations in land titles and
debtors' estates. This clique had Its
tools In the Legislature, and wanted
also to hurt The Oregonian for its in
dependence. The clique was even then,
and before that, engaged in Its charac
teristic work, which led up to the great
franchise grafts, and various operations
in debtors' estates, of which the courts
have since been full, and by which
public indignation has been stirred at
frequent intervals, and doubtless will
be stirred further.
No appeasement of this indignation
will be effected by repetition of the
story of the, published tax lists. That
was a legitimate business operation,
done in the open, under a law of long
standing. It was known of all men. It
was paid for legitimately, and the de
linquent taxpayer was charged with
the cost. The Oregonian objected to
and defeated a characteristic effort of
this same old predatory plutocracy to
get an advantage for itself; as it would
also have beaten the enormous fran
chise grafts, by which the city has been
pillaged and plundered of millions, had
it known, or could have found out, till
too late to arrest the proceeding, what
was going on.
The law, as to collection of taxes, has
since been changed, so as virtually to
do away with publication of delinquent
lists. To this change The Oregonian
made no objection, but supported it;
and the results have won for the
change distinct approval. What The
Oregonian did oppose, and what was
defeated mainly through its efforts,
was the endeavor to change the law
in the interest of money sharks, land-,
grabbers, operators in tax titles and a
new and additional set of public offi
cials; all attempted in direct violation
of the plain letter of the constitution
of the state. And furthermore, since
The Oregonian is actuated, more or
less, by some of the common motives
of human nature, it resented an effort
to "punish" It, and to "turn It down."
The Oregonian is aware,' of course
(not painfully), that it is not nor has
been liked by our predatory plutocracy.
It supposes (not fearfully) that it never
will be. The Oregonian is not sur
prised, therefore, that both the princi
pal organs of this plutocracy, one of
the pulpit, the other of the press, dis
play a malignity, as Impotent as furi
ous, against it. Sorry indeed would it
be if it were no more happy than they.
The demands of the supporting plutoc
racy on them are onerous indeed first
on one, then on the other; then simul
taneously on both.
AMERICAN CITIZENS' RIGHTS.
Law, order, justice and the right of
every man, enjoying the protection of
the American flag, to sell his labor at a
price satisfactory to himself, received
proper acknowledgment in Portland
Tuesday, when one Charles Bock was
convicted of the crime of shooting a
nonunion sailor on the steamer Johan
Poulsen. Mr. Bock Is secretary of the
Sailprs' Union, an organiaztion which
just at present is striking for higher
wages. Efforts have been made to ar
bitrate the differences between the sail
ors and the shipowners, but the cause
of arbitration has been hampered some
what by the fact that the wages paid
the sailors were the highest anywhere
in the world. Taking fullest advantage
of the general prosperity of the Pacific
Coast, the Sailors' Union for several
years has been advancing the pay of Its
members until, at the present time, the
pay of the coasting sailor, including the
overtime that is granted him, exceeds
that of thousands of professional men
who spend many years -and much
money in securing an education.
The comparative ease with which the
emoluments of the sailor had been
pushed up to the highest figure ever
known for similar work seemed to Im
press the men who enjoyed the high
wages with the belief that there was no
limit to the amount they might secure.
But the shipowners refused to meet the
last demand for a further increase of
wages. Naturally there were plenty of
men ready and willing to take the place
of the strikers at the big wages which
they had been paid. A crew of these
nonunion men arrived at Portland on
the steamer Johan Poulsen a few weeks
ago, and failed to heed the commands
of Mr. Bock and others, who desired
them to abandon their work on the
steamer. Then Mr. Bock, under cover
of darkness, accompanied by a few
other assassins, crept stealthily aboard
of the steamer and proceeded to shoot
up the defenseless crew.
Fortunately for the would-be murder
ers, as well as for their intended vic
tims, the men who were wounded in the
cowardly assault have all recovered.
But it was through no fault of Mr. Bock
that murder was not done, and as the
intent was plain, the crime is too geri
ous to be lightly regarded or lightly
punished.
Mr. Bock and his confederates re
garded the nonunion sailors on the Jo
han Poulsen as enemies to be exter
minated, but the law regarded them
clearly within their rights. A great
furore is being raised over the employ
ment of Japanese in place of the strik
ers, and it would be distressing indeed
if these low-grade mortals should gain i
the same foothold in the coasting trade '
that they have gained in the over
unionized districts of Southern Califor
nia. Their opportunities for gaining
this foothold are immeasurably ad
vanced, however, when ill-advised men
who are paid high wages strike for still
greater pay, and, failing to get it, pro
ceed to do murder. Mr. Bock and his
followers would do well to remember
the original cause of the patriotic en
thusiasm which 130 years have neither
eliminated nor lessened.
Julius Caesar, a well-known local
character, has followed the illustrious
Roman whose name he bore to the
Styx. The local Julius will not live in
history and he will have no successor.
In violation of that tender admonition,
"De mortuis nil nisi bonum,' it may be
said that there still remain colored men
who are as lazy, intemperate and gen
erally "cultus," as was the local name
sake of "the noblest Roman of them
all." But his mantle will fall on none
of these, for the simple reason that the
Portland and Oregon in which "Julius
Caesar" died was not the Portland and
Oregon which first gave him letters of
marque permitting him to levy his mild
tribute on the good nature of persons
who were pleased by his crude wit and
unfailing good nature. Julius Caesar
was a relic of the old days in Portland
when every man, regardless of color,
knew all of his neighbors, and for old
times' sake Julius was permitted to live
In an easy manner, which would be im
possible for any successor who might
aspire to his place.
Perplexing, contradicting and ex
tremely difficult to understand are the
reports on the general situation in San
Francisco. Simultaneously with the
news that the city is 6till sadly in need
of alms comes the report that 2000 saloon-keepers
have taken out licenses at
$500 each. Again we are told that the
scarcity of money is delaying building
operations, but the plumbers are strik
ing for more than $6 a day. Men who
have lost everything are walking the
streets In quest of employment, but the
steamship owners who refuse to pay
more than $75 to $100 per month for or
dinary fore-mast hands are forced to
ship Japanese or keep their vessels tied
up. As a study in political economy,
San Francisco offers opportunities that
are unobtainable at any other place in
the knowp world.
No cruel interference by the Chief of
Police held up the Fourth of July bom
bardment at Berlin yesterday. While
the youthful Portlanders were obliged
to satisfy their craving for noise with
the diminutive firecrackers, Emperor
vv illiam s royal artillery roared out a
salute of 101 guns in honor of the birth
of a son to the Crown Princess Fred
erick William. When royalty shall
drift into the back seats a few years
hence and yesterday's newcomer at
Berlin shall come to the United States
for naturalization papers, he will have
the opportunity to celebrate his own
and his adopted country's birthday at
the same time.
Linn County coyote-catchers are re
ceiving a bounty of $11 for scalps of the
picturesque coward of the plains and
foothills. Here is another case of "one
man's meat is another man's poison,"
for in Central Oregon, where the devas
tating Jackrabbits are ruining the al
falfa patches and young orchards, the
coyote is regarded with reverence. A
happy medium might be struck by
trapping the coyotes in the Willamette
Valley and shipping them to Central
Oregon, where they could dine on jack
rabbits for an indefinite period and re
main immune from the hunter's bullets.
Well, the Fourth Is over; the dead are
at rest, and the maimed, let us hope,
will recover. Perhaps 'twill be a long
time before we shall become rational.
It is not patriotism that inspires these
noisy demonstrations. It is the effer
vescence of youthful and animal spirits,
which obtain license on this day, unob
tainable on any other. But there is lit
tle thought of patriotism in it. Patri
otism, however, tolerates it. So it con
tinues. But it has about the same re
lation to actual patriotism that the
campmeeting has to actual religion.
The Congressional Record, they say,
Is proof that members of Congress
uttered 20,000,000 words on the floors of
the houses during the recent session of
that body; and certainly that publica
tion has grown fat and bulgy, beyond
precedent. The Congress, however, did
the substantial thing also, by appropri
ation of $900,000,000. The debates, then,
cost the country $45 per word. Better
literature has often been had for less
money.
The man who, by use of the postofflce,
can carry Portland, above all competi
tors, to the position of a first-class of
fice in the postal service, is the man
whom the people have said should be
elected to the position of Senator for
Oregon in the Senate of the United
States. Mr. Bourne is no deadhead In
the enterprise. He addresses his fellow
citizens, and he pays the postage.
If you want any of that Willamette
Valley land before the price goes up
another 20 per cent, you would better
get in this year and do your buying.
Big crops, electric lines, steady immi
gration and general public improve
ments are having their effect. And the
same is true in Eastern Oregon and
Southern Oregon, and in many parts of
Washington and Idaho.
The dollar dinner in Portland was at
tended by patriots who fed on prosper
ity that has belied silverism, anti-Imperialism,
free trade, greenbackism,
slavery, secession and other heresies.
Verily, the patriots had "good reason to
be happy.
Happily, Governor Chamberlain is re
covering. It was his misfortune that
the heated term so soon followed on
the heels of the Democratic non-partisan
banquet.
If the proprietors of the French Lick
gambling Joint will go to Nevada,
Messrs. Grant and Sullivan may show
them the way to a better business.
It is all very well for men to remem
ber on the Fourth that they themselves
were once boys, but they often forget
that they have grown up.
It was a novel Fourth, in Linn, Lane,
Yamhill and other "dry" counties, cele
brating the country's but not one's own
Independence.
Does It signify that on the very day
prohibition went In force July 1 hot
weather began?
LIFE IX THE OREGON COUNTRY.
Alarm In Lincoln County.
Toledo Leader.
We learn through The Oregonian that
Francis J. Heney is scheduled to arrive
In Portland Sunday, July 1. Let's take to
the woods, boys.
Handinc It to Him.
Salem Journal.
After 18 years of continuous editorship
W. A. Wash has sold the Dallas Itemlzer
to V. P. Fiske. and will retire from the !
newspaper business. Eugene Guard.
Mr. Wash has a great partiality for Sa-
lem local items at 10 cents a line, mis
partiality to the Salem hog made some of
his subscribers caltf that particular column
"Hog Wash."
The Man for Senator.
Salem Capital Journal.
Jonathan Bourne at least has the
credit of making the Portland Post
office a first-class office, and second in
rank on the Coast. It is claimed by
those who pretend to know that his
circulars and postals caused the can
celling of $14,000 worth of stamps. As
a standpatter, and a pat stander, Jon
athan is in the first class himself.
Cleanlng-Up Time In Raster.
Democrat.
All right-thinking and decent people
people who believe in clean things are
commending the announcement made by
Chief of Police Jackson that he will com
mence at once to clean the mouths of
people on the streets. He may not do like
the old-fashioned mothers did some years
ago take soft soap, water and a brush
and wash out her boy's mouth because he
said a bad word but when he learns of
men or women on the street who use pro
fane and vulgar language, he will take
them into custody as provided by the state
and city laws, and then they Willi have
to settle with the Judge in court. It is
becoming serious as well as disgusting
common practice on Baker City streets of
young boys, men and women using vulgar
and disgusting language in loud tones, to
the insult of every passerby. The Chief
says its practice must stop.
Shot by a Porcupine.
Pilot Rock Record.
William Shull, who has been herd
ing sheep for Belts & Son, was brought
to town a few days ago, after an all-
nierht'S drivft hV Mr RfltR ar,H rvn a-v-
i amlnation it was found that Mr. Shull
was suffering from a serious case of
blood poisoning. It seems that Mr.
Shull's camp was invaded during the
night by a monster porcupine, who
sought to take possession, to which
Mr. Shull objected. Tne infuriated por
cupine before taking its departure
fired a volley of quills in all direc
tions, one of which struck Mr. Shull in
the right leg. Little attention was
paid to the wound at first, but in a few
days the leg became so badly swollen
that Mr. Shull was unable to walk and
was brought to town for treatment.
From all reports, it was a narrow
escape for Mr. Shull.
Words of Wisdom.
Blue Mountain Eagle.
The local paper should be found in
every home, says an exchange. No
children should grow up ignorant who
can be taught to appreciate the home
paper. It Is said to be the stepping
stone of intelligence in all those mat
ters not to be found in books. Give
your children a foreign paper, which
contains not a word about any person,
place or thing which they see or per
haps ever heard of, and how could you
expect them to be interested? But
let them have the home paper and
read of people whom they meet and of
places with which they are familiar,
and soon an interest is awakened
which increases with every arrival of
the local paper. Thus a habit of read
ing is formed and those children will
read the papers all their lives, and be
come intelligent men and women, a
credit to their ancestors, strong In
knowledge of the world as It is today.
Colonel Watteraon Sayst "Go Soutji."
New York World
Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, deliv
ered an address at a commencement
banquet on "Sectionalism," which he de
clared he had fought all his life, and
against which he would set provincialism
and the spirit of provincialism.
"The one is a destroyer, the other a
builder," said Mr. Watterson. "Section
alism deals with the remote and un
familiar. It makes distinction. It raises
differences. It breeds hatred and organ
izes mistakes."
Mr. Watterson advised the young grad
uates to go South.
"Pack your New England wallet," he
said, "and take a bee line for Dixie;
carry your New England Bible with you,
it will keep the old red barn fresh in
mind, though you will find some "Old
Folks at Home' down there, too; carry
your blithe New England spirit with you;
it will meet kindred spirits there plenty
of them and don't believe all the tales
you hear about the race question 'White
man mighty onsartin,' says Uncle Remus,
'nigger in proportion' and buckle down,
knuckle down to work, never forgetting
the fact that many of the noblest and
proudest families of the old South traced
back their origin to the blood and loins
of the Pilgrim Fathers, and that the
youngsters of the new South are just as
patriotic. Just as bumptious and just as
set up In their own conceit as you are
yourselves."
Blalritok, Scene of Recent MSMacres,
Jewish Comment.
Bialystok is a town in the Government
of Grodno, 52 miles by rail southwest of
Grodno, in Lithuanian Russia.
One of the curiosities of the city Is a
wooden synagogue, erected for the Jews
in the middle of the eighteenth century by
the last Polish owner of the town.
It passed from Polish to Prussian do
minion In 1793, and to Russian rule in 1807.
German ownership left a distinct mark
on the industry and trade of the place,
especially in the early nineteenth century,
yet the Germans relied on the Jews for
capital.
The chief Industries are cloth and to
bacco manufacture.
During the last 40 years the growth of
the town nas been due almost entirely to
Jews.
A writer in 1838 said there were hardly
5000 Christians among the 68,000 Inhabit
ants. The community is prosperous and has
fine benevolent institutions, such as hos
pitals. Talmud Torahs. etc
Eminent rabbis have worked in Bialy
stok, and a great many distinguished men
were born or lived there, such as Isaac
Zabludovsity. the first Russian Jewish mil
lionaire; Eliezer Halberstamm, the poet
M. Dolitzky and Professor Lee Welner,
of Harvard University.
Short Shrift Dealt Out In Canada.
Baltimore News.
The only instance of a hold-up of a
railway train in Canada has just resulted
in the arrest and conviction of three men,
who were sentenced to life and 25-year
terms In the penitentiary. Of course,
they want to take an appeal; but that is
not a matter of right in Canada, and
they are complaining at this denial of
the ordinary privileges which criminals
enjoy in this country. They should have
thought of this before plying their in
dustry In Canada.
The Blond Child Wins.
Harper's Weekly.
My slater, she plays mud-pies.
And sits right In the sun;
She looks Just Ilka a Klpsy,
And sbe has a lot of' fun.
But I'm so fair I have to
Keep clean, 'cause no one knows
The difference when she's dirty.
But you see, on me, it shews, ,
AMERICA'S LANDED ARISTOCRACY, j
Estates of Greedy Families Grow Larg
er From Y'ear to Year.
Corvallls Gazette.
Men may argue as they will in denial
of the possibility of America's produc
ing a' landed aristocracy in time to come,
but there is abundant promise of it. Just
the same.
The average American of the present
day has no sympathy for the landed
class of England and other foreign coun
tries, and the Idea that such can ever be
in our native land excites his wrath
rather than his reason. He does not
wish it to be so, hence be assumes that
It will not be.
To an observant person it is plain that
In this country certain estates become
larger and larger year after year. Each
generation adds to the vast holdings ac
quired by their ancestors. In proof of
this look to the Vanderbllts. the Astors.
and others. Not only do we find vast
tracts becoming still more vast, but we
notice that as the estates grow the ten
dency toward an aristocracy becomes
more and more pronounced. More rap
idly than we think, and more certainly,
class distinction is crowding upon us.
These conditions do not come about in
a day nor a year they are of a growth
so slow and gradual as to be almost im
perceptible. Because they are slow in
action does not signify that these con
ditions axe not certain to 'be an inher
itance of the future.
Added to this tendency to create vast
estates of entail we have In force Immi
gration laws so lax that hundreds of
thousands of people of the poorer class
are unloaded upon our shores annually
from Europe. The desire of these people
Is the same as that of the aristocrat
for more land. Each year sees it harder
for the native born to secure an acre of
land.
Bitter, indeed, will be the cry of chil
dren yet unborn when they read the his
tory of the present day and think of
what might have been saved for them.
'Tis a mad world we are in, a mad race
we are running.
HIDE PORTRAITS A NUISANCE.
Costly Hcllcs of Equitable Family
Bother New Insurance Officers.
New York World.
Paul Morton, president of the Equit
able Life Assurance Society, has a
white elephant on his hands in the
shape of several thousand handsomely
framed photographs of James Hazen
Hyde, Henry B. Hyde, James W. Alex
ander and William H. Mclntyre. The
photographs are very large, being
practically life size reproductions of
the heads and shoulders of the former
officers of the company.
They were made during the dizzy
Hyde regime, when the policy-holders'
money received scant consideration,
and they were shipped to all parts of
the world to ornament the office walls
of the army of agents.
It was expected in the old days that
every officer and department head of
the company should have the finely
framed photographs hanging on the
walls of his office, and they all lived
up to the unwritten law religiously.
They are still hanging on the walls of
Innumerable offices In the Equitable
building, as, in the absence of orders,
nobody has had the temerity to remove
them. The same holds true or tne mul
titude of agencies all over the world.
In the supply department of the
Equitable there are stacks of the pho
tographs boxed and ready for' ship
ment. They have been there for more
than a year. Each photograph, mat,
glass and frame, represents an outlay
of $12, and the total cost to the policy
holders of the vanity of the former of
ficers was in excess of $30,000.
Owing to the disclosures concerning
the Hydes, agents of the company
think it bad business to keep their
photographs so much in evidence.
Another delicate problem of the
same sort which President Morton has
postponed dealing with concerns the
big bronze statue of Henry B Hyde In
the main corridor of the Equitable. He
has been advised to have it removed as
a matter of business expediency.
Mlzner Manages Moving-Picture Show.
San Francisco Uispatcn in ew lore
Times.
Wilson Mizner has arrived here from
the -East, accompanied by his valet and
much baggage. He announced in Chicago
several days ago that he was coming to
San Francisco to assist his mother in
preparing an inventory of losses to her
estate resulting from the recent earth
quake and fire. Mizner Is now the man
ager of J. W. Coftroth's moving-picture
show.
"Of course, I know people here have
heard all kinds of stories about my mar
riage to Mrs. Yerkes," said Mizner;
"how we separated, and how we came
together again, and all about the butler
who guarded the home with marble steps
in New York. Now, all these rumors and
reports are entirely without foundation.
We have never had any disagreements."
Mrs. Conger Turns a Neat Proflt.
Des Moines Dispatch.
Mrs. E. H. Conger, when her husband
was Minister to China, purchased a rug
in that country for $90 and later sold It In
Chicago for $"000. Mrs. Conger bought
the rug against the protest of her hus
band, shortly before their return from the
Orient. Mr. Conger declared his wife
would get cheated, but Mrs. Conger had
her way. A Chicago man heard of the
rug, asked to see it, and, after examin
ing it, offered $7000 for It. This offer was
accepted. With the money Mrs. Conger
has built a home in California, in which
the family will permanently reside.
Snake Tariff May Be Revised.
New York Sun.
No doubt the small boy will allow John
D. Rockefeller a rebate on garter snakes,
for the risk in killing them is nil and
the trouble trifling. On the other hand,
25 cents is too low for a moccasin or a
blacksnake. The tariff schedule ought to
be revised by a board of ophidologists.
PAY-DAY ON THE
AID FOR HOME ART PAINTING.
Employment of Americana Over For
eigners to Be the Beat Way.
New York Times.
The Municipal Art Society of Balti
more is planning to add to the mural
decorations of the Courthouse that was
rebuilt after the fire. Theodore Marburg,
who is In charge of the undertaking,
wished to get the services of foreign
artists, and he wrote several days ago
to John La Farge asking him who tne
best painters for the work were.
In reply Mr. La Farge said there was
a lack of French artists of any real
superiority In mural painting, and sug
gested that if a cosmopolitan selection
were desired, there were many artists
of merit In other European countries.
He continued in part:
"But I should not wish to have my
name In any way associated with the
idea of bringing over foreign artists, un
less their superiority was something so
marked that we could not afford to do
without them. I should prefer to see
at any time an American of moderate
capacity provided he were properly a
mural painter do the work In preference
to a foreigner of no greater rank. I
should even go further; I should go very
far in encouraging American art. My
reasons would be based on the" ex
perience of Europe. The French have
developed their work by asking French
men to do It. In the same way, each
separate nationality has acted, and. In
so far as they have followed this rule,
they have developed the art of their
country. This seems to be the funda
mental law.
"You go on to say that the course you
speak of takes away a commission from
soma American artist. Well, this I re
gret. I should like to see more of Mr.
Turner's work added In Baltimore, to
what he has already, and the same for
Mr. Blashfleld. They will be honors to
us all, and there are at least, at this
moment of thinking, half a dozen Amer
icans besides, who to me are quite capa
ble of such efforts as would continue
those that I have spoken of.
"And to put my views again before
you, I should prefer anyhow to believe
that our American artists are to have
work In our buildings In preference to
the foreigner, under almost any circum
stances. I believe that when that view
is firmly anchored in the minds of our
architects and lovers of art, we shall be
launched into the full sea of American
mural painting."
Gotham's Mayor Utters Maxims.
New York World.
A professional politician may be a
statesman; a political tradesman may be
a criminal.
Politicians are no more made to order
than are lawyers or doctors or clergy
men or soldiers.
Those of you who are called to the pro
fession of politics should answer.
There is no such thing as "honest
graft."
If you abuse a public man long enough
and cleverly enough, you will end by
making him either famous or infamous.
The public is a hard master to serve.
Politics, as well as religion, has Its
martyrs.
We are cursed by the worship of oppor
tunity. Mediocrity swims with the tide, while
greatness struggles against it.
It takes courage deliberately to breast
the popular current.
It is not always the man who fills the
most columns of the newspapers that ac
complishes the greatest results.
We Americans are a curious combina
tion of scoffers and hero-worshipers
Civilization Increases and public morals
improve as the years go by.
The rank and file of the politicians In
this country are sound.
A partnership, even with Providence,
cannot be one-sided.
Too few men enter politics as a profes
sion. There is a sad oversupply of political
tradesmen.
There Is no royal road to success In
politics.
The prizes (in politics) are few, but
they are as numerous as in any other
profession.
Does Imagination Prevent BaldneasT
London Globe.
Dr. Emil Reich 1s a man of wide knowl
edge. He can discuss anything, from
Plato to baldness. His theory of baldness
is that it is due to the stifling of the
imagination. Use your imagination, and
you need never use hair restorer. It is
certainly significant that no one ever saw
a bald policeman giving evidence in a
speed-limit case.
Going to Church Stolen Chicken.
Winsted Dispatch in New York Tribune.
The villagers of Rlverton would not
blame George Ransom if he swore off go
ing to church. While at divine worship
on Sunday night some one entered his
hennery for the fourth time and stole BO
of his 58 fowls. Each time Ransom has
been at church when his hens were stolen.
Cheer up, George, there are more hens.
Mary Morlson.
Robert Burns.
0 Mary, at thy window be!
It Is the wished, the trysted hour!
Those smiles and glances let me see
That make the miser's treasure poor;
How blithely wad I bide the stoure,
A weary slave frae eun to sun.
Could I the rich reward secure.
The lovely Mary Morlson.
Yestreen when to the trembling string
The dance gaed through the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing
I sat, hut neither heard nor saw;
Though this was fair, and that was brew.
And yon the toast of a' the town,
1 sighed, and said amang them a",
"Ye are na Mary Morlson."
O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace
Wna for thy sake wad gladly dee?
Or canst thou break that heart of his,
Whaee only faut li loving thee?
If love for love thon wilt na gle.
At least be pity to me shown;
A thought ungentle causa be i
The thought o' Mary Morlson.
BIG MITT RAILROAD
Chicago Dally News.
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