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At this moment in New York it is- be lieved by many that Hearst will win. Clearly there Is a possibility of it. The candidate may win at any time, often doe win, but not always, who has abil ity to dish up claptrap to the voters, or means of making a "boom" of clap trap, as the Hearst managers are now doing. But there is a principle of recovery and correction in the people; else such a fact would be hopeless". Many people are fond of novelties and experiments; they give their attention to trifles, not to main principles; the least incident that catches their notice or awakens their interest will put them for the time on the side of the agitator, or charlatan. But the course of events, the discussion, the debate, change of conditions, discovery that the promiees or projects that .attracted them came from mountebanks having no power "of fulfillment, will recall them to serious ness. They return to rational thought and action. The gust has blown itself out, and little harm done; for the course of society and government is so well established that slight interrup tions have little effect on the general welfare. So, if Hearst were ejected in S'etv York, the consequences would be .unimportant. For he is merely a blatant mountebank, and certainly would be a failure. I There are times, however, when is sues are presented upon which to go wrong would be followed by moment ous consequences. For example, such an error as that which wouldjiave been committed had Mr. Bryan been elected "upon his silver platform in 1896, could not soon have been corrected; for the country would have been committed at once to the change of its monetary basis from gold to silver, and the error, if not wholly irremediable, could not have been corrected without. long eff fort, or within short time. Meantime it would have led to every kind of dis aster. At first the people were much inclined to the proposition upon which Mr. Bryan and other loaders so insist ently dwelt. It would have carried in September, but could not in Novem ber, because the people had been awak ened to serious thought and had be come profoundly afraid of it. They came to see that it was a subject upon which they could not risk an experi ment; for it was no light matter as to unesentials of politics or characteris tics of candidates. Hence the thing which they were at first disposed to do they reconsidered, started back from, and then voted down. It was not a question as to the "worth" of candidates. As a man Mr. Bryan was and is worthy; as a poli tician and candidate he represented the most dangerous theory, policy or pro posal, ever offered in dur political his tory, with the single exception of the extension of slavery, and the domina tion of the United States by the slave propaganda. Hearst's candidacy In New York presents no real danger; for even if he should be successful he would lose hie main object; since in competency and charlatanry, charged with responsibility, soon find their level, and Hearst would pass into con tempt, neglect, and then oblivion. The worst effect of his effort is the tend ency of it to divide parties into classes and make a class war consequences from which the country has hitherto escaped. But this evil, also, would correct itself, under our system, where opportunity pessimistic denial to the contrary is still open to merit, to in dustry and to enterprising talents. ' WANTED, A .MAN. Undoubtedly Mr. Tom Richardson is correct in his remark that the great need of San Francisco is a leader. In dividual effort., however strenuous, is slow and Ineffective. One man coun teracts the work of another even when lie does not intend it, and the dissipa tion of energy over a vast area make? it futile. The leader .needed is one who has the ability to originate large plans and power over men eufflclent to combine their effort In a common purpose. He must be, a' great thinker and at the same time a great organizer. - He must 1 not only perceive what ought to be I done, but he must be able to persuade others to think as he does. Under the stress of a calamity not less dire than that which befell San Francisco, Gal veston intrusted her civic salvation to a commi-ssion with enviable results. Municipal corruption, which had been rife there, became a thing of the past. Great schemes of restoration and im provement were devised and all the en ergies of the population were united in -.triumphant effort to carry them out. From a mass of ruins Galveston be came one of the most beautiful and prosperous cities in the world. Her park system is the envy of the whole country, an enormous sea wall makes the repetition of her great disaster im possible. Her municipal government has furnished a model, not only for other cities? in Texas, but for study if not imitation everywhere. The commieeion eystem may not be available in San Francisco. What is precisely adapted to the needs of one community may be entirely out of place in another. But in some way San Francisco must discover a great organizing genius and submit to his direction before she can recover from the effects1 of the earthquake and the fire. A SfTRVY POLITICIAN'. President Roosevelt does well to ig nore the letter addressed to him by that desperate and discredited political adventurer, renegade and turncoat, Fred T. Dubois, of .Idaho. The letter assumes to instruct the President that "the sole issue in Idaho is the domina tion of the Mormon Church in our poli tics." This pretended issue is the last effort of a discredited political mounte bank. .The Mormon Church Is weak in Idaho, and Mormons have been Demo crats hitherto, more than Republicans. But Dubois, who is utterly played out, wants ai "new issue," and he attack? the Mormon Church, asserting that it is the "sole issue." It is pestilent scal awags like Dubois in Idaho, and Hearst in New York, trying to make fictitious and imaginary "issues," that disgrace our political system. Is the Mormon Church more foolish or ab surd than sundry other forms of churchdom? The idea that Dubois of Idaho is to assume the guardianship of religion and morals' in Idaho is of a piece with the assumption that Hearst, of New York, is the champion upon whom the regeneration of New York, civic and social, moral, industrial and political, depends. Those are merely grease bubbles, blown up to the top of a boil ing pot. Dubois is great on "sole issues." He found one in silver, a little while ago. Now he finds another in the Mormon Church. Dubois is simply that "scurvy politician" who "gets him glass eyes," that he may "pretend to see the things he does not." If there is any "sole issue" in Idaho, its meaning is to put down blatant demagogues and punish murderers. The people of Idaho will not overlook the fact that every effort is being made to prevent the punishment of the mur derers of Governor Steunenberg. This is the main "issue" in the election in that state. YELLOW JOURNALISM. Use of red ink, of yellow ink, or ink pale, gray, 'blue or black, in a news paper, does not make what is known or called "yellow journalism," or "Hearst Journalism." Yellow journal ism is in the spirit and purpose of the undertaking; in. the mode, the scheme, the system, upon which it is conducted; in the objects it eets itself to attain, and in the methods by which it pursues them. In the appearance of all modern pub lications great changes have been made during recent years. Ingenuity has been applied to printing, as to other arts. .Books, magazines, newspapers, no longer appear in dress of old styles. Many use colors, in various ways. Nearly all the newspapers of the United States employ them, to some extent, or in one way or another. This is not Hearetism, or yellow journalism though Hearst and his yellow journals may employ the method and do employ it, to disgusting extremes. But the Herald and World of New York, the Herald and Globe of Bos ton, the Tribune and Record-Herald of Chicago, the Globe-Democrat and Re public of St. Louis, though they use illustrated colored supplements are not journals of the Hearst type. They are not yellow journals. The Hearst journals, with here and there an imi tator one in Portland 'bear this palm alone. It is what a newspaper stands for that makes it. Its character is in its spirit, its objects, and the methods by which -it pursues them. The Hearst newspapers, therefore, are the pariahs of the Journalism of the United States. They stand for yellow journalism; they are yellow journalism that is, yellow- dog journalism. Today there is not a decent newspaper in the United States, of any party, or of no party, that sup ports Hearst. His method of journal ism is treated as disreputable and de testable. It is at once the definition and the substance of yellow journalism. The character of the yellow dog inheres in himself, not in the color of his coat, which is purely an .abstraction. That is, it is the yellow-dog spirit that makes the yellow dog; and it is the spirit of the yellow journal that makes yellow journalism. THE PUNISHMENT AND THE CRIME. It ie difficult enough under the most favorable circumstances1 for the prose cution to secure convictions in criminal cases that are hard fought by men who have plenty of money and influ ence. If there is any possible technical defense the attorneys for the defense will find it ahd press the point to the uttermost.. Effort is always made to secure a friendly jury, especially where the regular panel is exhausted and a special venire must be drawn. All presumptions are in favor of the de fense, and the defense alone has re course to an appeal. It is necessary, therefore, that the criminal laws be so drawn that they will definitely cover the offenses and ' in language which permits of no quibble. No law should be, and no law will be, so drawn as to make the conviction of an inno cent man probable or easy; 'but every criminal law should facilitate the prompt and certain conviction of the guilty. Certainty of punishment has a more retarding, influence than severity of .punishment, and creates greater re spect for law and courts. Constant conviction of poor criminals and fre quent acquittal of rich ones breeds a spirit of anarchy. This much by way of showing the necessity for revision of the criminal laws from time to time as experiencs discloses their defects. Realizing this necessity, .Attorney-General, Crawford has undertaken to present 'before the judiciary committees of. the next Legis lature suggestions for changes in the criminal laws with a view to making them more effectual in their purpose of preventing crime 'by punishing the guilty. He ha6 gorie about this in a practical way by requesting the several Prosecuting Attorneys to" inform him of the defects which have come under their observation, and some of them have responded. From the suggestions and information thus gathered it will be possible to draft bills for new laws that will close many of the avenues of escape for the guilty. In thus aid ing iri perfecting the laws, the attor neys in the employ of the etate will render a service more valuable in pro portion to the labor required than the service rendered in the trial of cases. Better laws will make prosecutions' less difficult and thus lighten the work of prosecuting officers. A law, to toe effective, must be rea sonable in its terms. The punishment must be commensurate with the of fense; for, although the jury has le gally nothing to do with .the penalty, the fact that the penalty is excessive is often the determining factor in a ver dict of not guilty. An instance of a law that is not reasonable is that which fixes one year in the peni tentiary . as the minimum penalty for larceny from a building. Re cently two boys stole some clothing and a gun 'from a dwelling in Mar ion County, and, having been arrested, they pleaded guilty. Judge Burnett had no alternative but to send them to the penitentiary. Governor Chamber lain very properly paroled them. Had these articles been stolen outside a building, the crime would have been petty larceny. There were no aggra vating circumstances and it ' will be plain to any one that the penalty fixed by law was extreme. The statute should permit a fine or- jail sentence so that the court may fix a penalty which shall vary with the nature of the theft and the character of the crim inal. . Other instances of excessive or in adequate penalties will be found, and some of the rules of procedure or evi dence may need amendment. Wher ever defects are known to exist, they should be cured, and it seems probable they will be. A MOST FILTHY BARGAIN. A dozen or more years ago there came a dissolute scion of a decayed French nobility across the water-? to the United States, fortune-hunting. This fellow carried as his only asset and passport to the favor of some wealthy American girl to any Ameri can girl who had the desired ducats and would listen to him a title, vain and vague and gay. He was intro duced as Count Boni do Castellane. This title gave him entrance to the se lect circle in which moved the daugh ters of the late Jay Gould, and finally to the Gould mansion on the Hudson. The man who had amassed the Gould millions, the father and natural guar dian of the family, sagacious, hard headed, old Jay Gould, was dead; his youngest daughter, Anna, was charm ing, rich and twenty, the owner by right of inheritance of an estate in cash and equities amounting to $14,000,000. Here indeed was a plum worth the picking. Count Boni did not conceal or attempt to conceal the motive of his matrimonial quest. It suited his pur pose, in connection with it, to make love ardently to the heiress. His suc cess was advertised in one of the most 'brilliant weddings ever staged in New York. Anna Gould became Countess de Castellane, paying out of hand, it is aid. for the title $2,000,000 to the fortune-hunter's mother in France and $3,000,000 to the successful angler him self. The details of this shameful bar gain and sale were known to all the world, yet when Anna Gould, Countess de Castellane, sailed away from her na tive land it was as a reputable woman whose sale of herself to a fortune hunter and a libertine was legal and honorable. Now, after a series of years in which her fortune has been squandered upon debts and vices unnamable, comes Anna Gould, Countess de' Castellane, into court asking release from the chains she so willingly forged upon herself, and, seeking to retain the shamefully-bought title, asks release from the dissolute spendthrift who con ferred it for a consideration. The pertinent question here is, Is she entitled to the relief asked? She put a price upon herself, evidently -with the sanction of her family, since there was no quibble about the bargain that she made. This price was paid in the title which was conferred and wljich she still carries. Count Boni, the unspeak able, exacted to the uttermost farthing the financial consideration that carried the title. After the manner of the for tune-hunter conscienceless, debased, vile he squandered her wealth in un manly, unseemly fashion. ' And when she protested, as she had no right to do, being in undisputed possession of her part of the sale consideration, like the brute that he was and is and ever will be, he struck her. So runs the shameful story. Its cul mination is not worse than its incep tion. The one follows the- other as a natural sequence. The Goulds bought this man, paying the price he set upon himself in gold, stocks and bonds. They were willing and indeed (as far, at least, as Anna was concerned) anxious purchasers. Hie part of the contract price the title still holds; why should they be released from their part? He did not pose before them as an economist, 'but as a spendthrift. Not as a man, clean, loyal, responsible, did he sue for the hand of Anna Gould, but as the holder of a title which he offered for sale. She bought in open market; her family sanctioned the pur chase with much ado of wealth and great apparent gratification. They bought Count Boni. Let them make the best of their filthy baa-gain, of which at first they were so fond; support him, pay his debts and draw the screen of silence be tween his vices and the public. They coaxed a creature of flesh and blood and immorality Into their closet. He 'became a skeleton before the honey moon had filled its tiorn. Let them shut the door and lose the key as the only measure left toward retaining their own self-respect, in view of the hideous purchase that they made some years ago at a matrimonial bargain counter. BARRING OUT "YEKrTAS." ' The Moro Observer announces to Its readers that it will be pleased to re ceive communications upon all sub jects except politics, temperance and religion, which subjects are proscribed because they are "certain to lead o violent and abusive language." Now isn't that an insult to a loyal constit uency? If there are any subjects un der the sun that an American likes to discuss, the three mentioned head the list. Whether a man has religion or has not, he dearly loves to argue the question in all its phases. Every Amer ican is a politician, and in this land of free speech has a right to express his opinions. 'Moreover, the reader who pays his subscription regularly has a right to express his opinions on poli tics and :religion through the columns of his. paper. Among all the scores of newspapers in Oregon it has re mained for the Moro Observed to deny this right, guaranteed by the constitu tion of the state and of the United States. But the people have a remedy. Let the "Constant Reader" send In his communication, together with a sug gestion that a year's subscription will be paid as soon as the article has ibeen published, and it is a safe guess that the freedom of the press will toe no longer abridged, at least so far as dis cussion of politics and religion is con cerned. As to the other subject, tem perance, well, who would have thought Brother Ireland would have placed that on the prohibited list? Farmers on Agency Plains, in North ern Crook County, have purchased well-boring machinery and will try to find artesian water. They hope to strike a flow at 250 feet, but are pre pared to go down 1000 feet. The Agency Plains district is destined to become a famous wheatgrowing region, but it will not be well settled until the farm ers find some means of securing water without hauling it five to twenty miles. Though no state aid will be asked for the test wells, it would not toe rash to say that the state has spent many $5000 appropriations less wisely than by ex perimenting with artesian wells. The counties themselves in the arid region might aid in the welldigging, for if a good flow of water be once secured tHe rapid increase in settlement and pro duction of grain,, and the consequent advance in the amount . of taxable property, would 'repay the investment In one or two years. The County Court might offer a reward of a specified sum to the person first striking a good flow of artesian water. This week's Collier's contributes to the literature of the New York cam paign a most remarkable and pointed article on Hearst. It is a parody of the livening Journal's editorial page, pub lished in the typographical, freaky style that marks Hearst's afternoon sheet, including caricatures of Opper's car toons. The product is named "What Hearst Would Do to the Other Fellow If the Other Fellow Were Hearst." "Any Baboon Can Draw a Crowd" is the title of the leading editorial, which unmercifully lampoons the Democratic candidate for Governor. This is a sam ple paragraph: "If you are fond of low comedy, there is no reason why you should not enjoy ape-humor, ape courage, ape-generosity, ape-indignation as exemplified by Mr. Hearst as he climbs the pole of publicity." Col lier's novel attack must draw blood, so keen is the lash. While it may make no votes, it shows Hearst in Hearst's own way what decent journalism thinks of him. The most-dreaded night of the year, Halloween, passed over this city with out any serious damage to property, as far as yet reported, and with only the usutal menace to human life through the greasing of streetcar rails on steep grades. No one grudges the iboys their fun upon this occasion, if it consists in pranks more or less ghostly and in hilarity kept within the bounds of reason. The destruction of prop erty and menace to human life, how ever, do not come under this head, and any prank resulting in either is prop erly frowned upon, and upon apprehen sion and ' conviction of the culprit should be suitably punished. It is a credit to this community to parents, the police force, and to the 'boys them selves that the spirit of Halloween was properly held In check this year, leaving October to glide into November without flagrant violation of the rights of citizens under the guise of sport. A recent visitor to Jackson County has published a descriptive letter in which he says, among other things, that in Ashland, where the people are about evenly divided on the saloon question, the saloons are trying to curry favor. They keep orderly places and post upon their doors conspicuous signs giving notice that no person un der 21 years of age will be permitted to enter. There are several other towns in . Oregon where the saloons would do well to curry favor. In fact, the recent votes on the local option question indicate such an even division of sentiment that the saloons of the en tire state will- be wise If they strictly obey the law and give as little oppor tunity for criticism as possible. President Adams, of the gas com pany, told the investigating committee of the City Council eight months ago .that the value of the company's phys ical properties was $2,250,000. As the company wants $4,000,000 to sell out, it is evident that it values its franchise at $1,750,000. Pretty big value, is it not, to have secured from the public for nothing? The public has opportunity to get it back through the Council or the Legislature. That $1,750,000 really belongs to the public. It was assessed for taxation last year at the ridiculous ly low sum of $115,000, and is assessed this year at $145,000. This shows again how the city is victimized toy franchise grabbers. Count Boni's waste of Anna Gould's fortune makes Americans hope that a woman's rights association may gain enough influence in France to change the laws that give a husband control of the .wife's property. Had Jay Gould been -making the In vestment, he would probably have Ibought an American husband for Anna, or maybe would have tried to make her an old maid like Helen. The Hood River man who went up the Valley the other day and ibought all the best apples in an orchard for $1.25 a .bushel must be an ex-Callfor-nian who knows how. And yet, Count Boni is accomplish ing only what many a person in this country has wished to see done dis persion of Gould millions. It Is not easy to remember how em bezzlers, wild youths and gay actresses made life worth living before the ad vent of the automobile. ' Hearet Is not whipping Tammany braves into line; Murphy is doing that. Hearst has nothing to do with bosses. Secretary Root flayed Hearst last night. The yellow dog will howl this morning. LABOR VOTE! IS LEAVING HEARST New York Herald's Canvass Shows Split and That Hushes Is Ahead. The New York Herald has been conduct ing an independent canvass of its own among laboring people in New York City, with reference to preferences in the gu bernatorial race between Charles E. Hughes and William Randolph Hearst, and finds these conditions: That Hughes Is forging ahead, that the labor vote is leaving Hearst and that party ties are split. But the secret test made in many manu facturing establishments by skilled can vassers employed by the Herald revealed that the ranks of labor are broken, and that, instead of standing solidly for Hearst, a comparison of the polls made now by the. same source with the same establishments last year shqws an unmis takable drift away from the nominee of the Independence League, so-called. This drift is regarded as especially significant in view of the fact that the managers of the Hearst campaign are basing all their hopes upon the expectation that the labor vote will be cast practically entire for their candidate. "Examination ot the results obtained," continues the Herald, "will show that, while a very large labor vote will be cast for Mr. Hearst, a decided shift has taken place since the same vote came so near to placing Mr. Hearst in the Mayor's chair a year ago. It is also shown" by the polls that thousands of Democrats all over the j city have decided to vote foHMr, Hughes, and that the Democratic drift to the Re publican nominee more than offsets the drift of Republican labor voters to Mr. Hearst. Mr. Hughes leads by a decided majority among the 'average voters' polled upon the ferryboats and elevated trains. Every vote was cast in a sealed envelope, so as to insure absolute secrecy, and every vote was counted exactly as it was cast. "About 2000 men are employed in the printing press manufactory of Robert Hoe & Co. They represent many classes of skilled labor, upon which the Hearst lead ers place their only hope of winning. The Herald poll taken recorded the votes of 668 of the employes in the great factory. It was taken by skilled canvassers and as fast as the ballots had been sealed in envelopes by the men they were deposited in a locked ballot-box. thus rendering ac curacy and secrecy doubly certain. The result of the poll was as follows: Hearst, 300; Hughes, 216; doubtful, 32. "Tin's vote shows that there has been a heavy drift away from Hearst in the Hoe works since last Fall.' A poll made by the Herald of the same establishment a year ago gave the following totals: Mc Clellan, 13; Hearst. 176; Ivlns, 13. "3onie idea of the sentiment among the business men and clerks who live on Long Island and are in business In Manhattan was obtained by a Herald canvass taken on the business men's train from Rock villo Center, on the Long Island ferry annex-boat and on the Wall-street ferry. The result was as follows: Hughes, 227; Hearst, 35. "Those of the Hughes voters in Long Island who voted In New York last Fall cast their ballots as follows: McCIellan, SO: Hearst. 7; Ivins, 67." The third day's Herald poll taken showed these results: Total vote polled Saturday, Oct. 27 12r.4. For Husltea 47j For Hearst .' 73"; Total Herald vote poll Sunday, Oct. 2f". . Tnfil Grand total for Hughes... 4.1I.IT Grand total for Hearst 3 751, Total doubtful '194 JIM HAM'S NIGHT OK TRIUMPH Dazzles CMchko ttllh a Brilliant Out burnt of Oratory. New York Sun. It was a night of triumph In Orchestra Hall, L...cago. Colonel Jim Ham Lewis, the Pink Aurora Borealis, was to tell what a Democrat is. The Colonel illu minated the hall. No other gas was used; nor could the electric light live in the far flashed radiance of the capillary pinks; but the Colonel's discourse was not illu minating so far as its supposed object was concerned. We pluck a typical bouquet: I-amartine. that mast distinguished of French writers and travelers, after viewing the heights or unman attainment and contemplating the hopes that filled the dreams of men, turned liiz vision on the remains of ancient Troy and exclaimed: "Here was an empire and a people. They were thought to be great and immortal: but God alone ie great, and the thought to do Justice to his people Is alone imperishable. So. too, we may ay In the temple of the republic: "Liberty alone Is great, and Justice alone immortal." For the establishment of these Democracy Is imperlhable. Though de feated in 18116. 1900 and 1004. yet: "Like the bell in the market place at Bruges, Thrice burned down and thrice rebullded. Still watches o'er the town." I come to speak of things on which the destiny of our country depends truth and justice. At the outset, in the worde of Henry IV, I say: "Pardon, gentles all. The flat, upraised spirit. That hath dared to bring forth so great an object Upon so unworthy a scaffold." Like all great quoters, the Colonel Is a little inaccurate. He meant to say: "In the words of the Chorus in 'Henry V." " The Colonel quoted about everything and from the Bible to Josh Billings; there is no truer ticker of quotations of prose or verse. He even repeated "that classic quotation from French opera":' And. we chuckled, for a hen to lay eggs in the trough: And we got a floppty old chick with its head cut oft. We cannot say with truth that It is Im possible to see the Colonel; he is visible everywhere. But Chicago and New York, with due respect to his elegant extracts, expect from him the real original Jimham ian words. Nobody, unless it be he, can pick out a Democrat in these days; and he, the beau tiful and the wise, is studying quotation books while the country bursts in igno rance. Actual Time. Chicago Chronicle. The Supreme Court of the State of Texas has decided that in legal proceedings the day Is the solar day, not the day of rail road or "standard" time. The decision validates a verdict which had been invali dated by the decision of the court below that standard time was the time of the courts. The difference, it will be seen may be very important. It would be well for the Legislature of each state to settle the matter by statute where that has not already been done. "Burn This." Springfield (Mass.) Union. While Lincoln Steffens is booming his new magazine with political thrillers Mr. Hearst. would do well to end his confiden tial telegrams to his editors with the late Senator Mitchell's historic injunction. "Burn this." Vseless. Chicago Record-Herald. "Do you intend to inaugurate any great reforms this year. Senator?" asked the beautiful girl. "No," replied the statesman. "My present term will not expire until 1909." ItEVEXrE SHOWS SIIIPUS. October Statement' of Treasury Has Balance on Right Side. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The monthly statement of the Government receipts and expenditures shows that for October. 1906, the receipts amounted to $57.241. 999 and the expenditures $54,617,788. leaving a surplus for (he mouth of $2,624,211, against a deficit for October, 1906, of over $5,200, 000. For the four months of the present fiscal year a surplus is shown of about $S...0O,0CO. The receipts from the several sources of revenue last month are given as fol lows: Customs, $27,723,390; increase, $2,130,000. Internal revenue, $24,730,121; increase, $2,557,000. Miscellaneous, $4,735,986; increase, $2,100, 000. During the month the expenditures on account of the War Department show an increase of about $1,000,000 as compared with October, 1905 and a decrease of about $1,000,000 in accounts of the navy. MAKING PEXATl'RED ALCOHOL Farmers Can't Make It on Small Scale, Says Wiley. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The Depart ment of Agriculture, through Dr. H. W. Wiley, has undertaken to educate the farmers regarding the manufacture of de natured alcohol. Two bulletins were is sued today devoted to the description of the sources from which industrial or de natured alcohol may be obtained, the method of manufacture and some uses to which it may be put. Prom Dr. Wiley's discussion of the sub ject, the conclusion is reached that the manufacture of alcohol on a small scale is not likely to prove profitable. Be cause of the regulations under which the farmer would be required! to conduct his still, if he engaged in the manufacture, it is evident that he must be content with producing the raw materials and cannot look forward to becoming a practical dis tiller. "Under the present conditions, it is not Drobable that industrial alcohol can be offered on the market at much less than 40 cents a gallon of 93 per cent strength," the bulletin says. Dr. Wiley expresses the belief, however, that by laying atten tion to unused sources of raw material. and with improved methods of manufac turing and denaturing, this price can be diminished. DEBT . DKCltKASES $2,071,829 Treasury lias Com fortable. Cash Bal ance of $a73, -100, 810. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Tito month ly statement of the public debt shows that at the clo:e of business October 31, 1906, the total debt, less cash iu the treasury, amounted to $952,171,264, which is a decrease for the month ot $2,074,829. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt $925,150,270. Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturitv, $1,123,205. ' Debt bearing no Interest, $309,159,719. Total, $1,325,472,174. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold reserve. $150,000,000; trust funds, $1,103,897,869 to offset certifi cates and treasury notes; general fund, $174,029,968: in National bank' deposi tories, $145,975,346: in treasury of Phil ippine Islands, $4,730,063; total, $1,5S1, 633,247. against which there are de mand liabilities outstunditig amounting to $1,208,332,437, which leaves a cash balance of $373,330,510. Sammnns Tells About Manchuria. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1. Thomas Sammons, of Tacoma, Wash., American Consul to Niuchwang, Is here on his way to the United 3tates. According to Mr. Sammons, regular traffic over the Harbin-Dalny road has not yet been opened, but the Japanese are pouring in by thousands into Northern. Jlanchuna, where they are competing actively with the Russians. The Japanese Consul for Harbin arrived recently at his post, but he was not recognized because he is ac credited to China, and Harbin is still un der Russian military rule. The Consul obtained quarters at a hotel only after much trouble. Mr. Sammons returned via Corea, ami reported that American trade with that country has decreased greatly. Increase in Bank Circulation. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The monthly circulation statement of the Controller of the Currency shows that at the close of business October 31. 1906 the total circulation of National bank notes was $5S3,171,9S5. which is an increase as com pared with October 31. 1905, of $58,763,736, and an increase for' the month of $9,268, 877. The circulation based on United United States bonds amounted to $536,-' 938.169, an increase for the year of $46. 995,363 and for the month of $9,163,215. The amount of circulation secured by lawful money was $46,238,716, an increase for the year of $11,768,373 and for the month of $104,632. The amount of bonds on deposit to secure circulating notes was $539,646,930 and to secure public deposits $153,578,930. Germany Objects to Stiles. NEW YORK. Nov. 1. A Berlin dispatch to the Times says that the gov ernment's plan to send H. C. Stiles, of the United States Department of Agricul ture, to Germany as one of the experts who will try to find a basis for a new commercial treaty lias been abandoned. Although the State Department gives an other reason for the withdrawal of Stiles, it Is believed in Berlin that Germany ex pressed ppiosition to his appointment. It has been impossible to obtain confirmation of this report, the dispatch says, but the Government officials intimate that Mr. Stiles' coming would not have promoted tariff negotiations. BOTH TOGETHER: "AWFULLY SORRY, BEG YOUR HONORABLE PARDON." 5 (V9UC StMOOL 'Alt" Itf flALXV OPEN TO THE WORLD Free Port In Manchuria Can Buy Many American Products. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Dalny was opened to the trade of the world on September 1 without any ceremony whatever, according to a report mal to the State Department by John lid ward Jones, the American Consul. Mr. Jones says that many Japanese cargoes have arrived. At present no business houses are available, hut Mr. Jones says a number of Japanese firms nave obtained permission- to repair buildings which were damaged in tl.i late war and merchants of other na tions can obtain the ;:iDie right. Haste is necessary, however, the Consul says. As the Manehurians regard wheat as their staple crop. Mr. Jones says it is likely that the Sungari Valley will be entirely devoted to' wheat next year, and in consequence, there will be a demand for farming machinery. Cot ton goods are also in demand. Sonio American cotton fabrics already have been received, but Japan is working hard for the trwde. The Chinese want dyed cloths ready to make tip, and are. especially fond of light and dark blun colors. Food is scarce and high-priced and it la almost impossible to get la bor. Plans for American Drcariuaught. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Plans for the proposed giant battleship were submitted to the Secretary of the Navy today by constructors who have availed themselves of the opportunity to compete for tiio battleship, which will have a displacement of at least 20.000 tons. AH plans are to be submitted to Congress. Five designs were received from outsiders and two by the Board of Construction of the Navy. Secretary. Bonaparte examined all tha plans and reserved action. Go to Join Panama Squadron. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1. Tha United States cruisers Tennessee and Washington, which are to act as con voys to President Roosevelt on his visit to Panama, sailed from the League Isl and navy yard today for Hampton roads.. Each carried a full crew and about 90 marines. At Hampton Roads the cruisers willjoin the battleship Iottisiana, upon which President Roose velt is scheduled to make the trip to Tanama. Conference on Railroad Rates. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The confer ence between the Interstate Commerco Commission and special representatives of the curriers in relation to the con struction, tiling and posting! of tariffs will bo held here November 12 at 10 ' o'clock. Confer on Trainmen's Demands. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1. The confer ences between the superintendents of the different divisions of the Southern Pacific and the committees representing the Order of Railroad Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen were resumed today after having adjourned for a week. ..The nature of the conferences has been kept secret. It is known that the men" have made certain demands fur a readjustment of the wago and hour schedule and the officials have been con sidering tlte matter. At the last confer ence, w hich lasted for more than a week, no agreement could be reached and the meeting had to be adjourned. Among the officials attending the meet ing at-je: W. S. Palmer, general superin tendent of the Northern division; R. H. Incran:. of the Southern division; Super ihtendents Malnson. of Ogden: T. It. Jones, of the Sacramento division: G. C Wilder, of the Coast division, and W. R. Scott, of the Western division. Metcalf at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1. Secretary Victor II. Metcalf, of tie Depailment of Commerce and Iabor, enme over from Oakland this afternoon and opened head quarters in the Postofnce building. Hs has made an appointment with President Altman. of the Hoard of 1-iiuca.tion. who will meet the Secretary and report on the action of the board In establishing a separate school for the Japanese. First Conference 011 Japanese. HAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1 Secretary Metcalf held his firs J conference today with President Altmann, of the Board of Kducation, in the matter of the exclusion or Japanese school children front certain schools. The situation was canvassed in a general way and Mr. Metcalf was ad vised officially of the action taken by the board. No conclusion was reached. Favors French Currency System. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. The Chamber of Commerce today adopted the report of a special committee which recommended the establishment In this country of a bank to issue currency similar to tho bills of the Bank of France. There wan much opposition to the plan and many speakers declared that It was impractic able. Norway Dodges Cabinet Crisis. "' CHKISTIANIA. Nov. 1. (Special.) Nor way's Cabinet crisis is ended. Carl Ber ner amended his motion for a vote of con fidence in the Ministry so that it refers to the platform botli of the I-ft and of the Ministry. It wa accepted In this form by Premier Mlchelsen, and passed by a large majority. Kulscr Can't Go to Auto Show. BERLIN. Nov. 1. Emperor William did not attend the opening of the Automobile Exposition today, as he had been expected to do. The Duke of Ratibon. who made the opening address, said tho Emperor was detained at the palace by a cold, but that it was not serious. -From the St. Paul I'ionecr-Prcsa.