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TIIR .3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, .100?. 4. 25 2.23 .73 6.00 8.23 .TS .60 1.50 8.50 I 9. OO .75 nmscRimox rates. IT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. t ,- (By Mali.) ralljr. Sunday Included, on yr Xally. Suodftv Included, six: monlbf. . Xally, Sunday Included, three raonOa pally, Sunday Included, on month.. Dally, without Bunday. ens year .... l'aily. without Sunday, alx months..... 1 l i y. without Sunday, three inc. lithe. - Xai)y. without Sunday, ona month funflay, one year ."T" Weekly, one year (issued Thursday)... Sunday and Weelcly. ona year BY CABRIEB. Pally, Sunday Included, ona year Dally. Bunday included, one month.... HOW TO KKMIT Send potoftlC mOOey erder. express order or personal check on . your local bank. stamp, coin or currency are at the render's risk. Glva poatottlca ad- drtsi In full. Including county and , POSTAGE RATES, entered at Portland, Orea-on. PoetofiTlca aa Second-Class Uattar. JO to 14 Pages 1 cen' 3 to 28 Pages 2 cents O to . Pases cants 6 to OO Pages centa Foreign Postage, douole rates. lMl'OKTAM-Ths postal lawa ara strict. Kewepapera on -which postaaa Is not fully, prepaid r not forwarded to destlnatloo EASIEKN Bl SINESa Ol HtK. The 8. C. BwWlth 6pecLl Agency-New Terk. rooms 43-00 Tribune building. Cnl- aaaro. roumi 010-D12 Tribune bulldlntf. SISR ON SAlS. " ' " " . ' Ollrago Auditorium Annex, rwtomce Kes Co.. 178 Dearborn street. '' . I'eul, Minn N. fit. alarle. Commercial l.r Ion Colorado Sprlna-a Colo. -western Maws Denver Hamilton Hnurlck 80IU112 Seventeenth street! Pra'.t Boole Store, 1214 XKtMBUi streets 1- W.inatew; 11- 1J- Hea- "llamas City, Mo. Ricmeciir ciar co.. Ninth and YV.tnuk ' Hlumipoiu at. J. Kavanaush, 60 South BThlrO. ... Cleveland. O. Jamu puahaw. SOT Bu- terlor street. Atlantic City. N. Jr-EU Taylor. K ... Vera City L. Jones A Co.. Astor Ibm,,; Broadway Xheater Kewa Stand.. Oakbuid... Cal. W. H- Johnson. Four- tnth and Franklin streets, is. wtwauey, Oakland News Bland. " ,, Oidrn-r. U. lityle: w. O. Kind. 114 BAth street. r , Hot oprinn. Ark. C W- ". "Weaver- Co, Umalm ttarKaiow Bro... mz Miscall. Stationery Co., 1303 Farnam; M aioui h Fourteenth. 6cnaintfDt4, Cal. Bacravmtnto N" Co., 8B Ii. street. Salt lake Moon Book stationery Co., feonpnfold & Hansen. 1 Lm A.reie--U. fi. Amoi. manager MVCn Btrr-t wagons. tSaD Ii"CC- H. E. Amoi. .Long Icb, Cat. B. K. A mom. ranadt'iia, UI.-A. F. Horning. ban Francisco Foster 4 Orear. n7 stiiirt; Hotel St. Francis Maws Stand. t rumu. W. Whe.lT. Kurcka. Cal. Call-Chronicle Aerency. V.atiMugtOQ, D. t) Ebbltt House, Penn- tylvanla avenue. Norfolk. V, Jamestown News Co.. 1-lno Urach. Va. W. A. Co.roa Philadelphia, la- Byan-a Tbeater Ticket Office. , PORTLAND. IVEDNKSOAY. J AX. 16. IB'- way engineering department under the direction of the State Board of Agri culture, and of A permanent n tat e fund to be Hstursefl"to' fhe counties on an equitable basis. The first coast of wood roads. In any event, is large; the cost of -maintain' in eood roads is considerable. But when it its considered that the cost Of bad roads due to extra cost -in trans portation, tile wear and tear on teams and wagons, and the almost complete stag-natfon of trade during- seve-ra months in the Winter and Spring-, when I prices of aH farm produce are the feign est. the rrwt of i?ood roads ifi bv Com I pfirtoon tm-ail- Of course there J nothing- that can i . 1 I V- nn I J 1 fnmtm, rrnnA frtn rl a In Vflc. waterways. To eliminate awcnmina- ue saiu m iavui vt gwu iua n. ttorrs au'd Mnjust rates and to remedy I sourl that does not apply to the same deficient equipment nd terminal -facll- (condition In Oregon. If the loss to Ore- Itlee he would depend upon a railroad I son tarmers on account or Dad roads onram ss on. Tnere IS no denying ine in it unci o.nu ij r""b fact that' railroad commissions are a I great as that to Mtesourl tarmers, it is popular remedv for transportation I ae great in proportion to the number of fare of the schools. Mr. Chamberlain also thinks that -the state should, take heed of the monopolization of its water powers, which, with our growth, will become of inestimable value. He cltes the - well-known fact that all the water power in California la in the possession of one concern and warns us 'that private interests are taking steps to faring about the ejame condi tion here. The water powers In Ore gon, If held by the state and the use granted upon the royalty sytem. would more tlLan pay the expenses of the state government. Naturally Mr. Chamberlain writes at some length 'upon the railroad situation and the closely allied subject of open troubles; but surely in Oregon, with our' direct, primaries and referendum, we may trust the people to select -the commissioners. They are:quite ae like ly to make a good choice as the Gov ernor. He also recommends a recipro cal demurrage -law, and probably some act -of that nature will paes this win farmers and in the relative market demands and opportunities in the, two states. There are a. few strips of good roads in this state, enough to demon strate fully the feasibility of the good roads convention". But there are leagues of county roads the condition at harvest time, fricassee for Sunday dinner and. plump roast fowl for Thanksgiving all at -prices that people Of moderate means could afford to pay. So, while we dmire the Plymouths and the other named varieties of the poultry show, seven as we admire the girl wiyi the Eastern accent and nn- iehing school drawl, we remember not disdainfully the hens of a past era that attended et'rlctly to their duties and were cheerful in the discharge thereof. of which, from November until April, I . , i i -1 a I t Ttt. ih nnvsmnr'n remark that put an embargo on neavy travel ana siun open rivers :nd free waterways are, 1 make llRht travel a dreaded necessity, street railway companies, urging them The report of the Board of Coroners of New York City shows a year remark- able for accident and crime leading to death toy -violence. Of the &8f9 deaths reported at the Coroner's office, 2160 were due to violence. The casualties resulting- In death were . mainly from surface cars, elevated 'train? and tun- nel train's, Strangely enough, the sur face cars were responsible for more deaths than both the other street rail way systems of the great city. Twenty- four persons were killed in Manhat tan by- automobile? during he year, a number in excess of t.hooe killed in the tunnels. The list of deaths by accident and the specific cause In most cases are suggestive, first of all. of the recklesn spirit of ifhe age, which finds expres- in rapid transit. Behind the -after all. better than any laws to regu- I Thte beinc the case and -having- al- I to great and yet greater Bpeed. late railroad rates and Compel the com- ready developed- a strong public senti- ever-increasing throng anxious, first of ment in favor of good roads, we are an, to reaen us -aesuiwuuu in iuc more than -willing- to .let Missouri show shortest poeeible space of tlme. The us. in the matter of way and -means, how to get good roads. We already know how to build them, or think we alty paid for individual recklessness do. What needs to be developed i some equitable rneans of raising- money panlee to live up to their obligations Is Pt riot ly sound. . L?t um by. all means have laws, .-but let us also not neglect, as we have in the past most woefully, the natural routes and gateways of commerce. and 'corporate -greed. The one eupple- ments the other an3. the two x-eao a. THE BOVEKNOR'S OWMOXI We Have read through Uovernor Chamberlain's message to the Legis lature with particular care In the hope of learniiic what his opinion, are upon the important question of franchise taxp. Though otherwise richly re warded, of courne, our labor touching this especial point has been in vain. If the Governor has any opinions about the taxation of franchises he has revealed no trace of them in. his mes sage. To be Hire, he states correctly enough that -the "burden .of taxation has in the past fallen .In the mln upon reiil proper ty." and he ' suggests that "taw ought to be enacted which will reach' pTBrsonal -property as well as the property Of public-service and other corporations. But Mr. Chamberlain Iocs not permit himself -to Fay whether he bHeves that franchises are property or not. If he docs believe it, why not say ?. The most scaiu;tlou.f of all tux evitnionn in. the pant ' have been thope of the franchise-grabbers, ' who dorlvA fabulous enrichment from iMt plunder, with no return -whatever to the people whom they have robbed. Certainly the Governor might without Impropriety have expressed a clear opinion one way or the other upon this " crying evil. Tertaining to the general subject of taxation, Mr. Chamberlain has much to say which Is interesting and useful. His recommendation to separate the f-ptems of state and local taxation is wise; but In states where thie hae been done the state taxes are raised largely Upon the capitalized, or ad valorem, valuation of railroad and other corpo- mtlonfl. The Governor - expresses no oplniun upon the wisdom of computing Me actual value of the railroads lor the purpose of assessment, though In no ot her 'way- can they b taxed with tan approach to equity. This would, of A DEMOCRATIC VIEW. In classing- schools with "Dlappera" our correspondent, Mr. Cave, show truly Democratic appreciation or the value of education. He is entirely In harmony -with his party traditions upon this point, at least. His letter is print ed ' in ' another . column today, not so much for its literary value as to Illus trate -Temocifatic "log-ic. which te iafear- fultanri wonderful-thing when it. die ports itself in unrestrained freedom. Mr. Cave entirely misses the j)oin t of Mr. (Jearin's speech. 1 t '. Mr. G&arln stated in the Senate that "California was under no obligation to the- Federal -Government to maintain system of public schools." We under took to show that California was under suVn aii obligation, that she had agreed to maintain a system of public schools. and had accepted a valuable coneidera tloa for her promise. We undertook this, and. did not jnodeaty prevent, we should flatter ourselves that we suc ceeded. We ateo argued, we think with rea-son. that California Is under obllga t'ions to conduct her schools in' (accord ance with the Constitution and treaties of the United States. It is not an lr- Tattonal supposition that when a state enters the Union it Is with the stipu lation that she will obey the laws of the-Union. Whether or not these laws require San Franci&co-to admit Japanese and Vhito children to the same schools has not yet been adjudica.td. . A case hat? been formulated for the courts, and In due course of time we shall know.what thex. think about it In the'jneantime, it is idle to raiiat the Japanese for not becoming- American citizens.-- The law by taxation that Will meet popular ap- grewsome harvest of human life in the, proval and at the same time furnish course of a year. money to. build the roads, a GOVERNOR MEAD'S MESSAGE. This Its- the open season for Guberna torial messages.' Those of 'Governors iRockefeller. predicts an Industrial CrieiS and coun&els the wage-earner and the millionaire Investor alike to pru dence. George Gourd laughs at the prediction. lut does not discountenance Mead and Chamberlain come rather prudence in expenditure, believing this later- than the imain body, but their . v, -a-hlnmo fnr the mnsaes even tone Is the same. They speak with em- , r , j , ,., ., , ... , rrHo phasie, and, for -the vnoet part, with I American people In the meantime, wisdom upon -matters of sociological heedless alike of Drediction and coun- and economic importance. Both Gov- I r,r, rii r o- -monev nt rate ernors have something to say about i never known before, simply because such subjects a3 tuberculosis. Mr. tnpv are Mrninir it at the same rate. Mead , desires the Legislature of his The day of reckoning may not be near at hand, but it -will come. -History has state to establish an ins-titution for corvsumptivea; Mr. Chamberlain would have the facts about the white plague way of repeating Itself in finance as well as In other lines. This being true, taughf in the public schools. BothM the laborer e wise who saves of his present abundance to get a home and bank account, remembering that, when industrial and financial depression be falls, wages suffer first and are last to rally. tiovernors are equally insistent . .upon the Improvement of the Columbia. Mr. Mead reminds the Legislature that Oresron "has made substantial ap- proprlltions, for this purpose, and calls' upon hl own ptato to lo likewise. He recognizes the truth that the Co lumbia is" a vital factor In the future welfare of. Its bordering states. It is. as he says, the natural outlet .for the Inland Empire. Its unobstructed, nav igation Is a nvatter of prime import ance for Jjoth Oregon and Washington. There can be no question about : the wisdom of liberal expenditure to re move the impediments to an open river from the sea to the head of naviga tion. The states should do what they can in the premises, and they slibuld importune Congress for aid until funds have been granted In proportion to the importance of the work. There is noth ing by which the delegations from An Olympia dispatch announces that, despite the fact that there Is no United States Senator to be chosen at the coming session of the "Washington Leg islature, the session will not be with out its mterestlns features. To any one who has followed the course of Washington Legislatures since terri torial days an explanation of this na ture would be decidedly superfluous. A Washington Legislature which failed to furnish a few highly eensational events would not be worthy of the RUSSIAN FINANCES RECOVER i Has Paid War Expenses, but Must Borrow for Famine ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. IS.-y-The deficit in the budget of 1907 will, if the expectations of Finance Minister KokovsoiT are realized, be covered en tirely from the internal sources and wiLhout resort to a foreign loan. In an interview with the Associated Press today the Minister said he 'hoped' that a large part of the deficit would he balanced by the excess of income in 1907, and it would not be necessary to raise more than $70,053,000 by an internal loan. Issued with the sanc tion of Parliament. M. Kokovsoff said the issue of the loan could not . be regarded as an in dication of Russia's inability to live within her income, as It was due al most entirely to the settlement of out Standing war expenses and to the re lief of famine conditions. He appar ently reprarded 1907 as blng the last year of Russia's extreme financial per plexities. . The competence of Parliament to al ter the appropriations for the police was denied by the Finance Minister, who said that according to the law of March, 190fi, Parliament cafTnot al ter estimates based upon the exist ing law, but he added that the Cabi net "Would welcome all suggestions of economies in other directions. The Minister spoke of the rapidity with which Russia was settling! the outstanding expenses of the war, and pointed out that no nation, unless it was the United States, was able to meet the coat of a ereat war -without receiving? an indemnity, unless by rais ing a special loan covering several years.- , The credit of $62,100,000 did not in clude any part or the expenses of the maintenance of the. prisoners of war. The Japanese bill was more than double ths amount foreseen in the bud get of 1906. Th exceB. SI 2,950.000. would be - obtained by the economies of the last year, and the whole sun. $22,950,000. Was on ' deposit . awaiting: the presentation of the revised ac count. The navy, continued the Minister, had not been neglected, in spite of the financial burden. . The credits for the marine ministry, though reduced to $11,500,000,' contained an appropriation for the commencement of the construc tion of two improved Dreadnaughts. The Minister diocussed the general Improvement in the political situation, pointing to the "continued loyalty 01 the army, the return of the peasantry to sanity and the ceseatlon of indus trial disorders," saying that these facts were assurances of the continues tranquility of the country. Unhappily a revival or terrorism threatens the lives of the highest in the land. He, M. Kokovsoff, did not know at 'what moment he might be ca.lled on to sacrlflce his life in the performance of his duty. "But." tlte Minister added, "my life counts for lit tle as lorg as I can perform my duty patriotically." HAD TO BUILD OX NORTH BANK CONFIRMS TWO SECRETARIES Hill Exposes Handlcak of Railroad- ' ing Through Tunnel. Senate Acts on Appointment of Cor- teljou and Garfield. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The Senate committee on finance today agreed to re port favorably tl.e nominations of Foat- Hin. president o the master-General Cortelyou to be Secretary in addressing I of the Treasury and James R. Garfield to tie secretary or tne interior. The vote on both Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Garfield was unanimous, the members of the committee assenting to the view that the President should be allowed to seteet his own advisers. The committee alsc agreed to recommend the confirmation of Arthur S. Stattr. of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. I.ater, while the Senate was in execu- tlve session, the nominations of Messrs. Cortelyou and Garfield were confirmed. The. nomination of Geonte Von I.. Meyer to be Postmaster-General wa aln connrmed, as was that of Herbert Knox Smith, to be Commissioner of. Corpora tions. None of these nominations except that of Mr. Smith will take effect until March i. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 15. "This country Is facing-, in a commercial sense, the dis- ease one might tall slow paralysis," de clared James - J Great Northern Railroad the Northwestern Lumbermen's Associa tion today. He continued: The rail road n today are blamed for ev erything-. pratctics.il-. that Im w route- Th Great Northern is blamed, I am blamed, because it Is Intimated that I own th Great Northern. The truth of the matter Is that Z own leM t V. an 7 pr cent of thA stock of the Great Northern road. There r :i2O0 shareholder. in the company, 1100 ot whom are women. Tou never knew mat oeiore, but that in tlie situation, and whm w sole our Bhareholdern to subscribe O.tO0.H0 more stock to our already largo capital in order that we jnay build more trackage to carry the buihess of the Went to the Earn. we are made defendant in a suit brought by the State of Minnesota. More Town Ixts Than Farm.- It seems but a short time aft when I nrst visited Fugt Sound with view of seeing what the country had to offer as an Inducement for us to build a railway theire. There was more land staked out as town lots than was under cultivation; but they bad the mightiest for- ests a . man ever saw. "Such trees' an old lumberman said to me. "The first time have ever seen tree so high that I had to taKe two looks to Ke the top ff them Now as late as 3807 we carried about 73 carloads of wheat East from PuRet Sound Today, if the demand could be niled. thw would be jroinjr over the two Northern line not m than 300 carloads a day. They at that time thought a rate of fin centi a hundred would- do. X remember when Z came away from the metl told a friend with me that they did not know a-hat they were talking about; they had to have a lower rate. tVe made tliem a rate -or .O cents on flr and '' ' cents cedar. That rate has been In-effect since 1803, the time when our lino was com pleted. "We had plenty of opportunity to raiita it plenty of solicitations to raise It but we have not raised it. . Need of Xorth-Iiank Road. . At this 1 1 me. when the lumber tauelne is a constantly Increasing factor, the lumber trade of the country Is being concentrated on th forests of WashinKton and Oregon. Z was taJKlnit: to the president of the North ern Pacific within a month. Their capacity Is measured by the tunnel through the cas cade Range. Everything working fairly. good Krade and Rood rail, they can Ret from 300 to 3r0 cars a day in each direc tion, and that Is all they can move through .boo 1 PLAX TO RKCEjAIM SWAMP LAM) Clapp Proposes Fund Derived 1 roni lhJio liRTid Sales. WASHINGTON", Jan. 15.-An exte!islv plan for reclamation of swamp and over flow land will be considered at an early meeting of tne Senate committee on pulj- lic lands, The scheme Is advanced in a bill introduced by Senator Clapp. which provides for tne establishment of a "draining fund" from all mone-s re ceived from the , sale of public land in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. .Louisiana. MU-hif?a.i. Min nesota. Mistiai irl. Missouri. Ohio and Wisconsin, except the u per cent net an.de by law for educational and other pur poses. t'nder the hill the Secretary of the Interior is directed to make preliminary examinations and surveys for construc tion of drainage works and to report to ConRress annually-, arlvinar estimates and details of all contemplated -works. REFUSES TO BVILD MORE FOltTS Houf-e Votes Down Increases in For- tifications Rill. WASHINGTON. Jan- 15. The Hour. Of Representatives spent almost tii entire day In considering: the fortifica tions appropriation bill, and completer? only i?c paaea of . ut. Amendment, ooking" to the defense of the month ot that hole and often they are called upon Ch pake Bav and for tl)e purchaM CO- thjeso states dlfraa ffectruaMy -ancl-per- wlll not perrnltthem to d'o.-so, Many 1 manently .toenetW: their .constituents as would if they had. the chance, Dut py persuading congress .to deal ade- thero is no euch chance for them. quately -wHbitlhe' 'great Orrrumbia. 'Jtiver. rreflioeni rvoose-veir Mas rerommeriaea I l.IKe our wvn -executive. Governor i . . . llrf.---rf . Kemtnv to Congrefe that this dlsaolllty De re- Aleaa spcaRs rpr a etate Dank examiner, w ho retires February 1. And- ail of From a reporter on a Walla Walla newspaper to Aetsitfrtant Secretary of the United States Treasury in the brief space of five years is certainly swift progress: but that seems to. be the rec ord of Arthur K. Staffer, -who is elated ANARCHIST PLOT IJi SPAIN Proniiient Ptr'sons Condemned to Die on January 21. MADRID, Jan. 15. The police have dis covered an anarchist plot to kill several prominent persons January 21, the day fixed for the opening of the parliament-J Rr aeoaia on tne attempt on trie uvea of King Alphonso and Queen VrStorla the day of their marriage, May 31 last. to move 600 or 700 ears a day. Now. alone tha north shore of th lumbta. River there ia room for one road. I suppose the Northern raciflc would bo jealous of the flrcat Northern building- there, and wa would be Jealous of their bulldlne; there; ao we concluded we wont build jointly and build a road that had practically no adverse grade, The remedy today is more trackage fa duties and we cannot increase these cilitlea without mora money. It la not more cars, but more movement of the cars al ready in use which will solve the car short age problem. moved. v If our National legislators' fot- This matter i hao been neglected too 7 Statter'n Pacific Coast friends will re- low ri it v !.-?, 11 .win t ikii M DC 1 1 iTxr- to i Kng. abUre th2..JapaneBc for neglecting- their I atyout joicr at his promotion, for xne-rlt not in frequently lands where gall' Is a trtfl The Governor -wants to name railroad commtesion so that he-caJi th re- who-' really knows anythina: the manatyement and resources privilege, if they do neglect it. At or any private Dank in either Oregon or 6hy. Tircsent they seem to nay tnelr taxes Washington? It illustrates the dis- UKe otner -people and their children set I heartenlns readlneia of the nubile to an example ae students in echool which I trust anybody and- everybody who the offspring of many a Jacksonlan makes promises that they will pour move" them if they do not do their tnelr fimda into these institutions without the ivliKhtet knowledge of how -they will fare. Some banks are sound and honest: most banks, let us hope, -had power to remove has the Governor are tnu. -ux every week or .two the country rings with the news oT eoine Democrat mlgrht follow with great ad -vantage, dVuty- "Why not let him name all the other states officer for "the same rea son? Yet liow rmany officials whom ie course, De a direct tax, The indirect taxee levied by the tate in the form of corporation fees a.nd lioeiises, and the inheritance tax, have produced a steadily increasing revenue, it nas jrrown from some $16,000 in 1899 to about S36S.OOO In 1906- The returns from the inheritance tax are comparativeiy snxall. only a trifle more thari $l!i,000. Air. Chamberlain attributes this scanty IrroductrVene8s to -two defects in the law, lor both of which he suggeete cor rerUortfi. ' . -the -inheritance tax law stands, the principle of graduation Is applied only in certain exceptional ana rare caaes. The Governor would aiply it In n thorouKh-KolnK way to aJl inheri tances. ..direct and collateral, making the rate of taxation Increase with the amount of the beciuest. At present the largest nnd most numerous inheritances ere subject to a tax of only 1 per cent. The other defect Is that the present law can be eaeilly evaded. Upon 4he proper J . remedy for 1 1 1 1 w Mr. IThamberiain le not fjUite 60 cleflnite, but he belie-ves that "provision f?houlJ be made to pre- So say -we all FOB GOOD ROADS. - The State of Missouri, through ius Legislature and Governor, fully sup ported by public sentiment, Is to the fore in 'the solution of the good roads problem. If it can show the people of the West and Pacific Coast how to solve this problem in an effective and satisfactory "manner.' that great ' com monwealth will have earned honorable distinction as a demonstrator of public utilities for which it has already be come noted as . pertinent and inss-ist- eni inquirer upon other matters of po- lltioal moment and public utility. Public sentiment' in favor of frood road na9 b?erc systematically worked in MiFflourl, through numerous up- "good roads conventions" held during the past year which have been attended by prominent cltizeno who evinced failure caused by bad management or peculjtion, and our ears are assailed by the waite of Innocent dcrpositors who have lost their all. The law should do what it can to make banks safe.' This is one of the fundamental methods of encouraglnr "thrift and enterprise." rfo long as the cnancea of safety and loss remain about equal for -depositors In oanae. tnere is small Incitement to thrlrt in thait direction. A state bank examiner cannot do everything &v.t he can do much if he Is capable and hon- Mead also undertakes to ejcrTaiii ttie car ghorta&e, his explanation, ime most others, merely amounts to repeat- n otner words tha t "there is a ononege.- wny it exits.t9 he does mot in his four years .removed because they didnt do their duty? r It is eaid that Senator JefC Davis, banking upon his nam. perhaps, ex pects to become a National; character. The chahbes are more than even, how ever, that he will merely reach the 1 doubtful dignity of a National nuis- ance, fiomewhat after the manner of Senator Tillman or La Follette. Xest an y faint-he&rted American fear Uiat'Unclv SOT'S right ftr-m is atro phied, let him read the action of a Try to Bare Spanish Anaretitsts. MADRID. Jan. 15. Friends arid par ty associates of Senor Ferrera direc tor of n n auarchlRtic school at Barce lona, and Jose N a e It ens. editor or Madrid el Matin, are hendlngr every effort to secure the release of tha men who are soon to- be tried for alleRd com pi iclty in the attempt to kill Kliisr Alfonso and Queen Victoria, with a bomb Immediately after their wedding last May. 1 The Radical and Anarchist parties are taking a deep interest in the case. and they are spending large sums to further their ends. Committees on be half of the prisoner?, have been organ ized In Barcelona, Madrid, Sevlllo. Va lencia and Saragossa. The threat lias been made that if the two men are con- oemned ueeoa or violence win toiiow In order to avenge them. ' Plot Against Spanish King. RERUN. Jan. IS. A. new conspiracy Iff being: hatched in Liondon. accord. m? to re ports published here, against the Spanish royal family. The reported presence of Spanish anarchifltfs In the British capital l& apparently the basis of tip reported plot. ' Federal In Omul trespasser? to taKe dov who ordered fences which their sincerity in the movement by the m m T m glveg wM'mlght fSCo1erotiarfeSSdtnLSlncl8 wo fha" and by going down into their own poc-K- "tnat'eT " " , "l eta to nay the expenses . incident to about ,the actg. Hfe says that the busl- IllClOK WW cres of Government iana. Note the time limit: Juet day-s. If Oregon is. to have a State Inspector such attendance. The importanoe of the question and the .urgency of the case were ateo, made mantre&t In res o- Tiesrs of the country has outgrown the ranroaa xaciilties. W My has it? Our I of Henneries, liis first ot) snouia toe on Judge McPaddcn's place, up in Benton. wherein, the local paper avers, an owl created a disturbance at 1 o'clock in the .morning among .the chickens in the top -of a tree. Storm Stops Treasure Hunt. MEXICO CITT, Jan. lS.-According- to a dispatch to the Herald from Guadalajara. nope or securing treasure ouried in tne hulk or t tie ateamer Uoldon uato m a.r a tt end for at least a year. The 2&o-root pier built from the beach to the wreck of the vessel, a centrifugal pump -and other I equipment "built by pernons -who undertook to regcain tne treasure nave oeen swept UltO the FaciflC Ocean. The Joss or the pies, and the machinery was due to the torm that raged along the entire Pacific loast of Mexico last week. B, F. Ricnardson, of Philadelphia; J. E Phillips, of Denver, and 8. P. Phillips, ol vent this evasion us. rle also recommends of Income tax and correctly argues that it is no more "a burden upon thrift and enter prise" than any other form f taxa tion. It is much less so than many others. It complies better than mot?t taxes with the rule adopted by all modern economists that taxation ehould fall heaviest upon those best able to bear it The income tax also compels those who are most benefited by government to pay their propor tionate share of its expenses. Persons who pay their taxes honestly under the present system would -have no more to pay, and probably lees, under an in come tax law. Those who are not honest Have no especial claitne to con sideration. The maximum . fraction -which the state can now receive from the forest reserves within its boundaries is 40 per rent of the net income. The Governor reasonably thinks tnat the e?ute shouia rrcelve it all and turn It into the school fund. This important -fund eems to be 1 n a fiouriehin-K condition. It Is all I vested except some; ,70,000, drawing 6 per cent upon more than $4,000,000. The o-Jd system of noKiiTisr the school fund in the treasury for . the behoof of th State Treasurer:.' seems to have been abandoned definitely, and none too soon tarn" tlu -cxreu i t cf the state and the wel railroad urlncee are constantly bnast- . .4 I 1 ,1 I . y lutons passed at mm .Conventions, lng about their competence and eklll at tne capital by public-spirited citl- zens asKing him to call a special ees elon of the Legislature to consider ways and mean9 for buildinr. public highwaya without unnecessary loss of time. , Much ha "been said about the bot tomless mud of Oregon roads in the Winter, ana of the stifling dust of the rJ&nville, pedition on the coast of coiima in is6i. 111., were interested In the ex. The Golden Gate was beache The vessel and here a-t -last we find them landed In a hopeless muddle, business at a standstill, failure staring shippers in the face everywhere, and a riot of wreck:, slaughter and fuel famine on - every hand. . This - looks like expert management, does it-not? Wnat it does look like is a vast con spiracy to force the email tnlllman. tne email coal dealer and the small There Is a elrnDlo eolutlon to the - ' . ' 1 I (1 n....i.. ta problem - presented by Spokane's de- was On her ViY irom SHU f railtiatU IU mand for terminal rates. Let Jupiter give the in-te-retate Comtnence OommLs- slon supervisory control of two great higrhways of commerce the Atlantic and PaciQc Oceans. New York, and carried $1,600,000. same highways in the Summer. But tusinft3g man of every sort out of ex. it in the early Springtime en route tc Oregon in the ox-t&am emigration era presents realities in had roads that are but -possibilities in Oregon. This being true, it can readily be believed, ae stat- renuLins toy--our divinely appointed- rui- ers. W hether such a conspiracy exists or not, the car shortage works pre. cisely -to -that- end. and the result iijceiy to pe accomplished before our Legislatures can bring any remedy to ed by the Kansas City Journal, "that bear. Reciprocal demurrage may help the most important matter before the mat(Pr3 mewhat. If St is Jikely to do New York City's personal and real property assessment for- this yeaj is nearly $9,000,000,000, which 1- almost -double the total value of all the prop- ; erty in the states composing the South- em Confederacy forty-Mx years ao. .Whatever may oe the opinion of oversensitive people concerning: Mrs. Griffin's dinner to four-footed Chicago pig's, no one- will question the Appro- priatenesa of the corn metropolis as a place for giving- such a feast. VVliy America Gets Ahead. IJDNDON. Jan. 15. The Express, in an article flr ivtni? comparisons of wealth of the United States and other countries, kvs that the wealth of Great Britain is increasing: at the rate of 77.000.000 weekly. while that or tne uniten states is grow ing at the rate of 510.000.000 daily. Editorially it declares that ir the Brit ish would east off the fetters of a worn out commercial system they would pros per nice tha Americani and rala their old supremacy. XjeeTtelature of Missouri at present is good roads. Governor Folk, a practical man and prompt to meet the' wishes of the peo ple, proposed in his message to the Leg lslature a plan of supervision by the state, county and township engineers. and the provision of a road fund by taxlng corporations one-fifteenth of 1 per cent on their capital stock. This the press of the state regards as an expedient neither eafe enough nor epeedy enough to accomplish the end sought, since the tax proposed would certainly be. resisted by the corpora tions and moet likely defeated In the courts. . In any event litigation would follow the levy, causing: indefinite de- lay and leaving the people still clam orlng for rescue from the mud of the highways. A. good roads convention lately held at sedalla orrered wnat to .generally re garded ae the beet plan for securing good roads in a reasonable length of -time. Th is proposes an amendment to the constitution permitting County Courts to levy a road and bridge tax "not to' exceed 30 cents on $100 of tho -valuation; the establishment of a blgrli- by all meant? let us have reciprocal demurrage; but with, lumber mills and coal mines falling Into their hands by the dozen it is -not likely that the mag nates will miss a few dollars demurr age, particularly since they will charge it up to their stockholders. THE HEX. There is a fine show of blooded poul try now on in this city. Stately birds and pleasing to the eye are these Plymouth Rocks and WyandAttes and Langehans and Leghorns and. the ree?t. Hut wltb eggs at 45 cents a dozen and chickens, undrawn and with long necks and legs and feet still attached. 18 and 20 cents a pound, we eigrh for bens that lay egge and. mother successfully two full broods of chicks a year. TunjzrhUl fowls" we have come to call t hem In contempt aoid derision, hut the cheerful cackle of ?uch as these made the barnyards of former years vocal with nenly -music, susr-freartlve of fresh ef?sr for breakfast, while their moth- erly "clucK" to and industrious scratch- ing' for their fluffy. - old-fashioned broods -gave promise of fried chicken If the Postal Department will choke off the extortion by. railroads for. haul ing -th mails. l.t can grant to railway mall - clerks the deserved increase in pay aeked for, and still have a surplus Instead of a deficit. Bonllla Wins Boundary Tispnte. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 15. The Ptca- yune says: me dispute wnicn nas ex isted several years between Nicaragua and Honduras as to the boundary line on the north has been settled. The ques tion was left to the King of Spain as referee,1 and he gave Honduras all that was claimed by President Bonllla and more.. Consolidation of the two express com panies who do the big business of the Pacific Coast te haeteninr the day of the parcels post. Bailey is practically certain to be re elected. Senator. .Down in Texas, they like their Senators soaked in kerosene. . With the lid on tight in Eugene, drug- p to rest- are liKely to enjoy a big: boom i in the prescription business. Of course plunging into a cold snow- driXt didn't, hurt 'Mr. Bryan. -He's used to it. . ! - Good morning:! Trtxl you have' cover enough last n Ij-rrt t -to Keep you warn From tho Mississippi River to, tne Pacific, Cool is king. , , New Shah Will Tse the Ax. LONDON. Jan. 15. The new Shah. cording to a dispatch from Teheran, has begun his duties with the industry that was a characteristic of his grandfather. He has declared that he will maintain or der, and is credited with remarking that a few severed heads are the best police men. Berlin Carpenters Irocked Out. 1 BERUN. Jan. 15. A great lockout of carpenter, and joiners has been instituted here because of the noncompliance of the Unionists with the demands ot the Master Carpenters' Association. The number of men locked out Is 15.O0O. Dissents on Tunnel Flan, LONDON. Jan. 15. War Secretary Haldane has Announced his dissent from the proposal to construct the tunnel under the British" Cbannei to connect England and France. of additional sr round at Fort Hamilton, IV. wore votd down. The TTouffe also refused to incorporate an ani:nd- ment. increasing to the extent or $1,000,000 the appropriation for the con struction of scacoiist batteries in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands. Speaker Cannon announced the ap pointment of Representative Sherley of Kentucky to a place oil the judiciary committee, made vacant by tho resig nation of Representative Llttel. CONTIXl'E CUY FOR MORE COAL Northwest Still Freezing, Though Railroads Strive to Help. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. Additional complaint, were received today from North Dakota points of the fuel situation and of either a scarcity or an entire exhaustion of the coal supply. Dispatches also came from President l-;Uiott of the Northern Pacific and President Hill of the reat Northern. The telegrams were all referred to Commissioner Harlan, who tonight expressed the opinion that both railroads were doing- everything possible ,W situation. He said thnt at some points the railroads, were facing extraordinary- Weather with great accumulations of snow. Mr. Elliott telegraphed that on January 34 there were loaded at the head of lakes 366 cars of coal. S43 cars are transit between Dulutli and Jamestown, of which ISi are moving for Fargo and the West ani fio at Jamestown for points north. Arlr. Klllott says the company is making tho clearing away of snow and tho movement of coal Its chief busi ness. Several cars of coal In transit for the school at Fort Totten will be hur- ried to destination. Mr. Hill said hia company had six freight trains moving, Grey's Hospitality to Root. NEW YORK. Jan. 16. A Time" spei lal from Ottawa says preparations re going on at Government house to give a hearty welcome to Secretary of State Root, who will be accompanied by his wife and daughter. Tha party will arrive next Saturday. That afternoon there will be skating party. On Monday .there win be a banquet at the Government house, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Root. All tlie Ministers of the crown, includlne; mem bers of Parliament and prominent citi- rens Will be present. Southampton Gathers Them In. . SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. IS. At a nieet- Ithout regard to expense to relieve tlie ing of the Southampton Harbor, Board today, plans of the Southwestern Kauway to construct a deep dock here at a cost of $2,500,000 were agreed to. It was an- notincPd that not. only would vessels or the White Star and Cunard linos gonnor or later utilize this port, hut other stHm sliip companies were " approachlnB ihi dork company witn a view ot waning Southampton their home. foil Terence on Wlckcrshani Case. WASHINGTON. Jan, 15. - President Rooaovelt. AttornoyT3enera1 Bonapnrte and United States Xlstrlct Attorney lloyt. Of the Nome district, had a conference today regarding the case of Judge James, WIckersham, of Alaska, against whom changes have been preferred Mr. rlovt's report on the charges was considered. No decision was reached. SHOULD KEKP HEK COIL LAND ARE RAILROADS GETTING 12V KX Hepburn Snggests Hldrlen ltfotfve for Causing Car Shortage. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. A committee of tli. NKtionKl reciprocal demurrage con vention in Chicago today told the iioune Committee on Interstate commerce mat coat shipped from West Virginia In coal rs was not allowed to SCO beyond the, inslsslppl Trtlv-er In those ca.rH: that. for M aio.ro. neither Jimm bo fl VJTTL car could be ohtained. T hair m a. n Hpbum. of -the eommlttee. remarked that the car shortage became acute just after the recent rate law en- actment and looked as though some peo ple were xpre-BlnK thlr 1 iaapproval of that measure by inconveniencing ship- Governor Cutler Recommends Lea System to Vtah. SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. 15. In Ms an- read before the Ctitlrr 1 -v" o -pjirt m ent of In a lelnny nual mesBSRf. which was IKllHturei today. John cates the creation ot and the substitution Of the WOM Olg- s.m y " for '"polyKamy" In th criminal statutes, "s.n some confualon hos a risen Irom this difference (from other states) In nomenclature." 1 1 recommends the pasnacce of a law like that of California, which wa.s In- dorsed hV the Mining Congress in Uen- vr. penalizing the mlswwseniaiion 01 mlninvr prorwrty. On the subject of coal lands, a matter of peculiar interest because of the ailepa- tlons of the United States Government that Utah officials had willfully or nejr- 14ently connived at illeaal locations, the message says: "You are doubtless familiar with the recent attempts of the Government to re- Fain possession of certain lands known or supposed to contain coal. The outcome of the action will be awaited with inter est, in Hne with this I would respect- Cully recommend that no land, belonging: to the state which Is thought to be coal- bearing be aoid. roe nttie land or this character that we have remaining" should be held for lease under such regulations as you think wise." Without making any recommends the Governor calls attention to the forthcom- ing exposition at Jamestown and the AlHHka-Y ukon Exposition at Seattle. GOVERNOR OF KEYSTONE STATE Stuart Inaugurated and Recom- mends Several Railroad Laws. HARRISBURG, Pa.. Jan. 15. Edward S. Stuart became Governor of Pennsyl vania today, succeeding Samuel Pen nypacker. to -whose law office Mr. Stuart, when an errand boy. delivered books. His inauguration was a simple ceremony. The Governor recommends that trol ley companies be given the right to carry freight and be given the pow-er of eminent domain. He suggests that a state railway commission be ap pointed, -with powers similar to those conferred upon the Interstate Com merce Commission, advocates a maxi mum pasengor rate of two cents a mile and recommends legislation to make effective that portion of the State constitution which prohibits rail- roads from ending In any other bus- iness than that of common carriers. In the matter of the controversy over allesreo. gross overcharges for fur- nlSllingS and decorations of the new state eapitol. which was one of th Drinclpal issues In the ca mpaisrn of laat K o o m "orr. the Governor clla for an investigation by a Joint committee pcrs. &w Northwestern Stoclc Iakuo. NETW TQRK, Jan. 15,-The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company today announced a. new stock Issue of 312.333.982 common, and .$5.59Se80 preferred, to pro vide funds for "construction, improving and eQulpplng" the railway. The present stockholders have the privilege of sub scribing for the new stoclc at par to the extent of 25 per cent of holdings when tha books close on February 2. HOl'SE CALLS FOR EVI DENCE Bailey Scores Another Point tn Fight for Senatorshlp. AUSTIN. Tex.. Jan.- IS. The House to- day passed a resolution calling; upon the Attorney-General to submit to the body all documentary evidence in his posses- slon implicating Senator Bailey In certain dealings with the Waters-Pierce Oil Com pany. The original resolution provided that these documents be accompanied by the Attorney-General's opinion as to their merit, but It was stricken out. Friends of Senator Bailey are Jubilant, claiming he will be re-elected next week without further opposition. Ovation Tendered Bryan. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 13.-(Speclal.) William Jennings Bryan had a busy day In Spokane County, delivering two lec tures, holding three impromptu recep tions and delivering the speech of the evening at the dollar dinner of the Jef ferson Democracy of Spokane. at the Masonic Temple tonight. There was evi dence of the old-time enthusiasm In the greetings to the Nebraskan. At Cheney, people came from points miles away to hear and cheer his le-ture. Previous Right Not Impaired. WA8HTNQTON. Jan. 15 Secretarv HltchcocK toaay notinea tne general Land Office, by direction of the President, that orders heretofore issued, withdrawing: from entry lands under the coal land laws.' have been amended so as not to .mnair nnY rietit acquired In good faith at the date of withdrawal. ot the General Assembly.