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PORTLAND, FRIDAY. MAY 8, 1907.
I THE NEW THEOLOGY.
' Mr. K. J. Campbell.; -an English
lreacher, has written a book called
"The New Theology," which, according;
to the Literary Digest, has caused. a
spiritual upheaval In Great " Britain.
Railway porters, stock dealers, scholars
and ministers are all discussing it:' Of
the book 20,000 copies were sold in ten
days after publication. From the brief
statement of his opinions which Is
available-Mr. Campbell seems to have
thrown some ancient and accepted
Christian doctrines into new form, but
It is riot apparent that he has varied
their substance much. His theology is
new in language.' only For example,
one of hie teachings is that "God Is
the mysterious power which is finding
expression in the universe, and which
is present in every tiniest atom of the
wondrous , whole." "What novelty is
there here? Is It new to say that God
Is mysterious and omnipresent? In
Mark we read of the "Mystery of the
Kingdom of God!" The Apocalypse
speaks of the mystery of God and Paul
exclaims: "How unsearchable are his
judgments and his ways past finding
out." The doctrine that the ruler of
the universe is not to be understood by
irian'is as ancient as religion. Even
science has accepted it. Herbert Spen
cer speaks of the Deity as unknow
able. We search in vain for novelty in
thts.artlcle of Mr. Campbell's theology.
He asserts also that "there is no di
viding line between our being and
God's except from our siting This
sounds heretical, but the yn8 is
undent and orthodox. PauJt5;ics that
we are the temple of God andi that his
spirit .dwelleth in us. .while Jofcn adds
that "by the spirit which he ha"i given
us we know that he abideth in us."
What '-difference.-. -except a mere verbal
one. Is there between this' doctrine and
that of Mr. Campbell? He says. "God
is my deeper self and yours, too." Paul,
standing on Mats Hill, told the Atheni
ans that in God "we live and move and
have our being." Who but a hairsplit
ting theologian could discern any lis-
tinetion of meaning between the two
statements? If we have our being In
God, then apart from him we do not
exist. This Is the same thing as to Fay
that the self, or ego. of man is identical
with that of the Creator: though, of
course, noiman's personality Is coexten
sive with God's. The less is included in
the greater.
Mr. Campbell also teaches that evil Is
not an entity in itself, but merely the
privation of good, while sin is the opposite-of
love. This has a strange as
pect because we have been accustomed
to personify .evil and sin under the as
pect of an Ingenious and energetic devil
who continually thwarts the purposes
of the Almighty. But not many years
tgotit sounded Just as strange to men
to,, tell Uhein that darkness. was only
the privation of light and cold the ab
sence of heat. People. were bred to
think of cold and darkness ns positive
entities, and i". came hard1 to them to
grasp the truth of the matter. So it Is
with sin and evil. But we ought to
have known better, for Paul tells us
that love Is the fulfilling of the law
while sin is disobedience. Surely ful
fiKing the law and disobedience to it are
opposltes. as Mr. Campbell says. Noth
ing can be more certain than that evil
comes into the world through disobedi
ence to law. either-moral or physical;
it Is therefore only the privation of that
good which obedience brings.
Concerning Jesus Mr. Campbell dis
cards outright the common metaphysi
cal subtleties, but he retains all that is
valuable in the gospels. The Savior, he
holds,, was divine by virtue of his ex
alted, humanity, and not otherwise.
There-' was nothing unusual about his
birth . Jr childhood. ' "The New The
ology" teaches also that there Is no
such thing as punishment in the gov
eromentof the universe, no everlasting
torment and no unchangeable status of
the good and bad in the next world..
"Heaven and hell are states of the
soul." "Salvation and atonement are
lust as operative on the other side of
death as on this." In these teacbinjtsj
there is nothing repugnant to reason.
Whatever we know of science and his
tory tends to confirm them.
But the British ecclesiastical machine
receives "The New Theology" with de
cided hostility. Dr. Robertson Nicoll
says of it contemptuously that it Is an
appeal, not to the learned, but to the
crowd. He might say the same of the
parables of Jesus. It is scarcely a dis
paragement of a religious doctrine that
common men can understand it. and no
great fault" that it attracts them. One
of the principal failings of the old and
withered creeds is that they elude' the
Intelligence of ordinary people and repel
Instead of attracting most of us. Still,
reform la in the air. Our avidity for
the new statement of truth in living
language is an evidence that our relig
ious needs are everlasting. ,We contin
ually hunger for the bread of life, and
it Is ho reproach that we prefer it fresh
rather than moldy.
WHAT A DEMOCRATIC MESS!
What a mess for the Democratic
party in Portland when its Mayor (as
alleged by General Killfeather). sent to
tho lava' beds of Idaho for a man to
feed the City Park monkeys; to the
glaciers of Alaska" for a man to burn
the cats at the crematory, and to the
wilds of the Philippines for a man to
boss the policemen. What an Insult to
the patriots, of the Mayor's party, not
good enough to fill those jobs.
Hence Mr. Thomas is running for the
Democratic "nomination for Mayor and
Dr. Lane Is not running. But there are
rumors that Lanes' boosters plan a'bold
coup, which is nothing else than Lane's
nomination in the Democratic primaries
next Saturday by writing Lane's name
on the primary ballot. As this would
perpetuate in office the Idaho monkey
feeder, the Alaska cat-burner and the
Philippine police boss and cause the
Democratic party to declare that there
are no patriots in the local ranks fit to
fill those Jobs, little wonder that there
Is blood on the moon.
'We do not think there could be peace
in the 'Republican family under such
circumstances. As put by General Kill
feather, it is not a question of spoils
for victors so much as recognition of
the good looks of the victors, their
manhood and their importance. We
can cite any number of Democrats and
put their good looks against Pat
Bruin's. What's the matter with Joe
Malley and A. E. Ream? General Kill
feather and Pat Powers? George
Hutchin and John Lamont? John Man
ning and Paddy Maher? Newton Mc
Coy and H. B. Nicholas? C. E. S. Wood
and Joe Teal? Judge Foley and E.
Versteeg? Bert Haney and Van Armi
tage? What's the matter with the
manly beauty and honor of these gen
tlemen? Fie upon you. Mayor Lane!
We doubt if Thomas Jefferson or Andy
Jackson or Bill Bryan could look upon
the fine points of such patriots and
deny them as you have done. Bill Bry
an could not and did. not when he met
Paddy Maher, and there Is a photo
graph to vouch for the accuracy of this
statement.
Verily, Mayor Lane must be as blind
as a mole in his burrowing after office
fillers. In tho Republican party we are
quite sure the bright points of the gen
tlemen would shine forth as - beacon
lights. When Democratic brethren have
gone over to the Republican side their
points have shone forth like the milky
way on a dark night, and they have
been elected and appointed to office,
too, while their faithful brethren fed on
corncobs and crow.
, J J i HISTORIC CHA.VFOEG.
May smiled as brightly and benignly
over the' Oregon country yesterday as
on the day sixty-four years ago when,
obeying the call of patriotism, a com
pany of pioneer settlers assembled at
Champoeg to vote for a provisional
government for what in due time be
came an 'organfzed territory and later
a great state of the American Union.
The Pacific Northwest made history
slowly in those days, but the gains for
civilization that were made each year
were solid and substantial. There was
no going tack of the record made at
the hustings on the second day of May,
1843. The vote for the provisional gov
ernment was. if not -unanimous, prac
tically so, and the names of the voters
have been given to a modest but en
during shaft of granite, raised six years
ago, upon the spot where the votes
were cast and the beginnings of the
political history of a great common
wealth were inaugurated.
For many years the records of this
auspicious event slept in the simple
archives of the -early times. One by
one the men who voted "aye" upon the
question of making this section of
the wide and beautiful wilderness of
the Pacific Slope an integral part of the
United States passed- on and out until
finally but one remained. This was
true when Mr. George H. Himes, for
many years the efficient secretary of
the Oregon Pioneer Association, be
thought him that it would be well,
while yet this witness survived, to lo
cate definitely the place where these
first hustings were held, and to com
memorate place and event in a suitable
manner.
This idea took shape In -May, 1901,
when the monument, forming a rollcall
In granite of these first electors, was
unveiled and dedicated to their mem
ory and to the honor of the state. Since
then there has been a yearly pilgrim
age to this spot, the features of which
have been patriotic rejoicing, historical
addresses and the quiet enjoyment of a
reunion of old friends.
Champoeg, sixty-four years ago, was
a place of importance in a world of ro
mantic isolation. Originally the site of
a great Indian village or camp, it be
came, some ten or twelve years before
the establishment of the provisional
government for Oregon Territory, the
seat of a trading post of the 'Hudson's
Bay Company. For some years after.
American occupation and government
had become a settled fact, there was a
thriving pioneer village and post town
at Champoeg. but the town hugged too
closely the bank of the Willamette
River for permanence, and in the swirl
of waters known as the flood of 1S61 its
frail buildings were washed away. The
reasons for Us establishment no longer
existed, and It was r.ot rebuilt. Hence
all that remains of Champoeg "place-of-the-camp"
is its history and the
monument which commemorates the
chief event of that history. "All," but
enough to keep imagination busy and
enshrine the simple facts we know in
reverent memory.
Lift we the twilight curtains of the Past .
And, turning from familiar sight and sound.
Sadly and full of reverence let us cast
A glance upon Tradition's shadowy ground;
Led by the few pale lights which glimmering
round
That dim. strange lend of E31d seem dying
fast ;
And that which history give: not to the eye.
The failed coloring of Time's tHpestry.
Let Fancy with her dreamtipped brush
upr-ly. .
Thus eQuippcd, we can visit prehis-.
toric Champoeg; see the council fires
and lodges of the red men; hear the
call to war and the shout of victory,
and) with this mimicry of life in its sav
age setting In mind, turn with thank
ful spirit to the quiet spot no longer
even a settlement that is Champoeg
still in name once the "place-of-the-camp"
now a place sacred to local pa
triotism and to memory, and leave it
for another year undisturbed in Its
quiet beauty upon the banks of Beau
tiful Willamette.
CHANGE OF SCHOOLBOOKS.
When Oregon schoolbooks were
changed, six years ago, by the State
Textbook Commission, one of the
strong reasons was the cheaper prices'
of the new texts. It is doubtful that
this reason will exist when the Commis
sion ' meets next month in Salem to
choose texts again. The cost of pub
lishing books has Increased and; trans
portation rates have gone higher, so
it Is probable that no such saving can
be effected in the next six years as
since 1901. It has been shown in these
columns that, had the same prices been
charged for books since 1901 as before
that year, the total cost for primary
and grammar school grades would have
been some 109,000 more than has been
expended.
Seeing that prices are not likely to be
much reduced, If at all, the Pomona
Grange of Marion County last Saturday
adopted resolutions opposing the whole
sale changes in texts that-have been
asked for by instructors and encour
aged by publishers. The resolutions
were:
Whereas, The demand to change text
books has not come from the people gener
ally but from a few instructors only, and
Whereas. The cost to the people of each
book changed excepting in writing, drawing
and music, will be about J25,00o each, and.
Whereas, The price of materials and labor
have so greatly Increased it Is not probable
that the commission can obtain books any
cheaper than at present rates therefore, be
it v
Resolved. That Marion County Pomona
Grange opposes any great change of text-
books in any one year, unless the people
generally demand such a change.
That the school texts of the last six
years have heen more satisfactory than
those in use before the change is the
universal opinion throughout the state.
But that the books then selected should
be wholly free from faults could hardly
be expected. There is a strong demand
for adoption of a new and modern text
In English, to succeed the books of
Reed & Kellogg, and this demand
seems the most frequent. iBut there
are calls for other chane?es. so many of
them that, if they should be heeded,
there would be a complete alteration
of texts. There is call for change from
the Went worth's arithmetics, the
Thomas history, Frye's geographies.
Reed's speller, Cyr's first reader and
the vertical writing. Nor are these all.
The arguments for new selections are
not so strong as in 1901. The books In
use up to that time were high in. price.
The trade was largely In the hands of
one publishing-house, from which there
was a popular revolt. Besides, the
books then in use were not so satisfac
tory in method, prlni. Illustration or
binding. It will be seen that the situ
ation is considerably different now
from what it was when the Commission
met six years ago.
MAKTNG A GREAT CITY.
If the prosperity of Portland, as
shown by an article In the news col
umns of this paper yesterday, depended
entirely upon the industries and re
sources of this city alone, there might
be some doubt as to a continuance of
growth in -wealth and population at the
present rate. But Portland . has not
been alone In the enjoyment of pros
perous conditions. Nature decreed that
there should be at the junction of the
Columbia and Willamette Rivers a city
large enough to serve as the principal
gateway for the commerce of the
Northwest. The - water-level grades
leading to this city extend not only to
the limits of a rich agricultural and
manufacturing region in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, but also to the passes
through the Rockies, whence must
come the transcontinental traffic seek
ing an outlet to and across the Pacific.
The' Columbia River is the natural
course of transcontinental traffic. This
alone would make Portland a great city.
The fertile fields of the Willamette Val
ley, the irrigated plains of Eastern
Oregon and Washington, the forests of
unsurpassed timber In all the Columbia
basin, together with the abundant op
portunities for the development of
manufacturing enterprises, combine to
make a volume of local business which
would build a great city at this point
even without the transcontinental
traffic.
Owners of large capital have recently
come to recognize the importance of the
position occupied by Portland and have
been extending railroad lines here,
building large business blocks, pur
chasing sites for immense factories, and
in other ways preparing to share in
Portland's glorious future. All this
prosperity, as indicated by bank clear
ings Increased 75 per cent in one year,
grain shipments surpassing any other
Coast port, unparalleled building per
mits, and ever-growing real estate
transfers, is of no temporary and fleet
ing character. . As long as the Columbia
continues to flow from the Rocky
Mountains to the sea and as long as
climate and soil make the' Columbia
basin the richest and most-favored ag
ricultural region in the worldi, Portland
will continue to grow in wealth, popu
lation and industrial and commercial
power. -
"SCGGERnOJiS" OF PRUDENCE.
That is a somewhat amusing story
that comes from Seattle of the "sug
gestions" that Miss Anna Howard,
dean of women of the University of
Washington, ventured to make to the
young women who are students In that
institution In regard to late hours on
Lake Washington, canoeing unattend-
ed, chaperones for all picnic and 'boat
ing parties, etc. Ten o'clock, "sug
gests" this prudent guardian of the
young ladies' manners and! morals. at
the Washington State University, is
the proper limit for them to be out,
and It Is even "suggested'' that the
dormitory officials be Informed when
any young woman is going to spend an
evening out.
To all of these wise and- prudent sug
gestions the "co-eds" demur. With all
the assurance, not to say self-conceit.
of young women who have come from
sheltered homes and know nothing of
the world as peopled by men and
abounding In temptations, they declare
In effect that they are fully able to
take care of themselves and will do
as they please. All of which makes one
wonder whether a dean of women Is not
a supernumerary in a co-educational
college and whether or not tier title is
not one of sound, signifying nothing.
And again, it may be asked; who will
be held responsible if harm should come
to any one of these pert and self-suffi
cient damsels while out canoeing upon
the lake or picnicking in the woods?
With the unreasonableness that is
characteristic of old-fashioned folks
who believe that youngsters should be
compelled, if necessary, to ohserve the
ordinary rules of conduct looking to
their moral and " physical well-being,
the parents of these young girls doubt
less hold "Dean 'Howard and other mem
bers of the faculty of the University of
Washington responsible for the care
and supervision of their " daughters
while away from home, and, in the
event of disaster. ' would not mince
words In regard to the matter. All of
which "suggests" that' hard-and-fast
rules, always of course within reason
able limits, might with profit to all
concerned supplant the timid "sugges
tions" above noted.
While State Senator Beach Is ex
plaining his record in the Legislature
on franchise repeal, he might throw a
little light on the deep mystery as to
why he was so anxious to pass the
Freeman bill, which revoked every
perpetual franchise in Oregon and made
no provision for compensation, and why
he labored hard to defeat the Coffey
gas franchise revocation bill unless the
gas company should be compensated.
There is, of course, only one explana
tion. Beach's pretense that he was for
franchise repeal was all buncombe;
therefore he and Bailey and Skhel and
Hodson were for the buncombe Freeman
bill. These four Senators were arrayed
against the Coffey bill because it was
aimed at a corporation, they were anx
ious to protect and did protect, even
going so far In that purpose as to make
a glaring record of gross contradiction
and (inexcusable inconsistency. In
other words, they are on record as de
claring that there should be no com
pensation for any perpetual franchl"e
when revoked; but there must be com
pensation for the gas company's fran
chise If revoked.
A most contemptible and cowardly
creature is the man who puts out poi
son for animals. Whether he lives in
the city and wreaks his spite upon his
neighbor by throwing poisoned meat to
the children's pet cat or dog, or is a
rancher who poisons sheep because he
grudges them the grass that they eat,
he Is the same cruel, cowardly, venge
ful human cur. Such a man would
probably insist that he was "sorry" if
a child. Instead of the family cat, par
took of his poisoned food, but he cer
tainly takes the risk of child-poisoning
every time he puts out food of this kind,
for his neighbor's house cat or hunting
dog. Briefly, the man who wantonly
inflicts -suffering upon or needlessly
takes the life of a irmless brute Is not
a safe element in any community. The
act is one that an Indian, who would
shoot a foe from ambush, would dis
dain. A Pendelton man refuses to pay his
divorced wife the $15 per month ali
mony decreed by the court, ' on the
ground "that his salary Is but $85 a
month and his expenses are more than
that. The same plea would probably
be urged certainly It could be urged
if the man's salary were double the
amount specified. Men prominent In
the political and social world have died
poor, though the recipients throughout
a long life of large salaries and per
quisites, and. the fact that they died
possessed of neither money nor prop
erty in any considerable amount has
been urged in defense of charges
against them.
The Atchison Globe Is of the opinion
that. If the present rate of Increase
keeps up, all the men will finally be
lawyers and all the women stenogra
phers. Out this way there is still quite
a sprinkling of doctors in the net in
crease of the professional world. There
Is no check, however, upon the increase
in the ranks of stenographers, as every
doctor as well as every lawyer has to
have one a fact that suggests a short
age eventually in the supply of mothers
and therefore of lawyers, doctors and
stenographers.
An expert estimates that Kansas lost
$2,000,000 worth of fruit, in prospective,
by the freeze of the middle of April.
To this the Topeka Journal responds in
cheerful spirit: "Kansas won't mind a
little thing like that; it is just like los
ing a postage stamp when you have a
$5 bill in your pocket." This is a phil
osophy that commends itself to sensi
ble people everywhere, and If It could
be made to appeal to his understand
ing, would even put the chronic growler
and gloomy prognostlcator of evil out
of business.
The Brazilian government undertook
to control the price of coffee by pur
chasing a large proportion of the last
crop. Now it is said that the scheme
Is not working well, and may prove
very disastrous. When It comes to cor
nering a crop and dictating prices, gov
ernments are no more powerful than in
dividuals, except to the extent that they
may have more capital and a greater
willingness to stake it in a great spec
ulative game.
Twenty-five different kinds of whisky
are sold out of one tank, says an au
thority on the subject of adulteration
of liquors. Now if we could Just be
sure that every twenty-five men who
drink the liquor would acquire the same
kind of a drunk, we should know how
to plan to manage them and matters
would be evened up a 'little.
In a news report of a speech by Mr.
Coffey in South Portland Wednesday
night the person who reported his re
marks incidentally quoted him as say
ing he might run independent. In Jus
tice to Mr. Coffey It should be said that
he made no such remark.
After tlje primaries a lot of defeated
candidates will be like other electors
without smile, handshake and cigars.
and resolved to vote for whomever they
choose.
The dentists In the convention yester
day failed to ascertain why patients
complain it hurts when that 1s Impos
sible under the new painless method.
Ruef complains that the newspapers
are biased. It certainly does prejudice
a case like Ruef s for the newspapers
to show him as a briber and boodler.-
The report of the gas company falls
to show what Is most important why
monthly bills go up as often as the
price per thousand feet is reduced. '
Day by day it is all the more evident
there, is no Ayer's almanac hanging
behind the pantry door in the royal
palace at Madrid.
It. is a good time to revoke the
Fourth-street railroad franchise, when
elections are so near.
ALL IS CHAOS AT JAMESTOWX
Opening; Day' Flads Many Things Yet
to Be Done.
Norfolk Special to New Tork Times.
April 35.
It is difficult for one who wants to be
fair to both the Jamestown Tri-centenaxy
Exposition and the people who are plan
ning to visit It. to find anything to write
about it in the present tense. The plain
fact is. there is no Jamestown Exposition
now, and there will not be for some time
to come. If one undertakes to describe
the glories of the show he will be limited
to the use of the future, tense.
There Is but one thing to be said to
persons planning to visit the Jamestown
Exposition, and that is. "Wait." The
foundation of a great exposition is here.
The - plan is comprehensive, and the
means' taken to carry It out afford Justi
fication for saying that in time there will
be a display here well worth coming to
aee. But it Is idle for any one to. say
now that there is anything here that will
repay any visitor for the trouble and ex
pense of travel from any distance.
A protracted tour of the grounds of the
Jamestown show today failed to disclose
one building entirely complete. Some of
them are finished as far as exterior Is
concerned, but floors are not laid, wiring
Is not finished, interior work Is not com
pleted, and they are still days, if not
weeks, removed from readiness for occu
pancy. Even the big auditorium where
it was planned to' hold the inaugural ex
ercises is not In condition, and the Pres
ident will have to deliver his speech from
the grand stand before the parade
ground.
The principal buildings, including those
in which the Government is interested,
are nearest completion, but all over the
grounds, and especially along the War
path and among; the concessionaire dis
tricts, there are many buildings which
have progressed only as far as their
framework. Not even the entrances are
ready. The ticket sellers' booths are
only half finished. The turnstiles are in
stalled in temporary structures, and even
the caretakers are not housed as they
will be ultimately. But today they were
busily charging full price and selling
tickets to all who wanted to go In and
see how unprepared the whole place is.
Representatives of the exposition say
that a great deal of work has been done
on the grounds. Not much of it shows.
The streets are- far from being in a
proper condition. They are cluttered in
piles of building material, and for the
most part unpaved. Stretches of sidewalk
are as yet here and there, disconnected
and not very serviceable, but hopeful
of things that are to be. Of all the
grounds, only the parade ground is fit
for service, and around that notices are
posted on the trees warning visitors that
It has been "seeded down," and is not
to be crossed.
The managers of the exposition say
they expect to have it in presentable
shape by the middle of May. It is prob
able that by that time most of the main
buildings will be in a condition approach
ing that in which they will continue with
exhibits installed. The Warpath will be
whooping it up fairly well by then, the
restaurants will be ready for business,
and visitors will be able to see a good
deal without having to go hungry. But
It will take considerably more than a
month yet to bring the show Into a gen
eral state of readiness for business,
SAME IjAW FOR RICH AND POOR
Slcnineam-e of (he Cor1etlom of
Wealthy I.htt Breakers.
Chicago News.
A Federal Jury in Chicago has found
the Standard Oil Company guilty of re
ceiving rebates in deflnance of law. As
a result, of this verdict It may be re
quired to pay millions of dollars in fines.
Of course it will continue to fight. This
Is the way rich defendants invariably
respond to convictions. But somewhere
In the history of this notable prosecu
tion even the greatest of trusts very
likely will have to quit fighting and
make amends for its misdeeds.
The masses of the people are profound
ly Impressed by the courage and per
sistence of Federal officials under the
present administration In following up
great offenders and demanding that Jus
tice be meted out to them. The people
long have been familiar with the cynical
saying that there is one kind of law for
the rich and another for the poor. "Laws
grind the poor, the rich men rule the
law." . says Goldsmith. Such sayings
Jump with common experience. The
present struggle against this ancient
wrong Is of deep significance.
One successful prosecution will not
change the methods of unscrupulous men
who wield the- power . of great wealth.
But it will go far to destroy the tradi
tion of their omnipotence. It will over
come the superstition that the forces of
Justice applied in an orderly way by the
machinery of the law are too feeble to
cope with organized greed. It will dem
onstrate that the people's government is
stronger than the people's oppressors.
There Is a growing hope of deliverance
from long-standing abuses on one side
and threats of wild experiments in gov
ernment on the other in the successes
won by the Roosevelt method of apply
ing lawful punishments where they are
most needed. In view of this most fortunate-
situation the rage of the Presi
dent's reactionary critics is unimportant,
though amusing.
Hard to Outwit Clever Criminals.
Brooklyn Standard-Union. ,
That is a good point the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin makes on the statement
attributed to "a veteran police officer,"
that "it Is harder to outwit and capture
professional criminals now than 'It was
a quarter of a century ago. because these"
offenders as a rule are smarter and bet
ter edticated than their predecessors in
evil doing." when it says in effect that
this is a good argument for better edu
cated, shrewder policemen, who "show
an equal advance In foresight, sagacity
and all-around resourcefulness.''
The police of Japan are - said to be
drawn from a superior class of men. As
a rule the police - in this country, more
especially in the great cities, are. largely
at least drawn from elements controlled
by ward politicians, and, despite civil
service examinations, political "pull" is
still effective to a damaging degree.
How many patrolmen, or even rounds
men or sergeants, understand what the
rights of citizens are. or the limitation of
their own powers? In a free country it
Is important that a police force should
be intelligent and law-abiding.
Hnmfflerlng Grasping; Knuckle.
Indianapolis News. .
The President's determination to do all
he can to preserve what remains of the
Nation's heritage In coal lands and for
ests for the whole body of people, and
for the benefit of future generations, can
not too. highly be commended. Too long
the looters In and out of office have been
allowed to grab and appropriate by hook
or crook whatever of the government's
possessions their covetous eyes en
countered. It was high time that the
land thieves were brought to book.
Play Brldgre and Poker Shun Books.
Savannah News.
The town of Charlerol, Pa., has a
Carnegie library In which there are sev
eral thousand volumes, and the town is
roundly taxed to support the institution.
Last year, according to a report by the
librarian Just made public, there was one
solitary patron of the library. The libra
rian expressed the opinion that the peo
ple of the town were ao much interested
In roller skating, baseball games, bridge,
whist, and poker that they had no time
for books.
World's finest Passenjcrr Station. -
Baltimore' News.
The finest passenger station In the
world, to cost $4,000,000, will probably be
built In Chicago by . the Chicago . and
Western Indiana Railroad Company,
I FRANCE WANTS CONCESSIONS
Seeks to Force Hand of Vnlted States
on Reciprocity Treaty.
WASHINGTON. May 2. The refusal of
the French government to accept as suf
ficient for Import purposes the tag of the
Agricultural Department affixed to fresh
meats has convinced the State Depart
ment that an effort must be made to
reach a general agreement with France
to govern mutual trade relation.
. Consul General Mason at Paris has
called the Department's attention to a
measure now pending before the French
Chamber Increasing by more than 400 per
cent the tariff duties on American cot
ton seed oil, practically a prohibitive
rate. Another French proposition to
which Mr. Mason calles attention would,
without doubt, completely wipe out the
flourishing and growing American shoe
trade with France, for it purposes an in
crease of duty of 60 per cent.
-There- are indications of a purpose sim
ilarly to Increase the duties on Ameri
can grains and flours and other agri
cultural products, and further Indica
tions that general pressure is to be
brought to bear upon America by the ma
jority of the continental powers to se
cure special tariff -concessions as the
price of . admission to their own ports of
American products.
In view of the failure of Congress to
assent .to any of the proposed reciprocity
treaties to which the State Department
has committed Itself In principle, the of
ficers are embarrassed in mapping out a
course of action that will prevent a gen
eral tariff war.
FRANCE FAVORS COMMISSION
Anxious for Reciprocal Tariff With
United States.
FARES, May 2. The Associated Press
Is able to announce authoritatively that
France will welcome any action by the
United States looking to the creation of
a Joint tariff commission similar to the
one which sat at Berlin with a view of
reaching a mutually satisfactory basis
of settlement of questions in dispute.
The present French government strongly
favors a regime of reciprocal concessions,
but at the same time It appreciates the
Btrength of the demand of the French
protectionists in favor of higher duties.
In order to avoid drifting into a tariff
war, therefore, the government considers
the time . opportune for representatives
of tho two countries to meet and con
sider the whole subject.
The French government feels grate
ful for the manner in which the Wash
ington government has arranged to ex
pedite a settlement of the complaint with
regard to the valuation of porcelain ship
ments at New Tork. and in return the
foreign office Is doing what It can to
prevent, the application of the customs
administration's rejection of the new
form of meat certificate under the Amer
ican pure food law.
GERMAN - AMERICAN BAHUAIN
Mutual Concessions Made on Adiiiln
' lslratlon of Tariffs.
BErrLlX, May 2. According to the
Lokal Anzciger, which is probably well
informed, the chief customs concessions
made by the United States in the new
German-American agreement .are:
The export price, ndt the market value,
will be taken as the basis of. appraise
ment In the case of foods exclusively in
tended for export or which are. only put
on the home market in limited quanti
ties. Statements as to the cost of pro
duction will In the future only be de
manded from Consuls when the customs
authorities especially request such state
ments. The Importer will not have to appear
personally before a Consul for special
reasons.
Invoices can be indorsed by a Consul at
the place where" the contracts are made.
The power of a Consul to demand that
Invoices be sworn Jo is abolished, and in
case of reappraisement the proceedings
shall be in the presence of the parties in
terested or their representatives.
Would Like Alabama Money Back.
LONDON, May 3. The Tribune this
morning in an editorial having refer
ence to a statement that the United
States will renounce her indemnity
from China arising from the Boxer
outrages after the sum of $6,003,0)0 is
paid, suggests the possibility of the
United States following this precedent
in the case of the surplus and accum
ulated interest of the Alabama award.
Land Fraud Grand Jury Called.
DENVER, May 2. A call was Issued
today for a special Federal grand jury
to convene in Denver May 14. It is re
ported that evidence in cases of alleged
land frauds, gathered by special agents
working under the direction of Special
Assistant Attorney-General, will be laid
before the jury.
On Trail of Illegal Fencers.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. May 2. Under the
direction of the Department of the In
terior, a corps of special agents began
work today, examining fences and titles
to Dublic land in Wyoming. Inspectors
will start at the Colorado line and work
northward through the stat. . .
North Carolina Hotel Burns.
DURHAM. N. C. May 2. Fire to
night destroyed the Hotel Carolina, a
four-story frame structure, located in
the center of the city, entailing a loss
of $175,000. There were 50 or 75
guests, all of whom escaped without
Injury.
HOUSECLEANING DAYS
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WILL RESTRICT EMIGRATION
Italian Government Offers Bill Pro
viding; for Many Changes.
. ROME. May 1 The government today
presented a bill to Parliament providing
for stricter emigration laws.
Messina Is added to Genoa, Naples and
Palermo as ports from which emigrants
may leave Italy. The repatriation ot
emigrants returning from America will
only be allowed on steamers authorised
by the Italian government. Steamers
violating this rule will be fined $20 for
each returning emigrant over the first 20.
The passage rates which emigrants will
be required to pay are to be established -by
the Foreign Minister January 1 and
July 1 of each year. Agents of emigra
tion companies must deposit $1000 as a
guarantee against infractions of the re
turns. The government can stop the departure
of any emigrants if it is considered detri
mental to their interests to leave Italy
for the port they may have selected. No
company will be aliowed to carry emi
grants unless it owns at least two
steamers.
' Italians who have become naturaliaed
Americans again become Italian citi
zens by merely re-entering; the king
dom itnd declaring; they have estab
lished a domicile here, or without such
declaration after three years have
elapsed since they re-entered the kingdom.
SORRY HE KILLED NO SOLDIERS
Paris Anarchist Will Recover Cab
inet Blamed for Rioting.
PARIS, May 2. There was an echo
today of the May day rioting. Jacob
Law, the man who fired at a detach
ment of Cuirassiers from the top of an
omnibus, wounding two of them, and
who was severely handled, probably
will recover and will be tried for at
tempted murder. The man declare
himself to be an anarchist, and says
that his only regret is ho did not kill
one of the officers. He claims to be a
naturalized American, but his naturali
zation papers have not been found, and
it is apparent from letters in possession
of the police that he lived only a short
time in the United States.
Less than 20 of the men arrested
yesterday for rioting; will be prosecut
ed. The others have been released.
The majority of the newspapers ex
press the opinion that the occurrences
here yesterday would have been avoid
able if the government had allowed the
workmen to parade.
The opposition press is Inclined to
hold the Cabinet responsible for the
action of the Socialists. The Figaro
says:
"It is difficult for a government to
defend social order when several of -its
members owe their political fortunes to
the at dor with which they attacked it
in the past. The surprising; thing; is
that anarchy hns not sunk deeper into
the masses of the people."
KING EDWARD AND FALL1ERES
They Make Another Step In Cement
ing Anglo-French Alliance.
PARIS. May 2. King Edwftrd and
President Fallieres exchanged visits to
day. The interview at the Elysee Pal
ace lasted 45 minutes. During the after
noon. King Edward received Foreign
Minister Pichon and Premier flemenceau.
Coming upon the heels of His Majesty's
conferences with King Alfonso. of
Spain, and King Victor Emmanuel of
Italy. King Edward's consultations with
the French statesmen here are regarded
as important in strengthening the re
lations between Great Britain, France,
Italy and Spain.:: .
ACCUSED OF WRECKING ; BANK
Titled Anglo-Indian Banker Arrest
ed at Madras.
MADRAS, May 2. Sir George Gough
Arbuthnot, head of the firm of Arbuth
not & Co., of this city, whose London
house, MacFadyen & Co., failed for a
large amount in August last and caused
the head of the firm to commit suicide,
has been arrested here in connection
with the failure of MacFadyen. He was
arrested, aiid refused bail."
LONDON, Alay 2. Sir George Ar
buthnot Is a familiar figure in the
financial world and club life In London
and his arrest at Madras caused a sen
sation. His bank was regarded in In
dia, as being; almost ns safe as the Bank
of England. Many officers and widows
and children deposited their whole re
sources in the bank, and were ruined
when it stopped payment.
No details of the charges apalnst
Arbuthnot are yet known, but his ar
rest has caused almost as much ex
citement as the tragic suicide of P.
MacFadyen. head of the allied firm of I'.
MacFadyen & Co., in October last.
Kaiser Confers "With Austrlnn.
BERLIN. May 2. Bmperor Williair
conferred until late last night with Baror
von Ahrenthal. the Austro-Hungariar.
Foreign Minister, regarding the politica;
situation. The government officials main,
tain secrecy regarding the matters dis
cussed. - - -
Troops Slioct Mm i nous Prisoners.
S-T. PETERSBURG, May 2. Troops
had to be called in to suppress a re
volt of political prisoners in the jail
of the Viborg Quarter this morning.
Tiie soldiers fired a volley, killing one
man and wounding several.
FYom the "Washington Star.