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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY S, 1901
EASTERN AND WESTERN COLLEGES.
President Hadley, of Yale University,
has enlivened the gayety of the world
by the remark; that our "Western col
leges can never rival the advantages
which are offered to students by their
elder sisters in the East. Mr. 'Hadley
sums up these advantages under the
three heads of "National constituency,
prestige and tradition." A Chicago
paper, commenting upon them, belittles
all three, but one must think twice be
fore he can agree with It. To be sure,
the larger part of the students even at
Yale and Harvard come from the near
neighborhood of the colleges, but still
they have a respectable attendance
from the entire Union and other coun
tries as well; and youths who frequent
those ancient seats of learning enjoy
association with varied types of mind,
with Ideals foreign to their own, and
with strange modes of thought and
feeling. To say that this is not an ad
vantage requires great tiardlhood. It
is a most precious means of culture.
Nothing so enlarges the soul, demon
strates the pettiness of local prejudice
and saves from boorish provincialism
as this clash of Intellect. The more of
It a student can crowd into the years of
his education the better man he will
become.
It is to be regretted that our youth
do not practice more the excellent Eu
ropean custom of going from one uni
versity to another, culling from each
what is best suited to their life pur
pose. A year or two in the State Uni
versity at home, followed by a year at
Harvard and one at Johns Hopkins or
Cornell, would impart a rounded ac
quaintance with what is best In all of
them and neutralise the narrowness
which Is found in each. It is well on
other grounds also for youth from dis
tant corners of the country to mingle
in the same colleges, no matter whether
they are situated In the East or in
California. The more we know of
each other the more homogeneous we
become, the better we understand the
wants of other sections than our own,
the more sympathetic we grow with
our remote fellow-cltlfcens. Just as the
common schools cement the Inhabitants
of a single city into a united civic body,
so these great National colleges help
along the enormous task of assimilat
ing the diverse strains of our citizen
ship. For example, nobody who knows
the elementary facta of American so
ciology thinks of calling us an Anglo
Saxon people any longer. We never
were Anglo-Saxon except In a loose
sense, but at present the British stock
Includes a decided minority of the
'American people and the birth rate
shows that It Is not holding Its own in
competition with the Celtic and South
European stocks. Acquaintance with
such facts as these diminishes arid con
ceit and makes one a more practical
citizen. There is no "better place to
learn them than in a cosmopolitan uni
versity. The danger is that one's sympathies
may widen until they become too thin
to be perceptible. One who cares
equally for everything cares little for
anything. Between the hateful narrow
ness of provincialism and the ineffec
tive breadth of cosmopolitanism there
is a happy medium, and to attain It is
one of the genuine triumphs of educa
tion. Perhaps, after all, it Is acquired
as often in the poverty-stricken col
leges of the West as in the sumptuous
ly endowed colleges of the East; and
perhaps again it is learned! from the
struggle of actual life more often than
In either of them. "Moreover, there are
colleges In the West as richly en
dowed as Yale or Harvard; but Mr.
Hadley makes a point against them
when he says that their degrees are of
Inferior prestige. That this Is true no
body can deny. Hanging round the
degrees of Yale there Is an aristocratic
aroma which Chicago cannot Impart.
But, on the other hand, this aroma Is
purely social. It la quite devoid of
practical, or business, value. No col
lege degree Is of the slightest conse
quence from the standpoint of a man
who has work to do In the world. The
great employers of the country eagerly
snap up students at the technical
schools, without waiting" for them to
graduate. It Is said that the faculties
of the Carnegie Institute and the scien
tific department of Cornell find it dif
ficult to hold their men after the end
of the Junior year, bo urgent is the de
mand for them in the work of the
world. But there Is no such trouble at
the literary colleges. Their graduates
are as far from fitness for any genuine
work as they were . when they en
tered. Undeniably they have gained
something, but it is not the power to
do what the world cares for.
Their gain Is in the realm of the or
namental, it is a sublimated species
of the education which young women
get in - fashionable boarding schools.
The Greek and Latin of the colleges
corresponds to the French and Italian
of the female seminaries. It is no more
thorough and1 less useful. - The litera
ture and oratory of the young men size
up very well with the piano and com
positions of the young women. In fact.
it is somewhat of a boast among the
conservative colleges that their educa
tion smacks of an aristocratic vague
ness and leads to no soiling of the
hands or sweat of the brain. As for
Mr. Hadleys "traditions," there Is
doubt whether a youth Is not better off
without them. These traditions look to
the past and vastly overvalue it. They
shy at the future where every life must
run and nestle In sterile antiquity. Our
older colleges prepare us for citizen
ship In the Middle Ages; they familiar
ize us with the municipal problems of
Rome and Athens; but we are doomed,
however unhappily, to live In the twen
tieth century, and the municipal prob
lems that we must solve arise In New
York and Portland. Blind devotedness
to the past has played a calamitous
part In American civic history, and the
colleges are much to blame for It. It
has held us paralyzed while the bonds
of the social order have become fear
fully loosened. One may well believe
that It is to the State Universities of
the West, where tradition is weak and
where the hold forecast of democracy
prevails, that we must look for the
higher education that fits the youth for
his time.
MR. KERB AND THE MORMONS.
, Credible Information comes from Salt
Lake City that the political hierarchy
of the Mormon Church contemplates
an attack upon the reputation of Mr.
W. J. Kerr, tlfe newly elected president
of the Oregon Agricultural College. The
motive for the attack Is the fact that
Mr. Kerr, while at the head of the
Utah Agricultural College, declined to
prostitute his office to the service of
the Mormon Church machine. The
method of attack will be to try to cre
ate prejudice against him by exploiting
the history of his early manhood. It
seems that Mr. Kerr was born and
reared a Mormon; but in 1891, about
sixteen years ago, he renounced polyg
amy and ceased his active- relations
with the church. He was made presi
dent of the Utah College on his merits,
and it is admitted that his service In
that' institution was of the highest
character; but the hierarchy have con
stantly conspired 'against him and last
March they finally forced him to resign
to the regret of every disinterested
person In the state.
Now no man can Justly be blamed for
his birth, his education or his early re
ligious belief and practice. These things
are Imposed upon us all without our
consent, and we must take them as
they come. But whether or not a man
remains faithful to the' religion of his
youth In later years depends upon him
self. It Is distinctly to Mr. Kerr's
credit that he "broke the bonds which
bound him to the Mormon Church.
His act required great strength of reso
lution and unusual courage, for tho
hierarchy dominates Utah and decides
the business and political fortunes of
every man whom it cares to notice.
The machine has revenged itself by
opposing Mr. Kerr's work and driving
htm out of his position. It hopes fur
ther to ruin his entire life by pursuing
him with calumny wherever he may go.
That a purpose so wicked should suc
ceed in Oregon Is incredible. Fore
warned of the malignant Intent of the
hierarchy, the people of Oregon will
treat their contemplated attack upon
Mr. Kerr as it deserves. .We assure
him with all confidence that his wel
come here does not depend upon his re
ligious opinions nor need he stultify
his reason with a degraded superstition
in order to win the confidence of our
people.
THERE 18 A HAPPY LAND.
What Is the best part of the world
to live in? One is led to ask this ques
tion Just now because the annual cycle
of tornadoes has begun rather bril
liantly along the old cattle trail from
Texas up through Nebraska, and the
wretched inhabitants of that tortured
region may possibly be in a mood to
listen to good advice. Of coure those
who must stay there will do so; but it
is reasonable to think that there are
anxious multitudes free to get away
whose, eyes would turn hopefully to
some more blessed realm. i
One cannot . conscientiously counsel
them to seek Southern California. The
perpetual sunshine of that region is a
deceptive lure. iSclence has discovered
that sunshine Is not all it seems. A
lurking menace to human vigor lies
concealed in Its guileful1- rays. When
we want to kill a germ what do we do?
We expose It to sunshine. 'Tis thus
that we have learned to combat the
wily reptile of tuberculosis. Sunshine
is lethal to all cell Jlfe, and, alas, we
are composed of cells. The conclusion
is obvious. We must keep our disease
germs in the sunshine and keep our
bodies in the shade.
Kindly Nature has provided an arti
ficial shade for men who have dwelt
for generations under a burning sun
by spreading pigment through their
skins; but we of the Northern clime
have no such protection. The unallevi
ated rays beat down upon us to our
destruction. They shatter our nerves,
they sap out vigor, they make mental
and physical wrecks of us in half a
dozen years. This suggests a reason
why thoosophy and spiritualism flour
ish so luxuriantly In Southern Califor
nia. Beware of sunshine if you would
preserve your brain and muscles from
degeneration.
Moreover, there are earthquakes to
be considered. How can one attain to
a truly rounded existence, serenely
contemplative, with an . earthquake
perennially hanging over his head?
He cannot do it. But recent history
teaches us only too convincingly that
among the tarantulas, scorpions and
other pests of the lands of sunshine
we must not forget to number the
earthquakes. Whither, then, shall the
seeker for an earthly paradise turn
his bewildered steps?
If he dwells east of the Mississippi
half his life Is a rigorous Winter; the
other half is a dismally incandescent
Summer. If he lingers between the
Father of Waters and the Rocky
Mountains " the" Winter acquires an
added terror from blizzards and the
Summer diversifies its blazing heat
with cyclones. If he goes to .the South
he perishes of too much sunshine; if he
seeks the far North he dies of cold.
But there is one delectable realm where
the frost doth not bite and the sun doth
not scorch, where the tarantula and the
earthquake do not infest, where cy
clones and thunder storms are hushed
to perennial calm and where genial
clouds temper the climate to everlast
ing Spring. There is a happy land, in
fact, and it is by no means far, far
away. It nestles blissfully between
the Rocky Mountains and the ocean,
and all the railroads in the country
lead to It. The symphonious name of
that land is Oregon. Thither one may
invite the frozen. Mistered and twist
ed population of the cyclone belt in the
assurance that 'it will afford them a
complete cessation of misery.
" CANDIDATES AND THE ALPHABET.
What part does the alphabet play in
the success of candidates for office un
der our direct primary law? No small
part, if the results in last Saturday's
primary and the Multnomah primaries
a year ago are a criterion. It Is a fact
that the Republican candidates whose
names led the respective lists for the
various offices last Saturday were, with
one exception, successful. That the re
sult in each instance was due to the
fortunate placing of names on the bal
lot cannot, of course, be asserted. But
that the voter, where he has many
names to choose from and where he
has no distinct preferences, is inclined
to pick his candidate from the' head of
the list would seem to be undeniable.
We find that the successful candidate
for City Auditor, City Treasurer, City
Attorney and Municipal Judge was in
every Instance the candidate wnose
name came first. For Councllman-at-Large
there were three to be voted for
and there were eight candidates. The
victorious candidates were chosen from
the first four, for Mayor, Mr. Coffey,
whose name was first, was beaten by
Mr. Devlin, whose name was second.
It may be fairly supposed, however.
that every voter had a distinct prefer
ence for the Mayoralty, and, therefore,
the position of names would be no great
matter.
A year ago there were twelve Repre
sentatives In the Legislature to be
chosen from Multnomah County. There
were thirty-three candidates on the
Republican ballot. The names were
placed on the ballot in the following
order:
Adam DrlseoII Llttlepage
Bayer Emmons Mackie
Buetgen Sandstrom MacPherson
Beveridge Simmon Matthleu
Burn Taggart McArthur
Bush Emmons Monaghan
Chapln Farrell Northrup
Clausseniua Ferrera Thompson
Cleveland Freeman Thornton
Coffey Gruber Wanner
Davis Keady Wilson
The successful candidates, twelve in
number, are indicated by the black
faced type. It will be c served that
the first five won and the seven oth
ers were for the most part picked from
among those persons whose names
were well and favorably known. In
other words, it would seem to be clear
that the voter went through the list,
selected those names which were famil
iar to him and whose candidacies he
approved, and then, if there were oth
ers to be voted on, he did not discrim
inate, but selected the first that caught
his eyes.
It is difficult to say how the plain
disadvantage under which the candi
dates labor who are alphabetically
classified in the middle or at the bot
tom of the list can be remedied. Pos
sibly some genius will arise who will
be able to make new groupings on the
ballot that will be fair to all. It is high
time that he be heard form.
THE GRANGERS.
The annual session . of the State
Grange at Hood River, May 24, will
be an important event in many re
spects. A meeting of Grangers is im
portant at any. time and in any place,
for the members of this organization
are among the best and most thought
ful citizens of the state. They are pro
gressive without being radical; they
are conservative without being im
movable. They, more than any other
body of people, seek to promote the
welfare of all without fostering some
selfish Interest. They are careful in
forming conclusions, but fearless In
advocating the principles and policies
in which they believe. While exerting
a strong Influence in politics, that In
fluence is very seldom unwisely di
rected. This particular meeting will be of
special Interest because It will be held
in one of the most progressive com
munities in the state and on the day
following the time when it will be
known whether referendum petitions
have been effective. Delegates to the
Grange meeting will have an oppor
tunity to study the methods in use In
one of the best horticultural regions
in the state. The members will also
be able to discuss problems of state
government with full knowledge of the
status of past legislation. At that time
it will be known whether the univer
sity appropriation, the compulsory pass
law and the armory bill are to be re
ferred to the people. It Is announced
that the Grange will devote some time
to the consideration of tax laws, a sub
ject very appropriate for discussion by
citizens who, like the Grangers, pay
taxes on tangible property which never
escapes its Just share of the burdens
of government. The meeting should be
well attended and a, very interesting
and profitable session should be had.
YlRI
E INSURANCE EN OREGON.
The annual report of the Oregon In
surance Commissioner for the year 1906
has recently been issued, showing,
among other things, that during the
year fire insurance companies wrote
risks to' the amount of J10S, 653,094. 62,
for which they collected gross premi
ums to the amount of $2,773,248,13. Pre
miums were paid to the amount of
v62O.82S.07 and losses paid to the amount
of $835,436.78, while the companies re
tained as net premiums the sum of
11,334.146.66. ' Last year was the most
profitable for the insurance companies
in the history of the business in Ore
gon. While the total amount of risks
written fell short of both 1905 and 1904
by $2,000,000, both the gross and the net
premiums exceeded the corresponding
receipts for each of those years. These
figures apply to business transacted by
foreign fire insurance companies, and
they indicate to the ordinary observer
that "the property-owners send away
most of $1,334,000 in a year, which will
never come back and for which" they
receive no other service than the han
dling of the amount of money the prop
erty-owners put up. to secure them
selves against loss. The fire insurance
companies collected over $2,770,000 and
paid back about $1,450,000, leaving them
$1,300,000 as profit on the business.
Part of this latter sum was, of course.
paid as commissions to agents in Ore
gon, but the total, almost 60 per cent
of the amount of premiums paid, is a
heavy tax for the service Tendered,
even deducting the amounts necessarily
paid to agents.
The large margin of profits exacted
by the insurance companies brought
this subject before the last session of
the Legislature, and it was urged by
some that, in order to secure lower
rates, competition should be invited by
repealing the law requiring a deposit of
$50,000 by each company to secure its
policy-holders. This paper opposed
such a change as unwise, hut sug
gested that policy-holders could be pro
tected and yet new companies not be
barred If a graduated scale of deposits
was" provided, so that a company enter
ing the state and carrying but a few
risks would not be compelled to make
as large a deposit as an older concern
carrying a large amount of risks. In
surance, to be of any value'at all, must
be sound. Policy-holders can be best
protected by placing within the Juris
diction of the state courts property of
the insurance companies sufficient to
make good any probable losses. For
large companies doing an extensive
business in this state, aggregating
from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000 In policies
every year, with gross premiums of
from $50,000 to $125,000. a deposit of
$50,000 is none too large. Quite likely
it is too large for companies carrying
half as heavy risks or less. But in
surance companies cannot find in the
Oregon deposit law a reason for exces
sive insurance rates. Neither should It
be true that the deposit law results In
directly in maintaining excessive rates.
Notwithstanding the deposit require
ments, there are sixty foreign insur
ance companies doing business in Ore
gon a sufnclont number to arcord am
ple competition unless agreements not
to compete have been made. If such
agreements exist, there should be some
way of getting at the offenders besides
throwing open the gates to competitors
who are unable or unwilling to put up
a deposit sufficient to guarantee their
policy contracts. The insurance toll Is
too heavy. To make it lighter with
out Jeopardizing the policy-holder is
the problem to be solved.
The Baker City Democrat declares
that "Baker County was "snubbed" in
the special Tourists' and Homeseekers'
edition of The Oregonlan. The great
Inland Empire was not given a line.
Its dairying, farming, stockraising,
lumbering, cattle-raising, sheepraising
and great mining interests were utter
ly ignored." The purpose of the spe
cial edition was not to write up local
ities, or counties, as the Baker City
paper seems to fancy, but the larger
opportunities and openings to the
homeseeker in the state's various Indus
tries and pursuits. ' If Baker County or
Eastern Oregon was "snubbed," so was
every other county. But Baker County
or Eastern Oregon was not "snubbed."
The longest article in the edition was
on irrigation and its interest and value
to Eastern Oregon were great. So Ba
ker County's interest in the special ar
ticles "on mining, dairying, and the
like, was. proportionate to the advan
tages the county affords in these sev
eral industries. The Baer City paper
had no desire or intention to represent
The Oregonlan fairly, else it would not
have been guilty of statements so
easily disproved by examination of the
special ffditlon.
Julia Ward Howe was guest -of honor
at the peace conference recently held
In New York. She It was who in her
relatively young womanhood
Read a fiery gospel
Writ In burnished rows of steel.
and saw in a righteous war waged in
the interest of union, liberty and hu
manity The glory of the coming- of the Lord.
A champion of peace is this venerable
woman, but not of a peace bough. with
National dishonor through weak con
cession to wrong. The name of Julia
Ward Howe stands for patriotism, for
personal liberty, for human rights and
it has so stood for more than two gen
erations. It stands for peace also, with
the reserve force, of the compelling
power of the sword behind It. The
honor bestowed upon her a gentle
woman whose name at four-score and
eight years is still' a synonym of Jus
tice and of patriotism by the peace
congress was a tribute not only to the
governing sentiments of her long life,
but to all true American womanhood.
In England they apparently make no
distinctions of persons in games of
chance. According to an English legal
Journal, a watch was recently sold at
a church bazaar by Charica. methods.
The watch was to be sold for as many
pennies as there are seconds in the day,
and each intending purchaser paid for
and selected a second. Then the watch
was wound up and permitted Jo run
down. The person who had selected'
the second upon which the watch
stopped was declared the owner. The
church officials who had charge of the
bazaar were convicted of gambling.
Surely it wouldn't be safe to play even
bridge in England.
An Oregon City pastor has rushed
heedlessly upon the 'bossy shield of so
ciety by shieing a barbed dart at fash
lonable cardplaying. The women of his
church play cards too much. Of that
he is convinced, and with the courage
of his convictions he told them so.
"Gambling" he calls cardplaying for
a prize. The good women smile indul
gently and make arrangements for the
next card party. In the words of the
chronicler, "they do not take it seri
ously." Troubles never come singly. But re
cently a sharp advance in the price of
diamonds was noted, and now it is said
that sealskin garments will come High
next Winter, owing to the fact that
the sealing season has closed with a
catch lower by 100,000 than that of last
year. Fortunately, work is plenty and
wages good, otherwise the hardship
Incident to the facts above -recorded
would be severe.
More artistio honors for the Hoosier
State. Not only has Indiana produced
Riley, Ade, Wallace, Major and Thomp
son as conspicuous creators of poetry,
drama and fiction, but It now furnishes
a third husband for England's most
distinguished actress.
Every field in Oregon suffering from
lack of rain the first week in May is
proof to our California friends that
they misrepresent when they . refer to
our climate as "the wet season and
August."
All thing3 considered, the Queen of
Spain may Justly feel indignant over
the pernicious activity of the court's
advance agent.
A "DARE" TO FARMER ECONOMIST
Granger Proposes That They Fight
Oreae City Lock Appropriation.
EUGENE, Or.. May 6. (To The Edi
tor.) The last Oregon Legislature
passed a bill appropriating $300,000
for the purchase of the locks at Ore
gon City, providing that the United
States Government would appro
priate the other $300,000, or enough
to complete the aforesaid' purchase
which 1 believe was reckoned at about
$600,000. Not a few Interested resi
dents along the Willamette go so far
as to favor having the state of Ore
gon put up the entire amount of pur
chase money in case of Uncle Sam's
failure to- open his coffers.
It occurs to me that my grange
brethren down in Linn, Marlon and
Clackamas counties, in their aeal to
cut oft what they deem uncalled for
squandering of the public funds, as
evinced in their fight against the ap
propriation for the University of Ore
gon, should also take up the locks ap
propriation business and show their
good faith in the cause they advocate
by endeavoring to also knock it out
But they won't do it, and would
vigorously protest, no doubt, if any
one else were to enter legal objec
tions thereto. And why? Because a
few miles of river front along the
counties of Clackamas. Marion, Linn,
Benton, Polk, Yamhill and Washing
ton would be directly benefited
through purchase by the state of the
locks at Oregon City. i
From Corvallls, the head of navi
gation on the Willamette, to the
falls at Oregon City, we have only
about 90 miles of river navigation,
which traffic might be benefited by
the aforesaid purchase. But the
farmer or shipper doing business
eight or 10 miles back from the river,
would still without doubt continue to
patronize the Southern Pacific Rail
road or the projected electric lines
when built. The difference in rates
would not Justify the longer haul to
the river. Thus. I reason that after
all only a narrow strip' of the Will
amette Valley on either side of the
river would be directly benefited by
so large an appropriation, for which
the entire state la called on to con
tribute. Yet my brethren down the river
seem to be In blissful ignorance of
all this. So much depends, you know,
on whose ox it is that Is getting
gored. Oh, consistency, etc! Must
I conclude then that those zealous
folks for the public good residing
down the river who are reaching Into
the State treasury with one hand
whilst holding a door closed with the
other, conspire against the equal
rights of others? Or are they so with
the narrow thought of personal in
terests only, or are they in complete
ignorance of how this one-sided mat
ter really looks to the remainder of
the state?
F. M. LAMB, Granger.
AFTER THE "PRIMARY 19 OVER
Complaint That V iters Dont Knew
What Candidates Stand For.
PORTLAND, May 7. (To the Editor.)
The primary battle is over and the de
feated wonders why. The explanation
may be that the bulk of the voters do not
know the candidates or what principles
they stand for.
A general statement that one "will rep
resent the whole people" is vague and
misleading. He would indeed be a skil
ful executive who could suit all classes.
Another is for "clean streets" and says
nothing about enforcing the laws against
gambling, poolrooms, eta What the
voters should have is a clear,, positive
statement regarding the candidate's posi
tion on the burning questions of the day
perpetual franchises, methods of assess
ing costs of street Improvements, the
open or closed town, slot machines and
municipal ownership or regulation of -public
utilities. As most of the candidates
are unknown to the votera-at-large, their
workers in each precinct' should distrib
ute to the electors a statement covering
all these points. Then there would be
no occasion for complaints the morning
after.-
It will be remembered that the first
eight or nine candidates on the ballot for
nomination for the Legislature were
elected. The public did not know them
but voted for them In one, two, three or
der. One whose name began with a let
ter In the last half of the alphabet, stood
no chance whatever.
Come out into the open, gentlemen.
Get acquainted with your would-be con
stituents and we will do the rest.
P. P. BEGG.
A Kindly Word From Bfahop Seaddlng.
BAKER CITY, Or., May . (To the
Editor.) An editor is not supposed to
care whether hla readers like his editori
als, or not. He Is a free lance that is
the strength and charm of his position.
At the same time, he Is probably human
like the rest of us and Is encouraged by
an expression of appreciation of his
efforts. My experience Is that many peo
ple are prone to record their "kicks'" and
criticisms rather than their approvals.
Permit me. therefore, to thank you most
sincerely for the admirable editorial in
Sunday's issue on "What of the Night.'
It is worth dozens of Monday's sermons
as usually reported. It should make us all
think and act, and I find it so closely
alone; the line of what I desire my own
preaching and administration In Oregon
to be, that I am glad to express my
hearty . appreciation. Would that the
church's attitude today were more
"toward social wrongs and loyalty to the
Trince of Peace."
"CHARLES SCADDING,
"Bishop of Oregon."
Eight Hurt In Train Wreck.
PERCY, 111.', May 7. A fast oassenger
train on the Mobile Ohio Railroad,
bound to Florida, collided with a freight
train here last night. A number of per
sons were injured but none seriously.
The following were Injured:
B. A. Plnero, passenger, slight. C. E.
Surrells. passenger, hurt Internally. Frank
Slack wood, brakeman, cut on' head; W.
B. Settle, bruised; Will Owens, express
messenger, back hurt; Tom Brown,
porter, back hurt; George Hill Ray, pas
senger engineer; D, Wiseman, passenger
fireman.
Give Back Their Coal Lands.
DENVER. May 7. Through the instru
mentality of officials of the Department
of Justice here, certain persons in a
state farther East have surrendered to
Assistant United States Attorney-Genaial
Burch the patents for and deeded back
to the Government voluntarily between
1000 and 2000 acres of very valuable coal
lands in Routt County, Colorado, for
which nearly $100,000 had been offered
them, the probable value being two or
three times that amount. This was done
after careful consultation by these per
sons with eminent counsel with whom
they had advised.
Charge Police With Theft.
BUTTE, Mont., May 7. Patrolman
John Walsh was charged with bur
glary last night by Wan Chung, a
Chinese merchant, who says Walsh
has visited his place three times,
stealing $35 the last time. Wah and
other Chinese resisted last night, and
Walsh drew his revolver, but was
overpowered by other policemen who
were attracted by the melee. County
Attorney Murray immediately took up
the case against Walsh.
Ex-President Palms Very 111.
NEW YORK, May 7. Advices from Ha
vana state that a report is published
there in La Lucha that ex-President
Palma is seriously ill at his ranch near
Guamo.
ONLY CHANCE IS IX ENGLAND
Russian Socialists to Meet and De
cide Douma's Fate.
COPENHAGEN, May 7. Two hundred
Russian Socialists today left Esbjerg for
England, where they propose to hold a
congress, permission to do eo having been
refused them in Russia, Finland, Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 7. 4"ews of
the doings of the Russian Social Demo
crats, who have been making vain en
deavors to hold a congress In Sweden.
Norway and Denmark and who are now
on their way to England, where they pur
pose to meet, is awaited here with the
utmost anxiety, as it is generally recog
nised that the fate of the lower house of
Parliament will depend on their decision
on the proposal to force a dissolution of
the Douma.
M. Golovin. President of the Douma,
who is thoroughly cast down as a result
of the conflict with the Social Democrats
and chagrined at the hostile criticisms of
members of his own party, was last week
Btrongly Inclined to resign.
LEAVE IT TO ARBITRATION
Guatemalan Minister Suggests Way
to Settle With Mexico.
WASHINGTON, May 7. The Guatema
lan Minister, Senor Toledo Herrata. has
suggested to his government by cable
that it would be wise to offer to submit
to arbitration the differences between
Mexico and Guatemala. The Minister was
at the State Department this afternoon
and had a long conference with the ofn
clals In regard to this issue between the
two countries.
It is pointed out that both Mexico and
Guatemala are already parties to a
treaty framed at the Pan-American Con
gress at the City of Mexico, by the terms
of which they agreed to submit to arbitra
tion every Issue that should arise be
tween them, with the exception of ques
tions of national honor and those relat
ing to hostile invasion.
DEBATE ON TARIFF TREATY
German Reichstag Thinks America
Got Best of It.
BERLIN, May 7. During the debate
In the Reichstag today on the commer
cial modus vlvendi between the United
StateB and Germany, which passed its
first reading and was reterred to a com
mittee. Count Hans von Schwerln-
Loewits, Conservative, said he wanted
certain assurances from the govern
ment beyond what Vice-Chancellor
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner had
given the house.
Herr Kaempf, Radical, said he
thought the measure must be Inter
preted from the standpoint of the po
litical conditions In the United States,
and. In view of the latter, he believed
the modus vlvendl was all the German
government was able to attain at pres
ent. The modus vlvendi must please
Germany, because it Is the first step
toward a tariff or reciprocity treaty.
Dr. stresemann. National Liberal, said
his party's attitude would depend on
what assurances were given in committee-
He admitted that President
Roosevelt could not give more. Still,
the concessions made were not equiva
lent to the great advantages Germany
had given the United States.
"Amorlcan customs chicanery," he
declared, "must be removed or moder
ated. I object to the automatic pro
longation of the modus vlvendl, if it is
not denounced."
Herr Molkenher, Socialist, said the
Socialists were in favor of the agree
ment as a step toward better condi
tions. He hoped the United States and
Germany would abolish protective tar
iffs. Dr. von Dlrkesen, Conservative lead
er, said he was willing to accept the
modus vivendl upon condition that it is
not to last above two or three years
and if the House received proper assur
ances from the government in commit
tee. MAY MAKE IT FINISH FIGHT
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O'Brien and Bnrns Agree to Ignore
20-Round Limit.
LOS ANGELES, May 7. If the light
heavyweight championship of the world
is not decided at the end of 20 rounds
tomorrow night, when "Philadelphia
Jack" O'Brien and Tommy Burns meet
before the Pacific Athletic Club, it is
probable that the men will fight sev
eral additional 'rounds by mutual
agreement. No official understanding
to this effect has been arranged, but
O'Brien and Burns have both declared
themselves willing to continue the bout
for at least five rounds in addition
to the 20 prescribed by the articles of
agreement. The advance sale-of seats
for the fight promises to break every
record heretofore established by a
pugilistic contest in this city.
It now seems likely that the odds
will remain unchanged up to the time
of the gong, and that O'Brien will re
main favorite at 10 to 8. The betting
is much brisker than heretofore, and
many good-sized wagers have been
made upon the result.
Two Dead In Kentucky Feud.
MIDDLE BORO, Ky., May 7. In a
pitched battle on Sugar Island Creek
early today, the result of an old feud,
John Howard and Martin Green were
killed, Eleanor Howard fatally shot and
Jim and George Green badly wounded.
WHERE DO
HUNTINGTON BEHIND ROAD
Astoria Will Aid In Getting Right-of-Way
tor New Railway.
ASTORIA, Or., May 7. (Special.)
Last evening J. S. Talbot, right-of-way
agent, and J. T. Whalley. attor
ney, for the Portland. Oregon , at Sea
coast Railway Company, appeared be
fore the Chamber of Commerce and
aaked the assistance of that body In
securing rights-of-way for a railroad
from Clatsop City along the line of
the old Ried grade up the Lewis and
Clark River and into the Nehalem
Valley.
The rights-of-way asked for are on
condition that the first 18 miles of the
line are in operation before Novem
ber 80 of this year. The railway rep
resentatives stated that the line is to
be extended to Portland via Forest
Grove, also that trackage arrange
ments into Astoria had been made over
the A. & C. line, this being necessary
because the legislature at its last ses
sion had failed to grant the new com
pany the right to build a bridge across
Young's Bay.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate the matter and at teday's
meeting of the committee it developed
that the company is financed by H.
E. Huntington and his associate.
Telegrams have been sent Inquiring
as to the financial condition of the
company, and if the answers received
are satisfactory the Chamber of Com
merce Committee will probably assist
in securing the rights-of-way.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Father of 1 5 Children.
CENTRAL4A. Wash., May 7. (Special.)
M. Moses, of Chehalis. died here yes
terday at the residence of his son, M. C.
Moses, of Bright' disease. Mr. Moses
was born in Connecticut In 131. At an
early age he moved with his parents to
Ohio, and from there to Wisconsin. At
the age of 11 he started out to earn a liv
ing for himself. Mr. Moses was married
twice, the first time at the age of 20 to
Mlsa Jane Bird. Five children were born
to this union, two of whom are dead. The
three living are: B. M. Moses, of Che
halls; Mrs. J. W. Kelley. of Dryad: Mr.
James McGuire. of Bucoda. After Mr.
Moses' first wife died and before he left
Wisconsin he married Miss Marion Shores.
Ten children were the result of this
union, two of whom are dead. Those
living sre: Mrs. J. B. Sullivan, of Che
halis; Mrs. Leonard Vogel, of Kelso: M.
C. Moses, of Centralla: Mrs. Owen Will
lams, of Chehalis; M. W. Moses, of Che
halis; Mrs. A. R. Parrlsh, of Chehalis;
Mrs. George Estes, of Aberdeen; Bert
Moses, of Chehalis. His wife also sur
vives him. Mr. Moses moved with his
afmlly to Chehalis in the Fall of K8J.
COURT DEMANDS REFERENDUM
Bill Giving Sheriff exclusive Con.
trol of Prisoners to Go to Vote.
SALEM, May 7. (Special.) County
Road Supervisor H. B. Chapman, of
Multnomah County, today filed a petition
with 8000 signatures demanding the
referendum upon the act of the last
legislature giving Sheriffs control of
county prisoners at all times. The
referendum petitions were prepared and
circulated under the supervision of the
Multnomah County Court. The signatures
have not been checked up, but as only
4666 are required It Is quite certain that
there are more than enough. This means
that the act of the legislature will not
go into effect until July. 1908. and not
then unless it-receives a majority vote
at the June election of that year. For
all practical purposese the bill related to
IMultnomah County only, and was in
tended to prevent the County Court from
Interfering with Sheriff Steven's right to
control and feed the prisoners.
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE
Three Laborers Lose Their Lives in
Explosion at Cheney.
CHENEY. Wash., May 7. (Spe
cial.) In the camp of P. Welsh &
Company, located at Fish Lake, three
miles east of this place, three railroad
workmen lost their lives by the ex
plosion of dynamite today. A shot had
been fired and they were drilling the
hole deeper when the explosion oc-.
curred. It is believed some of the pow
der had fallen Into a crevice In the
rock and that the drill caused it to
exnlnde. The hndlea nf the men were
blown Into the lake. Their names
could not be learned.
COAST CLCBS WILL COMPETE
Golf Tournament May 17-19 at Del
Monte, California. .
SAN FRANCISCO. May 7. A golf tour
nament under the auspices of the Pacific.
Coast Golf Association will be held at
Del Monte, May 17, 18 and 19. Invitations
to compete have been extended to clubs
in. Victoria, Seattle. Tacoma, Portland,
Los Angeles, San Diego and San Fran
cisco. A large attendance of the best
players on the Coast is expected.
Indians to Make Protest.
VANCOUVER, B. C. May 7. When
Sir Wilfrid Laurler returns from Lon
don he will be waited upon by a dele
gation of the chiefs of the coast tribes
of Indians who wl.ll protest against
the miscellaneous appropriation of
Indian lands by white men.
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