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PORTLAND, SATURDAT. JULY 8, 1907.
WHY. IBB SOTXAY LIQUOR LAW.
The Jewish Tribune Is wholly In error
as to tie purpose of the authorities,
backed by the great majority of the
people, in the matter of closing drink
ing shops on Sunday. It says:
All hail! The Messianic age la here, here
to stay In spite of steam, electricity and rea
son. The strictly enforced Puritan Sunday
Sabbath has accomplished the miraculous con
version. We are all aalnta. The world Is
saved !
It is all due to the church militant which has
wisely discovered the leak through which the
dreadful microbes of vice are oozing and con
taminating. Where science has failed In ex
terminating the contagion the church will
miraculously save ua by means of the Puritan
Eunday-Sabbath.
Behold the minions of the law In the service
Df the church. Sheriff and police all turning
Baints! Behold our good people in sackcloth
ind ashes with sanctimonious faces embracing
the moral wave!
The lid tightly closed will do for an ex
periment to let the saloon bear the brunt of
vice and the breeder of Immorality, but It
will lead to further excesses. It will serve the
purpose of further curtailing our personal
freedom and even venture Into the privacy of.
our homes. Soon the clubs will follow suit
and all legitimate places for Innocent enjoy
ments be closed by order of the church.
The mistake of the Jewish Tribune
lies in the assumption that Sunday
closing Is enforced as a religious ordi
nance. If this were so, the protest of
the Tribune would be Dertlnent and
Just. No demand of the "church" we
suppose the Christian church is meant
could close business on Sundays. All
people or nearly all agree that one
day In the week Bhould be set apart
from labor and traffic, for rest, recrea
tion, or religious observance; for read
ing, study, or for social Intercourse
each individual or family using the day
as they will, yet of course with the
restriction that everything shall be
quiet and orderly, and that the rights
and the comfort of all shall Ibe observed
by all. Sunday is chosen as this day
of relaxation and rest because custom
has made it the most convenient day.
It was so observed throughout the Ro
man Empire before Christianity arose,
and that church has 'but followed the
ancient custom; adding to it, however,
a sanction which the church approves,
and the world that greater portion of
it which does not accept dogmatlo
Christianity respects. The Jewish
Sabbath and the Christian Sunday are
different days; but most Jews follow
the custom because it Is prevalent of
closing their business on Sundays root
finding It practicable, except on special
occasions, to close on Saturday, or the
Sabbath. The fundamental idea of
Sunday observance Is the rest day.
But it has beefa found through long
experience in all American communi
ties that an open liquor traffic on this
rest day is a special disturber of the
rest day. It needs no argument. Some
of our cities, as Portland, have been a
long time coming to it; but enforcement
In most of our cities, especially in our
Eastern states, has long been the rule.
No one can deny that it is conducive to
quiet, to order and to good behavior.
This should not be called "restriction
of personal freedom." Nor is there any
danger of Intrusion through it into the
"privacy of our homes." It is purely
a public regulation, to be enforced only
as a means of preventing public dis
order or annoyance, on the day set
apart by custom and law for rest from
labor. Such ordinance is peculiarly fit
ted to this day, when relaxation, leisure
and company render the day especially
liable to disturbance from use and
abuse of liquors. Herein is the reason
of the law; herein are the grounds of
its enforcement. Of course if the rea
son and the enforcement did not appeal
to the intelligence and Judgment of the
great body of the people, the law would
still be Ignored. But the enforcement
does not carry with it the "Puritan Sunday-Sabbath."
The ipeople, one and all,
may spend the Sunday as they please
amusements, excursions, driving, row
ing, fishing, baseball and what not; but
nobody Is to sell alcoholio liquor, be
cause it la the disturber, and on this
day more than others is likely to be
misused.
THE CASE OF NBSSLEY. AGAIN. :
The Spokane Spokesman-Review has
taken up the dirty cause of J. E. Ness
ley, its lying correspondent. Having no
legitimate excuse to offer for a corre
spondent whf4estined under oath that
he had lied because he was paid . for
lying, the Spokane newspaper makes a
savage attack on The Oregonian repre
sentative, who at an ill-guarded mo
ment employed Nessley for a piece of
temporary work. It questions the reli
ability of the reports sent to The Ore
gonian by a writer who has attended
nearly all of the important political and
industrial meetings in Washington for
the past fifteen years. "It would be
hard," says the Spokesman-Review, "to
find a newspaper writer anywhere more
thoroughly saturated with railroad doc
trines than Wright (The Oregonian rep
resentative); always he has consorted
with railroad attorneys and railroad
politicians when reporting conventions
and railroad meetings, and has held
aloof from the friends and supporters
of the principles of railroad regula
tion." Tht records are the best evidence. It
might be said, however, that the editor
of the Spokesman-Review has personal
knowledge of the fact that the writer
he sees fit to censure is always accord
ed a warm welcome in the councils of
"the friends and supporters of the prin
ciples of railroad regulation," and
numbers among tho.se "friends and sup
porters" ten personal friends and ac
quaintances for every one he may have
among railroad employes. It is through
thus obtaining unbiased news in con
nection with all political and industrial
events In Washington that The Orego
nian is able to print accounts of these
meetings which are reprinted by the
Washington .papers in preference to the
highly-colored reports of the Nessley
Review style.
The Spokesman-Review cites as an
example of alleged unfairness The Ore
gonian reports on the hearing In the
Spokane rate case at Spokane last Win
ter, insisting that this paper should
have used the Associated Press report
instead of the special report which
was used. It concludes:
The Oregonian has considerable effrontery
to parade the unreliable accounts of this no
toriously pro-railroad correspondent against the
fair, unbiased news reports of the Spokesman
Review and the Associated Press.
The Associated Press report from
Spokane is sent out by the Spokesman
Review. Knowledge of this fact com
pels The Oreeonlan to send special cor
respondents into the Spokesman-Reviews
territory whenever an event of
great importance is to be reported. The
Oregonian's report on the Spokane
meeting of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was mild and unbiased,
because The Oregonian knew full well
that most of the good people of Spo
kane were unaware of the ridiculous
position in which they had been placed
by the over-zealous fee-seekers who en
couraged the filing of the Spokane com
plaint. If the Spokesman-tRevlew has
any disposition to believe that The
Oregonian report on that case was un
fair and biased, it would be interesting
to know what terms it would apply" to
the reports on the final hearing at
Washington, that have been printed in
the Eastern ipapers, which do not em
ploy Nessleys.
A DANGEROUS TENDENCY.
The cavalier treatment of state legis
lation by some Federal Judges is one
of the less hopeful phenomena of the
present day. That it has been submit
ted to with so little protest is surpris
ing when we remember how violently
the President is rebuffed when he
trenches ever so slightly upon the "re
served rights" of the states. Mr. Folk
has at last adverted to the matter with
his usual temperate forcefulness, and
what he has to say is of National in
terest. We quote from his speech de
livered at Evansvllle, Ind., on July 4:
Nowhere is this encroachment on the
rights of the state more marked than in the
wholesale nullification of the state laws by
Federal courts without hearing and before
trial. The result is, unless the consent of
a railroad can ba obtained to pending legis
lation, the state becomes powerless. No
good cltlsen desires to be unjust to rail
roads, but that they must be regulated and
that the states should not be left as mere
subjects of their benevolence all must ad
mit. . No one could object to a court, state
or Federal, declaring the statute unconsti
tutional. If found to be so after hearing.
But there should be protest against statutes
of the states being suspended as presump
tively bad until the case Is determined.
Elsewhere Mr. Folk says:
The states are supreme In their sphere,
limited only by their own constitutions and
by the powers which they have .delegated
to the Federal Government.
In this last sentence the Governor of
Missouri follows tradition rather than
fact. As Mr. Justice Brewer has re
cently stated very clearly, the powers
of the Federal Government are indeed
delegated, but by the people, not by the
states. "We, the people," ordained and
established the Constitution and con
ferred upon the National Government
whatever .powers it possesses. The
states had nothing to do with it. Still,
no sane person doubts that the Con
stitution reserves sovereignty to the
states over their domestic affairs, and
it Is difficult to observe with compla
cency the growing habit in the Federal
Judiciary of treating state laws as if
they were presumptively invalid.
The presumption ought always to be
in favor of the validity of the law, and
no Judge should think of suspending a
statute until a clear case has been
made out against its constitutionality.
The respect due to the constituent
members of he Union would seem to
demand this if nothing else did. But
there are other reasons and very
weighty ones. Most of the laws that
regulate the course of our lives are
state laws. The common rules govern
ing contracts, marriage and divorce,
crimes and punishments, are prescribed
by the state, not by the Nation. Any
thing which tends to impair the sanc
tion of these laws and bring them into
contempt is, .therefore, a serious mat
ter. It is impossible for the Federal courts
to treat state laws lightly without in
spiring something of the same spirit
in the people. If these statutes are
trivial matters in relation to corpora
tions, they are trivial in relation to in
dividual citizens. If the courts set them
aside with facility at the behest of the
railroads, the people will assert the
privilege of setting them aside when
they appear inconvenient. Thus the
Federal courts may directly encourage,
or even inspire, that anarchical resort
to "unwritten law" which is so mena
cingly prevalent. If law is to retain its
majesty and sanction, the Judges must
cease to trifle with It.
The biologists tell us that those or
gans and faculties of man which have
developed latest yield most easily to
disease and are perverted or destroyed
with least difficulty. The same truth
applies in a measure to society. To
bring It home to the matter in hand,
we remark that respect for law Is one
of the latest products of civilization.
It is less deeply infixed in the common
mind than religious feeling. It prevails
with extreme difficulty over the primi
tive Instinct to seek Justice and re
venge with one's own hands. Profes
sor James has warned us of the facile
tendency in every -community to return
to savage methods of punishment, to
revert to mob' rule. What could more
accelerats this tendency than to see the
courts habitually exhibit contempt for
law?
The natural result of the repeated
nullification of state laws is to create
a common opinion that they are all un
wise, Invalid, unworthy of obedience.
That such an opinion exists nobody can
deny. One hears constantly the remark
concerning legislative acts that "they
are not laws yet because the courts
have not passed upon them." What
could be more dangerous to the peace
of the commonwealth? The notion that
the Legislature Is a creature of the
courts is quite as disastrous as the op
posite one that the courts are subject
to the Legislature.
DECEPTIVE DIVIDENDS,
The amount of spoils divided by the
express companies of the country has
swollen into such magnificent propor
tions that there is more trouble for the
railroads. The common belief regard
ing the express companies operating on
American rail lines was that they were
independent concerns, and that the
railroads were only mildly interested in
the amount of their charges. Recent
investigations started by reason of
there being too many millions in the
last declared express company divi
dend show that while the express car,
the Pullman car and the refrigerator
car are all parasites- on the main
"body" of the railroad proper, they are
maintained there, and their flow of
nutriment is regulated by the railroads
themselves. The express business of
the Lake Shore Railroad reaches a
total of $15,000,000 per year. The stock
of the express company is controlled by
a small clique of men who also control
the stock of the railroad company. This
enables the stockholders of the road to
regulate to a nicety the size of the
dividends on the express company
stock.
If the railroad stock shows symptoms
of returning a dividend large enough to
excite public clamor, a clever adjustment
of charges for express service admits
of some of these profits being switched
Into express company coffers. This
divided railroad service, where three or
four subsidiary companies are operat
ing separately in order to increase their
emoluments, can never .be handled in
such a manner as to give the man who
Is paying the bills all that he is entitled
to in the way of rates or service.
Everyone who has occasion to ship
anything by express is fully aware that
existing tariffs are so high that it is
no wonder that colossal dividends are
possible. It is probable that, if there
could be a consolidation of these ''vari
ous transportation interests, there
would be less possibility of the public
being deceived regarding the extortion
practiced in rates.
Mr. James J. Hill has alwaya oper
ated his own express, Pullman and re
frigerator cars. It is not clear that
the public has saved much In this case
by consolidation of ownershlps.-but in
some testimony before the Interstate
Commerce Committee of the Senate he
disclosed the advantages of one owner
ship of all transportation facilities of a
line. He said:
- I have made one rule that if anybody
working for the company can buy or use
anything that is In any way connected with
the company with a profit for himself, he
can make the profit for the company; we
will not have divided service.
This policy would enable the public
to determine Just what the profits of
the railroad and express companies
are, something that is very difficult to
determine, so long as there can be a
Juggling of profits and rates for no
other purpose than to conceal the truth
regarding the size of the dividends.
BOYCOTT OR BLUFF T
Japan Is still "nursing her wrath to
keep it warm" and Is threatening a
boycott on American goods all on ac
count of the San Francisco troubled If
Japan were logical and fair in this mat
ter, she would fix the limitations of
this boycott so that the state of Cali
fornia, which was the offending party
in the disturbance would be the only
part of the -country affected. While
California with its hundreds of people
of the Dennis Kearney and Eugene
Schmttz stripe and with a large elei
ment of turbulent spirits who preach
anarchy as a mild relaxation from more
devilish doctrines, has undoubtedly of
fered insults to the peppery, -pugnacious
Nippon brownies, they should not over
look the fact that California is not by
a large majority the United States and
that in localities where the people do
not have a "cheek-by-Jowl" acquaint
ance with the Japanese, the abused race
stands in much higher estimation.
But, if Japan desires to carry out her
part of injured Innocence to the extent
of a general boycott, It Is not at all
clear that we can do anything more to
avert the commercial tragedy. For in
the opinion of the Japanese, a boycott
against this country could hardly be
regarded in any other light than that
of a tragedy. When the antiquated
'subjects of old Tsi An, the Chinese
ruler, decided a few years ago that the
boycott against the American goods
was the proper method of showing how
much they hated the foreign devils,
they first took a careful inventory of
what they needed from the aforesaid
devils and proceeded to stock up. When
the supplies were replenished, the boy
cott was declared on and in many dis
tricts in China it was religiously, ob
served so long as supplies were abun
dant. When, however, the supplies
began to run low interest In the boy
cott waned, and trade with the hated
foreign devils revived, and Is now at
full swing again. Japan will invoke
the aid of the mighty boycott under
not dissimilar circumstances. If a
midsummer Inventory of stock discloses
that she can get along comfortably for
awhile without the necessity- of import
ing American goods, the boycott will
probably be ordered on.
It is unnecessary, however, to attach
too much importance to this boycott.
Neither Japan nor any other country
on earth Is buying anything from the
United States that can be secured any
where else on earth on equally advan
tageous terms. Our reciprocal trade
relations, or, to use correct language,
our lack of reciprocal trade relations
with other countries Is such that we
are at all times eligible for boycotts
and entitled to almost any kind of re
taliation which our customers could
invoke. But thus far we have main
tained such an impregnable trade posi
tion that, no matter how distasteful
our business methods are, other nations
continue to buy from us because they
can do better here than elsewhere. To
this fact is due much of the calmness
with which the advance tip of a com
ing Japanese boycott is received. Jap
an has never yet purchased American
goods out of sheer love for this coun
try, and her boycott even, If it shall be
instituted, will be much in the nature
of a bluff.
Among the real estate transfers re
ported yesterday was one of 6000 acres
of timber land sold to Wisconsin people
for $185,000. A Southern Oregon man
paid $20,000 for a lot on First street, in
the city, and an Idaho man paid $10,000
for a small farm just outside the city
limits. There was .nothing unusual
about any of these transactions. They
are just average illustrations of what
is going on every day, although the
amount .involved is frequently much
greater. This business tends to show
the steady flow of money to this city
for investment. Of the three deals men
tioned, the timber land will double in
value within a very short time, whether
the timber remains standing or whether
It is cut. The fruit on the suburban
farm alone will pay good dividends on
the investment, and the First-street lot
is paying a large rent per annum
on a long lease. So long as business
of this kind continues at the present
rate the pessimists will experience ex
treme difficulty in making us believe
that there Is anything like a financial
stringency in Portland.
In an Interview at Chicago, the retir
ing Chinese Minister to the United
States, in giving assurance of the re
tention of the open-door .policy, was
quite emphatic in his statement that
the open door "Is of as much, or more,
advantage to China as to any nation
with whom she trades." This is a sen
sible conclusion, and if no change in
the policy takes place, China will pros
per and develop faster than ever be
fore. Incidentally, it might be re
marked that a protracted boycott on
any American goods used In the Orient
would be more harmful to the country
instituting tha boycott than- to the
United States. The Orient Is waking
from a long sleep, And should not think
of dozing off again.
When the . Japanese do anything
which the Coreans regard as inimical
to their interests, some of the gentle
Coreans manifest their disapproval by
committing suicide. On the other hand
whenever the Coreans commit any in
discretion which does not meet with
the approval of the Japanese they are
summarily executed. This conflicting
view of the course to be followed when
there is a difference of opinion is slowly
but surely reducing the Corean major
ity. From the present outlook the next
Hague peace conference will have but
little more trouble over the Corean
question than it would have over a dis
cussion over the best way to rid Ire
land of snakes.
Another revolt is gaining headway
In British India, and, unless drastic
measures are adopted, more British
blood will be shed in that land of mys
tery and misery. The natives have al
ready begun assaulting Europeans and
the feeling against foreigners is no
longer confined to the starving peas
ants and coolies, but" Is spreading to
all classes of society. As India was not
represented at The Hague peace con
ference, Lord Kitchener the mighty will
probably be sent out to settle the mat
ter by his usual effective though deadly
methods.
Argentine wheat shipments for the
week ending yesterday were 928,000
bushels. This is the first week this
year that they have fallen below
1,000,000 bushels, and the effect was no
ticeable In a sharp rise In the Liver
pool markets. If the United States
shipments would slack up for a week or
two. there would be eseellent cause for
Europe to sit up and take notice that
she was confronted by a very strong
wheat situation.
Tuesday: All the big battleships will
be transferred to the Pacific Wednes
day: They won't be. Thursday: Sec
retary Metcalf confirms the first report;
Secretary Loeb ditto, but uses more
diplomacy, having in mind that Japan
Is touchy Just now. Perhaps It will be
best under existing circumstances to
have more unity among press agents.
Here is a virgin field for the good folk
In conference at The Hague.
For more than a year Harper's
Weekly has been booming Woodrow
Wilson for the Democratic Presidential
nomination. Will that Journal of civ
ilization approve the declaration of
Princeton's president that men like
Harriman ought to be Imprisoned? The
paid Jawsmith of trust interests is in
a very embarrassing situation.
Congressman Cushman pronounces
the Declaration of Independence "a
piece of patriotic penmanship." The
compliment to Jefferson's handwriting
is ingenious and original. What does
Mr. Cushman think of the sentiments of
the document? Are they as noble as
the penmanship?
Even the most active enemies of ex
pansion must be gratified to note that
Independence day was celebrated in
London, (Havana, Vienna, Rio de Ja
neiro, Berlin, The Hague, Guayaquil
and; Constantinople, as well as by the
Tammany Society of Greater New
York.
After 131 years of earnest striving
In' the cause of civil liberty, the spirit
of American institutions has been root
ed in foreign soil impregnated to bed
rock with enthroned tyranny. They
played baseball on the Fouth In Hun
gary. Portland's reputation for good man
ners was once more sustained in the
hlg crush of humanity at the parade
and the fireworks on the Fourth. If
there was a single act of disorder and
breach of etiquette, it has not come to
light. .
No romanclst ever pictured a more
heroic act than is recorded of Charles
Benson, fireman of a Puget Sound ex
cursion steamer, who plunged into a
seething hell of flame and saved the
lives of a boatload of passengers.
One and another are putting in criti
cism of Mr. C. E. S. Wood for his Se
attle address. . But why pay attention
to pretentious sciolism? Men like Mr.
Wood are serious or important, only to
themselves.
Bryan and Beveridge continue their
debate In the July Reader. Two ex
tremely shallow persons talking.
HARRIMAN EXPLAINS HIS ARREST I
Says He Did Not Know He Wsm Violat
" lag Boat Race Rule.
New York Tribune.
E. H. Harriman has returned here
from New London. In spite of his ar
rest for not observing the rules of the
course at the Yale-Harvard boat race, .
he was in good spirits and was in
clined to treat the whole affair as a
Joke. He said he had no intention of
violating any rules. Mr. Harriman
added that if the man who ordered his
arrest had had an older head on his
shoulders the arrest probably never
would have occurred.
"According to the rules governing
the course which the authorities had
made, and which they had a perfect
rignt to enforce, they were Justified in
their action," said Mr. Harriman. "I
had not been informed of these rules,
however, so I did not know I was
transgressing them when I attempted
to follow the racers."
Mr. Harriman said that the chug
chugging of the motor prevented him
from hearing anything distinctly, and
that he did not know that the hails
from the committee boat were directed
at him until she came up close to his
boat and a, man shouted that he was
going to put a sailor aboard the Harri
man craft. Mr. Harriman added that
he had written a letter to the regatta
committee explaining his side of the
matter, and that he regarded the inci
dent as closed and had no idea that
any penalty would be imposed.
He was asked If there was any truth
in the rumors of his retirement from
the presidency of the Union and South
ern Pacific railroads. He smiled broad
ly as he, replied: "Yes, I have been
thinking of doing so."
"When?" was the eager question
from the assembled reporters.
Mr. Harriman smiled again. "Boys,"
he said, "I hope you will all be able to
attend my funeral."
His questioners were taken aback for
a minute, but finally one of them said:
"Do you mean you will not retire until
then?"
"That's about what it looks like,"
said Mr. Harriman, with an air of
resignation, "if they keep on making
trouble for me. The longer they make
trouble the longer I shall have to
stay." He did not explain who they were.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OLD SCHOOL
Letter Found From President Bscimu
Refusing; a Railroad Pass.
New York Sun.
A letter from a President of the
United States refusing the gift of free
transportation has been discovered re
cently in the archives of, the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. Deadheading
by the President of the United States
was not then prohibited by any law;
it was purely a question of propriety
and of personal dignity when James
Buchanan wrote the letter that follows:
WASHINGTON, 24 March, 1S69. Dear
Sir I return free ticket which Mr. Glttlngs
has directed to be forwarded to me for the
Northern Central Railroad with as many
thanks for bis kindness as though I had ac
cepted It. It has been the practice of my
life not to travel free on any railroad, being
opposed to the whole system of granting
such privileges to Individuals not connected
with these roads. Yours very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
ROBERT 8. HOLLINS, Esq., Secretary.
There is other testimony regarding
President 'Buchanan's practice than
that which this document affords. His
niece. Miss Annie Buchanan, wrote thus
of him:
Another great characteristic of my nncle
was his independence of spirit. He would
not be under obligation, for gifts, to any
one while he was In office, and in fact he
did not like to be so at any time. When the
Japanese commissioners came, bringing with
them curious and costly gifts, some of
which were intended for the President, he
sent them all to the patent Office, as the
property of the country. He even went so
far as to Insist, at all times, upon paying
his fare when ha traveled, never receiving a
pass, even when he was out of office. He
would have been horrified at the idea of
traveling free when he was President. I
have often heard him say: "I will pay my
way while I can afford It. When I can
not afford to pay I will stay at home."
Vlgorona Snake Found In Ireland. '
Weekly Freeman (Dublin).
The other morning, while William Ken
nedy, Gurteenakllla, was walking through
his farm at Tullamore Park he was sur
prised to see something wriggling in the
grass. On closer observation Mr. Ken
nedy saw that the creature was a snake,
which hissed at him as he closed upon it.
The reptile made an attempt to get Into
a neighboring ditch, but Mr. Kennedy
struck it twice with a blackthorn and
killed it, and carried it to his home. A
neighbor of Mr. Kennedy's, who spent a
long time In the Southern States of
America, gave It as his opinion that it
was a spotted adder of poisonous variety.
It Is 2 feet 8 inches long, and about as
thick as an ordinary walklngstlck, colored
dark green on the back, with white spots,
and light pale green underneath, with a
beautiful orange band at the back of the
head.
Jury Thought It a Hunting Yarn.
Linn CreeK Reveille.
Judge Fox, of the Supreme Court,
killed a turkey in Southeast Missouri
the day after the hunting season closed.
When his attention was called to his
violation of the law he went before
the grand jury and made a complajnt,
telling how he hal made a wonder
fully long shot and did not expect to
kill the turkey, but instructed the Jur
ors that it was their duty to indict
him, especially as it was his duty fo
know the law, and his oversight was
therefore the more inexcusable.
When he afterward inquired why he
was not fined for the misdemeanor, he
was Informed that the Jury did not be
lieve he could have killed a turkey as
far as he claimed to have shot.
KEW8PAFER WATT'S.
Friend I suppose the baby Is fond of
you? Paps, Fond of me? Why, he sleeps
all day when' I am not at home and stays
up all night Just to enjoy my society... Town
and Country. x
A lady In s neighboring city went to call
on a friend. The door was opened by a
"green" maid, who said: "Yes, Mrs. Gil
bert's to home, but she's a-laying down.
Shall I raise her?" Harper's Bafcar.
"How's things In Lonely vllle?" asked the
first farmer. "Everybody's on i the Jump,"
replied the second farmer, proudly. "Then
the automobiles have struck your town, too,
have they?" Yonkera statesman.
Guest, to lonesome-looking man in the
corner: "Awfly stupid affair, don't you
think?" "No doubt of It" "No man would
ever dream of giving a mtxed-up thing of
this sort." "That's what I told my wife."
"Have I met your wife?" "Very likely.
She's the woman' that's giving the party."
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
"I gave you a -dime and you went Imme
diately into a saloon," remarked the benev
olent old gentleman. "Don't you know It
is very wasteful to spend your money for
liquor?" "I've often thought of that, sir,"
replied the weary wayfarer, "but I've never
yet found a place where I could get It for
nothing." Philadelphia Record.
After Commencement.
New York Sun.
Starting on life's battle
Most a month too soon,
Grayce Is in the parlor
Pounding out a tune.
Waging life's great warfare.
Doughtiest of girls.
May is in the hammock
Reading tales of Earls.
Fighting ltfe's hot contest
With a heart of oak.
Bill 1b on the golf field
Practicing a stroke.
(Pa Is in the office
Tolling like a Turk,
Ma is In the kitchen
Doing up the worls.)
CHRISTIAN HEALER FOUND GUILTY
.tw York Court Frowu On Prayer si
a Remedy for Pneumonia.
New York Tribune.
In a courtroom crowded to capacity,
but quiet as a-church, Clarence W.
Byrne, a salesman, of No. 217 West
Eleventh street, was pronounced guilty
of a violation of the penal code in fail
ing to call a physician to attend his
slx-yoar-old daughter, Violet, during
her fatal illness caused by pneumonia.
Justice McKean presided at the trial.
Byrne will be sentenced July 12 and
in the meantime an appeal to the Su
preme Court will be prepared. Byrne
calls himself a Christian Science
"healer." '
Dr. Albert E. Weston, coroner's
physician, testified he had performed
an autopsy on the body of Violet Byrne
May 17, and that she had been suffer
ing from pneumonia and had been ill
for four days prior to her death. Her
right lung had been badly affected and
the left lung slightly so. Dr. Weston
believed the child would have recovered
had she beerp cared for by a competent
physician.
In the cross-examination, D. W.
Steele, counsel for the defendant,
pressed Dr. Weston hard for' a state
ment concerning the proper or recog
nized methods , of treating pneumonia,
and Weston repeated that it differed
with each case'.
Coroner Acrltelli, who conducted the
Inquest of the case, was called to the
witness stand and testified that the in
quest showed the cause of death to
have been broncho-pneumonia. He
held that the father was guilty of a
violation of the sections named in the
indictment, namely, that he had "wil
fully and maliciously refused to sum
mon the aid of a medical practitioner,
knowing that his daughter was dan
gerously 111."
The coroner also testified that he
had during the inquest repeatedly
asked the father whether or not he
would have summoned a physician,
even had he been sure that his daugh
ter was going to die. Byrne had as
serted that he would not have a doctor
in the house under any circumstances.
Byrne had, so the coroner said, asserted
that he had treated his child according
to his "own fashion," and had called
in a Christian Scientist "healer." He
was "Doctor" Roberts, and his aid had
been asked for on the Friday evening
preceding the death of the little girl.
Roberts had told the father that he
was unable to go to the Byrne house
at the time, but would give the girl,
Violet, "absent treatment." According
to the father, his daughter revived un
der this.
To the treatment of "Doctor"
Roberts, Byrne added his own treat
ment of prayer, and for the remainder
of Friday night and early Saturday
morning the little girl seemed better,
on Saturday afternoon. May 4, how
ever, she became violently ill once
more, and at 6 P. M. Byrne sent a
message to Roberts, who answered a
short time afterward. Together the
two men prayed over the girl, but a
few moments before 9. o'clock on the
fourth day of her illness she died.
Mabel Byrne, the 19-year-old sister
of Violet, was then called to the stand
and testified that she had been with
her sister during her Illness, and that
her father, who had been a Christian
Scientist healer for seven years, had
constantly prayed for Violet and done
all that he could for her. Mabel is also
a Christian Scientist.
Byrne was then called to the stand.
He testified that he had done every
thing In his power to help his child.
He said he had frequently treated her
for stomach ailments, and that his
prayers in such cases always proved
effective. He also said that the end
came so suddenly that It would have
been impossible to summon medical
aid, even had he been so disposed.
Byrne was visibly affected by his own
story of his little daughter's Illness and
death.
HISTORIC HOTEL TO COMB DOWN
A 25-Story Skyscraper On Site of New
York's Fifth Avenue Hotel.
New Tork Sun
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, one of the
most famous In the country, is to be
torn down and a modern 25-story of
fice building' is to be erected on the
site. A syndicate composed of Henry
C. and Henry Lane Eno, father and
son, and a third person, a manufacturer
whose name has not been disclosed,
has been organized to carry out the
plan. Articles of Incorporation are to
be filed within a few days. The
new company will occupy offices in
the Brunswick building, Twenty-sixth
street and Fifth avenue.
Actual construction will be com
menced by May 1 of next year, when
the present lease by Hitchcock, Darling
& Company will expire.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel and the
Madison-Square Theater occupy Joint
ly a plot of about 21 lots. The site is
considered one of the most valuable In
the city and its worth has been rising
gradually until a conservative estimate
places the present market value at
$7,000,000. At an auction sale held In
April, 1900, to settle the estate of the
late Amos R. Eno, the site was bought
in for M,225,000 by the Fifth Avenue
Hotel Land Company, composed of heirs
of the estate. Henry C. and Henry L.
Eno bought out the rights of the othef
heirs a short time after and took title
in their own name.
One View of It.
Salem Statesman.
Of the vast sum of money spent in Port
land during the celebration fully $25,000
came from the pockets of many loggers
in the timber section of Lane County.
These hard-working denizens of the for
est gave Eugene the go-by on account of
its local option stand and the stores and
saloons of the metropolis will be the
gainers; principally the latter. It is a
matter of discussion In the Lane County
seat and may affect the vote at a future
election.
THE NEXT POLICE TRANSFER UNCLE SAM Ta
THE PACIFIC PRECINCT.
r From the New Tork Herald.
IN THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
TOMORROW
ANIMALDOM: RHYME
STORIES FOR CHILDREN
A new feature, with colored
pictures that every youngster
in the Pacific Northwest must
enjoy. President Roosevelt
dare not question their authen
ticity. WHEN STEUNENBERG
PRESERVED ORDER
Full page of photographs
showing the "bullpen" near the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine,
where 600 men were confined
after the riots in 1899.
MAKING A NEW
BATTLESHIP OREGON
A full page of photographs
showing work at the Puget
Sound navy-yard on the recon
struction of a fighting machine
that nine years ago filled the
world with her fame.
"PROUD OP HIS
TRIGGER FINGER"
Another of Homer Daven
port's powerful cartoons and
preachments in which the dis
cerning reader can see censure
of a distinguished ex-President.
INDIANS SPEARING
CHINOOK SALMON
Copyright full-page photo
graph in colors by Benj. Gif
ford, of The Dalles, illustrating
an industry, as well as a sport,
on the Upper Columbia.
"THE HAND THAT
RULES THE WORLD"
O. Henry, who is writing the
best humorous stuff now pub
lished in the United. States, de
votes the current week to the
female lobbyist in Washington,
with the customary surprise at
the finish.
DR. FURNIVALL,
PHYSICIAN-DETECTIVE
No stranger story, was ever
written than "The Kleptoma
niac" a tale of the theft of a
valuable diamond by a most ex
traordinary agency.
WIVES OP MEN WHO
WANT TO BE PRESIDENT
Portraits and pen sketches of
five women who have helped -to
advance their husbands' politi
cal fortunes.
ACROSS AFRICA IN
AN AUTOMOBILE
Frank G. Carpenter tells of
an 80-mile ride through the
farms and deserts of Eastern
Tunisia.
CLASSICAL OPERA
OF THE JAPANESE
Annie 'Laura Miller describes
' it. All effort of actors is to
suggest; no realism is ever per
mitted on the stage.
WHEN FIRST OREGON
FOUGHT INDIANS
This was 43 years ago. Cyrus
H. Walker and William Hilleary
contribute historical sketches
that will be new to thousands
of the present generation of
Oregonian readers.
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