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It has been sus tained, however, to the limit of the law by the other banks of the Clear-ing-House Association, and would have been sustained filrther had the law al lowed. What, then, was the matter? The depositors went wild and rushed for their money. There was a fever ish condition of the public mind, that discharged itself in this particular di rection, unacr tne ieaa ana spur or rumor of rumor which In all times has been among the great forces In human affairs. Here is a bank that had deposits a little exceeding five millions of dollars. Within six weeks It has liquidated its deposits to the extent of $2,300,000, and within two weeks to the extent of $1. 500, 000. It still owes about $3,000. 000, which its assets, as The Orego fiian believes, will amply cover. It Is the Intention of the managers of the bank to gather in its assets and re open it. Noting the steady and persistent run on this bank, observers hayj feared It would be forced to close; for there Is no possibility, in such conditions as have prevailed during the last three weeks, of making the necessary turns and adjustments in time. But the un reasoning fear that made this bank its victim has now mostly spen- itself. The bottom now has been sounded, and we shall build up again. There would have been no trouble but for the speculative undertakings, outside all the principles of banking, which brought two establishments to disas ter, and created an alarm which pre cipitated itself chiefly upon this one, that at last has been force' to sus pend. But from the showing made is clear that the suspension is only temporary. The run upon this bank never would or could have been so se were but for two reasons: First, mali cious and persistent rumors; second, the disastrous experience the people of Portland have had with other banks, which, unlike this one, were plungers and promoters. With the fear or frenzy that pro duces a run on a .normally sound bank it is useless to attempt counsel or rea son. The fear or frenzy, after it has gone a certain length, will exhaust itself.- But the financial stress in Port land is now virtually over. We have arrived at bedrock, after a series of thumps from nrojt unexpected causes. But from thisday there will be steady upbuilding, and we may look to com plete restoration of confidence within a short time. The assets of the"Mer chants National Bank will completely cover its liabilities; while the guar antee by Mr. Ladd will go far to dis charge tho obligations of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, and probably will completely discharge them. And the Oregon Trust Com pany has resources which there Is promise of bringing into shape for re lief of its creditors. Meanwhile the country le full of all sorts of resources, with abundance of merchantable com modities. The worst now is known, and' business soon! will be normal again. WHAT THE RAILROADS WANT. Mr. Bryan said one true thing at least in his Milwaukee speech to the Jefferson Club on Monday night. His remark that the railroads desire Na tional incorporation in orde.' to escape state regulation is indisputable. Nor can it be denied that they have no very keen relish for more Federal con trol. What they want is by hook or crook to escape from control of any sort. The taste of power has been sweet to the transportation magnates for these many years, and it comes hard to them to forego the luxury. Still National incorporation does not necessarily mean escape from control. The National Government Is really no farther from the people than the gov ernments of the states. In many re spects it is nearer to the masses and more responsive to a genuine popular demand. Thus we had a rate law from Congress before there were any effective ones in the states. The Na tional pure food law also set the ex ample to the states for similar legis lation It is an egregious blunder to suppose that the Federal Government is re mote from the people and irrespon sive to popular demands. Upon the whole It yields to the wishes of the electorate more readily than do the State Legislatures; and If there is a genuine demand throughout the coun try for regulation: of the railroads, such regulation can be obtained more readily under National incorporation than it can now. There would also be the enoTmous additional advantage that regulation would be uniform and the destructive conflict between state and Federal rules would cease. As a matter of fact, there is no pos sibility of drawjng a clean line of de marcation between interstate and In trastate railroads. They merge Into one onother in practice precisely as they do in ownership, and it is idle to expect that state laws can be en acted for the regulation of commerce which will not infringe upon the National power, or National laws which will not infringe upon state rights. Here as elsewhere our dual system of government so beautiful in theory tends to break down in prac tice. Where the system proves un workable why not frankly abandon it and adopt those governmental meth ods which the welfare of the Nation requires? Are we doomed to live for ever in a ceaseless conflict of jurisdic tion between some half hundred imag inary petty sovereignties and the one real sovereignty which is capable of managing the affairs of the Nation? CAUGHT NAPPING. In the course of his long and dys peptic career Thomas Carlyle had some very bitter things to say about "government by palaver," as he sneer ingly called the representative system. Some of his strictures were Justified and some were not; but the latest news from Washington carries an im plicit satire worse than anything ever uttered by the great Scotch pessimist. It seems that Just this moment, when the country has need of the rip est wisdom in the conduct of its finan cial legislation, Congress is completely helpless. Legislation can only be car ried on through the regular commit tees on banking and finance, and it turns out that thes- committees are worse than none. Somj of the mem bers are known to be corrupt; some are decrepit with age and some don't know much about finance or anything else. Mr. Cannon, as Speaker of the House, has used, the committee on finance and banking as a sort of asy lum for incapables. When an honora ble member showed himself to belong to what edu :atlonists call the "belat ed" class he was quietly disposed of by immuring him among his fellows on that committee which regulates our currency system. If such a policy has always prevailed "In Congress, it is no wonder that we have financial troubles. The perennial nature of those troubles leads one to surmise that Mr. Cannon, in thus disposing of Congressional nonentities, has only followed a tlme, worn precedent. But is It not pleasing to think that just now, when we need some sound financial legislation in the worst way, we cannot have it because those finan cial committeemen who are not fools are either senile or corrupt? Proba bly Mr. Cannon, apart from his desire to follow precedent In tltus making up his committee on finance and banking, supposed that the course of events would "stand pat" as long as he might find it convenient. The course of events, however, has an unlucky trick of not standing pat. It'moves despite the wishes of Speakers and Presiden tial candidates, and it often moves in a way to blight their fondest expecta tions. Owing to this perversity of events, the Speaker now finds himself confronted with serious financial prob lems and nobody available to 'solve them except a committee composed of Congressional know-nothings. . GERMAN RECIPROCITY. The reciprocity agreement between Germany and the United States may prove to ' be the opening wedge that will lead to the splitting asunder of the entire tariff structure. This agree ment was practically forced on the United States after years of wrangling attended by Increasing bitterness in the commercial circles affected. The United States, relying on that ancient but bogus belief that we could get along In business independent of all the rest of the world, held out s,o long that in certain lines, especially the meat trade, our exports to Germany have been seriously affected. But as soon as the preferential tariff went Into effect, last Summer, the French began to display a "hankering" for trade concessions similar to those which we had granted the Germans. This might have been expected, for there are a great many similar com modities handled by both German and French exporters, and to make fish of one and fowl of the other Is not a sys tem designed to Increase amicable re lations between this country and the one which is being discriminated against. The "Ancient Association of Stand patters," sometimes known as the American Protective League, has made such, a violent uproar over the prefer ential agreement that there Is a possi bility of an attempt to repudiate- the agreement as soon as Congress meets. As the matter has attracted so much attention, the Department of Com merce and Labor has issued a bulletin giving some very interesting statistics. The agreement went Into effect July 1, and the figures for the three months following that date for the past hve years are as follows: Three Months. Imports. Kxports. 1B3 S.-i0,8!)6.7S9 $.13.016.r.O 1-10 32,322.827 35.174.125 litt5 34,207,8117 4.508.21l 11III0 ; 3.S.27S.453 40.O2S.33U 1U07 43,S44,4U5 50,307,004 -There is nothing very appalling in these figures, even- from a protection standpoint, for, compared with the same period in the last year under the old system, we seem to have made nearly as good a gain in exports as the Germans made in imports. The difference is nearly all explainable in the single item of cotton, there being a decrease of nearly 30,000,000 pounds in the three months of 1907 as com pared with the same date last year. In cotton fabrics and laces we bought less from Germany this year than last. There was a slight increase in the value of the wines imported, and silk arid paper manufactures were figured heavier this year than last. In toys we apparently imported $600,000 worth more this year than last, and there was an Increase of $800,000 in the value of wool dress goods as com pared with the corresponding three months last year. The showing on the whole, however, is not distressing to the consumer, who must foot the bills. The protected trusts may object to this slight in crease in imports over exports, but the consumer who profited by them will not complain. Consequently, as this is a country where the "greatest good for the greatest number" is supposed to be the correct precept, and the con sumers outnumber the, trusts, the Ger man tariff agreement will probably stand, and we may be obliged to add France to the preferred list. ANOTHER SUBSIDY FARCE. There appear to be limitations to the height to which the star of empire can rise, even" In Japan. Soon after the little brown men of Nippon bluffed Russia" Into believing that she was defeated they entered on a career of commercial expansion which in volved the sea as well as the land. With all the abandon of a drunken sailor spending his "advance," they bought steamships not singly and in pairs, but in fleets. In their excessive haste to become In the fullest sense, without delay, a world- power, they ransacked the seaports of the world and at enormously high prices ' pur chased an immense amount of tonnage that other seagoing nations were ready to discard in favor of newer and 'more economical carriers. The government fostered the plan' with a large subsidy, and for the past two, or three years there has been a great fleet of Japan ese tonnage roaming the seas in search of business. The rise of the Japanese merchant marine was referred to in glowing terms by every subsidy grafter in the United States, and so much, noise was made over it that some misguided people were Inclined to believe that the flag of Nippon was destined to re place all others on the ocean high ways of the world. The Seattle Post Intelligencer," San Francisco Call and other able exponents of the theory that artificial methods alone can pro duce a merchant marine made fre quent mention of the Japanese subsi dized fleet in comparing it with that of the United States, always to our dis advantage. Now .comes Consul-General Miller with a report to the State Department in which he shows that something besides a subsidy is neces sary to make a success of the ship ping business. He Incloses a clipping from the Japan Chronicle which reads as follows: The workings of even the more prominent steamship companies, such as the Osaka Shoren Kaisha, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Toyo Klsen Kaisha are found to be very unsatisfactory. It is known that the work ings of . the Osaka Shoren Kaisha for the last two periods and the Nippon Tusen Kaisha and the Toyo Klshen Kaisha for the last business period have resulted In some loss and it is feared that the result may be the same for the present period. Unlike busi ness on land, the shipping business has to meet with peculiar and keener competition and so it is less lucrative than business on land. Lately the companies have been placed In a very trying position through the Btrong competition resulting from the gen eral increase, in bottoms without a corre sponding increase in freight and passengers. In the experience of this heavily subsidized fleet of Japan are fully il lustrated the shortcomings of the sub-r sidy system. The Pacific was the prin cipal field for operation for this fleet, and it was here that it met the compe tition of which the Japan paper com plains. This competition did not come from any subsidized fleet, but from steamers flying the British and Ger man flags and operating without a penny of subsidy. The Japanese have much to learn about the shipping business, almost as ..tuch as some of our own people who pretend to believe that a subsidy alone is needed to ena ble us to meet the competitors who have no subsidies. But a steamship will burn just a.3 much coal under the Japanese flag as under any other banner, and, while a Japanese crew may work for smaller wages than are paid other seamen and engineers, they have yet to demon strate that they are anywhere near the equals of the men in charge of the vessels with which they compete. The Japanese are correct In assuming that the shipping business "is unlike busi ness on land." After they learn more about it they will doubtless abandon the subsidy feature and operate on a business basis, or else retire and leave It to others. f Anthracite coal was first burned In a grate by Judge Jesse Fell in the old Fell tavern in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on February 11, 1808. Up to that time this coal, generally called "stone coal," owing to its hardness, had no commer cial value. Today the- world might move, but its great Industrial enter prises would stop, without anthracite. In view of this fact, the centennial of the use of anthracite will be celebrated in the great coal city of Pennsylvania on the date above named, at which time the achievements in the commer cial and industrial world made possi ble by the favor of King Coal will be duly chronicled. The event will be an Interesting- one, unless its celebration becomes too heavy with the facts and figures that bear upon it. General MacKenzie, Chief of Army Engineers, in his annual report recom mends the appropriation at the coming session of Congress of ' the $1,700,000 authorized for completion of the Co lumbia River jetty. He also recom mends that the sum of $70,000 or $80, 000 be expended for new boilers for the dredge Chinook. In a degree the latter appropriation is fully as impor- tant as that for completion of the jetty, for during the brief period in which ihe Chinook worked on the bar much was accomplished in opening up a deeper channel. The Jetty, when completed in accordance with present plans, will undoubtedly give the port an adequate depth of water for pres ent needs, but there, will always be some shifting of sands and the 'dredge will be of Invaluable assistance in stir ring up the river bottom so that the strong current caused by the Jetty can sweep it away and keep the channel in good condition at all seasons of the year. The remarkable prosperity of this country and the underlying strength of our business situation have caused the present stringency to be somewhat mystifying to foreigners. At the same time they seem to have a pretty good idea of the general situation, and do not regard it as more than temporary. The Liverpool Corn Trade News, -in discussing the present situation as compared with that of 1893, says that "there seems to be not the slightest reason to apprehend any long continu ance of the present disorganization, for the American commercial world at its heart's core must be perfectly sound, whereas on the former occasion Its 'sickness- was a serious and pro longed one." So far as the local situ ation is concerned, the Corn Trade News brings exceedingly comforting news in the prediction that there wili be no further decline in wheat prices, which the News recalls dropped to 64 cents per bushel in Chicago in 1892. I - Armed Japanese poachers are raid ing .the Copper Island seal preserve and have secured several thousand skin3; An official protest has -been made to the Japanese government by Russia, but In view of the "honorable" manner in which the Japanese regard such matters, it is hardly probable that anything further will be heard of the protest. The Japanese are not bound by any of the restrictions which the Paris tribunal placed on American, Russian and British sealers, and from fheir conduct during the past two sea sons they, seem determined to abide by Kipling's famous statement that "never a law of God nor man got north of fifty-three." In 1893 the Commercial National bank and the Ainsworth National Bank were forced to close their doors. But after a while they both resumed. The Commercial National, after a while, passed into the hands of the Wells-Fargo Company, and finally to the United States National Bank; into which, after a further time, the Ains worth National Bank, which had re opened -within a short time after the crisis of 1893, was merged.. A heavy -run was made on the Mer chants National in 1893, but It came through, and afterwards built up rap idly. It is interesting to recall these facts now. The American Federation of Labor is in session at Jamestown', and Presi dent Gompers yesterday made a speech in which he told of the unions' patriotism. In the circumstances it is hardly probable that he again referred to ex-Mayor Schmitz, of San Fran cisco, in the flattering language he used a few years ago when he termed the man who is now in stripes as "the greatest American citizen since Abra ham Lincoln." The gloomy prediction' made last month thatthe price of beer. was to be advanced all over the United States, due to the increased cost of produc tion, including the pending demand for higher wages by employes in brew eries, has not been fulfilled. The rea son is simple. Laborers are not at presejit making demands for Increase in pay, being satisfied if they can hold their Jobs at prevailing rates. It is a fact to be noted and remem bered that the banks of the Clearing House Association of Portland stood by the Merchants National to the limit of the law, and would have seen it through but for legal restrictions. The notion- that has been entertained, therefore, that there is no loyalty on the part of the banks to each other had no foundation whatever. A Pocatello dispatch announces the sale of a 1200-acre farm by the Mor mons to a Gentile for $96,000. The Item says that the transaction is re garded as evidence of the intention of the Mormons to retire from that part of Idaho. This does not necessarily follow. It might be evidence that the Mormons are sharp traders in real es tate. The Mexican authorities will execute three Americans who have been found guilty of murdering some inoffensive men on whom they had first placed large life Insurance policies. The men are to be shot, and, so long as the punishment only mildly fits the crime,-there will be no protest from Uncle Sam. It was a gallant fight that was jmt up by the Merchants National. No better, ever. But no bank could stand hammering like that. Satisfied with having closed It, frenzied eagerness will now quit; the Merchants will re cover and the other banks of the city will find little more molestation. Will the question "What shall we do with our ex-Presidents?" be put as to Mr. Roosevelt? Possibly; but you may lay your wager on one fact no body will propose to Oslerize him. Agreement between the little repub lics of Salvador, Honduras and Nica ragua to maintain peace indicates that the several presidents have been read ingwith profit the 133d psalm. If he really didn't need a little gen tle exercise, we couldn't forgive so big a man as Cleveland for going after such small' game. as rabbits. Commencing tomorrow, let's change the topic and talk about' Willamette Valley apples and our delightful In dian Summer. After an exclusive three weeks' diet of peanuts, a Nebraska man died. Even vegetarianism can be carried a step too far. None of the faro banks, are asking for receivers, notwithstanding their principal function is to receive the rhonej. , Tammany won't be represented at the Bryan dinner. There's where the refreshment committee saves a dollar. ! SCHOONER IS NEARLY SEIZED Cruiser Buffalo Makes Close Exam ination Before Release. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 12. The seal ing schooner Dora Siewerd had a nar row escape from seizure in Bering Sea by the cruiser Buffalo, which this sea son was added to the revenue cutters in the patrol fleet, according to the cap tain of the Dora Siewerd, Just returned. His vessel was boarded by a Lieuten ant and men from the Buffalo, and he vaa taken on board the warship with his papers, while the skins were ex amined for gunshot w"ounds. Three trips were made to the Buffalo, and the warship's commander finally released the schooner, saying he- would give them the benefit of the- doubt which existed whether they were Inside the 60-mile limit. Deputy Sheriff Mortally Wounded. WALLA WALLA, Nov. 12. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff Allan Byrnes, of Walltila, was brought here today with a bullet wound in his head, received from the ac cidental discharge of his revolver. Lit tle hope Is entertained for hU recovery. The Injured man Is one of the most pop ular and successful officers In Walla Walla County. He has a wife and three children. For several years he has been the Bole representative of the law at Wallula, ami through his stern and un relenting methods in handling the hobos that make that point a stopping place he is known and feared by all classes of criminals. Wllkeson Mines Closed. TACOMA, v.ash., Nov. 12. (Special.) No overtures have been made so far by either side in the coal mine strike at Wilkeson, where 400 'men refused to work yesterday. Word was received from Car bonado that the men. there are satisfied and no trouble Is expected. Henry Hew itt, Jr., president of the coal company, said today that a laborer contractor want ed to furnish men with families from mines in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, but the proposal was rejected. "We will make no attempt to open the mines for 30 days, and I think the sensible ones will return to work by that time." Suspend Timber Proofs 8 0 Days. LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.) The register and receiver of the local United States Land Office today received Instructions from the General Land Of fice at Washington to suspend proofs for SO days in all cases wherein they are sat isfied that the applicants cannot with draw their money from the banks to make the required payments. This or der will not only be of great benefit to the applicants for public lands whose money is tied up In the banks, but on account of the recent great rush to pur chase timber lands will be a great relief to the banks. Fighting Saloons In Oregon. City. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 12. (Spe cial). Dr. Irwin S. Chapman opened the fight for the enactment of the pro posed excise ordinance last night in the First Baptist Church. Dr. Chap man did not discuss the moral phase of the saloon, but insisted that the saloon hurts business, and gave a num ber of illustrations In support of his claim. The second meeting of the ad herents of the exclBe Jaw will be held next Monday night, and' Dr. J. Whlt comb Brougher will deliver an address. Resents Parental Authority. OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. J2. (Spe cial). Joseph Haas was arrested last night upon complaint of his daughter Katherine, aged 18 years, who charges her father with threatening to kill her With a shotgun. Haas was released pending an examination. He states that his daughter has been going out late at nights with young men, and he wanted to stop the practice. Last night he found her with a man in the City Park. 1 Violating State" Labor Law. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) The County Commissioners of Snohomish County are employing men on road work at 25 cents an hour and permitting them to labor 10 or more hours a day, and in an opinion to the Prosecuting Attorney of that county Attorney-General Atkin son advised that thts is a direct viola tion of the state eight-hour law and that in his opinion the Commissioners have made themselves liable to criminal prose cution. PalcJuse Saloonmen Fined. COLFAX, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) Seven Palouse City saloonkeepers pleaded guilty in the Superior Court today be fore Judge Chadwick on the charge of violating the Sunday-closing law. Judge Chadwick imposed a fine of $30 each and two of the seven paid an extra $30 for a second violation in August. The seven were taken before Justice Doolittle's court and bound over to the Superior Court under $250 bonds. . Three Killed, by Dynamite. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) A special from Fernle says: , As a result of the explosion of a missed shot of dynamite at the Pacific Coal & Coke Company works at Hosmer, eight miles from here, yesterday at 5:30 three men are dead and two are injured. The dead are E. Montalbetti. George Ornslshk, and J. Matwlck. Fred 911mm and George Frissico were injured. Republicans Nominate. CATHLAMET, Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) At a Republican mass meeting; held In the Courthouse last night, the following town ticket was nominated,1 to be voted for at the election to be held December 3: For Mayor, Henry E. Armstrong; Treasurer, Charles H. War ren; Councilmen; D. C. Butler, George F. Hanigan." Fred Peacock, David West and C. O. Morrill. S"tate Accepts Paper Money. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) On large amounts of remittances from county and city treasurers, State Treasurer Mills has arranged to accept deposit slips of state depository banks as payment. The State Land Office today decided to accept certified checks on Portland, Six kane, Seattle and Tacoma banks. Cash is demanded in all other instances. Prisoner Carried to Court. HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) Steve Parrlsh, who was arrested for 'threatening to kill the officers who tried to arrest him yesterday, was this after noon put under $1000 bonds to keep the peace. Parrish refused to leave his cell to go to the, trial and the officers had to carry him through the streets. He. Is de mented. Injured Man Dies. EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.) Charles King, who was thrown from a log chute yesterday afternoon at Fisher Brothers' mill at Marcola, died at the Eugene Hospital this' afternoon. King had both shoulder blades, both collar bones, and the large bone of his right arm broken and was hurt internally. President Opens Exposition. PARIS', Nov. 12. The tenth automo bile exposition, at the Grand Palace, was Inaugurated today by President Fallleres. PAVING STREETS WITH BRICK Work at Chehalis Well Under Way in Business Portion of City. CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) P. B. McHugh, the Tacoma contractor who Is building the brick pavement on Market street, finished the laying of the concrete (or the pavement today. Brick laying is now well under way, and it Is expected that by the end of this month the paving will be nearly completed. Cement curbs have been built and con siderable cement sidewalk Is under con struction. The brick paving in the business center of the city represents an investment of almost $46,000, for which the ' abutting property will be assessed. The paved street portion is 68 feet wide with 16-foot sidewalks. The . work be gins at the Northern Pacific Depot and ends at the intersection with Park street, near the St. Helens Hotel. ENFORCE 14-HOUR SYSTEM Railroad Commission Instructs Reames to Prosecute Railroad. . SALEM, Or.. Nov. 12.- (Special.)' The Oregon Railroad Commission today forwarded to District Attorney Reames of Jackson County a statement of the evidence collected by Commissioner West concerning violations of the 14 hour law governlrur railway employes. The Commission asks Mr. Reames to prosecute the Southern Pacific tor the violations complained of. LIES ALL NIGHT BY ROAD Thrown From Wagon and Leg Is Broken Found In Morning. EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.) AI Montgomery, a well-known resident of tho McKenzie Valley, while on his way home from Eugene last night, was thrown from his wagon and his leg was broken. Unable to attract the attention of any one,- he lay out all night, under going great suffering from his injury and exposure. He was in a serious condition when found this morning and brought to the Eugene hospital. Common Law Wife Has Rights. HELENA, Mont, Nov. 12. (Special.) Mrs. Emma L. Carpenter and children have been awarded $10,000 damages against the Great Northern Railroad Company, in their suit at Kallspell, for the death of Frank Carpenter, husband and father, who was killed on the rail road. The company did not deny re sponsibility for the death of Carpenter, but contended that the wife had no right to sue because she and Carpenter were never formally married. The court found that Carpenter and his wife hud agreed to a common-law marriage, and that they had two children, and held that a sufficient marriage. Accused Horsethlef Brought Back. PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) Ralph McBain, a young man of this county, who jumped his bail sev eral months ago while awaiting trial on the charge of horse stealing, was brought back to Pendleton this even ing by Sheriff Taylor, who had located his man In Grand Forks, B. C. The arrest was made by the City Marshal of that place on information furnished by Mr. Taylor. Court Releases Jeffery. ' OREGON CITY." Or., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) Andy Jeffery was this after noon released from custody after a hearing upon a charge of attempting to murder Tony Geninl. The court held that there was no evidence to show that the threat was direct, but it was conditional. Jeffery has been ac cused of being intimate with the wife of Geninl. Big Profit In Onions. NORTH YAKIMA, Nov. 12. (Special.) H. C. Haney, of the Selah Valley, to day displayed a check for $!)85, which he received for a portion of his onion crop from two and a half acres of land. The remainder of the crop amounts to about two tons and brings the value of the crop up to $1040. Mr. Haney made an affidavit of the above facts. Cowlitz Keeps Lid Down. KALAMwV, Wash.. Nov. 12. (Special.) V. D. Crosby, of Castle Rock, was fined $50 in the Superior Cour yester day for selling liquor on Sunday. The lid has been on In Cowlitz County since last July, and Prosecuting Attorney Hubbell says he will prosecute every case that comes to his knowledge, where he has evidence to convict. O. R. & Sf.'S HIGH FREIGHT BILLS. Bridal Veil Merchant Predicts Coming Increase la Radical Vote. . BRIDAL VEIL, Or., Nov. 11. (To the Editor.) I have read with Interest the editorial in this morning's Oregonlan nn "Oregon a Good Producer." This edi torial should be brought to the attention of all business men and voters in the state. Not content with making excessive rates whereby they can pile up this Immense surplus, the O. R. & N. Railway is now making us "pay up " in another man ner. Heretofore, when we have had five or six consignments coming to us in one day, all billed on the same way-bill, loaded In the same car they have been treated as though Shipped by one ship per, and the different items charged at their actual weight. Now, the consign ments are all treated Individually, and we have to pay the minimum at least, on each of the five or six shipments. So that now. If we have one box shipped to us that weighs say, 50 pounds, we have to pay the minimum rate, 25 cents, where as we used to get this box through some times for S cents. When one considers the large number of shipments that are made, een for one day, one can readily see that there is going to be another big increase in the earnings of the road referred to. There Is another thing of ' importance in this connection It shows that the railroad "has it in" for the shippers and the peo ple of this state, and is going to re taliate upon us for any legislation that is brought to bear upon It. We should not forget this point on no account should we forget It. Some day our turn will come. Then we shall be glad to remember these things. Meanwhile, the railroads should not be surprised if they find a large crop of Socialists at the next election, W. E. LINNETT, Of Aldrich & Linnett. TILLMAN PICKS THE TICKETS Says Cannon and Bryan Will Not Be the Presidential Nominees. DANVILLE, 111., Nov. 12. In an in terview today Senator Ben Tillman, of South Carolina, declared that President Roseveit will not accept a third term and that Speaker Cannon will be the Republican nominee. "Bryan," Mr. Tillman said, "will be the Democratic nominee, without a doubt. He is the greatest living Demo crat, and the proper man to intrust with the affairs of our Government." r The Senator declared that the pres ent financial situation need not worry tho people. "This country," he said, "has reached a point in its prosperity where financial flurries in the money centers do not affect It." SILHOUETTES A Frenchman has Invented an auto mobile that runs equally well on . land or in the water. '-Now if. some one will devise one that can fly, motor ing will be a cinch. , The man who claims never to have made a fool of himself in his 'life must have known very few women. None is so blind as he who can see but doesn't look. When in doubt, take the money. . A .Kansas City woman recently beat her husband In a theater. The best way to beat a husband Is in a jawing match. Frank Watklns, of this town, enjoys a reputation as a dog fancier of note and is frequently called upon to pass his kennel-wise Judgment. Recently a neigh bor became the proud father of triplets, three fine babies, though not of equal size. He invited his friend Watkins in to see the youngsters. That gentleman, after looking at them for a minute, turned to his neighbor and said: "If I were you I'd save the biggest one." The evil-doer is always ready to be lieve, evil of others. When one loses his illusions it is time to die. .... A man should always take a witness along when he calls upon a prude. If the legal holidays continue our Dis trict Judges are likely to be arrested for vagrancy. The man who beats the ponies doesn't necessarily carry a whip. Many a one who might have been great Is lost in the quicksands of vanity. In the hearts of the middle-aged and the old there is a death-chamber and therein lies youth. If Cleopatra had been -freckled and snub-nosed the history of the world might have been quite different. The sinner would be a saint if he knew, how to have any fun the other way. ' I think It's about time for 'some pun ster to suggest that when an actorcomes out Wpst and makes, a failure he Is a Westfailure ham. The Right Reverend V. T. Rowe, bishop of Alaska, is an untiring traveller, and takes many hard trips over the trails where his duties lead him. JImmIe Alexander tells the following story on him: On one of his trips he met some prospectors coining out from the direc tion in which he was going. He asked them how the trail was ahead, and one of them answered: - "Rough as hell. How is it behind you?" To which the good bishop replied: "It's Just the same." The women who are worrying about their Winter reading need not fuss. Tho Thaw trial will soon ho resumed. It's a good thing the theaters all have asbestos curtains. Mrs. Patrick Camp bell is preparing to make another tour. The barber shops have lost half their at traction since they stopped keeping the Police Qazette on file. A country editor In North Dakota in quoting an extract from a Sioux Falls paper which chronicles the fact that a certain fastidious bride In . that city kneads bread with her gloves on adds: "The editor of the Bugle' needs bread with his coat on, he needs it with his shirt on, -he needs It with his pants on, and if some of the delinquent subscribers don't pay up soon he'll need it without a d thing on, and North Dakota is no Garden of Eden in the Winter time we'll have you know." My idea of total depravity la to mani fest an interest in lodge Installations. e The South seems to be becoming tem perate in all respects except in Its at titude toward the colored brother. The peach crop seems to be a failure in Portland this year. Not every woman who paints Is an artist. It's no use to get peevish. Remember there Is always the poorhouse. A dead husband with an Insurance pol icy is moro to be chosen than a live one out of a Job. Most men with borrowing friends are wearing rubbers now for fear they will make a noise like a dollar. . An Autumn Song. When evening shrouds the hills And mists hang low And high the birds of passage fly To seek the Spring; When through the woods. Dying, the season shudders, as in woe. To join the cohorts of tho long dead years; When frondent trees wear motley for a pall And leaves, though gaily tinted, slowly fall Regretfully, like radiant tears; When winds are ohill and fields are sere Sing low a requiem for the passing year. ARTHUR A. GREENE. Likes Oreitonlan's Finance Editorial. PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Editor.) I want to express my thanks for Tho Oregonian's very able editorial this morn ing on the subject of "Just the Plain Way." The Oregonian's head is level, while Shaw's is not, and never was. It is a pity that his views on finance were ever given prominence by his appoint ment as Secretary of the Treasury. And Fulton, too, is on ".the wrong track wants "elastic" currency, secured by all sorts of bonds and other securities. Great for those who would handle the "elas ticity," but death to those whose reason able calculations would be upset thereby. E. F. RILEY. A Quentloa for J. Thorburn Rosa. PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Editor.) Now that W. M. Ladd has come forth and offered some assistance to the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, what is the matter with J. Thorburn Ross and his associates deeding their personal prop erty to the defunct bank to help meet its obligations? Mr. Ross' $50,000 King's Heights residence, which was built out of the profits of tha banking business, should be included. JOHN DOE. Humane Society Convention. BOSTON, November J2- The Slat con vention of the American Humane So ciety was begun in the First Baptist Church here today and will continue to morrow and Thursday
