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Amos, manager tlve wagons. t.oldlield. Nev. Louie Follln: C. E. Hunter. Eureka. Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. . rORTLANI). SATTROAY, 'FEB. 15. 1908. A PKOBLKM IX JAPAN. Japan is feverishly anxious to ob tain full recognition in the modern world. To the aspiration she has an undoubted right. The difficulties, however, are not merely of race, of color, of general customs, but largely also of language, spoken and written. The language of Japan, spoken and written, cannot but be regarded as a chain that -holds her fast to long-past centuries of Oriental semi-barbarism. The look of the written language of Japan seems to Identify it to an extent with Chinese. But In fact it is very different. The apparent resemblance, however, creates a sort of prejudice in the minds of the people of America and Kurope. Of course the language of Japan cannot be wholly changed. But whether the Roman alphabet may Hot be used Is a question under dis cussion in Japan. The language, as it now exists, is both alphabetic and Ideographic. For an alphabet the Japanese have taken certain Chinese monograms, forty seven in number, selected as sounding signs, and make words upon the com binations of these characters. The characters have, however, undergone considerable changes, through the long period that has elapsed since their adoption. Latterly the use of Chinese has much' increased in Japan, since its monosyllables offer uncqualcd facilities for the coinage of scientific terms; and a recent writer nays the whole terminology of modern science in Japan has been translated into Chinese compounds by the Japan ese. The result of the use of Chinese ideographs, phonetically, or as letters of an alphabet, as well as for expres sion of single Ideas, is mystifying even to the Japanese their specialists ex cepted. 'In the outer world the fact that Japanese writing seems to resem ble Chinese, and by most may be mis taken for Chinese, is enough to create a prejudice against it, and to main tain a prejudice ag;Jnst the people who use it. Even the characters of their alpha bet, as used by the Japanese, are written in two different forms, one rendered complex by the addition of variations; the other without these variations and consequently much' simpler. The method reminds tta of the different forms of writing in an cient Egypt, discovery and decipher ment of which is one of the achieve ments of modern scholarship. Again, the written Japanese language has one peculiar style for religious and mys tical composition; another for secular or profane subjects. But this may not be much greater difference than that between what English writers have called "the sacred style" of Eng lish, which reaches its highest ex pression in the English Bible, and or dinary written composition in English. The great fact that Isolates Japan from the larger civilized world and confirms everywhere the impression of its relation to the Chinese is the language and the form of the written character. Adoption of the Roman alphabet would go far towards re moval of this impression; but enor mous changes in the structure of the language would necessarily attend it, and the whole process would be a very long one. Ordinarily we should say such a problem would be impos sible; but the fact that Japanese statesmen and scholars are debating It seems to show they think it might be undertaken and slowly effected. Through its system of public educa tion a country under a government virtually despotic ' might accomplish what would be impossible in any other. The public roads in France are probably better than in any other country though in Italy the - roads about the Mediterranean and Adriatic have received almost the last touch of completeness and are worth a trip across the Atlantic to see.. But there are more good roads in France than In any other country. Consul-Gcn-ral Skinner, of Marseilles, recently made a report to the State' Depart ment at Washington on public high ways In France, which contains highly interesting matter. He shows that the public roads in France are good, not because of any superiority of raw materials nor because of any extraor dinary talent for roadbuilding pos sessed by the French, but because of the constant, intelligent supervision of the department having charge of them. France has 316,898 miles of local highways, built at a cost of 1306,800,000, of which the state fur nished $81,000,000 and the Interested localities 227,740.000.In addition to these local highways the national system consists of .23,658 miles of na tional roads, which cost the govern ment $303,975,000 to build. The area of. France is a little more than twice the area of Oregon. , THE TWO WAYS TO JUSTICE. "The object of the English rules Is to provide the best and quickest and simplest method of bringing before the court the merits Involved in any particular case." This, says the New York Times, "is the' statement made at the recent meeting of the New York State Bar Association by Mr. El bridge L. Adams, of the New York bar, in summing up the results of an investigation Into English rules of civil practice and their working, made at the request of the Board of Statu tory Consolidation, created in 1904." But this is not the object of the American rules. The object of the American rules, and of the practice under them, is to obstruct the presen tation of the merits of each particular case; to keep the actual facts away from court and Jury, to object to all testimony that would throw actual light on the case as incompetent and Irrelevant, and to fortify the objec tions by quirks and quibbles built up on the law of evidence. Then, if testimony should be got in, that throws light on the particular case, exception is taken, and often al lowed, on one shallow pretext- or an other; . until, through obstruction and delay, the proceeding is dropped and the matter is forgotten. Our courts in general are wonder fully fond of all this. It covers their proceedings with mystification, in creases their dignity and importance, and inspires the beholders with wholesome awe. And yet perhaps the plain way of bringing all the facts out is better. Still, one might say it all depends on the query whether Justice is wanted, or not. ' SCHOOLBOY PUNISHMENT. People who prosecute the teacher for punishing their children usually belong to a certain well-marked type. They are likely to be without much sense of responsibility, their homes are undisciplined, their relations with' their wives and children alternate be tween foolish indulgence and pettish cruelty. Their motive for going into court with an alleged case against the teacher is seldom a desij-e for Justice. On the contrary, it is either the appe tite for notoriety or a sudden gust of passionate vlndictlveness. Often such parents are offended because their property sense is infringed. They look upon their children, and their wives, too, as pieces of personal prop erty, and It irks them to think of the teacher daring to handle it, even when the handling manifestly im proves it. The person who has begun a legal action against Principal Hughson for paddling his son may or may not be long -to this undesirable class of par ents. The case is to be investigated In court,' and it behooves the public to withhold Judgment until the evidence is known; but it is a'remarkable feat ure of the affair that the Matthews boy Is the only one out of a dozen or so who seems tp have been injured. Either the teacher had some special reason for treating this urchin with excessive severity or the boy has devi ated from the facts in his account of the affair. The paddle is a compara tively harniless instrument of retribu tive justice much beloved by reform ing officials and advanced pedagogues. At the famed Elmira reformatory, in New York, the paddle is said to work miracles of grace. Applied to a cer tain section of the numan form divine, it seems to exercise a regenerative In fluence truly magical. If boys must be flogged, the paddle seems to be an almost divinely ap pointed Implement to do it with. That area of thV body which it most aptly fits Is not very susceptible to mortal wounds; it has merely a sufficiency of nerves to unlock penitential tears by their tingling when temperately flag ellated; and the bones which it con tains are so abundantly swathed about with muscular tissue that there is no danger of breaking them. It is fashionable in these degenerate days to deny the hand of Providence in ar ranging the affairs of the world; but if there is one piece of evidence more convincing than another that the Al mighty actually did fit this and that together and adapt one thing to an other in our mundane sphere, it is the perfect adaptation of this portion of a boy's body to receive Impulsive stimu lation from a paddle. But must boys, be flogged? What is the ultimate effect of paddling upon the boy himself and upon the teacher, upon paddler and paddlee, to borrow a legal terminology? In the opinion of The Oregonian the paddle is dis tinctly and unequlvocably a means of grace. It edifies not only the physi cal and intellectual parts of the oy, but also his soul. Manyj an unruly youth, apparently foredoomed to per dition and predestinated to wrath, has been plucked like a brand from the burning by a regenerative paddling. The world is full of men of light and leading whom Satan thought he had bought and paid for in their early youth, but who were redeemed and washed of their sins by a good, sound whipping. Marvelous are the virtues of the paddle; salutary is the smart thereof, and the parent who rails against it is not wise. Better far -had it been, we venture to guess, for the adolescent scion of the Matthews stirp had his daddy reduplicated the pad dling he received at school instead of taking the case into court. Teachers as a rule have no disposi tion to injure children. Retribution is too swift and sure if they give way in the slightest degree to vlndictlve ness. In particular a teacher of six teen years' tribulation, like Mr. Hugh son, a extremely unlikely to knock a boy around so roughly as to injure his knee or any other part of his frame. First, because in sixteen years even the most Impulsive schoolteacher be comes wary and cool; second, because no man who did not like boys, even bad ones, could stand it to teach. school for sixteen years; and finally, because if Mr. Hughson had any dev ilishness within him it would . have been forced out so often by the trials of his profession that he would have been driven into some other calling long and long ago. It is only men of an exceptionally innate salntllness who can remain a long time in the thorny paths of pedagogy. The chances are that when Mr. Hughson resorted to the paddle it was after ripe delibera tion and with a firm conviction that nothing else could save the erring youngsters from their evil ways, and probably he was entirely right. TROUBLE IX MACEDONIA. Macedonia, once the ruling nation of the world, has for a long time been subject to Turkey. Like all Turkish possessions, it has been misruled. The object of the government is to extort as much money as possible from the inhabitants with no thought of their welfare. Bad as Turkish rule Is uni versally, in Macedonia it has been so much worse than elsewhere that the Civilized nations of Europe have viewed it with constant misgivings and have frequently interfered to pro mote reforms. But their interference has accomplished little. The concert of Europe is at best but a rope of 'sand. It breaks with the slightest strain and the Sultan un derstands the art of keeping it from ever becoming, stronger. He is mas ter of the game of playing off .one power against another by secret con cessions, and of making promises to be broken as soon as the pressure is lightened. For the past ten or fifteen years Germany has been the member of the European concert which has prevented effective action for the. re lief of the victims of Turkish tyranny. and It has received substantial re wards for betraying the cause of hu manity and civilization. At the time of the Armenian massacres it was the Kaiser who stayed the hand of the world from punishing the brutal Turk, and In return he received rich conces sions in Asia Minor. The German railroad to the Persian Gulf is the fruit of William's connivance at the slaughter of the. Christian Armeni ans. Maladministration in Macedonia has now reached another of its frequent crises, and the concert of Europe has been intervening with more or less hope of effecting changes for the bet ter. But at the critical moment, Just as heretofore, the hand of civilization is stayed and justice thwarted by" the double dealing of Germany. Instead of supporting the proposals of the concert, William decides to give the Turk a free hand to murder and rob his subjects. The Kaiser was terri bly shocked at the thought of the heathen Japanese defeating the Chris tian Russians, but th6 spectacle of the heathen Turks murdering the Christian Macedonians does not dis turb his serenity in the least. The reason is simple enough. The defeat of, the Russians in Asia interfered with Aymiam's plans for German ag grandizement in China. The security of the Turk furthers William's plans in Asia Minor and the "Valley of the Euphrates. William's conduct In Turkey and the near East Is part of the battle for markets which he is waging with England and Russia. Perhaps he cannot be blamed for playing his hand for all it is worth. ' The victor in the fight for markets will ultimate ly rule the world. The prize is glit tering and very likely the temptation to strive for it surpasses human pow ers of resistance. At any rate, the nations are all engaged in the4 strug gle, and if any of the others had Ger many's advantages they would use them just the same as William does. RECORD WHEAT SHIPMENTS. Argentine wheat shipments for the week ending Thursday reached the enormous total of 6,864,000 bushels. For the preceding week they were 5,700,000 bushels, and on the la.st week in January - 5,078,000 bU3hes. These figures far surpass all former records from the Southern Hemis phere and present rather alarming evidence of the increasing prominence of the Argentine in the world's mar kets. High-water mark in American shipments was reached several weeks ago, and from iow until the end of the Reason, there will be a steady dwindling until the new crop begins to come on the market. The foreign buyers have apparently satisfied themselves that the enormous Argen tine shipments can be maintained un til there is another crop available in this, country, for they welcomed the news of the big shipments yesterday with a decline of 2 pence per hundred, equivalent to nearly 24 cents per bushel. - ' , The American markets failed to re flect the weakness in Europe, for the close In Chicago was practically the same as for the day previously. There is, of course, a possibility that the for eigners, whose market day is over be fore the Chicago market opens, were yesterday reflecting the pronounced weakness of Chicago for the preced ing day, but in both markets the weight of the big Argentine surplus has been hanging heavy for a long time. It Is an old saying' that there is no sentiment in business, but not Infrequently we are confronted with commercial problems which in pro cess of solution disprove the truth of the old adage. The statistical posi tion of wheat is strong and the mar ket is weak. The weakness, not be ing Justified by the statistical position, must naturally "be traced in part to sentiment created by the enormous quantities of wheat now floated in the Argentine and in this country. - The foreign buyer, confronted by these heavy offerings which are actu ally in sight, is inclined to forget that the most liberal estimates do not place the exportable surplus of the Argen tine at more than 20,000,000 bushels In excess of that of last year, while the American crop from which we have been making such heavy ship ments is 100,000,000 bushels less than its predecessor. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the 1907 crop In the United States is the rapidity with which it has been floated. The shipments from July 1 to February 1 have reached a total of 156,453,000 bushels, compared with 115,810,000 bushels for the same period in the preceding season. In "other words, we have already shipped 40,000,000 bush els more from a crop of 635,000,000 bushels than we shipped in the pre ceding year from a crop of 735,000, 000 bushels. VThls seemingly contradictory situa tion is due, of course, to the abnor mally, high prices which early in the jseason not only caused a free selling of new wheat, but also brought Out heavy reserves that were carried over from the big crop of 1906. But in the end there is only a given amount of wheat available, and unless the world's crop has been greatly under estimated, there will be a changed tone in the market after the senti mental effect of these record-breaking shipments wears off. Future require ments must be based exclusively on actual, stocks available, not this month or next month, but f6r the coming five or six months which will elapse before the new American crop- is available in liberal quantities. Next to the young woman who sells herself In marriage for a title, she' who sues a wealthy man for breach of promise of marriage is the most contemptible of her sex. It passes the comprehension of ordinary self-" respect that any woman between whom, and a man who has Jilted her, there Is nothing more serious than a simple promise of marriage, should seek to enforce the fulfilment of the promise. The woman who meets perfidy of this character with thank fulness for her escape from what would have been a mockery of mar riage is worthy of the admiration that the exercise of simple common sense in an unexpected situation. Inspires, while she who pursues a recreant lover with a demand for money de serves the contempt that is the due of the woman who places marriage on. a soclassor mercenary basis and seeks to realize on the investment. A London cable announces that there is. a prospect of Ralsull's ap pearing on the variety stage. If he should, his appearance will open up a new and rich field for exploitation by theatrical managers, and in due season we may find the boards of the "continuous" circuit thronged with the famous bad men of the world. Just at present Ralsull would be a strong drawing card, but the next time the Mad Mullah met with one of his periodical deaths he would be res urrected by some searcher for vaude ville talent and "Rais" would be rele gated to the "ten-twenty-thirty" houses. Even Abdul Aziz, who is on the verge of being "Abdul Azizn't, would be an attraction In his way, and if the other Abdul, who "lies dream ing of the hour" when his creditors will let him alone, is ever forced to leave Constantinople, the variety stage wjll greet him with open arms. Another Tillamook steamship line proposition has been put before the Chamber of Commerce. For the good Of the port, we trust something may come out of it. If a systematic effort were made to drive the trade of Tilla mook away from Portland, it could not accomplish much more along that line than is now done by the misera bly inadequate service with which our merchants - attempt to doN business. Tillamook is so near Portland and has so many rich resources that the trade should De cultivated instead of dis couraged. San Francisco, nearly two days' travel farther away, has always had more of the Tillamook business than Portland. It would seem that the time was ripe for us to make a change in the system and keep the trade where it belongs in Oregon. The Iron heel and the mailed fist are very much in retirement in the kingdom of Portugal just at present.' The proprietor of a department store has opened a subscription for the family of the dead assassin of the late King, and a number of persons have openly contributed money to the sup port of the children. While this is most humane and in a civilized coun try would be eminently proper, it dif fers quite radically from the treat ment which Russia and some other despotic governments of the Old World extend to the families of as sassins who attempt to set thlng3 right by committing murder. "A Republican" has written a letter to The Oregonian, in which he admits that he Is one of those who have been voting "waywardly," but says the need of the party Is a leader. We should think Republicans who reject ed George H. Williams as a leader and took Harry Lane would feel the want of a leader by this time. It is estimated that the amount of wood that went into the manufacture of paper in this country last year was 3,500,000 cords. An area hatf as largo as the State of Rhode Island is stripped every year to make wood pulp. Wood suitable for making pa per is not growing half fast enough to supply the waste. Objection was made yesterday in Judge Cleland's court, on argument upon demurrer filed by Banker Ross and, 'others, that the information was not sufficiently specific in its statement to enabHJ the defendants to know whether they had looted the bank or not. This seems to be a nice point of law. From the epitomized telegraphic re port, both parties will be able to use extracts from Champ Clark's speech for campaign literature next Summer. The popular Missouri Congressman has taken the thirty-third degree in political versatility. A New York eye specialist informs the members of the Illuminating En gineering Society, of Chicago, that the old kerosene lamp is the least harm ful of any artificial llluminant- This ought to be cheering news to Rocke feller. The tornado season has opened ear lier than usual this year. Like other things that appear with Spring, the South is always first in the field, and the pioneer 1908 cyclone tore through Mississippi and Texas. The London lady suffragists who created a disturbance at the House of Commons all went to jail rather than pay a small fine. London, since the days of Julius Caesar, was always a favorite place for martyrs. What with the crematory, vehicle license, streetcar fender and barring females from saloons, the City Council is doing a lot of unfinished business. It may help Governor Chamber lain's prospects if Senator Bourne could get Roosevelt's written indorse ment of Statement No. 1. That conductor who threatened to smash Mr. Wittenberg's face, if elect ed to the School Board, could con tinue the conflict. VANCOUVER BARRCKS NOTES No Orders Yet for Troopp to Be Sent to Alaska. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) Leave of absence for 15 days Is granted to Frederick W. Phls terer. Coast Artillery Corps. The leave of absence granted First Lieutenant William K. Gibson, Third In fantry, has been extended two months. Inquiry at Department Headquarters to day revealed the fact that up to this time no orders have been .issued through these headquarters for any movement of troops in Alaska, incident to the labor troubles at Fairbanks. The nearest sta tion of troops to Fairbanks Is at Fort Gibbon, 260 miles to the north and Fort Liscum about the same distance to the south, and the only means of transport ing troops in is by dog sleds, and would take at least two weeks to make the trip. Both forts, are in constant communica tion with the authorities to Fairbanks, and should the order be issued will rush troops to Fairbanks. The maneuvers for the regulnr troops and the Militia of the Department of the Columbia will be held during the month of August at American Lake, Wash., and will be under the command of the Com manding General of this department. The regular troops to participate in the maneuvers will consist of four troops of. the Fourteenth Cavalry from Fort Walla Walla, two troops of the Fourteenth Cavalry from Boise Barracks, two bat teries of the Fourth Field Artillery from Vancouver Barracks. 12 companies of the First Infantry from Vancouver Barracks, eight companies of the Third Infantry from Fort Wright, four companies of the Third Infantry at Fort Lawton, four companies of the Sixth Infantry from Fort W. H. Har rison, four companies of the Sixth In fantry from Fort Lincoln, four companies of the Sixth Infantry from Fort Mis soula. Available regular force: Six troops of cavalry, two batteries of field artillery and 29 companies of infantry. From August 1 to 10 U:c rational Guard of Washington and Oregon will partici pate, and from August 16 to 30 one regi ment each from Montana and Idaho. . Chaplain C. C. Bateman. of the Coast Artillpry Corps, who has been on duty at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, has been pro moted to the grade of Major. Chaplain Bateman has a splendid record in the Army, not Che least of which has been obtained by him at Fort Bayard. He was stationed at Vancouver Barracks for a number of years, and Is well known by a large number of people on the Pacific Coast. CONFERENCE COLLEGE WOMEN Student Gathering of Y. W. C. A. at Whitman College, Walla "Walla. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) College, acad emy and Normal school girls from all over the Inland Empire .gathered this afternoon under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association, of Whitman College, as the Eastern Stu dent Conference. At this conference over 50 delegates are In attendance from Washington State College, University of Idaho, Lewiston Normal, Cheney Nor mal, Weston Normal and Pendleton Academy, besides those in attendance from the local institution. Rev. Paul M. Rader, of the Hassalo-street Congrega tional Church, of Portland, is one of the principal conference leaders, as is also Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, of Portland, president of the Oregon and Idaho State Board of the Y. W. C. A. Rev. John C. Abells, of Moscow, is another leader. Misses Maude E. Ross and Frances Gage, Y. W. C. A. secretaries, and members of the local college faculty, are also as sisting. ItOAD'S FIGURES RUN WAY UP Realty Values Twice That Estimated by State Experts. OLYMPIA. Wash!, Feb. 14. (Special. )--At the hearing before the Railroad Com mission today it was shown upon cross examination that the railroads are list ing property used entirely for railroad business, in order to swell the valuations as much as possible. Realty values of railroad holdings at Spokane, Pasco, Oak ville, Kennewick, Rosalia, Lind and Cheney were testified to today by really experts of the railroads. The valuations as placed by the roads are 100 to 200 per cent greater than that given by the state experts. At Lind the state listed the property at ;28, while the railroads place it at $39,220; Rosalia, state one-half as much; Cheney, state KU0S, railroad, $16,400; Pas co, stale. $23,750; railroads, $1:3,375. FUNERAL OF WRECK VICTIM John A. .MacDonald Buried From Home at McMinnvlIIe. M'MINNVILLR. Or.. Feb. 14 (Spe cial.) The funeral of John A. MacDonald, who was killed In the railroad wreck near Forest Grove Tuesday night, was held at his late home near this place this after noon. The deceased wa's a stonemason by trace, and came here about three years ago from Salem, where he had long been a resident. He was married a year ago to Mrs. Mary Allen, of this pise. Besides his widow, he leaves a mot tier and brother residing in Boston," Mass. Mr. MacDonald was aged about 63 years. Lately ho was engaged in hopgrowing, and was building the first brick hor,ous8 in the state at his farm, Just west of town. YAMHILL SLOW TO REGISTER Less Than 600 Names Have Been Placed oh Rolls. M'MINNVILLE, Or., Feb. It. (Spe cial.) Voters are slow to register this year, thus far less than 600 having placed their names on the rolls. At the last general election the vote of this county was about 3300, which, in the natural or der of the general progress of the county, should be much greater this year. One significant fact is that according to the present registration the Republicans out number the Democrats about two to one. At the last election the Republican ma jority was near 700. Something like 4 per cent of the registrations up to this date are Prohibitionists, and a little more than 1 per cent call themselves Socialists. Probably a like proportion refuse to be classified politically. LURES YOUNG GIRLS TO ROOM Tacoma Man In Jail With Serious Charges Against Him. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) Charged by two young glrjs, neither of whom is yet 16 years old, John Wyman, a Northern Pacific switchman, was arrested and is In the county Jail. Wyman is accused by Hazel Switzer and Mabel Taylor with having lured them to" his room in a lodging house and there drugged and assaulted them. Wyman refused to make any statement, further than to deny his guilt. The wife of the accused man has been absent from the city for seme time past and she returned to find him in prison. Thurston Mills to Reopen. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 14. (Spe cial. )' Shingle mills of Thurston County will open Monday, giving em ployment to severaf hundred men. They have been closed all Winter, WILL DISALLOW NATAL ACT Otta,wa Government Overrules Ac tion of Provincial Legislature. VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. 14. The new provincial Natal act, now in force in British Columbia, providing an edu cational test before their entry for Japanese and other Oriental immi grants, will probably be fully tested before the end of next week, at which time It will undoubtedly be disallowed by the Ottawa government. For some reason, which it Is im possible to learn today, the provincial government, has ceased to impose fees for the examination of Immigrants un der the Natal act. This morning, on the arrival of the steamer Waiateale from Seattle, two Japanese were ex amined and given certificates and no fees were charged. Yesterday two Japant-se who debarked from the Iro quois after passage from Seattle were examined and each was charged $1. It is understood that this money will now be refunded. The two Japanese ar rivals this morning were able to nil out the educational form satisfactorily and they were admitted. GUARDIAN FOR THE ESTATE Petition for Guardian for Person of C. F. Vonderahe Denied. OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) County Judge Grant B. Dimic-k has just handed down a decision in the appli cation for the appointment of a guardian of the estate arid person of C. F. Von derahe, who is 79 years of agei and worth $35,000. The court, after reviewing the law and evidence, grants the petition for the appointment of a guardian of the estate, but denies the prayer for the ap pointment of a guardian for the person. The Vonderahe case has obtained con siderable prominence through a isuit brought by C. W. Vonderahe, to restrain Mrs. 'Erikke Trullinger from associating with his father, stating that the woman was endeavoring to obtain possession of the old man's property. NEGRO TRIES THRICE TO DIE Starts Out First to Kill His Wire, hut Police Interfere. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) Mortimer Moore, colored, was arrrsted today, after having armed him self to kill his wife and then himself He attempted suicide three times after his arrest, the last time by hanging him self in his cell. A letter was found on his person in which he declared his pur pose to kill his wife because she refused to live with him and then take his own life.' He was armed with a large re volver, which he attempted to use when arrested, and a bottle of carbolic acid. He tried to use the latter while being searched. It is believed that Moore. i3 mentally deranged. DEAD OF THE NORTH WEST J. C. Glover, of Union. UNION, Or., Feb. 14. J. C. Glover, essoc-iate editor of the Union Republi can, j:lit-d at his home In this city last night of pneumonia. Mr. Glover was a veteran newspaperman, having worked in the various departments of a coun try paper for over 30 years. In 1S83 he formed a partnership with G. A. Scl bird of this city, which continued un til his death. For 19 years they were proprietors of the Del Norte, Colo., Prospector, and in 1903 took charge rtf the Union Republican. The remains were shipped to Colorado Springs for burial. H . F. Kayler. ORISON CITY. Or, Feb. 14. (Special.) H. F. Kayler is dead at his home In Molalla, aged 87 years. He was born in North Carolina and came to Oregon in 1S50. Death was due to an attack of grip.. He is survived by a widow and the following children: Ellen, George, W. P., P. J., H. A., Perry and Florie Kayler, of Molalla; Mrs. R. J. Moore, Mrs. F. E. Schatzman and Mrs. J. F. Adams, of Molalla: N. P. "Kayler, of Sumpter; Elmer Kayler, of Heppner, and Mrs. Linnie Swift, of Eugene. Mrs. Levi- Chrisnian. THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Levi Chrisman, wife of Sheriff Chrisman, of this county, died at her home here tonight of pneumonia. Mrs. Chrisman, who was formerly Miss Clemtinc Martin, was reared in The Dalles and was one of the best-known young matrons of this city. Besides her husband, she leaves five little chil dren, the youngest two weeks old. Given Fatal Morphine Dose. GRANTS PASS. Or., Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Earl E. Dotson died yesterday from the effects of an overdose of mor phine administered by William Fehley. Dotson and a young man named Farlow were out late the previous night and fell in with Fehloy, ' a disreputable character. The coroner' jury returned a verdict finding William Fehley guilty of furnishing Dotson the mor phine. SCHOOL. BOOK PROTEST. Parent Sayn Texts Are Required Which Are Not Vr.A. PORTLAND. Feb. 14. (To the Editor.) Bcllevlna; an Injustice is boliiff perpetrated upon the pupils of the publlr schools and their parents In this city through a . per nicious school-book system. whl'h com :pells the purchase of many school books which are scarcely or never used, I request the courtesy of The Oreconlan for space to voice a few words of protest. At the commencement of the school term Just passed, my little Blrl was given a list of the books to be used during that term. Among others were "Pranu's Text Book on Art Education. No. 4" and the "Kiw Edu cational Third Music Reader." The school term has been comr.'leted and my little slrl honorably promoted, having passed her studies successfully. Again she has been requested to change those books for num bers 5 and 3 respectively, notwithstanding the fact that text book No. 4 was opened but once (at page 7) during the entire term, and music book No. 2 scarcely used at all. It is unnecessary for me to say that she is not learned in either book. While at the book store to purchase the new books, a person happened to bring in a copy of "Prang's Text Book No. 5" anf offered it for sale. The book was perfectly new and the little girl who owned it Btated that her school had never used those books after the pupils had all been supplied, although they had been compelled to get them. I have since spoken with several children of different schools, and without exception all tell the same story. I would like to hear from others through the columns of this paper In regard to this matter, and while the reform movement is on. let us try to remedy this evil condition or affairs. I do not object to purchasing the necessary school books, but I protest against this wholesale robbery of the public, compelling books to be purchased which are never to be used. GEORGE C. HELD. Simple Discount. Philadelphia Ledger. San Francisco was about to issue a large amount of bonds. "We have to name a big sum." the citizens explained, "so that even if our grafters get out of Jail there'll be some left for public use." BOOf6 mats THAT there are stranger adventures In real life than ever were pictured in books, is shown in a recent experience connected with Myra Kelly. ' the young authoress who has excelled in writing stories of Hebrew life in New York City, for the magazines. Not very long ago. It was announced that Mis3 Kelly had niarrieS Allan MacNaughton, a well-to-do New Yorker, and her friends said: "My ra'll never be poor again." The proverbial crash came when Mac Naughton tried to establish "Blue Ridse Stock Farm" in New Jersey, and convert the tract of land into an ideal colony for literary folk. From time immemorial. literary folk and money never have got along together, and the MacNaughton col ony failed after he had spent on It $10. 000 of his own money, and also sums ad vanced by his wife. MacNaughton ap peared at Newark, N. ' J., the other day before a referee in bankruptcy, for examination, and claimed exemption for the personal Jewelry he was wearing, making a special appeal to George H. Pierce, counsel for Wilfred C. Roszel. trustee of the estate. "I ask you as a gentleman to allow me to keep the watch," he said. "I have carried It for 20 years." "It is not a question of gentlemanly courtesy, but of creditors." replied Mr. Pierce, and Mr. MacNaughton reluctant ly handed over his gold watch and chain, cuff-buttons and fam-y pin, as assets of his estate in bankruptcy. Mrs. MacNaughton had been summoned as a witness, but was too ill to appear. ' "Ten to Seventeen," by Josephine Dns kam Baton. Is a sparkling diary of girls In a boarding-school during those tender years when the world is chiefly made up of these two kinds of excitement senti ment and "scrapes." The three misses who principally tell the story are Roberta. who writes tlie events; "Ben." whose cleverness inspires them, and Constantina, who prefixes each event with a remark able "poem." It's a typical story for healthy, young folks. How E. Phillips Oppenhelm can write two sensational novels every year and still keep up a uniform standard of liter ary excellence, is a mystery. He is now about 40 years old, and has a strong, good-looking face. At 18 years old, he began writing stories and has been hard at it ever since. His first novel was en titled "Expiation" and was so blood thirsty that all the prinicipa! characters were killed off before the middle of thq book was reached and to finisli the book decently. Oppcnheim was obliged to create new people. Soon after the novel was published, the author was traveling one sunny afternoon in Ensiand and chanced to see a. man near him on the train reading "Expiation," "What Is your opinion of that novel, sir?" asked Oppenhelm, but the critic's views would not look well in print. Op penhelm then wrote. "Mysterious Mr. Sabln," and a man who said that he was "the" Mr. Sabin called on Oppenheim de manding heavy damages for the use of his name. "A Prince of Sinners" Ulti mately brought ducats and fame to the persistent story-writer. s "The Lady of the Decoration." rated by the Bookman from carefully gathor.-d figures as the best selling book in 1W, exhairMed 17 editions In the 12 months just passed, and has Just been sent to press for the 25th printing. Harry C. Evans, of Des Moines, Iowa, editor of The Yellow Shield, has suddenly discovered that Longfellow was a plagiar ist, and that Longfellow's poem "Hia watha" was largely copied after the an cient Finnish "Kalevala" written before Homer's time. The two poems referred to are of puzzling similarity, the measure and meter being the same, and both deal with Indians, fiiaglc and the Northland. The moving spirit of "Kalevala" is one Wamamoinen who Is spoken of as "the eternal wonder-worker," who "builds his vessels by enchantment," and the poem proceeds: Why should I sing other legends. Chant them in the gl-n e.nd forest; Sing them on the hill and heather. Only will the forest listen, Pacrrd hin.'hes, sighing pine trees , As a lark 1 VarncI to ivaii'lrr. Wander a. a lonely snng bird. Through the fnrertt and the fenlftnds; Qulftly o'er hill and henther: Walked In pnlr. nbout the rnarshrs. licamed the songs of wind and waters. This is from "Hiawatha:" ' Phould you ask where Newsdnha, Fnunil tbeso songs so wild and wayward; Found these legends and traditions; All the wild flowers sang them to him lu the moorlands and the fcnlandi". In the melancholy marshce. ' Ttound about the Indian villages, , And beyond them stood the forest. Stood the grove of singing pine trees. But a more deadly parallel is found in Wamanolnen's departure: Ieft hl.? tribe in Knlevnla Sailing o'er the rolling billows. Sailing through the axure vbpot-s. Sailing through the du.sk of evening. To the lower verse of heaven. Hiawatha's departure: Westward, westward, Hiawatha, Sailed Into tbe tlery sun?t. Sailed into the dusk of evening. To the land of the hereafter. Among the Flprlng novels about to be: published is "The loartstone." by Will l.illibridge, author of "Ben Blair." Dr. IJlllbridge Is a Dakota man. born and bred In that country. He has been far mer, rancher and cattleman. Even now. busy as he Is with his profession and literary work, he has a mania for being out of doors. What etories do children prefer to read? Interesting answers to this question have been personally obtained from the chil dren of today by Claude G. Leland. libra rian of the Board of Education of New York City. At his request teachers in the grammar grades in the public schools, especially those In charge of the work in English, collected and sent to him re views or opinions written by pupiLs on favorite authors or favorite books, which gave reasons for the choice. About 40no such reviews, representing the higher classes in nearly every section of the five boroughs, were obtained tills way. The reviewers were between the ases of 10 and 14 years. "Little Women" headed the list. The 10 favorite authors in the order of their preference were: Louisa M. Alcott, K. D. W'iggin, F. H. Burnett. Charles Dickens, H. A. Ilcnty. John Long, H. B. Stowe, H. W. Ixngfellow. Sir Wal ter Scott, and A. E. Barr. Tim 10 favor ite books in the order of the preference were, "Little Women" (Alcott): "Sarah Crew" (Burnett): ."I'ncle Tom's Cabin" (Stowe); "Black Beauty" (Sewe'I): "Bird's Christmas Carol" (Wiggin); "Rob inson Crusoe" (Defoe): "Rebecca of Sun nybrook Farm" (Wiggin): "Old-Fashioned Girl" (Alcott); "Grimm's Fairy Tales"; and "Evangeline" (Longfellow). Within a few days, will be issued what Is probably the first fiction in English, the characters in which are Chinese. The attractive title is "The Vermillion Pen cil," the author being Homer Lee. Harper's Magazine announces that Its editors received for consideration curing one year, 22.000 manuscripts. The present issue of Harper's contains 22 contribu tions, including two serials. In a year this would amount to 2GI contributions, the larger portion of which are, of course, by writers of reputation. Before sailing for Italy. William Dean How-ells gave the last revision to a new novel.