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Beck on , 5w.fLp"c,al Agency New Tork, rooma 14 TeihT "" building. Chicago, rooma 610-OH iriDune building. KmTLAJfO. FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1900. THE GLASS REVKRSAL. Laurels bud ranidlv on th. iD..i brows of the California Judges. By Ordering a new trial for Louis Glass, who -was convicted of bribing Loner ran, they have not only sustained to the full the reputation which they ac quired in their dealings with Ruef and riohmitz. but they have actually en hanced It. an achievement which one would have deemed impossible. Men who can intensify the odor of a rotten KS certainly deserve credit for their penlus. The grounds which the Cali fornia Judges have selected as the formal basis for their predetermined lecislon are of no consequence. If these had not been discoverable, they would doubtless have found others which would have served the purpose quite as well. The time has passed when the Infamous series of decrees from the superior courts of California ought to be handled delicately. The conduct of these unworthy Judges has. brought so much reproach upon the administration of the law everywhere, it has so saturated the public mind with suspicion of all legal procedure, that a clear distinction should be drawn between their willful perver sion of Justice and the venial folly which sometimes leads other courts into a senseless preference of abstract logic over plain right. The reversal of the conviction of Louis Glass Is worse than a mere mis carriage of Justice such as the people of Oregon seem llkery to witness in the Ross citse. However Indefensible the delay may be In visiting merited punishment upon the head of that tried and convicted swindler, it would be wrong to suspect our local Judges of taking orders from anybody in the premises. The procrastination arises elm ply from the bad habits which be long to all courts apparently, even when they are purest. But with the California tribunals there is a very - different state of things. Every sign point to the conclusion that in their systematic reversal of the convictions of the San Francisco bribers and bood lerB the Judges are obeying orders which they have received from a su perior power and to which they hum bly bow their dishonored heads. To make the distinction clearer between the abortion of Justice which has hap pened in the Glass case and the ordi nary miscarriages which irritate the public, let us recall the way our local courts dealt with a controversy be tween a real estate broker and his principal recently. At the principal's request, the broker borrowed a sum of money for his use, sending to Europe to obtain it. This, of course, caused a few days' delay. In that interval the principal had managed to make other arrangements, and when the money arrived he refused to accept it. The broker sued for his commission. There was no dispute abovft the facts; but the principal offered the astounding defense that the broker had no li cense. The court decided in favor of the defendant. This may have been good law, but It was manifestly an outrage upon Justice. The broker had rendered the service to his principal, and had earned his fee. The ques tion of his license lay between him find the city, and properly should have played no part in the suit. This was what may be called merely a miscar riage of Justice, because there was no possible suspicion of evil influence from any quarter upon the court. If the Judge acted foolishly, it was be cause precedent and the great multi tude of examples set for him by other Judges urged him to put aside his common sense and be foolish. Cor ruption was out of the question. Not so with the California courts. In their handling of the bribery cases there is every indication of a prear ranged plan to set the criminals free et all hazards as fast as they are con victed. In the Glass case for example, the reasons assigned for granting him ' cinother trial are almost impudently j silly. We may believe if we like that the Judges were too stupid to think of better ones, or we may believe that they have become so indurated- to Phame that they do not care what is said about them. Persons who have deliberately adopted vicious courses ; nometim.es lose their sense of shame entirely after a while. There is no claim that Glass did not . bribe Lonergan. Virtually he admits ' his guilt. His whole defense consists of technicalities which , any respecta ble court would brush aside Just as . Judge Lawlor did. Out of the multi tude of these idle quibbles the appel late Judges of California have selected two or three, apparently at random, and announced them to the public as their reason for reversing the Jury's verdict ana giving Glass another trial. They have done this with the full ' knowledge that he was convicted upon ; abundant evidence, that his trial was fair in every essential, and that he de served his punishment. To such a ' pass has California Justice come. The rest of the country has no right to In- ' terfere in the dismal drama. It can only look on and wonder. But in the depths of our grief over California's shame we can draw from her dilemma the lesson never to permit our courts to become the tools of a political ma chine. If we ever do, we may expect a repetition of her disgrace to visit us. Mr. Patten, the Chicago wheat king. ; who began buying May wheat under 31 per bushel and has been buying and I Belling almost continuously for the I pest four months, offers a very lucid ; explanation of his success in the state ment. uii muivmuai living can keep the price of wheat above the nat ural level and exist. Those who have tried it failed. But these are natural conditions. The population, of the country has Increased. The supply has not kept pace with It." Any man with such a perfect understanding of the business as is reflected in the lan guage quoted will hardly get very far wrong on the market. Unless wheat stocks are suddenly increased from a source not now in evidence anywhere in the world, Mr. Patten's prophecy that the cereal will go still higher will be verified. In spite of occasional peri ods of liquidation, like that of yesterday. WHAT ARE THEI THERE FORT It is shocking to find our patient friend, the Seattle Times, scandalmon gering the Seattle Fair. Thp terrible word "scandalmongerlng" Is used ad visedly, since that is the grave accusa tion made by the Times against The Oregonian for printing statements to the effect that hotels, restaurant-Weepers and others there are raising prices in view of the approaching exposition. The Times of Tuesday has an article about the advance of rental rates in a building known as The Tale, wherein the rent of one Mockley was raised, by a heartless landlord from $10 to $20 per month. The details of this un speakable outrage are painful, and will not be repeated; but they are given In full by the Times, which is Justly In dignant. Suffice it to make partial re port of Mockley's complaint: The building in which I have my office la old, unsanitary and ehould, as a matter of fact, be torn down. And yet they raise rent on the tenants 100 per cent and ex pect people to sty that Seattle landlords are not greedy and that they will not Injure the fair. They will ruin It If they keep on as they are doing. As a real estate man. I constantly near complaints relative to the manner In which landlords are endeavoring to extort money in view of the fair, when any landlord who has the Interests of the city at heart would do Just the opposite. The Tim 6s also quotes the owner of a building as saying: If you will make' an investigation you will find that in nine cases out of ten It is not owners who are to blame for these radical rent Increases, but men and women who obtain leases on buildings used as rooming houses, restaurants and places of this char acter and then Juggle with sub-rentals in order to show enormous profits fo selling or trading ourposes. These nrn th, real sons who are giving Seattle a bad name. , .truly, these greedy fellows are giv ing Seattle a bad name. But is the Times not in danger of running coun ter to the famous Seattle spirit when it exposes the rapacity of its land lords, sub-landlords and other profes sional gougers, who are preparing to reap their harvest during the exposi tion? What are they there for? WILLAMETTE'S PURE WATER. Heads of the Water DcnsFtmt were stupid enough, when Bull Run was turned on and they didn't know it; but what are we to sav a himt tv.a A nr. tors who utter scare talk about pure iniiamette: liven the fool Chinook salmon know better than the 1 fn rn s r medical men; that's why the salmon are swimming up the Willamette, past Portland. Little later no salmon will come UD this river: thv -ct-ui knn r ' J ..... J II LllO Willamette Is not. pure as now. The Tram or the finny tribe will then be up the Columbia River. Anybody with an ouno nf e-11mr.t1.nn ought to know that the water flowing past Portland at this season comes from the mountains. Just like Bull Run. That's what gives the Willam ette River its strong current and clear ness. Put Willamette and Ptull T..n together at this season, and the one is as ciear as the other. Snows are melt ing in the Coast Range, the Calapooias and the Cascades, to supply the springs that give Willamette River Its opnng iresnet. Short while aero most of th Willam ette volume was wash of farms and barnyards. Then the water was muddy and laden with germs. That is the condition in Autumn, after post Summer rains. Not so now. "Winter nas made Its clean-up. There has been little or no raln-wnh fni- a month. Undeflled mountains springs are supplying the Willamette. Chi nook salmon are wise. At Oregon City xney are as the sands of the sea for multitude, sporting in the tvnholdlesa water. Shortly they will cease going there. They know why, but not the doctors. The latter have yet to learn what humbler folk already know. At any season, however. Willamette water would be welcomed by many a city as a Doon. Yet it should be rightly niterea by every town that uses it. Salem water would not make so mn.-ii discomfort for strangers if it were so treated. The filtered water in the Statehouse last Winter Tuna e-ond on A safe as Bull Run. That was because me statehouse keeps a inter for drink ing water. Klght now, however, no filter could catch tvDhoid cause typhoid water isn't flowing. contents or tne Willamette have been freshened a thousand times bv monn' tain spring and cataract. Bull Run is better than Willamette, of course, and all are glad, It is back. But when doctors try to work up a scare about Willamette, the victim Is tempted to use the "cuss" words with which Willamette rhymes. BCIUHNG SHIPS FOR FOREIGNERS. Consul Van Sant, who represents the United States at Kingston, Ontario, is the latest American citizen to present evidence that punctures the famous theory that we are unable- to compete with the foreigners in shipbuilding. He advises the Department of Com merce and Labor tha an American firm has secured the contract to build a twin-screw river and lake steamer for the Richelieu & Ontario Naviga tion Company, of Canada. The vessel is to ply between Toronto, Kingston and Thousand Island ports, and Is to be one of the finest lake craft afloat. The vessel will fly the British flag and will enter the service - of a company which is already operating a number of American-built vessels, which were bought in this "country because they were cheaper and better than the craft that could be obtained in either Cana dian or British yards. Steel, Iron and wood, the three great staples necessary in construction of a steamer, can be secured in the United States at less cost than In any other country, and the skill of American workmen is so far superior to that of the foreigners that It is possible to compete with the latter on almost any contract where quality and speed of construction are factors. Not only have the American yards turned out large numbers of vessels to sail under the British flag on the lakes, but many of the craft from these yards have found their way out to the ocean and around the Horn to the Pacific ports, where they are handling freight on the coastwise routes at rates as low as could be met by foreign-built craft. Unfortunately for our foreign shipping trade, these lake-built craft of a size that can work through the canals to , deep water are not adapted to the THE MORXIXCr deep-water trade, and we are still at the mercy of the over-protected ship yards which force Americans to pay exorbitant prices for American-built craft, secure in the knowledge that we are prohibited from following the ex ample of the British and other pro gressive maritime nations, which buy where they can secure the best vessels ior ine least money. AN IDLE EVASION. Instead of concentrating their ener gies In a straight fight for tariff re ductions, the Democratic Senators have made up their minds to push the Irrelevant and hopeless proposition' of an income tax. This need surprise nobody. It is entirely characteristic of the policy of that headless party. It is quite expected of the Democrats to shun every opportunity for real use fulness which confronts them and waste their efforts on projects which offer no prospect of success.. The only rational conclusion one -can draw from their resurrection of the income tax idea is that they wish to avoid honest discussion of the tariff. .So many Democrats are at heart protec tionists and standpatters, while they profess to be in favor of a lower tar iff, that It Is Irksome to them to de bate the question. Continually keep ing up a hollow show of zeal requires more effort than they like to expend. Hence, if they can shunt the. debate away from the tariff to the vain and empty discussion of an income tax, they will be very well pleased indeed. The, pranks of the Democrats in both houses of Congress emphasize the fact that their party is In the last stages of decay. It has reached the point of declining vigor, when gar rulity passes for rational conversation and childish tricks are imagined to be manly deeds. No doubt the last Dem ocratic President who will ever be elected was Grover Cleveland. It would not be surprising if the party, to put the climax to its fatuity, should nominate Mr. Bryan again In 1912, and continue to nominate him thereafter until death removes him to a world where he may some time be elected. Meanwhile it is entirely prob able that a third party will replace the Democrats in the country as an aotive power for opposition and criti cism. Such a party is particularly needed on occasions like the tariff de bate, when it is important that all sides of the subject be sincerely dis cussed. From the Democrats no such discussion can be looked for. Be sides trivial party advantages, they are on the watch - for personal pickings. To these ends, all that they have to say will be directed. HOODLC311SM IN HOLIDAY OBSERV ANCE. In an article under this head in the current number of the Forum, Mrs. Isaac L. Rice deals with the spirit that runs riot in noise, in confusion, in crowding and in every sort of excess that can be construed Into demonstra tions of Joy on each of the several yearly holidays in the United States. There are three occasions, at least, as pointed out by this writer, when li cense reigns in this country Fourth of July, New Years eve and election day. In the South the boisterous ob servance of Christmas is equal to that of any one of the three first named. The birth of the new year, 1909, was made the occasion of a burst of "stri dent hoodlumlsm" never before ap proached, even in New Tork, the cen ter and circumference of noisy demon stration, showing that spirit upon holiday occasions is a grow ing one, indicative of further excess in noisemaking, unless -checked by for midable means. Words but feebly convey an idea of the pandemonium let loose about the City Hall in New Tork City on that oc casion, yet reading a description of this modest riot, fitly designated by a minister in that city as a "pagan orgy of the twentieth century," one feels as if he were subject to bombardment Hear it: Above the steady din of booming bells and shrilling steam whistles ros-. the staccato clatter ot the mob; drums wore beaten, rattles and cowbells ware shaken: tin rans were filled with bricks, or. worse still, with dynamite; whistles and flsh-homs. some of tt em four feet long, were blown ; fiendish new contrivances called musical dlshpans or four cylinder squawkers, produced hlgh-pitohed torturing sounds; while, most alanming of all. sharp reports of pistols or cannon crackers occasionally rang out above the shrieks and shouts of the dense crowds Confetti was thrown in clouds noon the heads of passers-by. while Chinese snuff and ticklers menaced their eyes. Equally senseless are the methods pursued in celebrating the Fourth of July methods so demonstrative of li cense that the hospitals in all the large cities are crowded for days thereafter with patients suffering from wounds caused by pistol shots, giant firecrack ers and the trampling of unruly crowds. In New Orleans last year the birth of Christ was honored so riot ously that 100 persons were injured more or less seriously and a week later the New Tear was rung in with a ve hemence that sent seventy victims to the hospital. Tet this saturnalia is a thing of rela tively recent years, since all who have reached middle life can remember when the chief charm and sole dissi pation of New Tear's eve consisted in bell-ringing, with perhaps a little horn blowing thrown In. Good resolutions were in order, and cheery, social pleas ures and decorous feasting abounded A far cry, indeed, it is -from these simple observances to the "National New Tear's debauch which Is a Na tional disgrace." But boisterous as is the celebration that attends the annual turning over of a leaf in the book of time, it is as a zephyr compared with a gale beside the disorder that reigns between the night of the 3d and the dawn of the 5th of July of each year a period wherein almost all laws regarding sa.fe.ty or sanity are inoperative. "A safe and sane Fourth of July" has been urged in recent years by the press, for weeks ' before the celebra tion, with what futility the records of disaster on that day 1908 show. According to the American Medical Journal, 163 persons were killed and 5460 Injured on that day, while the lists for the last six celebrations (1903 to 1908 inclusive) show that more than 1800 persons were killed and about 2 8,000 injured. Many of these were children who were permitted and en couraged to play with danger. All .of this and much more is as a tale that" is told. Its telling seems to have been wholly without effect, though what the results would have' been without the warning that has been given it is impossible to tell. "Let us," says the writer quoted, "do' away with this wretched sham and travesty of patriotism and substitute for it something which is beautiful and ra tional and worthy of those who nvo J our country." In th meantime, since O REGOXIAN, FRIDAY, this "doing away" is not likely to occur this year, we may look to a more dis tant future with some hope of emula tion of Switzerland, which celebrates Its day of patriotism, August 1, with a fervor deep and silent, almost stern, which Is as appealing as It la inspiring. Before the courts in Seattle appears a young woman, "refined and pretty," it isveaid, asking a divorce from S. Shimo, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, whom she married four months ago. The application for divorce in this instance should be denied. This girl, who mav be 'nrpil v ' 1111 wVift can hardly, in view of her marriage to a Japanese servant, be said to be "re I fined," knew, if she knew anything, I that her marriage to this man was ( revolting to an unerring racial Instinct uu was witnout reasonable or legiti mate promise of happiness for herself, for the man she married and for the children that might be born to them. Dull indeed must ner womanly in stincts and sensibilities have been If she did not see and feel the incongru ity and subtle Indecency of the mar riage relation Into which she entered. The death at the age of 78 years of Miss Josephine Wolfe, a wealthy woman long a resident of Walla Walla, is announced. A resident of that city for full half a century, without special human attachments or interests, and with no known relatives, this woman lived her long day and passed on into the shadow. --The first impulse is to pity her for, the Joys of life that she had missed, the companionships of kindred and the loves of home. But since she never knew these she could not miss them in the sense of those who are bereft. And as, according to report, she provided in her will a home for cats and dogs otherwise homeless, she uncovered in her nature a wom an's tenderness for helpless, lonely creatures and gave evidence of the possession of the true feminine instinct of love and service. Judge Bean's appointment to the new Federal Judgeship will be satis factory both to the bar and to the pub lic. It was brought about, ho doubt, by the general indorsement of the Judge for the place by the lawyers of Portland and elsewhere, and by the necessarily favorable result of what ever inquiries the President may have made about him. Judge Bean has had a long and honorable record on the bench in Oregon. He is intelligent, studious and conscientious. There will be no disposition in Oregon to criticise the President's choice certainly not among those who think that long serv ice on the bench is entitled to con tinued recognition and reward. Today, In a New ' Tork court, a young woman little more than a girl will stand before the Judge with her six-months-old child In her arms and receive sentence for manslaughter, to which she pleaded guilty, for killing the doctor in whose office she was em ployed as nurse. . Her crime, if it was a crime, left her unborn child father less, but she did good work in remov ing the pervert responsible for ' her condition, thereby saving many girls, possibly, from .like trouble. There must be others, too, upon whom the avenging hand should fall, for this is a wicked world. A Belllngham church is in much dis tress because its pastor is accused of being a Socialist. Incidentally, his op ponents allege him to be an opium fiend and incorrigible flirt. He is also young and good looking, and has a purely platonic affection for some of the members of his choir. To crown it all, somebody says he stole a bird dog. This is enough. He should an swer a hurried "call" elsewhere, where they are not so particular. v If the Pittsburg bakers succeed in proving that Patten 1b responsible for the high price of wheat in the East, they might be able to Inform us who is responsible for the high prices in Port land. An advance in wheat and flour in Portland cannot possibly have any connection with an advance in Pitts burg, unless it is a legitimate market based on the supply and demand In foreign markets. The annual Spring massacre of Ar menians is in progress over in Asia Minorf In the interest of humanity ir. general, It would seem proper for the world's peacemakers to get to gether and declare a more protracted close season in which Armenians could not b, killed. It might also be in the line of Justice to prolong the season in which their murderers could be killed. A celebration commemorative of the establishment of the first provisional government in Oregon Territory will be held, as for several years past, at. Champoeg on the second day of May. The event is worthy of the attention of new as well as of older citizens of Oregon, and should be largely at tended. Fulton refuses the post of Minister to China. Oregon is good enough place. But a lot of Fulton's political enemies, who want him out of the country, think he ought to accept and be "honored." Bull Run water flowed the wrong way and wasted Into the river. Water employes evidently need another pay increase, to make it worth their while to attend to business. Tom McCusker is said to be trying to drum up somebody else for Mayor. He ought to Improve the quality over that of the gentlemen he chose last year for the Legislature. In Chicago a fireman hid himself after saving a banker's wife from a runaway. That fellow couldn't get ten votes in Portland for Mayor.i What Is a ten-dollar fine to a man who owns a flve-thousand-dollar auto mobile! Judge Van Zante's rates ore too low altogether. A Cottage Grove man has Just paid $10 for enough eggs to go under one hen. It is no wonder that town has fine poultry. Nearly seven inches rain shortage thus far. Who said the weather Is worse than it used to be? Cheer up, you candidates for Fed eral Judge. There may soon be place for a third Judge. Bakers do not soar upward with the price of flour; they reduce the size of the loaves. APRIL 16, 1909. RODB X10 MILES IN ONE DAT Or jron Indian Flsrhter Who Bent Roosevelt's Record on norwback. TURNER, Or.. April 12. (To the Editor.) President Roosevelt set the pace for an Army officer on horseback at 80 miles ptr day for three ays in succession; and to demonstrate that It was not a difficult task, he rode 98 miles with a relay of three or four horses In one day. Along. In the '60s there were some "Rough Riders" among the First Ore gon Cavalry and Infantry Volunteers, and an officer or even a private soldier I who could not average 50 miles per day on norseDacK Tor a week in succession was not counted for much. Lieutenant John F. Noble. First Oregon Cavalry, wa In command at Fort Walla Walla in July, 1868. And by his order John T. Smith, Company F, First Oregon In fantry, on July 9. 1868, early in the morning left Walla Walla with dis patches on horseback and rode through to Fort Lapwal. Idaho, and delivered the dispatches to Captain A. W. Waters Company F. who was In command at that place at 11 o'clock P. M. Only one horse was uaed on this trip. After rest ing 24 hours Mr. Smith started on the same honse on his return and arrived at Fort Walla Walla at sunset on July 12, 1866. And the man and horse did not appear to be any the worse on ac count of the trip. The distance Is esti mated to be 110 miles from Walla Walla to Lapwal. Mr. Smith 1 living at Seattle. Wash., and we hope to hear him tell about this ride at the reunion of the First Oregon Cavalry and Infantry Volun teers to be held at Corvallis. Or., on 9'. 1909- Othen living witnesses of this ride are J. F. McCoy, of Spokane: John W. Weger, of kennewlck, and the writer, who were at Walla Walla at the time, and W. C. Cuslck, of Union. O. H. Bylance of Rainier, and D. E. Junkln. of Shedds, who were at Fort Lapwal, when John T.- Smith arrived there. , WILLIAM M. HILLBARY. Adjt. Veterans First Oregon Volunteers. EASTER BOOS FTXLY 35,000,000. New Tork Comnmed Thla Orent Quan tity In Two Days. New Tork Herald. April 10. - This is the greatest egg day of all the year, and the consumption will be not less than 25,000.000 in the next 48 hours in New Tork city. The egg. em blem of the season, cf the Easter time, of the new life of Spring, will be the great feature in the feasts of today and tomorrow, and to meet this demand about 6o.000.000 have come to the me tropolis this week. The large supply has brought the price down a little, and the great ship ment on the way and busy hens in all J. eeT-producing sections give prorBlse of a much greater reduction within the next fortnight- This is the month of eggs, and the cold storage houses are gathering in large quantities to be held for the highest prices, that will come when the snow files again. All of the retail shops will have a large supply of eggs this morning, that will be of the 14 varieties known to the trade, that cost the dealers from 17 to 23 cents a dozon yesterday. Consumers will be. asked from 28 to 80 cents a dozen for the best eggs that the market has tj tiler today, but the usual prices in r.e-arly all of the shops will be between 22 and 28 cents, and in most cases, good eggs will be sold ior 25 rents a dozen. Need tor Religious Optimism. PORTLAND, Apr.il 15. (To the Edi-tor- Your editorial, regarding the new church. In Thursday morning's Is sue was thoroughly appreciated by the writer and I wish to thank you most heartily for it. When one stops to think that the children of eight or more Sunday schools In this city will be taught the following question and answer for their catachism May 2: iS."?.9". Wnat J, the misery of that estate wherelnto man fell? A. All mankind, by their fall, lost com munion with liod. are under his wrath and Sy7hi.aJ5? . made liable to all the miseries S lhl" llte- to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever. One realizes the need of a Univer sale Church with Its optimistic mess age. This covers only one group of the orthodox churches out the quarterlies of the other Sunday schools do not re veal much greater progress. Do par ents want their, children to learn such doctrines that later their intelligence will revolt from, or don't they care? E. M. CORRY. Wine at White Honne Dinners. Washington (D. C.) Herald. Apropos of the efforts of the temper ance women to persuade Mrs. Taft not to serve wine at the official dinners at the White House, the following story concerning the late William M. Evarts Is resurrected. It will be remembered that Mr. Evarts was a sort of a master of ceremonies in President Hayes' ad ministration, and when Mrs. Hayes was about to give her first dinner to the diplomatic corps, Mr. Evarts pleaded earnestly with her to serve wine, but Mrs. Hayes was Immovable. "I think." she said, 'the ministers will have to make up their minds to be sociable with water." Whereupon Mr. Evarts replied: "Mrs. Hayes, I have never known people to be sociable with water except In a bath." Whether Mrs. Hayes waa shocked or not is not written; but she carried her point, and. according to Mr. Evarts at that historic dinner "water flowed like champagne." EnsIIah nictation for Immigrants. Washington (D. C.) Post. "Whenever an undesirable immigrant tries to land In Australia, the immi gration officials require him to pass a dictation test in English, and If he falls he Is turned back," said Donald Maclntyre, of Sydney, a young man who has come to America to take a course in mechanical engineering at Cornell University. Mr. Maclntyre. who is at the Shoreham. came to Washing ton, accompanied by his mother. "Just to see the Capital." "This requirement, of course. Is in line with the policy of Australia to keep it a white man's country." said Mr. Maclntyre. "The dictation test con sists of writing 60 or more words In English, and if it is not written cor rectly, the person is deported. De sirable persons from Europe, of course and those from America, are not re quired to pass the dictation test. Desceods From Mayor to Janitor. Pittsburg Dispatch to New York World Edward Means Is no longer Mayor of the fashionable suburb of Bellevue but is city Janitor. He sweeps out the" city building and cleans the cuspidors in the council chamber. It is all of his own doing, too. and he admits that his action was taken because he needed the money. As Mayor of the little suburb Means received a salary of $150 a year. It wasn't enough to keep the wolf from the door, and although he liked the honor, he needed cash. Wednesday council offered him the Janitorship at $55 a month. He resigned as Mayor and took the Job. yr Let Dr. Morrhoa Amvrrr. PORTLAND, April 15. (To the Edi tor.) Will you kindly inform an anx ious inquirer whether the followers of Mary Eddy and Alexander Morrison boiled their dTlnklng water during the recent trliimnh nf th "RAa. -n... Vlamette"? and oblige. JAMES JONES. J DRUNKENNESS AND POLICE COURTS Ke" Tork Trylna; to Reform Lam That . Deal With Intoxication. Brooklyn Eagle. The State Charities Aid Association, through its standing committee on hos pitals, has Issued a pamphlet dealing with the treatment of public intoxication and inebriety, as an aid to a better under standing of the situation that !t is pro posed to relieve by the passage of the bills introduced by Senator Agnew on March 29, and by Assemblyman Bates on March SO. which provide a plan for more adequate treatment of persons who are addicted to tha improper use of stimu lants. It is generally conceded that the pres ent method of dealing with offenders Is unsatisfactory and expensive, and that It tends rather to degrade than reform the victims of the drink habit. Habitual drunkenness Is one of the largest problems with which the district committees of the Charity Organization Society have to deal, as It reduces fam ilies to destitution, and they thus be come a burden on the society and similar institutions. The present law Is sufficient to secure the. conviction of habitual drunkenness, but as every commitment must be made to a penal Institution. It is of little value, as few families will take steps to have relatives committed to an institution of this kind. A committee was appointed to consider the question of securing legislation to se cure the establishment of a state or county sanitarium for the treatment of habitual drunkenness, and to empower magistrates to commit persons to such a sanitarium. Instead of to a penal Insti tution. A committee In Boston that investi gated the matter found that one-eighth of the expense of the Police Department In Boston was caused by the arresting and caring for cases of intoxication. This estimate, applied to New York, would mean that $1,750,000 Is expended annually for this purpose. . Among the defects of the present sys tem, according to the committee's report, are the following: 1. A short sentence accomplishes nothing, either in reforming th Individual or In pro tecting society. I. A. One. If paid, at all. la usually paid by relatives to save themselves and the per son arrested from further disgrace. These, In most Instances, can 111 afford to pay It. S. An ordinarily self-respecting citizen who becomes intoxicated, loses, not only his self-respect, but frequently his employment by being publicly exposed and brought before th court, and perhaps sentenced to prison, to associate with the most vicious type of criminal classes. 4. There Is no differentiation in the treat ment of the occasional and the habitual drunkard. 5. There Is no Institution to which an Inebriate can be committed for treatment, and there Is no provision for commitment. 6. The "rounders" in the hospitals, the police stations, the courts, the prisons and workhouses are an inevitable consequence of short-term commitments and petty Ones. 7. Punitive rather than remedial meas ure are emphasized. S. The courts are crowded with many cases that ought never to appear before them, and casea that require careful atten tion are hurriedly disposed of. The cass that properly coma before the,m should not come repeatedly. It is proposed to establish a board that shall have general control of the prob lem of dealing with public intoxication and inebriety, and to provide a graded series of remedies dealing appropriately with the first offender, the occasional of fender, the helpless inebriate and the confirmed inebriate. To release first of fenders after their case has been investi gated, without bringing them to court. To provide a central burenu of records of persons arrested for public intoxica tion. In order that the first offender may be separated from the "rounder." To provide a hospital and Industrial colony in which persons may be treated by med ical authorities, and to provide work for able-bodied patients. Many other reforms are proposed that it is expected will revolutionize the pres ent methods of caring for the unfortu nates who are addicted to a too free use of alcohol, and the State Charities Aid Association is bending every effort to In terest the public as well as the legisla tors in this most Important matter. EDWARD FITZGERALD. On What Foundation Standi. ma Vogrua and Pamct New York Sun. ' The only criticism we have to make of Edward Fitzgerald is that he was born in 1809. year of an epidemic of immortal ity. Yet. even in this mob of centenaries we must stick to Old Fltz. the friend of Thackeray and Tennyson, the fas tidious and solitary student of Greek and Spanish, nourished on the best or what he liked, the whimsical and amiable re cluse, philosopher and gentleman, thinker and poet, a character mnro r.-ii,.i crotchety and engaging than can be fOtmri In mnat- K . , 1 - - Some superior persons assure us that his "translation" from Omar Khayyam has been so parodied and quoted that they cannot abide it. It is still good enough for us. who remember it before the parodists and worshipers assem bled. That magnificent metre, made fa mous long before the original was by Mr. Swinburne's "Laus Veneris;" that new version of, the ancient text of mortal ity; that brother of the author of "Ec cleslastes." of Horace, of Anacreon, will stand perhaps for some time yet. with out any aid of fashion and In spite of imitators. Happy he who can recall the hour when Its solemn splendor for its call to enjoyment Is but a memento morl was fresh to him. But Old Kltz is no mere maker of books. He Is the singular good friend of many. People like him because he was so likable, somewhat as they do Lamb. Think of Old Fltz stumbling over board with his tall hat on his head and his pipe In his. mouth and coming up. hat on. pipe in mouth, unperturbed It may take a pretty big wave of oblivion to cover the old fellow up. America Sella Mills Over the World. Washington. D. C., Dispatch. During the last 10 years, the United States exported tl6.000.000 worth of condensed milk, according to reports made by customs officers to the Bureau of Statistics. Year by year these ex portatlons have witnessed a remark able Increase, the high-water mark be ing reached In 1908. when J2 500 000 worth of milk was exported to all parts of the world. Oriental and tropical countries are the chief sections In which the products of this Industry are used. In the last fiscal year Cuba was the largest purchaser, consuming nearly U.000.000 worth of milk. Other countries to which it is dis tributed in large quantities are Jaoan Canada. Philippine Islands, China. Met! ico. British South Africa. Asiatic Rus sia and Portugese Africa. . A Lady Killer. Chicago News. Philander Weema to women seema A truly fascinating person He wears good clothes, as you'd sunnosa Tet in my case none could be worlTon Hcum!;M!'' now' " you'll allow. Should show some charm distinctly fetch- Etlll. should I say theyd seem that wav To you. the truth I should be streTchlng. Toy'd ""r is smile at least should while ,V feasant moment, for you; But the grimace that splits his face I must admit, might even bore you Tie only fair to say his air To-Jfw1,1,". PPng poor Philander! With mild abuse some call him -goose!" Though very likely meaning gander So why should he. Philander, be A source of burning admiration? The women atare and then declare He Is the pick of all creation. Thfypass me by, forgetting I still aim to be attractive, rather And lay some claim to public fame A thl same we Philander' fatherl WILL HOLD CHIUCH IX BALLROOM Christian Sclentlata Lease Grand Quar ter In a Xew York Hotel. New York Times. Through a contract signed with Fred Sterry. Jr.. yesterday afternoon, the Christian Science Church has arranged to carry on a campaign for recruits in upper Fifth avenue. For some months the members of the Christian Science Church have been In confer ence with Mr. Sterry about holding Sunday services in the Hotel .Plaza. The greatest secrecy has been thrown around this proposal for several rea sons. In the first place. It was not known whether Mrs. Marv Baker G Eddy, the head of the church, would approve of having the services in a hotel or in a room heretofore used almost wholly for sectarian purposes. Nu merous letters were exchanged between the officers of the church in this city and those at the head of the organi zation In Boston, and finally Mrs. Lddy s consent was obtained. Then the matter was taken up with the management of the Hotel 'piaza. ior a while there was some doubt as to whether the grand ballroom would be a proper place for holding the ser vices on account of criticisms that might arise or be made by the reli gious bodies, but the conclusion was reached yesterday and announcement will be made today, that the ballroom had been leased for Sundays for a year to the Scientists, and that commencing tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, ser vices will be held in the ballroom, which seats 800. each Sunday thereafter. These services, it was learned yes terday, will be made as attractive as possible, and a section of the Plaza Hotel orchestra will furnish the music to accompany the hymns. It has also been arranged to have a number of well-known soloists, both vocal and instrumental, furnish music for the services from time to time, and a1,.'ttrnotive car"pnlgn of education will he commenced. This campaign has In view the adding to the ranks of the Scientists a number of people well known in society, and the ultimate building of a Christian Science Church in the neighborhood of the Plaza when the term of the lease of the ballroom expires. Some of the best-known exponents of the Christian Science creed will come to nsslst In the teachings, and everything possible will be done to add recruits to the church. There are now already six Christian Science churches in the citv, and the officials feel that they can establish another one among the more influen tial people in the Fifth avenue neigh borhood If the doctrines of tho church are properly presented to them and are made attractive, as are Sunday after noon entertainments In the large hotels of the city. Further announcement of the plans of the Scientists will be made at the meeting tomorrow afternoon. IIIHDS AS SCOUTS BEFORE BATTLE An Incident In the Prussla-Auatrla War, Kousht In 1SK1. Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, in London Saturday Gazette. During the night. July 2-3. before the battle of Sadowa. a division com manded by the Archduke, retreating before the Prussian army, had biv ouacked near a town in Bohemia fac ing north. At midnight, the Archduke, when resting in a peasant's cottage, was awakened by the arrival of a gypsy. Who Insisted on seeing him personally, having come to report the advance of the enemy. The Archduke, who spoke Rom'anv fluently, asked: "How do you know? Our outposts have not reported any movemen t." "That. Your Highness. Is because the enemy is still some way off." Then how do you know?" The gypsy, pointing to the dark sky lighted by the moon, observed: "You Bee those birds flying over the woods from north to south?" "Yes; what of them?" "Those birds do not fly by night un less disturbed, and the direction of their flight indicates that the enemy la coming this way." The Archduke put his division under arms and reinforced the outposts, which in two hours' time were heavily attacked: A. Mooae, Real Man. I Arrested. New Y'ork Dispatch "I have Just caught A. Mouse, your honor," said Policeman Van Cleave, when he arraigned a husky prisoner before Magistrate Dooley in a Brook lyn Police Court. "What are you bringing it here for?" asked th busy Judge without looking up from his papers. "Why don't you get a cat!" "But this ain't that kind of a mouse." said Van Cleave. "This Is a human Mouse. I arrested him for blocking traffic on Myrtle avenue." "A mouse blocking traffic?" mused the magistrate, glancing at the pris oner for the first time. "That's a new one on me. He's a well-fed Mouse, too. What's your name, voung man?" "Albert Mouse." "Where's your nest?" "No 219 Central avenue." "Any little mice?" "Three." laughed the big Mouse. "Half a hundred angry drivers were cursing him." said the policeman, "and when I arrived he was the most fright ened Mouse you ever saw." "You may go this time. Mouse," sal.l Magistrate Dooley. "but avoid such traps in the future." Costs Find Substitute for Whisky. Indianapolis News. Julio Medonado. owner of a big ha cienda near Celaya. Guanajuato, Mex ico, recently acquired a field in whlcn the owner had grown the marlhunana plant, from which is distilled a bever age which Is said to beat America's cheapest whisky. The owner says his goats first nibbled at the plants and later became so fond of the leaves that now they will eat nothing els-. They show evidence of Intoxication, frolicking on the field, have a peculiar look in the eyes and refuse to lie down at night. Sparrow Fight Telephone Linemen. Baltimore News. William Dufiie. a telephone llnemnn. working near Chester. Pa., found th.it sparrows had built a nest In a switch box, and when he attempted to open It the birds attacked him so vigorously that he found it necessary to cover l,; face with his arm. while he forced t:.. sparrows from the box with a pair of pliers, killing several birds. SIOOO Bill In Church Collection. Lancaster, Pa., Dispatch. A $1000 bill waa found in the collec tion plate of the Roscoe Methodist Episcopal Church, near Washington. Pa., last Sunday night, supposed to have been placed there by mistake. Somr Weston Thoughts. Buffalo N". Y.l Express. He walks and walks and walks and walks and walks and walka forever; He lives to walk and lovea to walk and aeems to tire never; He hits t lif pace at starting points so many st.ps a minute; He spies a town upon the route next mo ment h Is In It; He's death on records, death on shoes and death on those who race him; He overtakes and passes soon those Tv-bo would try to pace him. He serves for comment In the club, for con stant admiration; The townsfolk flock to see him pass as lock they to the station To see the daily flyer as upon its wv it thunders. And all recount what they have heard of other walking wonders. And each one In his turn explains the bene fits of walking Yet sits about in dead content and takes It out In talking: . "