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Postage Rates 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent; 18 to 28 paxes. 2 cents; 3n to 44 paxes, 3 cents; 46 to 60 paxes. 4 cents. Foreign postage double rates. F.astera Buxlnraa Office The S. C Beck wlth Special Axency New York, rooms 48 60 Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building.- PORTLAND, TCESDAT. JXTIfE IS. 1909. ' THE CAXHOCI CASE. The charge against Patrick Calhoun, on trial In San Francisco, Is bribery of the Supervisors of the city, from whom concessions were to be had for street car franchises. The case' Is about to go to the Jury. That Calhoun caused money to paid to the Supervisors will be questioned by few. If any. Tet the Jury may not find him guilty. For there Is human nature In jurymen. These things will not be pleaded di rectly for Calhoun, for the law makes no allowance for conditions or circum stances, and bribery Is bribery: yet the Jury may consider: First, that after the earthquake It was necessary to re-establish the street car lines as quickly as possible, and in the circumstances as cheaply as possi ble), for everything had been destroyed, and Calhoun's company was unwilling in the circumstances to toe subjected to the cost of putting their wire system underground. But the Supervisors wouldn't allow this, unless they should be paid for It. So they "held up" Cal houn's company for a large sum of money. The Spreckels people, rivals of the Calhoun people, were doing all In their power to make the situation for the latter a difficult one. Second, that the Supervisors, after holding up the Calhoun company and dividing the money among them, were Induced through fear and promise of immunity, one by one, to make confes sions that became . the basis of the prosecution of Calhoun. Those who sought and pocketed the' bribes are to escape, and the man they held up on the highway is to. be the victim of the law, as he previously was the victim of the robbers. Now, of course. In the eye of the law this cannot excuse Calhoun. It cannot even be pleaded In his behalf. But the Jury cannot be . Ignorant of the facts; therefore may not agree on a verdict of guilty; These further con siderations will press upon attention and may be used as grounds for ex cuse of Calhoun: First, If the people elect corrupt ras cals to Important official positions and a man can save his property and do business only by buying them, he Is In some degree excusable. Second, when these rascals obtain lmmuntty by confession of their own crime, on condition that they will bear testimony against the man they virtu ally forced to pay them money bringing about his conviction that they may themselves go free the in stinct of human nature Is likely to make Itself manifest In some of the members of the Jury. Third, since It Is the rivals of the Calhoun company who have supported the prosecution from the first, and who, by their own admission, have put up enormous sums of money to push It, there may be hesitation among members of the Jury to bring In a verdict against a defendant. The offense of which Calhoun is ac cused is not pardonable in law, nor In morals either; yet the feel ing is sure to be that he and his company were robbed by scoundrels, who are now to be permitted to go free. The Oregonlan cannot Justify this view of the case; it simply presents a forecast of the way in which mem bers of the Jury may possibly view it. WATKB COMPETITION; IK PRACTICE. The American-Hawaiian liner River side, which crossed out of the Colum bia last Saturday.- carried, with other freight, a large consignment of Ore gon wool and salmon. This wool was shipped Into Portland by rail from points east of the Cascade Mountains. Some of the salmon was shipped to Portland by rail from the Cascades, and about 10,000 cases of It were shipped from Astoria. There Is noth ing unusual In these shipments, as they have been going forward in In creasing volume since Inauguration of the through service from Pacific ports to New York by way of the Tehuan tepec route. Just at this time, how ever, when that eminent muck-raker, Mr. Charles Edward Russell. Is en deavoring to prove in his yellow way that there is no such thing as water competition between the Atlantic and the Pacific ports, the details of some of these shipments are Interesting. The wool and salmon alone on the Riverside would fill nearly thirty cars, or about an average transcontinental trainload. That portion of the salmon which was packed at the Cascades was shipped sixty-five miles into Port land by rail, and goes from this city to Salinas Cruz by steamer. At the latter port It is loaded on cars and shipped to the Atlantic terminus of the Tehuantepec Railroad, where It Is again loaded on steamers and taken to New York. But New York, being on the seaboard, is not a heavy con sumer of fish and, . in consequence, more than two-thirds of the shipment on the Riverside was billed through to points as far west as Chicago. When this salmon is delivered In Chicago. It will have been carried by rail and steamer apnroximatelv Knnn mil.. reach a point which, by rail, was less than half the actual distance from the crig.nating point of the freight Str.'.nge as It may s.eem. this round- auuu memoa lor reaching a market Was not selected fnp ih. proving that Mr. Russell, the muck fraker; Mr. Brooks Adams, the Boston .luntel for Spokane, and the Spokane t'hamVr of Commerce, worn mi.i.i,, n tht-ir repeated assurances that water competition ia a myth. Instead, this sajrnon ana wool are going forward water because they can be delivered nicago ana points east of that city practically the Uma that la necessary in making the shipment by rail, and. after paying extra insurance and all other expenses. there Is a saving of about one-thircTln the freight rate as compared with the- rail rate. ' Nor is this a "one-way" proposition. . The same steamer, which is carrying Ore gon wool, salmon and other products to the Eastern States, also brought to Portland, on Its Inward trip, a lot of steel products, earthenware and gen eral merchandise from Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago and other Eastern points. This west-bound freight was also delivered in railroad time at a much lower rate than could be met by the railroads, unless they were seeking repose In bankruptcy. Of course., these cold, hard commercial facts play havoc with the pretty theories of Muck- raker Russell and his prompters, but the men who buy and sell at the Pa cific Coast sea ports have no time for theories which cannot be used to some economic advantage. WHAT IS IT ALL A BOLT? Replying to Mr. Bryan's attack on the Democratic Senators who voted to retain the duty on lumber, the At lanta Constitution says retention of the duty Is "Just a plain business prop osition," and that "the Senators from states which produce lumber could not do otherwise than vote for It." This Is a perfectly frank and candid statement. It Illustrates and explains the attitude of nearly all Senators and Representatives toward the tariff. Sen ator Chamberlain is reported- as hav ing favored retention of the lumber tariff, an Increase moreover of the duty on hops, . and full protection for wool. We suppose now, therefore, we shall have no more arguments against protective . duties from Democratic Journals or orators of Oregon that Is, against duties for protection of the products of this state; though doubt less It will still be affirmed that other states say Maine, Michigan, Lousi ana and Alabama ought not to claim the benefit of the "principle" for them selves. Now, therefore, In spite of the Denver platform, many Senators and Representatives associated with the Democratic party feel that they are practically compelled to pursue a course on the tariff which "Is just a plain business proposition"; that Is, to vote to keep out of the country for eign commodities that would compete with the products of their own states or districts. But this makes a farce of professions of tariff reform and "lum ber" of platforms that demand admis sion of lumber and other things free or duty; and It sets Mr. Bryan once more on a course that may lead up to his nomination again. It must be admitted that there Is little or no prospect of any material reduction of tariff duties. From the way In which so many Senators and Representatives even from states that voted for the candidates who stood on the Denver platform act in the matter, It may be doubted whether a majority of the people of the United states want any material reductions. Morever, the tariff is not actually a party question, nor ever was; nor is it likely It ever will be. It came nearer being a party issue In 1892, on Cleve land's second election, than ever be fore or since; but that was a tempor ary result, due to a fit of anger on the part of the workingmen of the coun try provoked by the Homestead af fair. Yet the Congress thus created refused to act on a consistent princi ple of tariff reduction, but formulated an act more notorious for its monopo listic features than the one It repealed. This was the "perfidy and dishonor" tariff denounced by President Cleve land. Possibly now, with the present ac tion of the Democratic members of Congress before their eyes, those crit ics who have been carping for years at The Oregonlan because it declined to act with that oarty for "overthrow of the iniquities of protection,'' may begin to understand why The Orego nlan could have no confidence in re demption of promises made by that party in this behalf. Congress has been in session two months. But since every member wants the interests of his state or dis trict protected, what Is It all about? Men who still want protection berate others for wanting It. It Is a most un. seemly yet futile contention. ONE SANE FOCETH, PERHAPS. Portland is annrnarhlnir u-h ises to be a sane Fourth of July. That is to say, thus far no preparations are being made which 1 bration on that day. the chief features or. wnicn are cllsploding firecrackers, tov Distols. ivnlnaivB .ooD - .1 . i devilish instruments of sound and smoKe ana tetanus. Flags will float from PVPrw net head, of course; bands will play patri- ui-.u airs in me parks and other places of public resort, no rlonht Tho ,iu be ball games, probably, and certainly excursions oy river and rail to various points, and the hum of Industry will cease. All of this means that Portland will not add to the list of nrAnorM. a stroyed by fire due' to Fourth of July explosives; that the physical strain upon parents nu police will be re duced to the holiday normal! that in valids and nervous people will not be iorcea to enoure an orgy of meaning less noise, and that a grand total of waste in life, energy, money and prop erty, discreditable to any people that permits it. wlil be prevented. PROLIFIC BOCXTY. The open hand with which Mrs. RUSS4(1 Sasre .Is rtlshiiralno- V. lions accumulated by her husband is attracting universal attention and, indeed, widespread wonder. It took Russell Sage fifty years to accumulate the great sum that his widow has fil tered out through various channels of charity and philanthropy in three years.- Coming down to comparison between accumulation and disburse ment, it Is stated that Russell Sage's fortune amounted to J3500 a day dur ing the term of his natural life and that his widow is giving it away at the rate of $2 5,000 a day. Since It has been shown that her benefactions are largely In the lino of helping the beneficiaries to help themselves, while her philanthropies are well chosen, judicious people- can only look on and admire the spirit that prompts a gracious giver to dis perse her prolific bounty in person without leaving its distribution to other hands after she shall havo passed hence. - Russell Sage, though twice mar ried, left no children to dissipate his fortune, as some of the Gould heirs have done, or to add to it, as have tlie heirs of the Vanderbilts and the Astors. As a money-getter, his power was phe nomenal; In the perpetuation of his race and name, 'he failed; hence, as is meet, the accumulations of his long and strenuous years in the financial world will, and of necessity must, pass Into other hands. His second wife is a woman of many high and woman ly endowments. His confidence in her, as attested by the fact that by the terms of his will his Immense and Jealously guarded wealth passed Into her possession absolutely and without testamental restriction was absolute. It is incredible, however, that a man cf his close and even niggardly man ner of saving and spending would sanction the prolific bounty with which his chosen almoner has dispensed his hoarded millions. Firm in the belief that every man should take care of himself and his own, this be lief has been reduced to a nega tive quality by Sage's widow, who from his wealth has provided Summer outings and recreation for scores bf tired working women and for the pale, pinched, sickly offspring of thriftless or dissipated fathers. Ben Franklin himself was not more rigid in the pro mulgation and application of the rules of economy among working people than was Russell Sage; yet his almoner hesitates not upon occasion to Ignore these rules in what she conceives to be the interest of humanity and the welfare of the poor and suffering. The case is a conspicuous one as ex emplifying the truth of the centuries- old estimate of the blessedness of giv ing. Mrs. Sage is happy in her giving. wealth gives her pleasure through the large opportunities that it affords to carry comfort and pleasure to others. Her husband was happy, after the manner of sordid men, in gathering money; she has found, since his death, her chief happiness in scattering It. Who shall say that his endeavor, though assessed as narrow and sordid, was not a potent means to a gracious end, since it made possible the pro lific bounty which has given a name discredited by philanthropy, whlre he lived and worked and accumulated, a high place upon the honor roll of the world's benefactors. A HAKDBOOK OF ALASKA. General A. W. Greely, TJ. S. A., has written a "Handbook of Alaska." (Scrlbners. New York). As an eDitome of information about Alaska, brought down to the present time, written in simplest and clearest style, this book deserves attention. The writer evi dently has read all the books about A-iasKa; Dut nis judgments have been formed on his own observations: fnr. as he says In his preface, familiar with Alaska for the past nine years, he . has seen its evolution from a fw mining centers, without civil law, to its present status or an organized ter ritory, with railways, cables, schools, and all the concomitants of a great and prosperous country. Here Is a general descrintinn nf Alaska, with sufficient account of its development down to the present time. The materials which the author haS made USe Of' he tins USOrl a a rya reduced by his observation and Judg ment to nis own purposes. The book, therefore, is an original one. It is a product, in close combination r.f u-hot other observers have written, with the later deductions from the writer's own observations. As a "handbook" It'h all that could be desired. The easy simplicity of the style and the close conuensation or the matter alike chal lenge the attention. From General Greely's description it becomes clear that Alaska is des tined to be the sent nf a p-caiit , , T tion. Invitation to industry Is offered in a vast territory abounding In nearly all the resources of nature. Ores, min erals, metals, timber abound; the agri cultural possibilities of the southern portion of the territory, and even the YukonValley, are very considerable. Of the climate the author says: "There Is no typical Alaskan 'climate any more than there is an European or Ameri can climate. The extremes of latitude and longitude in Alaska find their par allel in Europe between Norway and Sicily, and from Western France to Central Russia." Modifying ocean Influences affect all the southern por tions of the great peninsula of Alaska. We pass north of the Yukon drainage basin before we approach Arctic con ditions. Alaska, therefore, has large areas of forest lands; and- of agri cultural lands, too, on the southern coast, and even on the tributaries of the Yukon; among which the Tanana River Is a conspicuous stream. Photo graphs of home gardening in Tanana Valley create surprise. Areas of tim ber are very extensive. The spruce tree abounds, together with poplar, hemlock, birch and many varieties of cottonwood. The trees, however, are of very moderate size, yet there are spruce trees three feet in diameter. Prospect and promise of coal are, "without reasonable doubt, destined to furnish fuel for the entire Pacific Coast region." Resources of gold, cop per and tin hold out promise of indefi nite continuance; and the fisheries will surely become a source of wealth equal to that of the great Scandina vian Peninsula, In the north of Eu rope. It will take a while to get the result; but It Is not Improbable that the end of the present century will see In Alaska as great a population as that of Norway say two millions. The conditions are similar; only the nat ural advantages of Alaska exceed those of Norway; and the climate of the southern half of iiaibo i i . Alaska will become one of the great states of the American Union, and more than one state may be erected within Its territory. General Greely has rendered a real service by the publication of his book. It is the first time the main facts have been put together without long and more or less irrelevant disquisition. CANADA'S JUST GRIEVANCE. An Ottawa dispatch in yesterday's Oregonian says that the Canadian gov ernment Is somewhat displeased over the prospect for tariff changes, which will increase the difficulty already ex perienced In maintaining satisfactory trade relations with the United States. This is not surprising, for Canada is a progressive country and is enjoying excellent reciprocal facilities for do ing business with all the world except the United States. A few years ago before the emigration from this coun try became heavy and the Canadians were less assertive of their rights, we could force almost any kind of a com mercial pill down their throats and make them think they liked it. But Canada is a big, rich, growing coun try. In many respects very much like the United States. By reason of our impassable tariff barrier, we have forced our northern neighbor to build harbors which would never have been built had there been a natural flow of commerce across the line and through American ports. ' We would not permit Can adian commerce to follow the natural route to market, and having diverted it by our needless obstructions, we can now sit haughtily by and watch it go to, cur more liberal trade com petitcrs. Canada has already adopted the policy of preferential duties upon Imports from Great Britain, and has also established reciprocal relations In some. lines with France. Now comes the news that- no less than three of the great German steamship lines will establish a regular service on the At lantic between Canada and Rotterdam, Bremen and Hamburg. With these admirable facilities for trading with people that are anxious to trade with her, Canada will, very shortly, be in a position of absolute independence of the United States. Perhaps, after the horse is stolen, we may decide to lock the stable door. Meanwhile, the treatment which we are extending to our nearest neighbor is not at all pleasing to a great many Americans on both sides of the line. and in the end it may not be profitable to the trusts who are responsible for it. The highest June price for live hogs since 1882 was reached in Chicago yesterday, when the best stock was sold at $8 per 100 pounds. With cash wheat hovering around $1.50 per bushel, corn approaching 75 cents per bushel, oats well above 5 0 cents, and evers'thmg else that grows on a farm proportionately high, the problem of the great army of consumers Is daily becoming more difficult. Out here in the boundless West, where there are still millions of acres of cheap land to be cleared and cropped, the men wh-j -do not care to . pay. these fancy prices can go into the Country and become-producers,- but -In the crowded districts In the Eastern States, the op portunities are' not so good and the consumer is in a difficult' position. Meanwhile, the farmers of the coun try are organizing for the purpose of securing lower freight rates and higher prices for their products. . If "Washington Crossing the Dela ware" had been provided with a craft as great as the new North German Lloyd liner George WashlngtoT he could have swung the vessel broadside to the stream and, by walking from stem to stern, have made the trip with out moving the vessel very much. This new giant of thrf seas is 722 feet long, 7 8 feet beam and from the awning deck Is 80 feet in depth. The wonder ful steamer with the famous name, is now en route to New York on her maiden trip and, if her passenger ac commodations are all taken, she will have on board about 3300 people. While the dimensions of the George Washington are somewhat smaller than those of the big Cunarders Luai tanla and Maurelania, the carrying ca pacity of .the new craft is much greater than that of the two record-breakers. An important factor in the social, religious and philanthropic life of Ore gon City for a third of a century was canceled by the death at her home in that city last Sunday of Mrs. Fannie Li. Cochran. The statement that she was president of the Woman's Sanitary Aid Society there during the sorrowful years of the Civil War attests her phil anthropic spirit. - A. devoted member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church for many years, she was closely identified with the religious effort that was car ried on under its ministry. Her ac quaintance was large and she was so cially much esteemed. A good and useful woman, who walked in quiet, womanly ways, -she will be greatly missed from the place and endeavor that knew her so long.. Mr. Gould's terms of reconciliation with his wife were that, "she was to abstain from intoxicants, to refrain from humiliating him before his friends,, aid to reduce her personal expenses." But, being a perfect lady, she refused. Mr. Simon is getting a great deal of advice nowadays from persons and journals that od nosed his clcctinn Good enough advice, some of It. But he thought of it, and decided to take it, long before these mentors offered it to him. The official count of the election a week ago Monday is accurate and de tailed, but neither very interesting nor exciting. The same information in all particulars was given in The Oregonian last Tuesday and Wednesday. "Either marriage or grand opera for me," says Miss Case. She thinks the two occupations are incompatible, evidently. Miss Case forgets that all grand opera stars have been married some of the time. Rabbi Stephen Wise doesn't think much of Carnegie and his libraries. One can see with half an eye that there will never be anything doing in the way of endowing any free syna gogues. It Is now an entire week since Hon. Joseph Simon was elected Mayor of Portland, and the excitement over that somewhat momentous event has abat ed. Except at the City Hall. Mrs. Katharine Clemmons Gould never wore the same gown twice. If she couldn't get a new one every few hours, she wouldn't wear any. So we surmise from the testimony. Tha great "Gothenburg scheme gat just one vote In fifteen. Think over the list of your acquaintances and see If you are unkind enough to suspect any one. There is hope that Portland may have a sane and safe Fourth. Those who want the Insane and unsafe vari ety may go elsewhere this year. If there are any objections to the Spreckels-Case match, they ought to come from the Case family rather than the Spreckels. The Albany revival cost J3000 and netted 450 converts. It may be hoped that Albany thinks it .got .its money's worth. After all, few of the Britishers who despise young Vanderbilfs money could get any of it. Dr. Jordan, since his speech, has found the French people not decadent. The high-water prophets have sub sided until next year. PLOW OF" AVORI.TJ'S GOLD STREAM 1 Preclons Metal New 75 Per Cent Larger Than It Was One Decade Abo. Bradstreet's. There Is about twice as much gold in the world today as there was a quarter of a century ago, and the amount is half as large again as it was 10 years ago. The stock of gold money has grown at an even greater rate, being practically 5 per cent larger than It was a decade ago. These statements summarize In a very general way . the results disclosed by some tables prepared by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor for publication in the forth coming statistical abstract of the United States. Speaking in general terms, the gold production of the world from the discovery of America to the present time has aggregated $13,000,000,000; the amount of gold now in existence is estimated at $11,000,000,000, and the value of the gold coin In all the countries of the world for which statistics are available now aggre gates about $7,000,000,000. One of the notable features of the sta tistical showing made is the rapid in crease In the production of gold In recent years. It appears that prior to the year 1700 the world's gold production averaged about $5,000,000 a year; from 1700 to 1750 It averaged about $10,000,000 a year, and from 1760 to 1850 it averaged about $12, 000,000 a year. Then came the period of the great gold discoveries In the United States and In Australia. The output was increased nearly tenfold, the annual out put of gold mines ranging above $100,000.- 000 a year from 1850 to 1890. In 1893 the production exceeded $150,000,000; the year following it was $181,000,000; two years later than that, viz., 1896, It was $202, 000,000. Thenceforward the increase was still more rapid. The $300,000,000 line was crossed In 1899; more than $100,000,000 was produced in 1906, $410,000,000 In 1907 and $427,000,000 in 1908. Summarizing the results of the great increase in gold production during recent years, it appears that the output of that metal during the 10 years ending with 1908 aggregated $3, 400,000,000, while the product of the 15 years Immediately preceding amounted to $2,400,000,000, making a total of $5,800. 000,000 worth of gold produced In the last 25 years out of a total production of $13, 000,000.000 since the discovery of America. PRESIDENT TAFTS CAPITAL. STORY How He Illustrated His Bewilderment Over Tariff Schedules. Wash. Special to Philadelphia Ledger. President Taft confessed to a delega tion of Ohio woolen manufacturers today that he had become bewildered by the Intricacies of the tariff bill. The dele gation was the seventh that had called in the last few days. All of them urged conflicting changes in the schedule as proposed In the Senate bill. The Presi dent throw up his hands today when the seventh radically different suggestion was urged. "Gentlemen, gentlemen." he exclaimed "you remind me of an experience I had on my recent trip into the South. When passing through the mountains of Ten nessee a reception committee boarded our car to accompany us to a town in which I was to speak. They were fine fellows, and the chairman of the committee was anxious to fell me all about the country. Our train was running along the bank of a beautiful stream, and I asked Its name. The chairman mumbled something that was unintelligible. I asked him to re peat it. Again he mumbled so that I couldn t catch what he said. " 'I beg your pardon,' I said, 'but I didn't understand it. Will you Spell it- " "Waal, I don't reckon as how I kin,' he replied. 'Some folks spells It one way other folks spells it another, and still other folks spells It different. In my pore Jedgment, jedge, they ain't no correct way to spell it. The President added that he would con fess that the story explained his posi tion fairly well on some of the tariff schedules. NOT MUCH OF A PITCHER. President Taft With the Yale Men a Pittsburg. From Pittsburg Dispatch to the Cincin nati Enquirer. Early In the afternoon President Taft grasped a bat as he started to the Dig ball field, where the Yale Alumni were choosing up sides. "I will pitch." said Mr. Taft. as he dropped 'the bat and strode toward a big ouraocK iear wnicn aid duty as a pitch er's box. A yell of delight went up from the thousands as they saw him poise In "the box." He gave a miehtv heave. The ball plunked into the grass about 50 feet snort or the plate. "William," snorted Charles Taft, the real baseball end of the Taft family, in deepest disgust, while President Taft glared after the ball and glanced about as lr ne would make trouble. "Some one greased the ball," suggested United States Secretary of State Knox as soon as he could get his voice. President Taft made one more effort, but it was worse than the first. T clapped his hand to his shoulder as if he had injured it and walked lopsided off the burdock leaf smiling a real Taft smiie. ine crowd of a few thousand simply roared In joy. Motherlnar Plareon Adonta nilvkn Greenwich (Conn.) Dispatch to New xorK tribune. Two fledgling chickens, hatched only i feW rfnVQ XS-t.T-O .T , 1 .1 V... T .. T - . . ley, of Byram Shore, under a mothering pigeon,, when .he drove her off the nest. The mother still takes care of her foster children as to giving them warmth, but has not acquired a hen's knack of feeding Mr. NaH1V fa a t-,lo-AAn anil V. ! , . - , ' , ' - - " - - -. Li. lan der. Both kinds of fowl are kept in the same house, the rjleon'n nent hi n i the top. One of the hens has shown strong nymg proclivities, and recently Its wings were clipped. It Is believed that this hen flew to the nest higher laid its eggs. A brooding dove seldom selects anytning Dut its own eggs to sit upon, but this patient dove accepted the task and stuck to It until two chickens appeared. Mr. Nedley said he had hard work to drive off the bird when the chicks were aireaay several aays old. Aa It Is Interpreted In Seattle. Seattle Times. The plain meanine of the overwhelm ing election of Joseph Simon as Mayor of Portland is that the people of that city have enough of the direct primary law. The issue was clearly drawn and distinctly understood. Simon stood for ine old order; his Independent ReDubli can competitor, Albee, for "the Oregon metnoo, or the new order of things, and simon goes into office by a tre mendous vote. Makes Money by Paring Fines. Harrisburg (Pa.) Dispatch. John Roumanls, a confectioner at Lan caster, Pa., who has been fined 39 times recently In all $271.93 for selling: can dles, etc., contrary to Sunday laws, says because of. his large trade he makes money by paying the fines. Three-Foot Snake fa Mallbaa-. ?Hartford (Conn.) Dispatch. John C. Greenwood, a rural mail -car rier operating from South Norwalk, Conn- found a three-foot rattlesnake with 10 rattles in his mail bag. It was killed be fore any damage was done. Finds S400 Solitaire In the Sand. Atlantic City (N. J.) Dispatch. Fred W. Caffrey picked out of the sand at Asbury Park. N. J., a solitaire diamond ring said to be worth $400., A few feet beyond where, the ring lay, he found a rucs-el. FOl'RTH UP Jltl'S GORY RECORD I Each Celebration Means That 910,000,. www does Ip in "Bang" and Lives. Rochester (N. Y.) Times. In six years, owing to our. fool methods f celebrating the Fourth nf Tniv many Americans have been killed or "maimed as would equal In number one- Heventn or the population of Rochester i round numbers, 30,000. That, of course, is a tremendous waste, t has been reckoned that th vihw nt & It live working man to the community, both as a producer and as a consumer of the products of others. Is not less than $50 a week, averaged ud. We do not Vnnw hat the reckoning- la oa n th. 1 value of women, and we shall avoid trou ble by refusing to hazard any estimate ui uwji. merely amr-ming that a i-oman's value is inestimable. But if we aVe the $50 PXtlmnt fni- man ortH " one-half of the -killed whose number in these six veara 1r nut hv th. t 1 the American Medical Association at 1316 io nave oeen lads with 30 years ex pectancy of productive life, we have as a waste from Hanth- th. $25,662,000, to which must be added the loss from injuries and the cost of gun powder and other explosives foolishly burned to make a bloody holiday. It probably is as good a guess as any to uhw cveiy r ounn or juiy sees-us $10,000,000 poorer than we would be If we could learn to celebrate with Ytier lnHo-- ment New York Tribune. Present indications are that there will be more "safe and sane" Fourth of July celebrations in the cities of the United States this year than ever before. If various regulations and ordinances In a score of quiet-loving places are enforced the gory record of last Independence day ought to be considerably reduced. Cleveland has been boasting of its copper- riveted anti-explosive law since it was adopted, soon after last Fourth, and looks forward to a comparatively peace ful day instead of a massacre. In Wash ington a citizens' committee Is busy on a 'Scheme to entertain the small boy in a sensible way and wean him from the devil's Invention of years gone by. Al bany is going to allow a little racket and maiming, firecrackers of small cal iber being permitted from 6 in the morn ing until noon only. Chicago has served notice of a rigid enforcement of the law against high explosives and dangerous toys. Boston has not yet acted, and the Advertiser mournfully says that "the outlook for the day does not promise much difference from the worst features of recent years." BIG BILION'-DOI.LArl ERA. Swollen Fortunes of Today Will Be Dwarfed by Hoards of Tomorrow. New York World. The Incorporation in the United States during May of railroad, industrial and other companies having ' a capital stock of $258,459,900, gives an idea of the wonder ful commercial expansion of the country. Incidental testimony to the same effect Is furnished by the speedy absorption by Investors of the $10,000,000 Issue of pre ferred stock put out by a new dry goods combination. E. H. Harrtman said to the newspaper men who asked him about the report that he was going abroad to dis pose of $150,000,000 of bonds, "I wouldn't have to go out of this house to do that In half an hour." This Is truly a billion-dollar era. Where the last generation figured in millions, the common multiple of the present-day business world is $100,000,000. To what lengths Is the multiplication of millions to go? Estates of $1,000,000 have dwindled by comparison to modest competencies. At the present rate of Increase, the swollen fortunes" of todav may to morrow excite no public concern, being owarrea Dy the greater hoards heaped up and reduced to negligible consequence In the light of the graver problems in the regulation of capital which may then be expected to demand attention. The "Assembly" Method. Lebanon (Linn County) Criterion. This election (in Portland) is of much more than local concern to Port land. It has a state-wide Importance In that it indorses the Assembly-recommended candidates for office and will discourage the self-constituted candidate with which this state has oeen cursed for the last few years We are willing to advocate from now until the next state campaign an As sembly of Republicans of the state for the purpose of adopting a platform and policy for the party and to recommend candidates for all state offices; like wise a County Assembly for the or ganizatlon of county politics. We firmly believe that the county and state will secure better men for all offices by such a plan, and the state will receive a better service. We do not advocate the doing away with the primary election, but these assembly conventions for the purpose of aiding In carrying out the very principles for which the primary law was created. Every well-advised person knows that the primary law has sadly miscarried in its objects and purposes. The nri- mary law thus carried out will be the weapon In the hands of the people to compel qualified and competent men to be nominated for all offices. Ominons Separatist Movement. Springfield (Mass.) Republican." The general washing of soiled party linen In the United States Senate Mon day revealed divisions on both sides of the chamber of considerable significance. There was recognition on the Republican sme or a rather ominous separatist move ment comprehending the 'central western division of the party, while on the Dem ocratic side free utterance was given to a disposition on the part of the South ern Democracy to cut loose from the Cleveland tariff reformers of the North east and the radical Democracy of the Northwest. The political situation seems to be drifting into such a condition of Ilux as nas not teen known before since the organization of We Republican party. Mark Twain, Joker and Plagiarist. New York Dispatch. Because Mark Twain incorporated In his latest book "Is Shakespeare Dead?." a chapter from a volume called "The Shakespeare Problem Restated." written by George P. Greenwood, of London. without giving Mr. Greenwood credit, a bristling controversy has arisen. Mir. Greenwood's publishers, the John Lane Company, of London, have sent word to Harper & Bros., that they will not permit jviarK uwain s dook to be circulated in England until the plates are altered, civ ing Mr. Greenwood the credit that they maintain should go to him. They have no power to prevent the sale in this country. "Sho-fer." PORTLAND, Or., June 12. (To the Ed itor.) The Oregonian as an educational Institution has too great an Influence to permit its answer to the inclosed lnoulrv to go unchallenged. I am confident cor rection will rouow. CHARLES M. WERNER. This refers to the pronunciation of the word cnaufleur as "aho-fer." Webster Unabridged Dictionary says It Is "sh fer," and accepted usage so has it. TV are yet In- the dark as to how it Is a cording to Werner. Rockefeller's Condescension. Baltimore American. Again it has been solemnly chronicled that on Sunday Mr. John D. Rockefeller went to church. There seems to be a disposition, unconfessed. but patent, to iook on tnis as somewn&t of a conde scension in so rich a man. Life's SunnySide "I dined with W. 1C Vnnilrhllt li- on his return from Monte Carlo, at .... " ae a"s. said a California millionaire. "Mr. Vanderbilt declared that there was one sure way to get rich by gamb ling at Monte Carlo. That was to build - a second casino and run It on the pres- ' ent casino's lines. He said that in rou- ' .cue pmjing- me cnances against you. were quite unfair. You were in the hopeless position of the man who made me oranoy bet. This man was met bv a frier. mhn said: "What makes you look so blue?' ' " 'Finn,' the man answered, "has bet me a 10-spot that he can drink n nmrt of brandy a day without staggering.- T na you looR Dlue! Why cried the friend, "why. man. vou've irnt a.. dead certainty. Finn's bound to lose.' He can't take two drinks without stag gering scandalously." But the duffer.' replied the other, has taken the bottle to bed with him." " St. Louis Globe-Democrat. One of the characteristics of W. H Rogers was his love of a Joke, even at his own expense. The humor lost noth ing by that In Mr. Rogers' opinion. This was one of his favorite stories: He, William C Whltnsv nnrl vral other friends, were discussing the suc cession to the presidency of Yale, then vacant before the election of Professor riaoiey, who then held the chair of economics. Another Drofessor. lonx-er at the university than Dr. Hadley. was a candidate, and his chances of winning me nonor were under discussion. "Well." said Mr. Ttoe-ers "If T been as long around Yaye as Professor Eo-and-So, I d be president." "No, Henry," retorted Mr.- Whitney, "you would probably own the ground and the buildings, but you would not be president." Mr. Rogers always told that story with a chuckle. "You can print that some time," ho said. Detroit Free Press. Mr. Dickson, a colored barber in a New England town, was shaving one of his customers one evening, when the following conversation occurred respecting Mr. Dickson's connection with a colored church in the place: "I believe you are a member of the ; church in Elm street," said the cus tomer. . "No. sah, not at all." "Why, are you not a member of the African Church?" "Not dls year, sah." "Why did you leave?" "Well, I'll tell yo", sah," said Mr. Dickson. "It was jus' like his: I Joined dat church In good faith; I gib ten dollar to de preachln' uv do gospel an" de people call me 'Brudder Dickson." De second year I only gib five dollar, "n de church people call me 'Mr. Dickson." Well, sah, de third year I gibs nothing to de preachln," 'n after dat dey jes" call me 'ol" Nigger Dickson,' an I quit "em." Puck. It was a murky day in August, and the old sea captains were talking of a schooner which had been struck by lightning a few days before, and adding their contributions to nautical fiction, thinly disguised as fact. "How about the Emma S-, Captain Ell?" asked the privileged listener at last. "Wasn't she struck once?" "She was, sir," and Captain Eli fixed his gaze on a crack in the ceiling of the old wharf office. "She was, indeed, off the Cape, home'ard bound, she was." "I'd like to hear the particulars." said the young man, and all the cap tains moved in their seats and fixed their eyes on the crack which held the gaze of Captain Eli. "'Tisn't much to tell, only what might happen to any vessel under similar cir cumstances," said Captain EH. "A bolt struck the deck amidships and bored a hole right down through the bottom o' the schooner big as a man's leg. "The water come rushing In, and o" course the Emma S. would have found ered if a second bolt hadn't come and struck my foreto'galla'mast. cut It off near the. top, turned It end for end. and dro-ve it right into the hole, plugging It up and making it water-tight. '"Twas a clear case of what folks call the ravages an" repairs o' nature." said Captain Ell, as he removed his gaze from the crack and let It rest thoughtfully on the ingenuous face of the only landsman In the company. Youth's Companion. "Here, Benny," said Mr. Blumbumper to his young son, as the latter started to church, "are a shilling and a penny. You can put which you please in the contribution box." Benny thanked his papa and went to church. Curious to know which coin Benny had given, his papa asked him when he returned, and Benny replied: "Well, papa. It was this way. The preacher said the Lord loved a cheer ful giver, and I knew I could give a penny a good deal more cheerfully than I could give a shilling, so I put the penny In." Tit-Bits. A Chicago married man who boasts to the boys that his wife never sits up for him. slipped out for a cigar the oth er evening after supper and failed to notice that his wife had her party gown on. When he softly tiptoed Into the house at 2 A. M., he was slightly sur prised to see a dewy-eyed lady trip down the stairway, turn her back to him and tearfully say: "There are two hooks I just couldn't reach; won't you unfasten them so I can go to bed?" Fortunately he could and did. Kansas City Star. Probably an Aprocryphal Story. BAY CENTER. Wash.. June 14. (To ths Editor.) If a faulty memory does not be tray me. It is related ot U. 8. Grant aa fol lows: At the time of his return from his trip around the world he was asked by Nast, the cartoonist, his greatest slnxle Impres sion. He replied: "Nast, the Latin nations are doomed." I have read with Interest your recent editorial In defense of the character and prospects of the French race and nation, called forth by Dr. Jorhan's recent remark. If I have recalled Grant's remark aright, or nearly so, I would be much pleased to read, In your columns, an editorial discussion of it. Had Grant the anointed eye of prophecy? Was his Judgment affected by some strain of Puritanism? Or Is the inci dent apocryphal? L. L. BUSH. We should doubt whether Grant ever made such remark. It is not in accord with his habit or character. Even if he did make it. we should say he showed poor judgment. The Latin races are stronger now than ever before, but not so strong relatively, since the prodigious development of the Teutonic or Northern natives. But the Latin nations are not "doomed." New Arrangement for the Thirsty. Baltimore News. At Stillwater, Okla., the police found a new arrangement for the thirsty to get a drink. The initiated, by dropping "two bits" in a slot, could immediately receive a pint bottle of cold beer on a dumb waiter. No bartender or Jointkeeper was In sight, and the person or persons who ran the place had it so arranged by guards and signals that there was little danger of being caught. Clock Strikes 10O1 Times In a Day. Philadelphia Record. The town clock at Coatesvllle, - Pa., struck 1001 times in one day recently be fore It ceased. Fine of SlOO for Swearing In Phone. Baltimore News. The Omaha City Council has passed an ordinance Imposing a fine of $100 for the offense of swearing into a telephone.