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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.