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FORTXAND. TUESDAY, MAY 17. 18 1-
REDEEMING THE GEORGES?
1 The Liberals and the Irish pause
when a King bearing the nam George
comes to the throne. Is legislative In
dependence for Ireland to come at last
under a royal personage whose name
stands for so much strife, bitterness
and martyrdom in the Emerald Isle?
Should this turn out to' be, much of
the literature of Britain and Ireland
will need to be gone over and expur
gated of the hatred attaching to the
name borne by the most unpopular
line of Kings, after the Stuarts, in
Britain and the most detested family
; of rulers in the "downtrodden" isle.
- Through the reigns of the four
Georges, lasting 116 years, between
1714 and 1830, the Irish suffered most
bitter treatment at the hands of their
British masters. Under George I the
masters developed their schemes for
final annihilation of the Irish Parlia
ment. They extended over Ireland
the laws of the British Parliament,
crushed commerce and industry of the
. island and ruled it with a rigor that
caused its energies to decline and its
best people to migrate to Spain,
France and America. It is nearly 200
years since the first George ascended
the throne (1714). The fourth
George, called in literature the "last"
and "ultJmus," was taken away
. eighty years ago. He came to the
crown in 1820 in the midst of the
struggle for -emancipation of Catholics
and for removal of .their disability to
hold office, led by Daniel O'Connell.
Seventeen years before, Robert Emmet
had perished and nineteen years be
fore Parliamentary union had been
forced upon Ireland. The accession
of George IV was signalized by Byron
in 18 21 in "The Irish Avatar," written
by him in Italy. ByrOn had quitted
Britain forever in 1816, and was
within three years of hi3 death. This
poem of more than thirty stanzas is a
bitter denunciation of British despotr
ism. In Ireland, one of the verses be
ing: Spread spread for Vitellius, the royal
repast.
Till the gluttonous despot be stuffed to
" to the gorge!
And the roar of his drunkards proclaim him
at last
The Fourth of the fools and oppressors
call'd "George:"
The King Georges mere largely pup
pets of the governmental stupidity of
their cabinets and of the British Par
liament, but their name has been a
synonym of oppression and bitterness
for, Ireland. Now. when Ireland has
almost grasped Parliamentary inde
pendence, or home rule, another
george comes to the throne.- ' Is it
OnV of fate or omen of disappoint
ment to be prolonged? Are new
alignments to , be created in British
politics thjat will defer the coveted
prize or indefinitely withhold it? The
word has gone forth that truce has
been proclaimed between the warring
factions, to last a year. But how long
may a year be?
However, signs and omens are rul
ing affairs of nations less and less
these enlightened days. The new idea
in Britain is so far under way that the
Irish may win their goal and the new
George may redeem the evil name of
his kingly ancestors.
THE FAMILY CARD TABLE.
Evangelist Herbert C. Hart makes
a statement which facts will not bear
out when he says that 92 per cent of
the gamblers of the .world get their
first lesson in gambling at the family
card table. It is a fact well known
that many young people, boys and
girls, who are forbidden to play cards
at home, learn to play elsewhere un
der conditions that conduce to gam
bling. The game at the family card
table is seldom, almost never, played
for a stake. In this it differs from
society bridge and "BOO" and the rest
of the fashionable card-party games.
Cardplaying being forbidden in the
family, the boys, nearing young man
hood, are more than likely to find a
place to play a game where there is a
' stake to win or lose.
In this connection there is recalled
a good wdman, long "sacred to mem
ory," but for many years a resident
. of this i;ily. A woman of strong
character she was, the mother of four
sons, a. devout churchwoman, of re
ligious belief that would have delight
ed the soul of the evangelist rwhd
preaches the "eternal punishment"
dogma. She resolutely placed a ban
upon cardplaying in her 'family. Les
sons learned, the last Sunday school
book finished, weary of. teasing the
cat and the little sister, the boys hav
ing exhausted all allowable means of
entertainment at home on long Win
ter evenings, went to be to get rid of
themselves and each other. " As they
grew older and bolder these pastimes
palled and they began to creep from
their bedroom windows at their early
bedtime to Join boys of the neighbor
hood whom their mother would not
permit to come to her house, in a
game of cards at one of their homes.
This mother did her duty as she saw
it, as Evangelist Hart iwould have en
couraged her to do it; but it failed
signally in its purpose, since three of
tl.e sons who thus took their first les
ftr n in deceit, disobedience and in the
pleasures of forbidden fruit, became
frequenters of gambling resorts and
in due time professional, gamblers, in
(which most abominable vocation all
lived out their brief span and died.
A neighbor, also a good woman, the
mother of five sons, permitted the
boys to play pedro, casino and other
simple and then popular games at
. home, with companions of their own'
age, or between themselves and their
one sister, as chanced, and not one
of them' followed cards into business
(OB social JKe aifcd, all aro aovk menJLjv-Ui be necessary and. profitable to
filling positions of honor and trust in
the woril.
Thes are not -unusual cases, since
with variations in family details they
are familiar to almost any one ''who
has taken the pains to look about him
closely. It is merely a variation of
the old story of the fall of man, the
text of which is; "But of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil thou shalt
not eat," an unwise interdiction
which, according to Milton
Brought death into the world and all our
4 MAKING A NEW GRAFT.
Mr. TTRen has recalled to his Ore
gon City Populist headquarters ms
absurd one-man-power bill that would
have made the Governor monarch of
all he surveyed; now he should take
back his bill ..that would send dele
gates to National conventions Junket
ing from Oregon at expense of tax
payers. By the time delegates of the
Prohibition and the Socialist parties
should add their quotas of delegates to
the'expense account, the State of Ore
gon would be paying richly for this
fresh fad of U'Renlsm.
While Oregon has been, represented
in Democratic and Republican Na
tional conventions by but eight dele
gates for each party, in the Prohibi
tion National Convention it has had
nearly a scort of delegates. This bill
would cause apportionments that
would Invite large extravagance from
the minor parties. It would put pre
mium on Prohibition and Socialist
junketings and would make Oregon an
even more favored resort for devotees
of the Prohibition and the Socialist
isms. . Besides, the lew census, and
the enlargement of Oregon's repre
sentation in Congress which Is the
basis of Republican and Democratic
apportionment will give this state
additional seats in National conven
tions and would penalize by that much
the taxpayers of this state.
Delegates to National conventions
should continue to pay their own -expenses.
This bill would 'open a new
source of graft. It would not secure
more desirable citizenship In delega-,
tions from this state.
COLONIZATION FOLLOWS RAILROADS.
An east and west line through Cen
tral Oregon is of such vital necessity
to the profitable operation of the
north and south line that there has
never been much doubt of its con
struction as soon as the first pro
jected line should become a reality.
Construction of this second highway
through a long-neglected region iwill
now be hastened by the glganic. de
velopment scheme of the newly-organized
Oregon & Western Coloniza
tion Company. What the placing of
this 800,000-acre tract on the market
means tn the land--hungry thousands
who swarm to every Indian reserva
tion opening can be understood toy the
statement of "Vice-President Burchard
of the new company, who announces
that "terms of payjnent will be made
so that any person who is honestly
wanting a home and Is willing to go
upon the land for that purpose will
be given all the time he may need to
pay out."
This offer, with the lands sold at
moderate prices, is . in 6ome respects
much better than anjt of the "free
land" offerings - which the Govern
ment has hung up as prizes in its
great land lotteries of the past, for
in this case the settler has ample op
portunity to examine his land and
there Is no question as to the require
ments necessary to complete title. The
resources of Central Oregon are so
many and varied that they would be
impossible of development without the
aid of the east and west road. In the
lang grant which has Just passed into
the hands of the' Colonization Com
pany there are included 4,500,00'', 000
feet of merchantable timber, practi
cally all of which will seek a market,
in the east, and which cannot be
reached to advantage except by an
east and west line.
While this line will toe of im
mense value to the Hill system, it is
also of the highest Importance to the
Harriman lines that their Central
Oregon route toe joined with an east
and west line. The lumber traffic
alone will supply an immense ton
nage for the road, and, as all of this
lumber must seek a market in the
east, in the absence of an east and
west line it would be necessary to
make a detour of several hundred
miles by way of the Deschutes and
Columbia Rivers, instead of going out
through the Malheur canyon and con
necting with the main line to the east.
The railroad builders and capitalists
of the country were many years in
discovering Central Oregon, but, hav
ing finally located it, development and
exploitation are proceeding on a more
extensive scale than at' any other
point in the United States.
CHEAP DOCK BITES. .
The early settlers who laid out the,
town of Portland had an excellent op
portunity to secure cheap dock sites.
There was an abundance of water
frontage to be had almost for the
asking. It would no doubt liave been
a fine thing for posterity, if these
early settlers had purchased these
dock sites while they were cheap.
Unfortunately the first residents of
the incorporated city of Portland
found abundant use for their earn
ings in paying taxes, buying provi
sions and meeting other current ex
penses. They were in fact less able
to buy the cheap dock sites of the
early fifties than the present Port
landers are able to purchase them
now f or' those who may need them
GO years hence. Each era of the city,
and each generation of its inhabitants,
has been" fairly well taxed to meet
the demands of the present and the
immediate future, without taking on
additional burdens of some millions of
dollars, which 50 years hence may be
of small consequence to the greatly
increased population and vastly great
er wealth that will have accumulated.
In the present carefully promoted
plan for public.vdocks for private in
terests, iwe are repeatedly informed
that there is already a shortage of
suitable dock sites and that in a. few
years it will toe impossible for ' Port
land to handle water traffic in com
petition with other ports. Nothing
could toe farther from the truth, for
the two banks of the Willamette River
and slough between the steel bridge
and-the Columbia offer more than 24
miles of first-class dock sites. These
sites, with an increasing number of
local electric and steam routes, are
all more- easily reached from the
heart of Portland's business district
than the Albina docks were 20 years
ago.
-Portland has spent millions In
dredging out a channel which will
enable ' the great ocean-carriers to
reaea the docks in this city, and it
spend- more millions to keep ample
depth of water between these docks
and the sea. This is a duty which
has always been recognized and cheer
fully met by the Portland taxpayers:
and the necessary harbor and channel
Improvements of the future willTe
looked after as they become neces
sary. Having . provided tne cnannei
and an unlimited area of harbor room,
however, it is no more the duty of
Portland to provide docks than it Is
our duty to provide incoming rail
roads with terminal facilities..
It might be well for the promoters
of the public dock scheme to inform
the T-ul He as to the extent of profit
in owning docks at the present time.
The public last year paid for the priv
ilege of owning a public portage rail
road approximately J 8 per ton for all
of the traffic handled across the road.
This traffic was supplied by a private
boat line owned by the same interests
that are now seeking to secure public
docks. Just at present the taxpayers
are hardly in a humor to buy another
gold brick of similar value without
first applying the acid test.
MARKING THE OREGON TRAIL.
" Representative Humphrey's bill ap
propriating $25,000 to mark the old
Oregon trail was favorably reported in
the House of Representatives in the
National Capitol some ten days ago.
"The measure gives the Secretary of
War authority to receive private con
tributions to the fund. Ezra Meeker, the
well-known trallmarker, a few days
ago in Baker City declared the sum of
$25,000 Inadequate for the work and
cited President Roosevelt's recommen
dation of an appropriation, of $50,00t.
Argument for this appropriation is
familiar as an oft-told tale, so that it
Is not necessary to keep on reciting the
significance of this great National
highway, whereby a migration, in
some respects unparalleled in the
world's history, made its way from
states of the East and the Middle West
to this Pacific Coast region. This road
should certainly be marked with
monuments before the pioneers that
know its track shall have departed.
In twenty-five years, between 1845
and 1870 before , railroad transit be
gan a total population of som'e 750,
000 made its way to tl.e Rocky Moun
tain region and the Pacific Coast, prob
ably 500,000 of whom went overland,
chiefly by the Oregon and the Santa
Pb trails. It is probably within safe
bounds of truth to say that 350,000
people followed tine Oregon trait to
their several destinations in the moun
tain country and on the Pacific Coast.
This was one of the world's greatest
migrations. The route to Oregon and
to California was 2000 miles long,
across desert washes and 'mountain
fastnesses. Much has been said of suf
fering and death alo,ng the route, but
the tale will never be fully told. These
hundreds of thousands of people, un
like the semi-barbarous hordes whose
history is written in Europe and Asia,
sought the new regions npt -for plun
der nor for subjugation of other peo
ples, tout for making homes 'Wi a wil
derness, which theretofore was almost
unoccupied. And they covered the dis
tance in an unprecedentedly short
time.
It ought not to ' be difficult to
awaken sufficient interest to pass the
appropriation in Congress, tout as in
other important legislative matters it
seems necessary to go through a pa
tient preliminary campaign of infor
mation. Che sum of 526,000 will
make a good ' beginning. With that
much secured the way will be opened
toward obtaining the additional funds
required.
-WHAT ARE) COMETS?
"When beggars die," said Calphur
nia to Caesar," "there are no comets
seen," but when a personage of ex
alted dignity comes to his latter end
it is a very different affair. "The
heavens themselves blaze forth the
death of Princes." Three or 400 years
ago the death . of King Edward in
elose connection with the approach of
a comet, to say nothing of half a
dozen earthquakes, the floods in the
Seine, the unheard-of storms through
the Middle West and the terrible' for
est fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin
would' have thrown the world into a
frenzy of terror. All these events
would have been attributed to the
influence of the celestial monster and
it would have been , the universal
opinion that the world was about to
end in a vast conflagration. We con
trol our fears a good deal better now.
As Halley's comet wings its way down
to dive through the plane of the
ecliptic, we gaze at it calmly enough,
and if we shiver a little over the vis
itation we try our 'best not to let any
body know about it. Most people are
still afraid of comets, tout there are
few who are not ashamed of their
trepidation.
Intellectually, the world . has trav
eled a long way from the time when
everybody supposed that comets iwere
balls of fire hurled at a wicked world
toy the Almighty. W" stin believe
that they are balls more or less fiery
and no doubt the Almighty directs
their course; but it is by the same
laws which govern the movements of
the stars and planets and the purpose
which directs one heavenly body in
its ortoit directs all the rest. Orlgen,
one of the- fathers of the church,
taught that . comets indicated the
downfall of e: ipires and worlds, and
in the thirteenth century the famous
philosopher Thomas Aquinas held the
same opinion.
All through the middle ages when
ever a comet appeared mankind lost
Its wits through terror. This was
particularly, the case with the return
of Halley's comet in 1456. The Turks
were then besieging Constantinople
and seemed likely to overrun the
whole of Europe. Just at the climax
of the danger Halley's comet ap
peared blazing in the sky, a much
more formidable object than It now
is. Perhaps some of it has wasted
away during its wanderings in space.
Perhaps some planet belonging to an
other system has captured a portion
of its substance, for a comet is noth
ing tout gas and is easily led astray.
- At any rate in 1456 Halley's comet,
innocuous as It now seems, was a
huge and fearsome spectacle. Pope
Callxtus III decreed several days of
prayer to avert the impending de
struction from the Christians to the
Turks and . into the litany of - the
church was incorporated the plea,
"From the Turk and the' comet, good
Lord deliver -us." TheTe was another
comet visible in 1532 and this one
gave the British churchmen an op-;
portunlty to display their belief in its
prophetic character. Cranmer, who
was in Germany at the time, wrote
to King Henry VIII that comets "do
not lightly appear" tout always por
tend "some great matter." The great
matter which he thought that one
JLportendod was his own, promotion, tq
be Archbishop of Canterbury, no
doubt. Queen Elizabeth In- one of her
orders to te British church, in
structed the people that oomets are
evidence of the wrath of the Almighty
and Milton, who belongs to the' same
period, says that they "shake pesti
lence and war, from their horrid
hair." The comet's "horrid hair" is
its tail, which we now know to ' toe
nothing more than sunljght con
densed after the manner of an electric
searchlight.
At the ' very time, in 1683, when
Halley (was computing the ortoit of the
comet which is now .more or less vis
ible in the morning heavens and pre
dicting Its regular returns, another
member of the Royal Society, Ralph
Thoresby, wrote about it that he hoped
the Lord would fit him "for whatever
changes it may portend." Martin Lu
ther was in th.e same state of mind.
Every comet, he averred, "foretokens
a sure calamity," and in his numerous
sermons he declared that they were
works of the devil. Luther was on
the most intimate terms with the
devil. One interview with that Inter
esting personage he closed, as every
child has read, by throwing his ink
bottle at him.
It is only in recent . years that we
have really conquered our panic fear
of comets, and, as we confessed above,
perhaps the conquest is not yet com
plete. We accept the teaching of sci
ence that they follow the law of grav
itation and move serenely in fixed
orbits, tout in our secret souls we in
cline to hold wtih Luther that the
devil has a hand In sending them.
Perhaps Galileo did as much as any
body to lay the foundations of the
modern view of these uncanny bodies.
He studied them all his life and wrote
a great deal about them. Naturally
what he said was substantially correct,
for Galileo had the keenest sort of
scientific instinct; but it was Newton
and Halley who really wrested comets
from the domain of superstition and
subjected them to scientific law. Many
ecclesiastics of that time thought it
their duty to maintain the old theory,
however, even after it had been proved
absurd. Thus Andreas Calichius, of
Magdeburg, said in 1578 that it was
all very well for the scientists to
teach that comets were composed of
an "earthy, greasy, tough and sticky
vapor, or mist," but for his part he'
knew that they were composed of "the
thick smoke of human sins."
The steamship Bear on her maiden
trip outward from Portland made the
run to San Francisco, Including a
three-hour stop at Astoria, in less than
forty-five hours. This, for a begin
ning, is excellent work, and when the
bearings of the new craft are worn
smooth and the long stop at Astoria
is cut out. It will not toe surprising if
the water Journey between this city
and the Califor-nia metropolis can be
made in less than forty hours. An
ocean vojage of this kind, on a pala
tial ship like the Bear or the Beaver,
with the magnificent, hnudred-mile
trip down the Columbia River, ought
to open up a new side route for the
stream of tourists who annually cross
the continent to view the wonders of
the West.
Trainmen on the Michigan Central
and Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern have been granted an increase in
wages identical with the increase given
the Baltimore .& Ohio employes. : No
one familiar with the "higher cost of
living" will begrudge the trainmen
their advance In wages, but it is just
as well to understand where this ad
vance is coming from. On nearly all
of the Eastern railroads advances in
rates have been made or are in con
templation. It is from these higher
rates that higher wages are possible.
Whether' it is a strike against paying
the advance or a graceful granting of
the employes' requests, It -is the "pub
lic" that foots 'the bills.
Not all of the exhilarating excite
ment, of hunting whales has vanished
with the; appearance of the steam
schooner and the bomb gun. From
Juneau, Alaska, comes a whale of' a
tale atoout the tail of a whale that
wrecked the whaler ' Sorenson off
Cape Ommaney. The leviathan had
been harpooned, and resented the in
sult by charging the whaler and
smashing in the bow with a blow from
its tail. Some of the "color" which
prevailed In the old-time whaling
stories was missing, for the crew all
reached shore' in safety, tout the nar
rative still remains a first-class fish
story. ' .
The jury's verdict that Hyde . Is
guilty is merely, a polite form. It in
troduces the proceedings, and nothing
more. It is like the bow a gentleman
makes when he enters the drawing-
room. The real fight will now begin
in the form of -a motion for a new
trial, an appeal, ' probably three or
four reversals in the Supreme Court,
and finally the escape of the criminal.
"Tis thus that we make the law a Jest.
The stenographer who draws upon
his Imagination for his facts and then
babbles of his findings is one of the
products of a progressive age. He is
brother to the telegraph operator who
misinterprets the clickings of -his in
strument, and, full of the ' importance
of an Imaginary secret," tells it under
pledge of silence. ' Needless to say,
neither of these artists ls likely to hold
a job for life.
Speaking of roses, have you seen the
great fields of wild ones In bloom with
the Columbia 'high water" rippling
about the bushes? This la a rose
show provided by Nature without
much fuss or expense, and it is a hard
one to beat.
Of course. Secretary Ballinger had
to dismiss Clerk Kerby, as President
Taft ' had to dismiss Pinchot. For
whom would not Kerby betray next?
As something always happens when
Halley's 1 comet passes, why not take
the optimistic side and-, call 1910 the
year of greatest prosperity?
Women of Othello, Wash., who have
badgers for pets, have never experi
enced the pleasure and comfort of
owning a baby.
Ballinger's talkative stenographer
got the tomahawk just below the nu
cleus, cometically' speaking.
; The ragamuffin brigades are again
on dress parade in Peru and Ecuador.
Caruso cannot keep out of the monkey-house,
at home or abroad.
' When scientists disagree, it ia up tp
the comet to do as it pleases.
BRIDGE COXDEMXATIOS BEGINS
Jury Being Drawn to Fix Damages
to' Greenwich Dock.
Condemnation proceedings brought by
the city of Portland against Maria
(Flanders to secure a right-of-way through
the Greenwich dock for the proposed
Broadway bridge were taken up by Jjidge
Gantenbeln in Circuit Court yesterday
morning, but at the end of a full day a
jury had not yet been completed. The
day's session ended with 11 men in the
box passed for cause, but no peremptory
challenges have yet been exercised and
the time for -beginning the trial' is still
indefinite.
Much difficulty in securing a jury was
experienced through a stipulation of coun.
sel that residents of the northeast sec
tion of the city, having an active interest
in the matter at issue, would be - ex
cused. It happened that a large number
of the veniremen were from the excluded
district. Jurors were closely questioned
as to their interests and their relations
with Interested parties.
With jury trials going on before Judges
Cleland, Gantenbeln and Gatens and the
large number r.ot available for the Broad
way matter, it was necessary last 'night
to draiw a special venire of 20 to report
to Judge Gantenbeln this morning.
The deposition of W. J. Burns in the
Flanders case was filed yesterday and
will be presented in the trial. Mr. Burns,
who is manager for Balfour, Guthrie &
Co., is confined to his house with Illness
and wilt be unable to be present in court.
He" qualified as an expert on the value of
dock properties and testified or the de
fense as to the value of the strip which
the city wishes to acquire. Asked 'what
in - his opinion was the worth of a strip
75 feet wide and 240 feet deep in the
case at hand, he replied that he estimated
It at $1000 a front foot, and in reply to
other questions, said he believed that
there would be additional damages to the
"adjoining property.
Further hearing of the case, will be
taken up today if a Jury is secured.
BROADWAY BRIDGE CASE SET
Hearing of Kiernan's Action. Against
Editor to Be Held Wednesday.
Hearings on the order of Judge Morrow
to C, 8. - Jackson, editor of the Oregon
Journal, to show cause why he should
not be' held in contempt of court on ac
count of certain editorials on the Broad
way bridge question, is set for 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. The charge of
contempt is brought against Jackson by
Frank Kiernan, who is suing to restrain
the city from proceeding with the bridge.
An effort was made yesterday to secure
a date for the hearing of Kiernan'B suit
against the city. Attorneys Fulton, Mun
ly and Kavanaugh pressed the court to
set the case, but the pressure of other
matters and the fact that the courts are
now .16 cases behind the calendar, made
it impossible to arrange for the trial
soon.
CIRCUIT COURT DATES FULL
Civil and Criminal Cases Clamor for
Chance to Be Heard.
Congestion in the Circuit Court was ev
idenced yesterday when the docket was
called by Judge Morrow and it was found
that every available date from now to
the end of tne term is more tnan nuea.
A request was made by Prosecuting At
torney Cameron that the court reserve
all unused Jury dates f or criminal cases
ana tins was aoiie wiui xcw
tions. ;
There are still many civil cases clamor'
Ing for hearing before a Jury and busi
ness is far behind in all departments. It
was Intimated yesterday by Judge Mor
row that Judges might be called in from
other districts to help dispose of the
business. This can te done by tne su
preme Court in Its discretion.
EXAMINER IS WIDELY KNOWN
Eugene T. Wilson Now Chairman for
District of Six States.
National Bank t Examiner Eugene T.
Wilson, who is playing an important part
in the trial of Jeff W. acrioer, cnargea
with wrecking the Farmers' & Traders'
Bauk of La Grande, is not only one of
the best known citizens of the state of
Washington, but possesses a wide ao-
auaintance on the south side of the
Columbia.
Crossing the plains when 13 years old,
Mr. Wilson arrived at Walla Walla in
18T6. He drifted into the newspaper busi
ness and for six years was the editor of
papers at Poraeroy and Dayton. Repre
sentlng Kittitas County in the State Sen'
ate in 1892, Mr. Wilson was made presi
dent of that body and presided over the
Joint session of the Legislature during
the impeachment proceedings against
Judge Sachs, of the Jefferson County Su
perior Court. An effort was made that
year to force Mr. Wilson to accept the
nomination for Governor, httt he escaped
it through accepting an appointment as
National Bank. Examiner, tendered by
Senators of that state and President Har
rison.
Ml Wilson has resigned from the sery-
lce several times but has invariably been
coaxed back into the harness. He is now
occupying a position as chairman of bank
examiners in District No. 11, including the
states of Washington, Oregon, Montana,
Idaho, California and Nevada.
COLUMBIA TO GET ADDITION
$10,000 to Be Spent on Present "U'
Athletic Coliseum.
At the annual meeting of the Columbia
University Alumni Association;- held last
night after a banquet in the Commercial
Club, pledges were secured which guar
antee the construction of a $10,000 addition
to the present athletic coliseum at the
Catholic institution. One year was al
lowed in which to raise the money.
' Rev. Father Gallagher, president of the
university, said he believed he was au
thorized to say for the congregation of
the Holy Cross, under whose ministering
hands the school is conducted, tnat the
society would put up dollar for dollar
raised by the alumni member. Frank
J. Lonergan, formerly an instructor at the
school, advanced a plan whereby each
graduate of Columbia would donate pro
rata to make the $5000, the student half
of the fund. James J. Flynn, who was
present as a guest at the annual dinner,
also agreed to donate a generous amount
for the work.
The staid Commercial Club was roused
from its usual evening quietness when
college songs and yells were given with
all the enthusiasm of the lusty-voiced
alumni.
Victor K. Cullen end James J. , Flynn
rendered selections, Dan O'Neill presid
ing at the piano. ,
Frederick A. Martin was chosen presi
dent of the association, Dennis Carmody
as vice-president, George Holcomb as
treasurer and C. C. Albright as secretary.
STRAWBERRY PICKERS BUSY
White. Salmon Growers Fay $3 a
Day for Green Hands.
fHTJSTJM. Wash., May 16. (Special.)
Strawberry picking Is in full blast be
tween here and the mouth of the White
Salmon River. Shipments are being made
daily at Underwood:
Several' "crews of pickers came from
Hood River, where they report the har
vesting of strawberries will commence In
a few days. As high as $3 per day is
being paid for green hands.
CHARGE IS CALLED FRIVOLOUS
Habeas Corpus Releases Bertrand
Morris From Jail.
Pursued for years by alleged friv
olous charges brought against him
by his estranged wife, 'Bertrand Mor
ris at last met a turn of the tide
when he was released yesterday by
Judge Morrow on a "writ of habeas
corpus. Morris says he was on his
way to Vancouver, Wash., to secure
a divorce when the police arrested him
here on a letter from toe Chief of Po
lice of Seattle.
Morris says he is a contractor, en
gaged in the erection of large build
ings. Some time ago he had a con
tract in Tacoma and was living there
to superintend it. On several occasions.
he says, his wife in Seattle sent down
warrants for his -arrest on various
trumped-up charges, until he was com
pelled to leave his work at Tacoma
and .come to Vancouver. There he
began suit for divorce and a default
had been entered. . He came to Port
land and went to work on the new
Courthouse. Meanwhile, he says, he
continued sending his wife money and
had in court a large bundle of registry
receipts, which he alleged represented
remittances to her.
Last Thursday he was preparing to
go to Vancouver with his witness to
perfect his divorce suit when --he was
arrested. The charge brought by his
wife was desertion, which is a felony
under the Washington statute.
In deciding-the case. Judge Morrow
was Influenced by. the fact that, five
days after the man's arrest, no formal
warrant had come down from Seattle.
The Judge said: "If the Chief of Po
lice of Seattle doesn't think enough
of the case to send a warrant before
this, be can hunt again for the defend
ant. The defendant is discharged."
The court also expressed doubt Of
the regularity of the practice In vogue
toy which - men are arrested upon the
mere letter or telegram of an officer
in another state and allowed to remain
for days before formal action is taken.
JUDGE SOOTHES WRANGLERS
Lecture Delivered on Conduct of At
torneys In Court.
Intimation by Attorney Harold M.
Sawyer that there was much crooked
ness in the books of the W. .if. Conklin
Company, of which he is receiver, and
that he could not trust the books -n
the hands of R. M. Widney, under
whose -management of the company
the (books were kept, occasioned a
warm . wrangle in Judge Morrow's de
partment of the Circuit Court yester
day.
The situation was relieved only after
a diplomatic and soothing address from
the bench on the duties of lawyers in
the transaction of public business.
"Lawyers must leave their personal
differences outside when they are act
Ing as officers of the court," said the
Judge. "It is not necessary nor re
spectful that wrangles should occur be
tween attorneys -in court, no matter
how bitterly they may feel toward
each other."
Judge Widney appeared to secure an
order of the court for access to the
books of the Conklin Company, for his
management of which he is made a
defendant in a suit brought by the re
ceiver. Sawyer appeared also and told
the court that he had had the books
exDerted. had found gross irregular!
ties In them and that he could not
consent to the books going unsuper
vised into the hands of those under
whose administration the Irregularities
occurred. It was' finally agreed that
copies should be furnished the defend
ant of such papers as he desired.
S .
JURORS INFLUENCED CHARGED
Man Who Lost $50,000 Suit Asks
' for New Trial.
That members of the jury in the
case of John A. Sanderson against the
Peninsular Lumber Company acted im
properly in arriving at a verdict will
be contended by the plaintiff's attor
ney. J. N. Davis, in a motion for a new
trial. Sanderson sued the company for
$50,000 for personal injuries, and after
being out 21 hours tne jury in m case
returned a verdict for the defendant,
with the recommendation that the de
fendant should pay the costs.
It is now asserted that a majority of
the Jury stood for awarding damages,
but that it was held' by the obstinacy
of a few members and that, in their
eagerness to reach an agreement and
get away, certain of the jurors went to
too great lengths in Influencing- their
fellows.
One of the jurors is said to have told
the others that he had worked for the
defendant company, and that they were
good people and used their employes
well. - This is said to be in violation of
the principle that 'a juror may not
bring into the case his personal knowl
edge of things outside of the record.
It is also alleged that Juror Ellis
said In the jury room that If the Penin
sular Lumber Company did not take
Sanderson back at wages of $2.50 a day
he would secure him a position himself.
These incidents are held by the plain
tiff's attorney to be objectionable and
prejudicial to the plaintiff's interests,
and on them will be based a motion
for a new trial.
COMPLAINANT FAINTS IN COURT
Later, After Testifying in Damage
Case, She Has Hysterics.
Beginning the day with a fainting
fit and - ending with an acute attack
of hysteria, Mrs. Anna Dean appeared
in Circuit Court yesterday to prose
cute her suit for $50,000 damages
against the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company. Mrs. Dean asserts
that through the collision of a Waver
ly-Woodstock car, on which she was
riding, with a Mount Scott car at the
corner of Hawthorne and Grand ave
nues last September she was thrown
from her seat and sustained injuries
which have permanently affected her
health. She alleges concussion of the
spine, a sprained knee and a severe
nervous . shock and functional diir
ders. '
At the opening of the case, while the
jury was being drawn, Mrs. Dean fell
unconscious and was carried into Judge
Gaten's chambers to be revived. The
day's proceedings ended with her on
the stand and as soon- as the adjourn
ment came she again broke down and
was carried out, screaming and crying.
The collision is not denied by the
defense and the fight will be on the
question of the woman's -actual condi
tion and the amount of damages due
her.
Had Right to Profit, Says Defendant.
Alleging that he sold timber claims iri
Wheeler County for $600 profit with the
full knowledge of the owners, A. Lane
yesterday made answer In Circuit Court
to the suit-brought against him by W. F.
Ball for a return of the money. Lane
says that he spent much time trying to
sell the claims for $1400 and failed, after
which a new agreement was made be
tween him and the owners by which he
was to dispose of them for $1000. He then
succeeded in selling them for $1600 'each,
pocketing the difference of $600. He says
that this was done openly and that he Is
entitled to the prof it
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
During the progress of a big "protract
ed meeting" for which the South is fa
mous, an ardent sister of the church,
who usually came in an old-fashioned
buckboard drawn by the family horse.
was late lor a particularly important
service and was being severely censured
by the pastor.
Explaining the reason for beine latn th
good sister said that the horse had taken
fright at a passing train and bolted, and
that the wreck of the r,ig had prevented
her from being on time.
"My (dear sister. such little thln?
should. not make you late for divine serv
ices, iou should trust in- the Lord."
'Well, brother." she replied, and ther
was a look of calm peacefulness on her
face. "I did trust In the Lord till the
bellyband busted and then I had tn
jump." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"This is a mighty dishonest world, you
know," said Henry Dixey, "and it doesn't
hurt to be suspicious of some people.
I sympathize with the old negro who
came to a watchmaker with the two
hands of a clock.
'I want yer fer to fix un des han'n.
Dey ain't kept no correct time for mo'
den six munts.'
14 'Well, where Is the clock?' demanded
the watchmaker.
" 'Out to my cabin.'
" "But I must have the clock.'
14 'Didn't I tell yer dar's nuftin' de mat
ter wid the clock 'ceptin' de ban's? An'
here dey be. You jes' want de clock so
you kin tinker it an' charge me a big
price. Gimme back dem ban's.' "
Young's Magazine.
When Mr. Taft was following college
baseball more elosely than he has a
chance to now, he set out one afternoon
for a game between Yale and Prineeton
with two tickets in his pocket. He was
in the habit of buying two bench seats
so that he would have plenty of room.
When he got to the grandstand he forked
out the two tickets. The usher took in
at a glance what they were for and '.oil
the way to the seats. When he reached
them he paused.
"What's the. trouble, young man?" said
Mr. Taft.
"Sorry, sir," said the usher, "but if
you sit in these two seats you're going
to have some difficulty Do you see?
They're on opposite sides of the aisle."
New York Sun.
m
Two Highland farmers mot on their
way to church. "Man," said Donald,
"I was wondering what you will be
askin" for yon bit sheep over at your
steadln'T"
"Man," replied Dougal. "I was thinkin'
I wad be wantin' SO shullin's for that
sheep:"
"I will tak" it at that." said Donald:
"but, och, man, Dougal, I am awfu'
surprised at you doin" business on the
Sawbath."
"Business!" exclaimed Dougal. "Man,
sellin' a sheep like that for 5") shullin's
is not business at all; it's just charity '."
Ladles' Home Journal.
They hold the Kansas farmer to ho a
natural pessimist, no matter now favor
able things are.
, C. E. Denton, Secretary of State for
Jthat state, tells of a group of farmers
he heard talking at the store in his
town not long ago.
"By Jing," said one, "I am in a fix.
Things is bad with me. My corn Is
growing so fast and so heavy, I'm afraid
I can't get In to cultivate it the second
time."
"Yes," said another, "and my wheat
is so heavy that I 'am sure it will fall
and bind, and 1 will have a job harvest
ing it. It is scandalous how heavy it is
a fearful crop."
"Same with my oats," chimed In an
other. "I'll get SO bushels to the acre,
but It Is so heavy it will be tough work
cuttln' It."
"Well, boys," put in the fourth, "it
ain't all what it's cracked up to be. I
tell you." he continued, - mournfully,
"these big bumper crops is terriblo hard
on the land." Saturday Evening Post.
Ellen Terry's Tour Mot a Farewell.
Los Angeles Examiner.
Mrs. Ellen Terry's tour of America is
not to be of the farewell order, the
actress declared recently.
"I am simply going to visit those
places I have been before and where
the people know me well. I shall de
liver informal little lectures dis
courses, I call them, on Shakespeare.
"The tour will not start until next
October, and the arrangements have not
yet been completed. All I can tell you
is that I shall discourse on Shakes
peare's plays and Shakepeare's acting
generally, and shall, of course,, recite
extracts from those Shakespeare plays
in which I have acted.
"There will be no costumes, scenery
or lantern slides, or anything of that
sort only myself in plain, everyday
clothes, to talk about Shakespeare for
an hour and a quarter."
i
Truth Srrnnjrer Than Klcilon.
Providence "Journal.
Three or four years ago Charles W.
Morse was rated a multi-millionaire.
Now he is serving a long sentence In
the Penitentiary, and his wife, dressed
in a "modest gray suit and black hat."
stands at the entrance of the Capitol
in Washington and importunes mem
bers of Congress to sign a petition for
his pardon. If auch a contrast in hu
man fortunes were introduced into a
modern novel, it would probably la
characterized as too vivid to be plaus
ible. One Source of Wate.
Louisville Post
Mr. Aldrich says he can save $300.- .
000,000 of the Government expendi
tures. It cannot be done as long as
Senators clamor continuously for more
spoils; for offices to be used as bribes;
for offices to pay for votes for these
same Senators. The source of much of
the political corruption today is in
"Senatorial courtesy," under which
misleading phrase some Senator holds
up the President and compels him to
pay men who have voted for him.
Stndlra In British Pronunciation.
London Daily News.
Our readers continue to send us curi
osities in the pronunciation of place
names. Here is a list from the North
ampton district:
Irthlingborough Artleboro".
Rothwell Rowell.
Cogenoe Cookno.
Salcey Forest Saucy Forest.
Harlestone Alsen. '
Unprecedented.
Central Law Journal.
"Why should my client be convicted
of murder?" demanded counsel for the
accused. "No other man has ever been
convicted in this jurisdiction on sucli
a charge." The Prosecuting Attorney
admitted that it hadn't occurred to him
in that light, and the prisoner was ac
cordingly discharged.
So the World Grows.
Atlanta Constitution.
The peaceful, .If melancholy picture
in England today recalls, by contrast,
the violent programme a few centuries
ago. when the demise of a monarch
meant conditions verging on civil war.
Bound to Find an Outlet.
Providence Journal.
The pace seems to have been too
much for our Colonel's throat, but it
need not be feared that the pages of
the Outlook will reflect any evidence
of writer's cramp.