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Of mak ing' many books on the -war there is no end, but this one is out of the common. As the publishers say, "It is the right book by the right man." toen become'tbe pride and glory of the commonwealth, the fit teachers -who should survive the cataclysm, -whether few or many, would flnd-themselves emerging into the new and stimulating pedagogical environment with pocket books satisfyingly fattened. PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1803. MAYOR WILLIAMS' RENOMINATION. Judge 'Williams has been renominated ifor Mayor by the Republicans of Port land. It is a victory that attests re markably the profound esteem of the whole public for Portland's venerable Mayor. It is not primarily a triumph of his policies. It Is rather a per Eonal tribute to a distinguished citizen of Oregon, who, in all the walks of life, has shed luster on the name of the Btate and whom his neighbors and friends are pleased once more to honor before his retirement from a long- and active public career. Mayor Williams has been successful In face of most powerful opposition. He had no per sonal "machine." He depended on no organization, though It Is true that there was active and systematic effort on his behalf. He made but one speech He solicited support from no person. land no newspaper. He had no. organ to proclaim his virtues or to extol his pub lic services. Tet he is again the Re publican nominee, because Republicans are" satisfied with h.lm, and therefore with his record as Mayor. No other In terpretation can be :placed on the ver dict of the primary. Good men appeared as candidates against Judge "Williams. They deserved well, and under the circumstances they did well In the primary. It will perhaps occur to them, or some of them, that If they had been able to unite they might have been able to defeat the Mayor. But that Is hardly likely. Judge "Will- Jams won In the free-for-all because he "was the strongest candidate, and so he wpuld doubtless have won against a single opponent. Five opposing candi dates drew away from the leading can didate a much greater aggregate of votes than a single one could have done. But. however that may be. It has been a contest conducted fairly, vigorously. honestly and with fine spirit, and the defeated gentlemen will, of course, join In an effort to ratify at the polls In June the victory of yesterday. The Democratic candidate for Mayor will De Dr. Harry Lane. AH will be much Interested in learning whether Candidate Lane will champion the ex treme measures of "reform" proposed by the Municipal Association, or whether he will endeavor merely to be in himself his own platform. PROFESSORS AND THEIR TAY. Suppose some experimental angel. with a broom big enough, were to fly over Oregon and sweep together upon one campus, in Portland, for example, the State University, the Agricultural College, the four State Normal Schools, the State Medical School and the state law school! He would be a .bold angel without expectation of future- favors from the Legislature, but would he not be beneficent? Think of the economies which would" result to the taxpayers of the state, a sordid thought, of course. but an insistent one.. One plant Instead of many; one set of buildings; one outfit of libraries, laboratories, furniture and professors; one array of buHdlngsr one1 parcel of land; one administrative force; one board of regents; one budget of incidentals. . It was considerations of this nature which led to the consollda? tion of the iron works of the country Into one corporation.- The principle has been found fruitful, potent and safe 'In all lines of commercial business. " It is the star economic principle of the time. President Harper has found It not with out availability In the business of edu cation. But, turning away with proper loath ing from such considerations, which smeH something too much of the eaTth. let us try to guess what the advantages would be to the students of these insti tutions -were they gathered in a city of the intellectual pretensions of Portland. with Its library housed In a structure of classic beauty, with Its famous physi cians. Its militant and eloquent clergy. Its bar and bench. Its Portland Acad emy In fact and Its Reed school in pros pect, its cultured population, with their multitudinous activities and interests. Its energy, its wealth and its future. For if that which has been accomplished in the past is a help to students, that which is to come is not less an inspiration. Compare all this with the bucolic en vironments in which, excepting two. these schools now flourish, and think whether the angel with his besom would not do the students a kindness and help them vastly In their prepara tion for life If he swept them away to Portland. "In" the long run it Is the welfare of students that determines .educational policy, but when deciding what shall be done In any particular case faculties are prone, like other human beings, to consult their own "comfort and advan tage. Would It be to the advantage of the faculties financially to consolidate all the higher state educational Institu tions of Oregon In Portland? Intellect ually, of course, the matter Is not open to doubt. The truffle, sapid as It Is and altogether admirable after its kind, cannot be supposed to rival in Intellect ual activity the tomato, say, which leads Its life in the sunshine and open air. But the pay is the thing. Would the' professors be better paid if they all exercised their functions as members of a single Institution in Portland? Pres ident Thwing seems to think that from the nature or their employment, its agreeableness. Its certainty, the ease of preparation for It and Its social consid eration, college teachers cannot expect to be very highly paid under any cir cumstances. Their case Is one where virtue must ever be in great part its own reward; and of this they are wrong to complain, as the professor does who writes upon this topic In the May At lantic. He computes his average an nual expenses at $2791.27, while his sal ary Is only a pitiful $1328.15, so that, us he says, he has to pay out of his own t opinion pocket $1466.12 a year for the privilege of teaching. This Is a high price, and one Is urged to ponder whether he Is spending his money -wisely "Herbert Spencer would a'dvTse' him", to keep iU "Not only -does education as at present carried on fall," says he in his autobiog raphy, "to increase the power of .inde pendent thought In those who have lit tle, but it -tends to diminish such as they have." This Is a calamitous sttej of facts which the professor who writes and bemoans his fate in the Atlantic has not perhaps duly thought about before asking for public sympathy. A cynic might also suggest that this pro fessor Is eking out a deficient income by teaching, instead of paying for the priv ilege. Be that as It may, few thought ful people would quite agree with Her bert Spencer about the value of college education or consent to draw the lnev- T1IK ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OPINION. After reading for weeks past the evi dence, or rather the statements, of in terested men. It is refreshing to study the carefully-thought-out opinion of Attorney-General Moody on railroad rate-making. Whether all his conclu sions demand assent or not, the convic tion is clear that at last the questions at Issue are brought down to first prin ciples, and a foundation Is firmly laid. .He clears away decisively a doubt which has been present In many minds. The same rules which the Supreme Court. has applied to the control of states over railroads within state limits are extensible to Federal control over Interstate lines. If states can bring state' railroad commissions Into being, so Congress can create an interstate commission.. The Attorney-General makes p'lain, what The Oregon Ian has heretofore insisted on, that there is a radical difference between a court and a commission and between the essen tial, functions of each. A commission can receive from ' the legislative body power to establish schedules of maxi mum rates for transportation. Whether such rates shall stand when challenged In an individual ' case must be taken to courts for decision, since attempt to put In force rates which are not reason able,, just and impartial Is for courts to "handle,- To inquire Into and declare schedules on which rates of future ap plication shall be fixed is within the legislative power, and such a duty may be devolved by the legislative body on a commission of Its creation. To deter mine in actual controversies whether such rates meet the constitutional re quirements and are reasonable. Just and impartial Incidence between cor poratlons and their shippers or passen gers these things courts must decide, and such courts. In creation, functions and jurisdiction, must conform to the Constitution under which all llve This distinction, logically carried out, must narrow greatly the limits of the pending controversy. Why should the railroads fight so bitterly the creation of the Interstate Commission when their action In declaring what rates snould -go Into force must harmonize with the "reasonable. Just and Impar tial" standard? Do the railroads desire more than those words imply? They answer no. but the commission will not be qualified to form and declare opln Ions on such intricate matters. But ail this time will show. Meanwhile such rates can be put in force, and the railroads will not be backward in calling" for the courts' de cisions on any controverted point. The court of ultimate appeal, the Supreme Gourt. has given repeated demonstra tlon of its readiness to uphold the rights of all, corporations and Individual?, within constitutional bounds. But that court has again and again Insisted that It shall be called Into action only by real, actual, defined, not imaginary or possible, controversies. One great function of a commission, such as indl cated by the Attorney-General, will be to establish the facts and circumstances and adduce the evidence on which the courrs interference may be Invoked But nothing is clearer than that each case before the court will be reduced to the simple question, Is the rate. In the actual suit In argument." reasonable, Just and Impartial In effect? Natur ally, the establishment by the commls slon of a rate schedule will b of much importance to the parties, since not only will It be of immediate application but the moral effect of their declara tlon will be greater as time passes and confidence In their opinion grows. It will be. therefore, to the interest of the railroads to assist the commission In every way In coming to a just conclu sion. To ignore the commission and take their chance afterwards In court will be poor policy for them. If the of the Attorney-General pre conceived to be a- very solemn thing. and the hymns were usually "lined" In a somewhat doleful voice, supposed to befit their dread significance. But when the voices of men and women, young and old, came out strong In 'Good Old Ortonvllle," or rose and fell in "Dundee" or "Coronation" or "Am herst," dreariness "was lost in gladness and adoration. Stalwart fathers stood. each perhaps with a child on his arm. and gave lusty If untutored voice to the singing; tired mothers with babies asleep upon their bosoms joined their quavering voices to the rude melody. and young men and maidens added the fresh and untrained voices of youth in full volume to the chorus. Father Doane, as the aged minister who lies upon his bier today was known to a multitude, past and present, has been for many months confined to his home, and latterly to his bed, a sufferer from paralysis. Sweet and low, as the voices of the night, must have come to him. in his stricken age and bodily helplessness, the echoes of these sacred songs of the long Ago. In his final pass ing let us hope that the realization of all of which he. dreamed In his fading years and all. for which he hoped In the active years-of his life, may have come to him in angel voices, taking up the old refrains, and angel guides, meeting him at the threshold of a new life. pointing the way. for building are po&slbe. If the aggre gate of JtK.GW.We is taken to cover threerfourths of the country's total ex penditure, .a grand aggregate of about MW.We.oe8 Is here foreshadowed. The fearveet ofjfctbor'-ra. this building:. move ment will not be less than 89 jer cent of the w.hole. In this mew the year will .score heavily" for prosperity In the homes of those who labor in what is known as the building trades. The rainy-day" deposit of thrift should make substantial gains, if economy keeps pace with full-banded prosperity In the building movement. vails, the E.?ch-Townsend bill will need serious modification, almost reconstruc tion, from the ground up. The blend ing of functions of commission and court will disappear. A logical and generally defensible bill will probably emerge, neutralizing opposition and ful filling the purpose of National control of the rate-making power, without trenching on" constitutional rights of corporations or individuals REV. N. DOANE AND niS ERA. Rev. Nehemlah Doane. whose death occurred at his home In University Park on May 4, was one of three re maining ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church whose labors dale from the early territorial era of Oregon. The two who remain are Rev. J. W. "A MONSTER HEROISM." The world forgets quickly. Attention that was once centered upon Port Ar thur 1 now centered upon the naval flght that is to be witnessed In the China Sea. To the public Port Arthur Is new no more than one of the count less red splotches that disfigure his tory, and nothing but the wizardry of writing can awalie the interest that once noted every mraor from the be leaguered fortress. Readers of The Oregonlan will remember an extraordi narily vivid .description of the greatest assault made upon the Russian fortifi cations, an account written by Richard Barry, the young correspondent who has. since become famous through his glowing stories of the siege. Barry. Twhe was the.onlyAmerlcan correspond ent "with the Japanese, went but to the Orientfi8,a-;free' lance, and, after "en during heartbreaking delays and tribu lations of many kinds, he got safely away with Nogl's army. His first story of the siege appeared in The Oregonlan, and since that time his work has been sought by such publications as Collier's, the Century and the London Fort nightly Review. His complete story of the siege has now been published In "Port Arthur: a Monster Heroism," as the first venture of a new firm, Moffatt Yard & Co. To know what the siege of Port Ar thur was like to those who took part In it; to know the "monster heroism" of the men. who took It; to know the dev illsh. nature of modern warfare and to catch glimpses of warfare on the trog lodyte plan, tooth and nail, one must read this "book. It re-enacts the strug gle, and brings the actors .across one's field of vision as clearly as those upon a stage. "Barry's style Is picturesque and vivid; it crackles with epithets as a machine gun with bullets; and Is emi nently suited to the subject matter. Superlatives are cheap, but one" feels Miller, of the East Side, and Rev. John ltable deduction concerning the pay of I Flynn, of Vancouver. Their co-laborers faculties which It seems to impose. I in religious and denominational 'work Mrs. Astor has settled any possible J In' the far-away years Included Revs. doubt whether the higher education has : William. Roberts, Gustavus and Harvey value or not by her famous utterance K. Hlnes, J. W. Wilbur," C. C Stratton, which places It along with the swallow- I A. L. Waller. J. L. Parrlsh, Thomas H. tall coat among the Insignia of gentil Ity; and. even if she had not spoken. an opinion has still been long prevalent among thinking people that while col leges blight genius, they help medioc rity. Captains of Industry have recent ly pronounced decisively upon the same question. College graduates, they say. succeed In business better than other youths; but the kind of business should be remarked. It is not the origination of undertakings requiring bold and in dependent thought, but rather subordi nate functions where obedience and do cility are of prime importance. We know this because It Is as employes, and generally by employers who are-not college men themselves, that the apti tude of graduates for business Is praised. The scale Inclines, therefore, dubious ly, perhaps, but still It docs incline to the side of the professors. They ought to get more pay. The ethics of the case Is thus disposed of;1 the question of what would happen -about their pay were tney an .Denevoientiy reconcen- tradoed In Portland shrieks for an an swer, wouia. tne vast sums iwnicn might be) saved to the taxpayers -of the state by this arrangement, or any part of them, be added to the salaries of the faculties; or would they go Into the maw of the college administration, which President Thwing warns tis is alarmingly ravenous; or. Worst of all, would they go to buy new dresses for farmers' wives and shoes for their chil dren? A Legislature fertile in projects of benevolence would probably save the state from this culminating disgrace; and It seems not unlikely that.th pro fessors whoiad-chairs In this Imperial Institution, which, -like the universities i at Madison and Minneapolis, would"! Pearne. Jesse Moreland, J. M. Garrison and others whose names will be re called by the remaining few of the early settlers, and the record of whose faith ful endeavor is part of the unwritten history" of the early times. There are, some "still among us who recall the energy with which these men and their .co-laborers entered Into the work of church organization, the build lng of primitive houses of worship and the conducting of campmeetings that were an annual feature of the social, as well as the religious," life of the pioneer era. One by one they have dropped away from work and out of life, until now but two remain. Perhaps no man or minister was bet ter known to the scattered -settlers of the Oregon Territory a half century and more ago than Rev. Nehemlah Doane. Ministers were local travelers In those days house-to-house visitors, so to speak and in the abounding and cheer ful hospitality of the time were welcome guests wherever night overtook them or Sunday appointment drew them. The. coming of "the preacher" was an event In many a lonely home In those times, and his monthly or fortnightly sermon drew neighbors together from miles away. In the log .schoolhouse or the cabin home -of the pioneer, eager to hear the "word" and to Join in singing the inspired' hymns of Watts and New ton and the Wesleys. Hymnbooks were scarce.in those days, and it was a .part of the minister's duty to ".line" the Aymns to the con gregation, that all might sing. This process consisted in reading two lines of a stanza in stentorian tones, then pausing while' these were, sung, and again reading two lines .until the end was reached. - Religion was at that Ume THE FRIEND OF MAN. To go to a good dog show after an Intermission of five and twenty years Is Interesting. The time Is long enough for varieties to be defined and the points of the animal brought out In stronger relief; time also for some breeds to be abandoned, and for the changes In fashion to have full play. Of course, one only sees the outside of the animals, and what effect the breed lng for certain points has on character and disposition can be only guessed at But a dog-lover can form a fairly good opinion about this as he studies the faces and expression and demeanor of the dogs. Now for particulars of sev eral breeds and their changes. On the benches at the Exposition building are a number of bull terriers In olden days this was an active, intel ligent dog. with a well-opened eye, a good brain space and marked forehead. white In color, very compact In form, but resembling a large fox terrier in general expression. Now a distinc type has come into being. The priz dog has a long, straight head, with uni form line from crown to nose, and eyes modeled on a Chinese type; long, nar row silts, .set orv an angle Inclining up wards from the noser-a longer and heavier body, thicker legs, and the gen eral air of alertness has disappeared Faces are without expression The general impression is that a few marked points have been elaborated and developed at the expanse of the whole nature of the animal. The collies show great changes also, but the same kindly, intelligent eye3 look out of a lengthened and narrower head. Such slim, pointed noses, there seems hardly room for nostrils left Size and hairiness remain, even heav ier coats than of old. One canfecall the old model from Faed's . often-en graved picture of the Highland shep herd's funeral, where a lonely collie sits wondering where the master has gone. The harmony and exact relation of the features of thut dog. each point excel lent but none exaggerated, constitute, perhaps, a higher type of dog beauty than even tne first, prizes of today can show. Some Oregon-bred- colUcs. from the Nairn kennels, look more workman like and hardier dogs than these dar lings of the show bench. There Is much more permanence of type In the sporting dogs. The first prize pointer Is a beauty now. and would have held the same place In the prize list thirty yecr3 ago. What a dandy that dog Is! Set on the stage in the center of the Inclosure. head, limbs and tali posed by the proud owner, there he stood, steady as a picture, till told to move. Many times, doubtless. he has been photographed and painted. and the dog shows it in every air and grace that he puts on. Is dog nature spoiled by" admiration? Probably not. for this one, when dismissed from pos ing, became at once just a friendly, or dinary dog. As a class the setters are not radical ly changed. Several varieties which were recognized as special breeds and strains thirty years ago have disap peared In on general type of what used to -be called the Lewellyn, modified slightly by points, and the good points. of each. No exaggerated or depraved feature is apparent. They arc the most companionable, sensible dogs In all the show, friends of the family, ready alike for work or play. Indoors or out. The specially American, snorting dogs are the Chesapeake duck dogs. They are like nothing exhibited at the Crystal Palace international show of old. They are hardy, tough-looking customers. telling of marsh and rushes,- of cold winds and snow In the air. The little cocker spaniels , are dainty pretty felows with curly hair and pend ent ears Wholer colored, black or liver colored, the old white and black or liver-colored blotches have disappeared. The fox terrier type of old Is passing. Among the show dogs appears so much variety In shape and style that judging them Is difficult. And so a very pleasant hour Is passed, among animals cared for. petted- and made friends of. Most of them- use their voices. In chorus ad libitum, till human conversation" is abandoned. Nearly every good man loves a dog,-some more. some less the only pity of It all Is that they are so short-lived in comparison with us. But their affection never falls while breath lasts, though all other powers have passed. So the dog stays, through all vicissitudes, the friend of man. OUT FOR THE USUFRUCT. Men are only boys grown tall," wrote some philosopher who had had personal experience as boy and man. The truth of his statement Is verified every day In the year and in all walks of life. "I have been a good boy all the afternoon, now give me a 6tick of candy," says the youthful diplomat; or, if the substantial value of good be havior is fully appreciated, he not In frequently insists on the candy first in consideration for which he will make a pledge for good behavior afterwards. When this boy grows up and gets Into politics, his pursuit of the usufruct Is explained or apologized for not be cause he needs the money, but because he has been a good boy and kept out' of jail all his life. Few and far between are the candidates who are . rranK enough to come out with the truth and state that they are after the office for the salary and political power that go with It. Some of them beg for support of their fellow-man on the strength of an un blemished private life and a successful business career. Others offer. In return for votes, promise of good behavior while they are in office. The general public, which stands back of the firing line. Is In large measure Indifferent as to whether a candidate drove a baker's wagon or a four-in-hand twenty years ago. What they are Interested In Is the present reputation of the candidate for truth, honesty, morality and a few other virtues which are of prime necessity In a successful public career. It has been a good many years since the Roman Senate sent down to his farm on the Tiber to notify Clnclnnatus th3t he had received an unsolicited nomination and election, but. In all of the passing cen turles. It Is not apparent that any bet ter men have broken Into political office with the "good conduct Jimmy" or with the "crowbar" of promise. There Is a lamentable lack of modesty and independence In these wholesale demands for support of the people for no better reason than that a man has been a good citizen and paid hLs taxes If there was anything particularly ex ceptlonal in these qualifications, their emblazonment In the newspapers, on the dead walls and from the housetops might be more excusable' What do all of these candidates expect us to do with them when they are refused the stick of political candy? Will they get bad and go out on the highway, start a blg-mltt game, or simply fall back and let the country which refused their ser vices go to the demnltlon bow-wows? If they have bsen good all of their lives in the hope that their conduct would be rewarded with -an office, .Is, there not danger of their trying some other method of life? This is a grave, matter, and it is es pecially so at this t'lme. when we have such a large number of defeated can didates who are no longer in the hands of their friends. Perhaps It Is the fool friends of some of these defeated candi dates who have been responsible for the "babyish" pleas which have been put forth for support. If so; the unfortu nates are more to be pitied than blamed, although their Inability to stop such a campaign of foolishness dis closes a good many wea"k points in their own political armor. Novel and re freshing Indeed would be the experience of voting for a candidate who had been a good citizen all his life, and who, even before the strenuous primaries, would not feel called on. to tell the pub lic all about what he had done and what he proposed doing. There are such men in every community, but the modern political Romans are not send ing down any delegations to interrupt their Spring plowing. Harriman In Fortlaad territory Is not infrequently diverted to iget ssouaa ports, where Hill Is devoting all of his energkra. Perhaps Mr. Harriman has awakened to the fact that he cannot continue this rank discrimination. He may be pro viding funds' for the purpose of giving Portland the rail and steamer service to which she Is entitled, and which Is long overdue. Mr. Gould Is soon to break Into the special preserves of Mr. Harriman in California, and all of the discrimination that the Union Pacific magnate has practiced against Portland In favor of the California port win stand for nothing. The awakening that Is coming may Induce him to pay a lit tle more attention to developing the country which has made larger contri bution per mile to the Harriman coffers than has been secured from any otner line under his control. If a portion pf that $100.000.000 is expended where it will yield the .quickest and largest re turns, Oregon will soon have a number of sadly needed branch rail lines, and a steamship service in keeping with the demands of the port. The purpose of. the managers of the pioneer reunion to do away with the long speeches that have heretofore constituted a large part of the exer cises, has been announced. This will be duly appreciated by the elderly men and women who are the guests of the people of Portland on that occa sion. Though replete with matter that Is of historical value, abounding In stories of a beautiful and fading past. and delivered with oratorical effect. these annual and occasional addresses have been tiresome to a degree, and It Is well to eliminate them. Very many pioneers have lost the acuteness of hearing that once was theirs; to oth ers, sitting In one position for two or more hours Is exceedingly Irksome, and. when dullness of hearing and rheu matic joints confblne In the same Indi vidual, it may well be conceded that the dinner served at the close of the ordeal has been well earned. The Ore gonlan Is pleased to note that the ex perience of preceding years will not be repeated at the coming reunion, but that a general renewal of old friend ships will take the place of the ad dresses on, former occasions. Pat Crowe's evasion of the police for four years Is a surprising record In these days of telegraphs and telephones and widely-circulated. newspaper por traits and accounts of criminals. Willie Tascott. the Chicago murderer, disap peared from the public ken more than fifteen years ago, and has never since been heard of. In most similar cases, however, the probability is that the fu gitive commits suicide or finds refuge in some far-away land where travelers an few and the authorities are not In quisitive. Tq a bold criminal, a city like Chicago offers the best opportunity of hiding. The fugitive who eludes the Immediate vigilance of the police Is usually betrayed by his nervous ac tions, which arouse the suspicion of a neighbor or chance acquaintance. In Chicago Crowe was, so to speak, under the nose of the police, and; like the pur- ' NOTE ANDjCOMMENT.r Russia prosecutes the war vigorously enough, but, cannot obtain a convictloa. IniOttowa, says the Kansas City Star, stores offer for sale four-in-hand scarfs on yhlch Is embroidered a Standard Oil barrel bearing the legend, "Oil trust nit." "They are regarded as real' hobby,"" adds the Star. Kansas has cone the better of Portland. Here one can obtain real nobby scarfs embroidered with Lewis and Clark mottoes and phrases. The or dinary American has a consuming desire to bedeck himself with badges, on but tons that show he "belongs." Every man almost wears a button of some Intricate design or "a plh fashioned in the -form -61 a cat or a stork or a. stag or some other animal or bird. These Indicate that ttie wearer "belongs." He Is a Choo-Choo or a Rabbit or an-Owl. When these-orders are beyond his reach or do not suit his tastes, the Portlander may stlll wear a blue cravat, wnlch proclaim that he be longs to the city which Is making 1905 a memorable year. , From a New England newspaper we learn that great results have been ac complished' by a sermon preached, during a series of revival meetings at Merldcn. Conn. The merchants of that town, ac cording to this account, "have re'eeived sums of money varying from 2S cents to $5 from people -who say they have taken various articles from the stores, under the stress of temptation while sitting around, such as crackers and fruit. They did not regard it as stealing until the eloquence of the preacher revealed the truth to them." That is something tangi ble. Merc emotional excitement is not enough to make a person part with good hard coin. Is it possible that any Port land merchants were . similarly benefited? A history of tho Boer War Is being compiled by the British War Office'.- at an annual cost of $51,000. ' One would 'have " expected the War Office . to spend $34,000 a year In burying the records of tha South African ' campaign, but. to per petuate the memory of its own inepti tude! Citizens of Chicago, usually staid men of business, are greatly excited over a new game; which, ' the Journal says, is being played by them on, the streets. The new game is called "Bulfet, bullet, who's got the bullet?" "The tumult of the shouting dies," and the unlucky candidates are adding up their expense accounts. t Abdul the Damned, as William Watson, purplljhly calls him, should beware.- J. Plerp. Morgan does not visit him for fun, and if the Sultan doesn't watch out, ne may find himself nothing but a block .of stock in a gr,eat-Monarchical Merger. - 'Tls excellent to have a Giant's strength and to use It like a Giant, if one is on a ball team. Dr. Roland Grant says. "What the world needs Is a great prophet." What's the matter with Dowie? It's a good bet that numbers .of worthy citizens ' grow madder and madder over lolnod letter of Poe's sto'rv. k Droved each new disclosure of graft in municipal ..... . " i I affairs thinkfnr how tVitir missert a vha ra a good hiding-place. Spring or the prospect of RoJestven sky's arrival must have revived the enterprise of the Russians, or there would be no such news as that of four, destroyers slipping out of Vladivostok, and sinking a few vessels off the Jap anese coast. Now that Togo Is unable to keep his watchdog ships 6ft Vladi vostok, there Is an excellent opportu nity for the cruisers and destroyers there to do some raiding, such as sur prised even the Russians themselves when the Rossia, Gromobol and the ill starred Rurlk scared merchantment Into port before Kamlmura's squadron sent the adventurous enemy limping home. While a destroyer slngle-rhanded could probably do but little damage unless It ran across a fat merchant ves sel or an unescorted transport. It would be highly effective In keeping the Jap anese "on edge" while it ranged. BUILDING TRADES IN 1993.- The present year bids fair to" be es sentially a building year. Special re ports to Bradstreet's-from-lOS cities and towns of varying, size In the United States point to an expenditure in 1305 for new buildings of all classes state. Federal and private aggregating $455,- 000.000. a gain of 15.7 per cent over the actual value, as nearly as can be ascer tained, of the buildings erected, re paired or enlarged in the same cities during 1904. The greatest expansion shown is In the West. The gain there Indicated Is 24 per cent, as against a gain of 17 per cent in the Southern States, 11 per cent in the Middle Atlantic States, and 9 per cent in New England. The Im mense expenditure here Indicated may be variously regarded. If,- for example. the grand aggregate' of lCS'cIties is-to be taken to Indicate a country-wide devel opmenC some Interesting reflections on the total probable expenditure this year UNION rACII-ICS NEW STOCK ISSUE. The Union Pacific Railroad has au thorized Issuance of $100,000,000 pre ferred stock. Thsre was no objection raised to the plan at the meeting held at Salt Lake Friday, and, with the money market comparatively easy. It will probably not be a difficult matter to transform this stock Into cash. What Is to be done with the money thus available is still a secret, but It Is a matter In which Portland and Oregon have a decided interest. For nearly fif teen years the Union Pacific has been the chief obstruction to Portland's com mercial development on sea and land. The prestige given San Francisco by reason of its being the first port on the Pacific Coast to be reached by a trans continental railroad has been Jealously guarded since "by both, the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific These two lines, even before they came under one control, were operated almost solely In the interest of the California port,- to the detriment of the northern ports. Before a single Oriental liner had sailed out of a Puget Sound port a re sponsible company backed with plenty of capital sought In vain to form a rail connection with the O. R. & N., Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific. The management of the big road flatly re fused to grant the rail connection asked over the Union Pacific, and Portland was deprived of an Oriental steamship service until lopg after the Puget Sound cltle3 had regular lines to the. Orient. No reason was given at the time for re fusal to give Portland fair treatment. but It afterwards developed that the Union Pacific was a large owner in the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Com pany, which, with the Pacific Mall, en joyed a monopoly of the Oriental trade out of San Francisco. This was the first serious blow ad ministered to Portland by the Union Pacific, but the management of that road has been landing them with great regularity since that time- The Ore gon. "Washington and Idaho territory tributary to Portland today supplies more Oriental cargo for this port, with the exception of transcontinental freight, than can be massed at any other point on the Pacific Coast, but never since Inception of the business has the Union "Pacific management, which controls the O. R. &. N, Co., sup plied an Oriental service sufficient to handle, the business out of -Portland. Everything that can' be reached by .the Harriman lines Is diverted to San Francisco. To such an extent Is this oollcy carried bat that tHfe. mark ' Is overshot and .business? neglected by The Portland Automobile Club is or ganized for promotion of the fine sport of automobillng and for mutual protec tion of Its members. Its purposes are laudable; but It has a further duty. That Is to seek out and prosecute reek- leas drivers of automobiles, of whom Portland has a few. Which Is a few too many. In New York, one week recent ly, five persons were killed by automo biles, and a sixth died by falling from an auto to the street. It Is sheer luck that no one has been killed In Port land. None need be If the drivers are careful, and ff the public realizes that the automobile Is here to stay. The Portland club Is made up of representa tive men, who are interested In seeing that no reproach Is brought on them by any black sheepjtmpng them. Mrs. Martha McCormac, who died In this city, on May 5, was for many years known and beloved as the gentle, un assuming, helpful wife of an: Episcopal clergyman. .The labors of her husband. Rev. Johnston McCormac, covered many years in early Oregon, and were widely diffused throughout the state. During recent years they have lived in Astoria, honored and beloved by those who understood 'and appreciated the modest, self-sacrificing labor of their lives. Mrs. McCormac completed more than the allotted measure of three-score and ten years. She had long been a pa tient sufferer, and welcomed with glad ness the rest to which she has been called. Consul-General Seeger. In a report on trade conditions m Brazil; coins a new phrase. "Manufacturing -Industry In this country Is In its infancy," he says, "in spite of almost savage protection." Could protection be too "savage" for an industry In Its Infancy? In it- ,, With Choate's departure, London : feels as if it had a tooth pulled. - .!--' . f . -What France needs, to, preserve her-neu . trallty, is a good horse marine' to?:.'move rbn" the Russian fleet. 1 Man always. gets the worst of 'itrsHere Is Hoch, accused of -several "careful in"ur- ' ders and of bigamy to boot, and .there' Is Nan Patterson accused of one . hasty and commonplace murder and which of them gets all the newspaper space? The wom an, of course. It's enough to make man revolt and demand equal rights this very moment. We must admit that we are thoroughly sick of hearing about Japan and the' Jap anese. A boycott on beer Is being tried In Seat tle, not from motives of temperance but because of labor disputes. The Painters' and Decorators Union had white badges made with the inscription, "The Painters are on the "Water Wagon." Beer, .how ever, Is about the hardest thing in- the world to boycott, and a thirsty throat Is a great conqueror of a loyal heart. China now pipes up with a request for Manchuria. . The world. Is naturally in dignant at such presumption. If rightful owners are to have land. Into what Lilli putian stature would the nations shrink. In LIontana a Chinese is suing for a divorce, and In British Columbia an In dian is grasping for the same sweet civ ilization. It now and then occurs to us to wonder how the inferior races get along without many things that are necessities to us appendicitis, breakfast food, charity balls, the higher criticism, and so forth. Few of us, however,' real ized before that the Inferior races ac tually manage to. exist without divorce. The Zemstvos are meeting at St. Pe tersburg. Marquis of Queensberry rules, we believe. Pat Crowe' waited too long. The public has- forgotten" him, and another kidnaping case will be necessary to put h'im in tho cynosure class. So WlLhe fit That jimmy Britt Again la IU There is a primary election in our midst, but we have not learned the name- of the candidate who is happy at this' writing. Whoever It is, wo predicted his success some days ago, and think our boosting done the trick for him. ' WEX. JONES- Warsaw's Sprinaace meeting opened yesterdayvso that It is clear strikes and bloodshed do not exclusively occupy the mlpds of the ?oles, although even In sporting circles. a strike Is -Imminent-, owing to .the objection" of the native Jockeys to foreign- trainers. "We had good "luck; .we got ten bears," said the President- The bears had correspondingly hard luck. If England were to enter, the Union, Ambassa'dor Choate1-would haVe an easy victory for the Presidency. If the President succeeded In looking presidential In chaps, he hasiscored an unprecedented triumph. . - The "primaries at least settled the question as to who will no t 'be" Mayor. Reflections of a Bachelor. New Tork Press. It's a terribly monotonous job being good just for the fun pf It. Some people are so lucky they, can-t even get engaged without having it broken. Even the man who knows how hard it ?s to pick the winner in a horse race acts as If iU was too easy to pick a wife. It Is awful nice the way women can run In ribbons where nobody la .expected to see them In such a way that you can't helD seeine them." A girl calls It romantic if a. roan Is bo much interested in-her that when he sls down in the custard pie on a picnic- he doesn't swear. His Real Trouble. Detroit Tribunar , "Pleass, ma'am." said the hobo with the crimson beak, "woud youse mind givin me er nickel ter help mo erlong?" Don't you nna it amicuit to Keep 'sober?" asked the suspicious female. Not in de least, ma am. answered the truthful tiHip. "It's glttin de prWe'uv a Jag wot troubles me most,"