c-r-w-n -v nnrr-ftvii w. pnnTT.ivn. ATTfrCST 28. 1910.
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SITUATION IN SPAIN IS CYNOSURE
OF EYES OF NATIONS OF ALL WORLD
CENSUS EXPERT IS LATEST TO CAST
DOUBT ON MR. METHUSELAH'S AGE
Statistician Pooh-Poohs Assertion That Any Human Being Has Ever Lived More Than 105 Years Neverthe
less, Several Persons Alive Today Say They Have Passed Century Mark.
Struggle Between Rome and Madrid Watched Intently, and Question as to Who Shall Rule Is Uppermost in
Government Circles of Europe.
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ETIIfSELAH'S oth to hi
not h crplil by prnt
of the VnlteJ Ptmtn
t rnnut Burriu. Pr. Wilbur U Cresy.
lira. I ff the dprtmnt of vital tls
tl of thr Cnu Boru. hs been d"-
a little Investigating; reeenlly. and
Juil announced that hia Iturea
h..w that it I- ejitremely doubtful
whether any human helna; ever lived
lunser than 10 year.
The rair on whleh Pr. Wilbur baaej
thl rertln l that of Noait Rahv.
.nc known aa the oldest man In the
country, who riled a few year ngo
nrm In the ronvtrtlon thai he had been
on ttiU earth III yeara and It months.
I hae earefully looked Into Rany a
rerord."- aald Ir. Wilbur. Arordlnc to
the New York medical rr.-ord of
after serving In the Tnlted States Niivy
a number of years he was, honorably
dt'hara:ed In IM'. The Navy D.jart
ment rr.-ord nates that Noah Ruby wa
on the rolls of the Krluate constitution
in isa. I Ieiieve the tlrrt atory. that
of hl rilshris- In W. to te pure le
(.rd. as near an I ran tlture Raby wa
?3 vrars old when he ilii'fl.
'It la mr opinion that the other rasea
of etreme longevity reo-rted from
time to tim In various sections of the
r.mntrv are Just as Inrorrert. It la un
di'iibledlv true that the nee of 10 Is
neeaslonallv attained, but very d'ubt
f i! A-liethrr the in mark has ever been
reeheil fr exrerded."
Ir. Wilbur may be absoltiely eorreet
in his dedm-tiona. There are. however,
a number of other ti.st.-nce of old nce
of whl- h In the report of his Investiga
tion he made no mention. Here are a
few eamph' 'f persons wl.o It la be
1 1 hy many paved the hCtii inile
itne. Old Bill" Horn In 1803.
William JIacabee. an old mariner.
!.. t'rew atones at the British aol
d'eis at Torktown in 1SI?. is now a
h.iie and heartv Inmate of the I nlted
Si Naval Homo in Philadelphia.
Mil Hill." as ho la affe.tionaiel
trrne.t by hi matea In the home will
ret.hrnte his l7th birthday next Sep-t-mber.
The o'd man has raraped the
mmt ,-oninion .if'lu-tion of old ase
ilesfness. and never asks to have a
tue'stion repeated. lie Is fond of tell
inu of his experiences, anil never "tlrea
of receiving visitors. Ma.-ahee la said
to have been horn in Baltimore. Sep
tember -1. I!3. e was on board the
Yorktown when It wa wrecked off
lp Verde In li.'A. and was also a
sailor on the frlpate Tonsresa when It
was blown up bv the Merrimae in
ll.imDton Roans In He wn l
w hn h entered the Naal H'mt.
In '
174. and has ltvel fie-e ever vinee.
Te -ae of James MeiireKor. of
Northville. N". II.. is another instance 4
w hrre I r
Wilbur may be mistaken. !
y.r Mrlirrcor aas horn in Aortn New- .-icei ..........
pom tl. two vears before old ' spokes of the wheel, and being set on
Bill 'Via. shee. Throughout his life lie a curved line elves best results In res
pever used tobacco or liquor. Ills fame lllency. Enough of the steel metal will
K..r.. in v.,rti, v..w. I
rs the oldest freemason In the world : be used to give lateral '"
spr-ad all over the countrv. He was I kerp the weight of the machine prop
IMtlated Into that order in 1:5. j erly balanced. At the rlrn the spring
No!! Ilshv. who. Ir. V.'Mhur say. spoke Is lived on a pivot, permitting
mistaken In M age. was born, accord- I vertical motion but rigid against any
.,K t-.s storv. in Uatoville. N. '.. in ! lateral movement. In the hub the
I";. The last IT. vears of his life ere I spring spoke Is firm, giving resiliency
ent in iiie I'lintisar o.. or house, i to the outer section. W'esr In the rim
Nw Jerse) .
Ncgrrsa Said to Re- IS I.
Ao,-r rase of ettreme old age Is j
th.t of Mar, McDonald, of Philadelphia,
..no died a rear or two ago. after, ac- 1
...rdlng to many stories, having passed j
the Hist milestone.
Mra McDonald waa a negress. She
i...a -. .... a
home for Aged and 'infirm
nns In W est Philadelphia. I
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Colored persoi
A t .iroush Inv est igatlon of her SKe
wns e.ade bv the pauaiitcrs of the
Itei olT:tl.n In It';.
Professors from all over the i ountry
v iited "Mothe-" McDonald firouently
snd talked wttTi her concerning the,
Revolutionary period. I'p until the
tl.ee of her death she was active and
pesvessrd a clear nuntL tin her I3lst
birtiiday sue weighed but 50 pounds.
and the depth of the wrinkles in her
face and arms and bands was incred
ible. Purina; the last year or two of
her life she ate llttlo or nmhlng and
slept about two houra out of -4.
Mrs. KHzabrth Wonderly, a Philadel
phia woman, who long ago passed the
inft-yrar mark, and Is still well and
able to take dally walka in the neigh
borhood of her home. Is still another
rase to which the attention of the cen
sus expert might be drawn.
Mrs. Wonderly Is now In her 10th
year. She remembers distinctly the
last v isit of the comet In l.ir. and can
talk Intelligently on Incidents that oc
curred I" years before the outbreak of
the Civil Wsr.
Old Texan Drank All His Life.
The distinction of having weathered
the storms or parts of three centuries
Is given hy Texans to Jose (Julterrci.
who, residents of I-one Star State say.
has passed hla 120th birthday, liulter
res has lived 10 years of the ISth. all of
the lth and 10 ysra of the SOth cen
turies. He was born In Senecue. a lit
tle village along the Rio Orande. In
Haptismal records filed away In
the archives of th old cathedral at El
l'aso prove his age.
The old Texan has been blind for
the past five years. This affliction has
PmiG TIRE MAY GO
l'OHTl.AND INVENTOR DKVISES
' M'OKE WITH SPRING.
Ira J. Merrill's (villus. Results In
i rratins Wheel That Will Elim
inate' Much Auto Cost.
A sprina; wheel for the automobile,
which will give buoyancy to tho ve
hicle without the costly pneumatic
rubber tire, baa been the quest of hun
dreda of ingenious Inventors. Sprlnga
In the hubs. In the spokes, between
bed and wheel frame, arid otherwise
have been tried. -
But It has remained for a Portland
man to net out a spring wheel, simple
In construction and efficient In prin
ciple, which la to be offered to the
world as a substitute for the pneumatic
tire, redolent with punctures and as
crndlnc to dizzy heights in price.
Ira J. Merrill, well known In local
engineering and mechanical circles, has
Just been granted a patent for the new
spring automobile wneei. in oeaign.
this wheel gives complete rigidity
along an unc 01 .iv v. ....
ve - ncai. in which u"i .im-""-.
Steel spring metal constitute mo
j p"vot Is taken up hy a brass bustling
I ..nvrloninv the Steel plVOt pin. Which
prevents any deterioration
in inc
soring spoke and enables the owner to
take up any loosening tenden. y at a
most trivial cost. All of the spring
spokes are readily detachable so that
" " mimn nothing more
man opening in woe.-. ...
with a new Piece of metal. A large
a new piece of metal. A large
supply of the aprlng metal eon'o
carried in tne space ocuupira uj w..
reserve pneumatic tire.
In wearing qualities. It is believed
bv the Inventor and the automobile
..,'er. who have examined the new wheel.
! that It will have greater life thsn Is
possible with the wheel now used, even
giving to the present wheel many sets
avf tires. With a good spring metal in
the tpvke and set in sufficient num
the effect of making him move about
slowly, otherwise he appears to be
about TO years old.
Gulteres' mind Is clear, and ha tell;
many stories of the early days when
Tsleta was the metropolis of Texas, and
says he remembers well the rebulldlna
of the old church in that town in 1S09.
The structure waa partially demolished
by a flood In 172.
The aged Texan Is an incessant
cigarette smoker. He rolls ttle tobacco
himself, using corn huak for wrappers.
Giilterrez smokes from SO to 80 cig
arettes a day. and haa drunk whisky for
more thsn TS years with no perceptible
bad effects. In all his KO years he has
never been slrk enough to go to bed
and call a doctor.
A dosen more instances of extreme
old age might be mentioned, but if Dr.
Wilbur Investigates the ones cited h
will have his hands full for some tlmo
to come.
The census expert's opinion la arous
ing widespread Inter4t and has caused,
naturally, considerable doubt among
the believers In old folk's statements
regarding their ages.
"Old Bill" Marabee was told of Dr.
Wilburs statement. He looked sober
for a moment, then laughed, and said,
"lie Is nothing but a boy: when he's as
old as I am he ll know better."
bers to make the cushion resilient for
all exordinary stresses there is no
appsrent reason why the life should
not he very great, perhaps as great
as that of the springs now used under
the automobile bed.
Mr. Merrill estimates that the first
cost will be well below present first
cost, while in maintenance he thinks
there can hardly be a comparison. He
will have a solid piece of rubber on
his outer rim, to give noiseless loco
motion and also to provide the wheel
with the excellent gripping surface
which is had with rubber tires. But
the quantity of this rubber per tire
will bo small, and it may be made quite
hard and tilled with some harder ma
terial to give It long life.
Mr. Merrill, whose home is at 90 First
street, hopes to have his wheel manu
factured In Portland. His faith In the
Invention has been strengthened by
most favorable comment among the
mechanics and automobile men who
have seen the device, and he Intends to
have a set of the wheels prepared as
aoon as posslbl for a thorough operat
ing test.
BOYS TRAMP AFTER TROUT
Fish Reward Efforts, but Season Is
Too Early for Boar.
Wlta their fishing and hunting para
phernalia, blankets and supplies on
their backs, a party of Portland boys
who were sojourning at ixng Beach,
Wash., recently made a trip Into the
Bear River territory near Fort Colum
bia In quest of fish and game. In the
first-named quest they had fair auc
cess. but on the second they were sore
ly disappointed.
In the psrty were la?n Strelblg, Dell
"Ilanlon. Walter Hummel. F. Peck.
Fred McKeov.n and Earl Hughes. They
left l-ong Beach bound for the fishing
countrv on August 1 and returned on
August 1 a tanned, dusty, tired, but
leverthelesa happy aggregation. The
train was taken to Wallakot and there
the long walk over the rough trail was
begun.
On the afternoon of the day on which
lxng Bcich was put behind them the
disciples of laaak Walton were at the
banks of Bear River, a pretty atream
though somewhat small to be designat
ed aa a river. Camp was made In the
timber for the night.
The fishing was not as good as re
ported. Nevertheless the trout that
were caught were large enough and
gamey enough to provide plenty of
sport. Files were used successfully,
though salmon egg proved the better
halt The best time to fish Bear River,
the party was told by a homesteader,
la In the latter part of June and the
first part of July.
While some of the boys fished, the
nimroua oi ie . . . -
search of game after which the river ts
named. Though they reported having
heard a bear crashing through the
brush, they were unable to get a shot
at It- Huckleberries were just ripen
ing and bears were Just beginning to
migrate into the region from the
mountains. ,
OCEANICS TO ENTER LEAGUE
City Championship Honors Sought
hy Soccer Team.
The Oceanie Soccer Football Club held
a- meeting on "Friday night to consider
the advisability of entering a team for
the Cltv League Championship this sea
son. The Oceanlcs played the season
through last year against long odds,'
and, although conclusively beaten In the
championship race, they had the satis
faction of being able to boast of having
scored against their opponents in every
single game. After discussion, the meet
ing unanimously resolved upon entering
the league.
The gathering was most enthusiastic,
and there Is every indication ef 'the
Oceanlcs belnx- able to put forward a
first-class eleven this year. J. B. W.
Lawson was elected msnager for the
comtng year, In place of Arthur D. Hay,
who this year is msnager of the M. A.
A: C. team. George Clarke, who played
a strong game at fullback for the Oce
anic laat scasop. was elected captain
for the coming year, and expressed him
self as helr.g very confident of his ability
to place a good team in the field.
CENSUS
HITS LEAGUES
OVER TWO-SOORE BALL ORGAN
IZATIONS RECLASSED. .
Government ' Supplies National As
ancle t Ion With Flsrnres Prior
to Drafting Season.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2T. Census Direc
tor Durand has supplied the National
Baeoall Association with- a statement
giving the approximate aggregate popula
tion of the oitlee composing each of the
43 leagues! and associations as snown by
the 13th census. The information is aup
plled to enable the association to re
classify its lfsgues with reference to the
draft price to be paid each other for
players.
The figure have been finished in ad
vance because the drafting season be
gins September 1. According to these
figures the re-c!assincatlon -srill be as
follows: .
Class A Eastern League. American A
sooJation. PscWc Coast League, Southern
Association.
Oas B New Bngtend latsgue. Western
League. New York State League, Con
necticut League.- Central League. Texas
league. Tri-State League, Northwestern
League.
Class C Ohio and Pennsylvania League,
Southern California Trolley League. Illi
nois - low a - Indiana League. Virginia
League. Southern Michigan League. Min-nesota-Winein
League. Southern Atlan
tic League.
Class D Central . Aasociation. Wash
ington State League. Ohio State Iff
Carolina Basoball AasocJetion. Virginia
Valley League, W'taiern Association, cot
ton States League. Southeastern Lgue,
Kentucky - Indiana - Tennessee League,
Ka-tern Caro'ln League. Blue Grass
League. Connecticut Association. Central
California League. Indiana - Michigan
League, Michigan Stafe Ltegue. Kansas
8ato League. Illinois-Missouri League,
Nebraska gnate League Southwest Texas
Leaaue. Central Kanaaa Kague. West
Virginia League. Missouri-Iowa-Neb-raska-Kansas
League and Northwest
Arkansas League. '
Oregon Yacht Club Notes
n j ha tinner Willamette
River for a three-day outing, about 2
canoeists will leave the clubhouse 8at
urdsv night with camping parapher
nalia and supplies. Some point In i the
river probably above Oswego, will be
rhoaen for camp and little Journeys
will be made about the river In that
vlclnttv. The canoeists will probably
leave in a body early In the evening,
that camp can be reached and made be
fore dark. On Sunday the party Is ex
pected to be reinforced by more ca
noeists from the dub.
The last canoe cruise ef the club,
some weeks ago, was productive of
much good fun and good coats of tan.
About ii members were In that party.
Canoe cruises are in keeping with the
motto of the club: "Something doing
all the time." All of the clubmen seem
to be more progressive now than at any
time for years.
Saturday following Labor day the
annual Fall regatta for the members of
the club will be held. Captain Allen
expects to have a race between five
four-eared crews.
A special single shell race, which has
developed out of friendly rivalry be
tween Pfaener. Walte. Helwlg and J.
Gloss, will be the feature of the re
gatta. These boys are keeping them
selves in condition far the race.
A race between two crews of women
will be another feature,
Captain Allen has 10 new oarsmen
under hia wing teaching then) the rud
iments of the game. These men will
be material for crews in yeara hence.
One ef the most thoroughly enjoyed
of the popular fortnightly social nops
and dances at the club waa held Friday
night. A large attendance was on
hand and a pleasant evening was en
Joyed. These dances will continue un
til late In the year, or possibly all
Winter.
John Fitting, a- member of last
vear's senior crew, who attended the
University ef California laat year, waa
a Portland vialtor yesterday. .He Is a
member of the Rugby football team,
which made a tour ef Australia and
New Zealand. Other men known to
Portland oarsmen were members of the
psrty. They left for California en the
Shasta Limited last night.
The annual meeting of the Portland
Rowing Club will probably be held In
November. A report of one of the most
successful years of the lnitttutloa will
then be read.
The hot. sultry, weather has been the
Incentive for most of the club members
to take to the water. Last week was
a fairly busy one at the club.
Ball Teams to Play for Side Bel.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. tl. (Spe
cial.) For a $:0 aide bet a basebsll
game between Kalama and Llnnton will
be played on theTrt-Clty ball grounds
In this citv tomorrow afternoon at i:30
.... i. Tk. .,e.ee Irrmr will leave
OCIWM. ii. " . ' - - n
the box factory dock at Llnnton In the
morning at 10 o ciock, ana onng m
team and rooters from there to Van
couver. Swedish Minister Recalled.
STOCKHOLM. Aug. 27. Herman de
la Gercrants. the Swedlah Mlniater to
the United States, has. It waa an
nounced here today, been recalled. He
was appointed In January, ltOT.
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DEVELOPMENTS of the complicated
Spanish situation are being
, watched with undisguised. Interest
by the entire civilized world. With the
Papal Secretary of State. Cardinal
Merry Del Val. and the Spanish Min
ister, Canalejas, hurling at each other
dally messages whose venom is but
scantily hidden by the diplomatic terms
in which they ara couched, and his en
tire kingdom on the verge of revolu
tion and civil wai the lot of King
Alfonso is by no means an enviable
one. "Who is to rule Spain?-' is a ques
tion he probably would appreciate hav
ing answered.
The interposition of the Carlist pre
tender. Don Jaime, at this crisis in
the affairs of Spain will beyond doubt
become one of the most serious ob
stacles to the settlement by peaceful
means of the present controversy be
tween the Vatican and the Spanish Gov
ernment. The pronunciamento of Don Jaime
recently issued at San Sebastian is
causing no end of trouble.
"I think the day Is not far distant
when my followers must rally to our
flag. I will lead the battle," said the
Pretender, and his words are being
treasured by every Catholic loyal to
Pope Plus who calls Alfonso King.
Don Jaime, his father, his great
uncle and his great-great uncle before
him, have always stood uncompromis
ingly on the side of reaction and
against the forces of modern liberal
ism. It Is not unnatural, therefore,
that the Clerical party In Spain should
find in the Carllsts and Carlism a
powerful weapon against the Canale
jas forces. They have frankly declared
their Intention to use any means nec
essary to thwart the purposes of the
present Spanish government, and,
should parliamentary methods fall,
there can be no doubt that the Carlists
will receive every encouragement to
raise the banner of revolt against the
King. Alfonso has thus far given full
support to his Ministers, and for this
reason, as well as because of the dis
satisfaction and distrust aroused by
the Influence of his Knglish yueen. he
may yet find himself arrayed in oppo
sition to the church.
Despite the fact that the statement
has been vigorously denied at Rome
and by Prime Minister Canalejas,
there are many subjects of Alfonso
who blame the uncompromising; Prot
estantism of Queen Victoria's mother.
Princess Beatrice, for a great deal of
the present Spanish trouble with the
Vatican. Princess Beatrice has turned
a room in the royal palace into a pri
vate chapel, where she has services by
an English chaplain, who always ac
companies her.
There is a regular clique at court
which pays homage to Princess Beatrice,
and it Is even rumored that she is
trying her hand at proselyting some of
the Spanish court ladies who adopt a
defiant attitude toward the Catholic cc
cleoiatica. King Alfonso is powerless to interfere
with his mother-in-law, and the rumor
haa spread that the Queen attends the
servicer secretly, which probably is un
true. However, the mere suggestion has
greatly injured her already waning pop
ularity. Queen Mother Christin always resents
the presence and pretansions of Princess
Beatrice and is not unwilling quietly to
fan the flame of indignation her domi
nating way kindled among the Spanish
grandees and their families. Queen Vic
toria atanchly upholds her mother, and
continues to show the utmost deference.
Strfeets Cleaned by Automobiles
Rev. W. Ot. Eliot, Jr., Writes of Berlin's Perfect Virk Several Public
Improvements That Oregon Would Do Well to Imitate.
Rev. William G. Eliot. Jr., pastor of
the First Unitarian Church, writes to a
member of the Oregonian staff as'aeml
personal. semi-public letter from Mu
nich under date of August 15. Among
other things he says:
. "We arrived at noon from Oberamer
gau. Munich impresses me, as do all
the European cities, with its cleanli
ness. It Is not unlike Beriln In Its gen
eral modern atmosphere. Its prosperity
and style of building. I can not say
that either place has such charm as
the smaller places like Weimer or Wit
tenberg. But I do not doubt that there
would be much to learn of a technical
sort if I had the time for such re
seaches: ''
Berlin Has Model System.
"In Berlin, for instance, they had the
beat streets I have ever seen, and the
best method of cleaning. The revolving
broom has rubber, blades Instead of
bristles, and the sprinkling is dhne by
the 'same vehicle, the water pouring
doj-n a few inchea in front of the re
volving rubber blades: and the whole
thing Is moved and worked as an au
tomobile rather .than by horses. The
streets cleaned in - this way are as
clesn ss a window pane, and no fine,
quickly drying dust Is left as in the
case of almost any form of sweeping.
Every bit of dirt of any sort is in
stantly picked up before it has a chance
to scatter. I would Judge that in other
matters as well as In the streets, the
highest technical skill Is always at the
command of such cities as Berlin and
Munich and that they have long ago
learned the folly of cheap municipal
engineering.
"The canals and waterways are used
much more than In America. The
Rhine is a great artery of trade, the
freight being carried in deeply laden
cargo boats and drawn several in a
string by tug-boats. There appear to
be no counter-hindrances, legislative or
otherwise, -to the full development of
the largest possible utilisation of
EsfUMSvSaynat
ejauiC".
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even when her interference is most re
sented by the Spanish courtiers.
At all evenls Premier Canalejas' defi
ance of Pope Pius X comes .as a sur
prise to Christendom. It is true that
Italy, cradle of the Western Church, has
been in open rupture with the Vatican
since September 30. 1S70, when Victor
Emmanuel entered Rome and made it his
civic capital, baniphing Pius IX to the
ecclesiastical precincts his successor now
occupies; it is further true that
France, nominally Catholic, but tending
to irrehgion, has recently abrogated the
Concordat which Napoleon I hoped would
be a perpetual bond between church and
state.
And now Spain, traditionally the fa
vorite child of the mother church, whoe
ruler ir called by permission his Catho
lic majesty, defiantly sets aside Its moft
solemn compacts and In the name of a
broader liberty enlarges the rights of
those whos? legal status Is that of her
eby. The probable outcome of this situation
which has led to a discontinuance of
diplomatic relations, is civil war. The
fact cannot be blinked that a consider
able element in Spain favors the Carl
ist succession, standing ready at all
times to aid in expelling the "usurper."
waterways. Whether this is because
the railroads are owned and managed
by the government I am unable, of my
own knowledge, to say. It is quite ob
vious, however, that there is co-operation,
rather than opposition, und I
would suppose highly to the advantage
of commerce. "
Poverty I-ess Apparent.
'There apepars to be much less pov
erty in Berlin and Munich than 4n Lon
lon and Liverpool, for reasons that I
have not been able altogether to as
certain. . But there are two causes that
may be at least contrlbutlve. The first
and most., important Is probably the
German system of education, at every
point from kindergarten to university;
and the second point is the vicious cir
cle caused in-any country where the
poorer classes use strong drink. Other
reasons occur to me, but these I men
tion as possibly the most important.
"In Liverpool I made a pretty thor
ough Inspection of the 'Bridewell.' or
city Jaii and police court, and of the
Walton prison. If I had not told the
Governor of the prison rthat I was not
a reporter 1 should feel like describing
It to you in some detail.- for it had
points, of excellence that we in Oregon
might well follow.
"Xo arrested man is kept in the city
jail, as a rule, more than 24 hours, ex
cept.. I suppose, in the case of men ar
rested 'on the' day preceding a holiday.
They are brought into court next morn
ing and either tried and sentenced or
remanded for trial at the next Assize
(corresponding to our Circuit Court).
In either case (unless it is a fine that
is paid) the prisoner is taken immedi
ately to Walton Prison. The prisonefs
then at Walton Prison appear to be in
three classes: Those who are serving
out a police court sentence, those who
are awaiting trial, and those who are
serving out a sentence from the Assize.
In the last case no sentences longer
than two years are served at a con
vict prison. Thus, the city jail be
comes merely an ovcr-nigrht lockup, and
TflNG JILFCTi&O
1-rmwwte
Alfonso XIII. Besides republican' senti
ment is strong:. Barcelona is a republi
can city in thought and aspiration. If
Castelar were alive the hour would be
ripe for a coup d'etat similar to the
one which placed him at the head ot
affairs as President in 1S73. But Castelar
is dead, and he has no worthy succes
sor. Don Jaime, Carlist pretender, has
never given any indication of ability, and
his ,attimde at this- hour is that of an
opportunist, woitins apart, cold-blooded
and sinister, for a favorable turn of for
tune's whee'.
The precautionary measures that have
been taken by the Spanish government
In an effort to crush in its inciplency any
revolutionary move of the people shows
only too clearly the seriousness of the
situation.
Captain-Geneml WeylM-. onff of th
ahlPFt and al the same time most cruel
of Spanish n ilitary mn. is credited with
making the following statement:
""Tli? moment a revolutionary outbreak
compels me as Captain-General to as
sume the Tupreme commend, I want the
revolutionists to know they must pre
pare for a merciless tight. There will
be neither prisoners nor wounded. Tli?
walls of the hospitals will become use
less and the cemeteries will have to be
enlarged."
the Walton Prison is something more
then our county jail and something
less than our penitentiary. And while
I found the English people somewhat
exercised over what they deemed need
ed reforms in their prison system, T
must confess with some humiliation to
the great superiority of the. Liverpool
prisons to anything we have in Ore
gon. "You will be interested to know that
I attended the closing debate on the
Accession Declaration Bill and was
present in the House of Commons at
its passage.
"I leave for Vienna tomorrow morn
ing and thence into Hungary, where
we celebrate the 400th anniversary of
Unitarianlsm in that country. I ex
pect to reach Portland October 1. I
am eager to be at work jigain."
RUBES TO PLAY AT RAWER
Team Strengthened in Hope of Win
x nlng Side lict or $100.
"Red'' Rupert's ballplayers will leave
this morning for Rainier, where they
will play with the nine from that city
for a $100 side bet. In the hope- of win
ning the game, the Rainier team has
been strengthened by the engagement
of Gus Hetling. of the Portland team,
who will cover third base. Joe. Hag
gin, the phenomenon picked up by
Pearl Casey for his Northwestern
League team last year, will hurl the
slants for Rainier. Haggin is a south
paw of stocky build with lots of kinks
in his arm ami plenty of steam.
"Lengthy"" Winterbothani, formerly
of Camas and a well-known Bemi-pro-fessional
player about Portland, will
be on the mound for the Tri-City
League team from Portland. Johnny
Shea, a brother of Danny. Shea, of
Spokane. will catch for Rupert's
Rubes. Rupert has one of tiie best
teams of semi-professional players ever
seen in Portland. Its showing in the
closing - days of the Tri-City League
race was remarkable. It worked its
way up from the bottom of the ladder
to third place in a little more tiian a
month. Much rivairy exists between
the Rubes and Rainier. Several Port
land fans will accompany the team to
the Columbia River town.