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'..- TnE OREGON DAILY J0ITB1TAL, IOHTi.ANl), HONDAY E VEiny O, PECE3IBEB 1 1902. , 3 fltMA'.4blF, The Oregon Daily Journal C. S. JACKSON'. ffOURXAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietor. Addrm: '"' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. 8t Yamhill Street, Between Fourth and , Fifth, Portland, Oregon. INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF OREGON. Entered at the Postomce of Portland. Ore ;a a. for transmission tnrougll the mails aa second-class matter. Postage for single copies For an 8, 10, r 12-page paper, 1 cent: IS to 28 pages, cents; over 2$ pages, 3 cents. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected communications will ' not be returned. Business Office Oregon, Main BOO; Co lumbia, 705. Editorial Rooms Oregon Main 500. City Editor Oregon. Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. The Dally, by Carrier: The Journal, one year ..$5.00 The Journal, six months 2.60 The Journal, three months 130 A'ha Journal, by the week...., 10 The. Dally, by Mailt The Journal, by mall, one year $4.00 The Journal, by mall, atx months.... 2.00 JTh Journal, by maJL three months. 1.00 Weakly and Semi-Weekly: ' " the Beml-Weekhr Journal. 104 copies, one year tl.GO The Weekly Journal. 62 copies, one year . 100 . Proportionate rates for shorter periods ' Where subscribers are served with a any mall. The Dally Journal at S4 a year by mall Is the best paper to take; , where they are aerved twice a week. The - Twiee-a-Week Journal In an excellent r news purveyor; or, where once a week take The Weekly Journal. All three Issues carry all the news, lo- ' e&L state and general, special feature, articles by distinguished writers and full market reports. Address. THE JOURNAL, Box 121. Portland, Or. ' The Eastern representative of this paper is Albert E. Hassbrook. II Times Building, New York, and Hartford Building. Chicago When you leave the city or change your 1 4Mdreer-even for m -week; dont fall'to - call at the business omce ana jesve you order for The Oregon Dally Journal. . JUST BUSINESS A GAUGE Portland's postal business Increased to an -extent calling for more room. The government will build an addition ' to the federal building to provide for the heavier demand. The present ' structure la inadequate to permit the handling of holiday mails without great Inconvenience to the postmaster v and the public. The increase of postal business is absolutely correct criterion whereby to Judge the growth of a city. Postal bueineaeisperh'apV innTbst 'accurate Index. And Portland is growing, expanding, reaching out in all directions Just aa xapidly .gjjullder jnay put up house -jur4 material be -serel for tire bond ing Every additional clerk, every add t ed room, all Increase of facilities for the handling of mails denotes increase l. In the number of people who live in ! o Portland. ! It u recently shown upon the 1 Statement of larger business this year I that Portland has within its limits I "110,000 people. This does not Include ' suburbs that are served from sub-sta-? - v' tlons, but only territory that is prop erly within the boundaries of the city. Were Portland to include In its j claimed population contiguous local- j ' ltles such as are Included in the popu- j v lation of Seattle and other coast towns, i - '-th9 population would be no less than f y M6.0QO. The rate of growth is certainly sat- ' tsfactorv. Portland is advancing along the roadway of prosperity as no other city on the north coast. And . - there Is solidity In the growth. TOT? rnT TTTTTTf"N . '' " rThie"CoaT Trust i in sore straits. Smarting under the treatment they re elvAd from men high ud. the officers - of a -targe hard-coal railroad' and the Independent operators have decided to refuse to become a party to the move rdent of the Trust to negotiate a set . tlement with the miners outside the Strike Commission. At a recent meet- Jllg) Ul lire iiurTiturui vy i niJi a vi tiic entire region, It was decided that they .. would refuse to agree to a settlement with the other operators, and: would ask the commission to proceed With its Investigation, The Independents feel thut th maria hint been 0-lvinir It to n them much harder than . thev knew. and that the Investigation will accom plish the destruction of old methods and give them a better chance. The big combinations are being jolted from j" four sides. The public, which has been juneiui in iia wiiuiitimiuii;, are against inem. me suns mri by Hearst of the New York American, are so many thorns in their flesh. The mine workers, of course, nre bodily ; against them, and this revolt of their former allies Is making the Conibina tlon realise that there is little hope of Its escaping without its methods being nnr wn it it nam in urrppnor tin - conditionally to the miners. The 'Prince of Slam was here from Ills kingdom of 12.000,000 people, and with a name that makes the people here glad that he has no abiding place where they must often pronounce It Chowfa Maha VaJIravudh. Neverthe JesSith.eJ?epplewfirL happy to enter tain him, and to $how the Oriental royal personage the metropolis of the greatest region on the earth. CLIMATIC COMPARISONS. While the froet has Tarely' visited Portland, It Is hard to realise what different conditions as to weather exist only a short distance away. A pitiful MAKING POLITICS RIDICULOUS. The Republican party of Oregon w ould do well to look to the doings of certain members cf that body. For months since th- ;ippolntment'of Mr. W. F. ("Jack") Matthews to the position of United States Marshal of the state, that gentleman has repeatedly been referred to as the rhairman of the committee and never has Matthews nor any of his colleagues stepped furward to disillusionize the public on this question. Recently Mr. Matthews has interfered In tht affairs of the postmaster of Portland and stirred up strife in a department of government service that is sel dom tainted with the breath of scandal and which has been freer from criticism on this very account than has any branch of Uncle Sam public Institutions. Knowing that the present United States Marshal had been referred to all over Oregon as the chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. The Journal brought charges against him on the grounds of offensive partisanship. The Journal stands ready te go to trial on this issue, even though the chairmanship matter be obliterated from the controversy. Ths Journal believes, with every honest citizen, that United States offices are not created for the purpose of sub serving political ends. Civil service was evolved for the purpose of doing away with the evils of political debauchery and the making of a public office a public nuisance. In the case of the Oregon marshalshtp. politics seem to come first and office afterwards. This is why It behooves the Republican party of Oregon to call a halt. Is the State Central Committee of the Republican party of Oregon a mere bauble for the political play of men who gee fit to Juggle with It? Are the voters of the party going to permit a " Now you nee it and now you don't" policy to rule Its chairmanship? Who Is the political pea under the restive shell if It Is not Walter F. Matthews? Wan he not referred to as 'chairman" ,by the news papers of this city repeatedly, and baa he not allowed his name to be heralded throughout the country In Associated Press dispatches and In the columns of the state press as such? It is useless waste of time to give dcnlnl to a state of affairs that has be come custom through failure of the principal actors to speak In rebuttal. The Journal does not believe that Mr. Matthews ever unrestrlctlvely tendered his resignation as chairman of the State Central Committee. He may have filed a letter to be read In event that his partisanship In matters concerning which no employe of the government has right to Interfere might get him Into trouble. He has allowed his name to be used as chairman without protest and has posed in the calcium light of an admiring "push." Now let the State Central Committee free Itself from the ridiculous position in which It has been placed by making Inquiry Into the reason for having been made absurd In the eyes of both the Democrats and the Republicans all over the state. REGARDING STATE REFORMS. W hile tha methods and laws respecting county and city matters have received close attention with good results, many of the laws concerning the administration of affairs of the state would. If studied, lead to equally valuable reforms. As the state grows in population the demands upon tha Legislature grow proportion ately. With this conceded fact staring us In the face one policy must be pursued. New methods, other than the direct tax. must be devised for raising revenue, and the wisest economy exercised In the expenditures. It will doubtless surprise many of our readers to learn that there Is now no methotL.by which a person, even If he so desires, can pay for the care of a patient at the asylum, or a minor at the reform school. It Is also too easy to get boys Into the reform school, and not a few are there to their injury. Ordinarily, the parent bad better look after bis "incorrigible" boy and not have him made a state charge. There are not a few people who are beginning to think we are having too many "free" things, and that the state Is being called upon to carry many burden Its founder never dreamed of. When Insane or Idiotic persons, or their parents or guardians, have the means of paying for their care they should be required to pay for It. The same rule should apply to the State Reform School. Instances exist when relatives desired to-pay, but could not do so. aa there was Mn,a!2,rt.for tha iuperlntendea;-AC ."! hWPW",4:Jbl Wst case' a foreigner with quite a considerable estate remained many years In the asylum, a guardian having In the meantime been appointed try the county court of Marlon County to care for his estate. He died a year or two ago, his heirs In Europe Inherited his estate and the state received nothing. In many of the states they have laws covering these matters and they have been found to work welL The per capita cost at the Btate Reform School Is about $20 per month. In California it is made the duty of the committing magistrate to determine whether a parent or guardian has tha ability to pay for the care of the minor by the state, and If so found and determined, then they are required to pay therefor the sum of $11 a month In advance. It Is estimated by competent authority that If some such law was In force In this state the savings would run Into the thousands of dollars each year. It Is well that these and like matters should receive attention before the cost gets greater than it now is. It Is so eaay to Impose all sorts of burdens on the state, only the greatest Vigilance will keep them within bounds. n. very brief study of the laws of the state will convince the most casual reader that the above are not the only places where reforms can be Instituted with good results, but they will do to commence with. etoryconvee from--Salt Laka of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilcox, who were caught in a snow storm while on their way from Castledale to Mon, both points In Southern Utah. They got lost and Xrayeledthrjee days, jwhew thlr horse gave out. Tney naa waiaeu wiree days more, when the wife gave out, and Wilcox left her under a tree while he continued his search for help. He found It and the party sent back res cued his wife. Both had their feet badly frozen, but will recover. Let the courts clear the atmosphere surrounding the question of inspection of foods and dairy products and herds. Lt it be knewn who has authority, whose duty it is to see that the public is protected and then let that deter mined authority be ground for demand that all officials do their duty, and, do ing It, are protected In their actions. The Inspection of meats and other foods Is a matter that forms part of government wherever modern ideas ob tain, and it will be to the good of .this state if the courts clarify the air and settle some mooted questions that are bothering the people nnd the officials. The keen scent of n horse saved James Beck, aged 73 years, who lives nar Big Butte Creek, In Jackson County. Last Eunaayahaut 3 oeT0c, parties who were out looking after their homesteads, were riding along the road about three-quarters of a mile from the Beck residence, when one of their horses suddenly became frightened at something near the road.. On investigating, the old man was found sitting on a log, numbed with cold, and exhausted. He was taken home, .but had he not been discovered by the keen-scented horse, would have undoubtedly perished. Carnegie gave Pittsburg $5,000,000 for a Polytechnic School, and now Frlck, because he hates Carnegie, la going to outdo him by giving the city a university that will take the shine out of him. There may be s.ome question as to thVVeaT value "of gifts of libraries and the creation of new universities Indiscriminately, but there is no doubt but thnt the turning of money back Into Its natural channels Is of benefit to the whole country. A man may as well spend his money foolishly as to keep it uselessly. It Is said that Marion County mem bers of the Legislature will present measures to the coming assembly for the appropriation of state money for the widows of the guards killed when Tracy and Merrill escaped. The ar gument will be that they were killed while In the line of duty and that Ore gon owes it to their widows to make provision for their , keeping One of the widows is said to have been left destitute and with a family of several children dependent upon her. The United States National Bank, of which Mr. J. fr Atnswomr Is PresldenT and Mr. F. C. Miller, Cashier, makes a strong showing In Its "statement of con dition," as published In The Journal. The United States National has become one of the big banks of the, State, haying deposits close to the two million dollar mark. It Is a bank In which "new blood" predominates, working on broad and liberal lines for the upbuilding of Itself as a leading financial Institution of ..Dui JiosthWftsi.. and. .the. ..development of the great section where "rolls the Oregon." THE TABASCO COLUMN, o The Philadelphia Record says: Few women are as good as they pretend to be, and few men are as bad." It Is a much more correct diagnosis to say that few men are as good as they pretend to be, and few women as bad as others think them. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Is on his way to South Africa In a govern ment ship. It Is hoped ho w(ll not have to send one of those Roberts ' messages : "I regret to report that I have been Iloered." A man In London who wore a wax note. In lighting his cigar carelessly touched the match to his nose, which burst Into flame. The joke in this story Is that the nose was on the other fel low. ' A crippled Chicago shoemaker found .".500 .in an old shoe he was fobbllng, The owner called for the shoe, received it along with his money, and generously paid the shoemaker 15 cents for his work. It la said one In four of the immigrants arriving In this country can read. Well, there Is a much larger proportion of those residing in the country who can read, but won't. Mrs. Russell Sage says only one cigar was ever smoked In her house. Uncle Rubs is said to be economical In his pur chases, but no one suspected It was so bad aa that. A Gipsy CJueen has read Morgan's hand and says: "He has great psychic power, but no business capacity." Still, he will manage to get a new meal ticket Satur day night. In Philadelphia a man has gone from Jail to the mayor's chair, but this does not balance the account with those who went the other way. In Boston, girls are employed to run elevators. Has It come to this, that a Boston girl has to have an elevator to raise a" man? There are several political lightning rods up In Portland waiting for the breaking of the storm In Salem In Jan uary. The only Morgan has been showing his hand to a Olpsy. Since John Mitchell made them show it, the job is easier. - PoWtlpat aspirants Jnat now need not apply to Jack Mathews for indorsement He has troubles enough of bis own. Mrs. Mollneux has gone to Sioux Falls to sue for a divorce. There may be something trt a name. T!ie reason Krupp left a fortune of iri.ooo.ooo was he couldn't pay the Height. , ...... s " s"s e" e ... ......... .-. . . . . THE STATi PRESS. BETWEEN OURSELVES. ff -r i . . i ,'. . i i BY K. K. K. j Ta Them Thst Hsth. Astorian: la it reaaonable for Governor Oeer to expect that the Republican party ought to keep him perpetually In office Just because ha has been Oregon's chief exsoutrve for four yeara" certainly, he has been treated with consideration by his party. Tha governor evidently for gets that Senator Fulton was his warm supporter In 1898, and that Clatsop County gave htm the greatest majorit ever ac corded a gubernatorial candidate. It Governor Oeer were properly app.eciative v. a i .a i . ii . hi. oBaltttunee -uuu nvw w lenuuiK " to Senator Fulton, Instead of trying to place obstacles In his way. Will Look to Oregon. La Grande Cchronlcle: Then who win say that the Oregon of the future shall not stand, and be recognized as the world's ideal from which to draw its Inspiration In science, literature, art and all tke attributes that cluster about the highest type of culture and civilization. Social Pride. Union Republican: The people of Union take pride. In the woolen mill and they are pleased to know its output is to be Increased. Union with her pure water and central location Is an Ideal place for this institution. Hurts the Normal. Weston Leaden The Leader voices the hopes of the community that President Marttndale will soon recover from the dangerous sickness that for the past week has menaced bis life. A man of action, of vigorous mentality and In domitable energy, Mr. Martlndal.'s pres ence and work are needed at the educa tional Institution of which he Is the head. That he should have been stricken with Illness while beginning his new duties with so much success and energy, Is a misfortune to the school and to the com munity, now that the Normal haa en tered upon such a prosperous career. The leader is glad, therefore, to learn today that the patient's condition is much Im proved. It Alt Helps. Salem Statesman: Salem's advertisers are bringing people here from long dis tances to trade, and even the non-advertisers are getting a great deal of benefit from It. No one can be enterprising or public spirited In any way without help ing his neighborseven the "knockers." imniii them. But Ralem has few knock- Mrs nrw. They have neajar . . ", eurht to be. ' i - Not Yet Come. Salem Statesman: Referring to rumors of his lllnesnl the Pope said yesterday: "My time has not yet come, we nave many things to accomplish before death." Grand old man! And his words are a rebuke to many a younger man In years. There are many things for a man to accomplish as long as he lives, and he should neither grew old In spirit nor think of dying before his time. It Hasn't Worked. Times Mountaineer) The new China service for the White House, consisting of several thousand pieces; Is being Imported from Europe, there being nothing of American manufacture good enough, and still we have had a protective tariff half a century trying to build" Up Industries capable ef manufacturing such articles. Let the Slurs Go. Harney Valley Items: If those Eastern Oregon newspapers,, whfch are, digging herei. and there, ttyjng 10 piace. tne. Piame for the creation of a "forest reserve hi the Blue Mountains, will confine them selves to a few facts why the creation of a reserve will be Of great Injury to their localities, they ctmld, and probably would, be of greater service to the people who are protesting against it. Slurs and Insinuations against publio officers, whom they do not happen to be pulling with politically, will avail them nothing, but will, at the same time, bellttie their cause. Some Sound Sense. New Age: Some F'uget Sound papers are trying to Injure Mr. Levi Ankeny by saying that he Is an Oregon man. Mr. Ankeny is no more an Oregon man than a thousand other residents of Washington who originated or years ago lived In Ore gon. Mr. Ankeny is a friend of Oregon, no doubt, but that does not make him any the less thorough a Washlngtonlan. He has lived In that state long enough, and done enough to advance Its Interests, to make such a slur ridiculous. He Hss Method. Baker Democrat: It is said that Congressman-elect Williamson Is of the opin ion that If he can defeat private irriga tion plans in Crook County, he may be able to secure for the Prlnevllle country a greater amount of the government fund for the reclamation of arid land'Tn this the bunchgraB! orator la very badly mis taken. The government WJ1I not attempt, to reclaim lands that attract private cap Ital; neither will It irrigate arid deserts miles and miles away from transportation while boundless areas of splendid lands along the railroad lines are waiting for water. And besides all this Is Mr. WJI llamson to be the congressman for Crook Countv or will he represent the Second District? Well, Hardly Ever. Aurora Borealls: M'all street specula tors yell "stringency" when they cannot borrow on rertaln securities With which they are loaded. Will the time come soon when the West will not be bothered with the ups and downs of Wall street? Make It Unanimous. Bohemia Nugget: Just to show Its em ployes that Its heart is In the right place the Southern Pannv Railroad Company has granted an Increase of 10 per cent In the wages of its train dispatchers, tele graphers, .and stallin . agents.. , Let the good work go on until every man in their employe gets an Increase In proportion to the Increased cost of living. Half-Million will Come. Arlington Record: Governor Geer has decided not to call an extra session of the Legislature. We think he has decided wisely. An extra session at this time .eould do no pnssiu'e good, and might do a great deal of harm. Let the first busi ness of the regular session be to appropri ate $500.0110 for the exposition. The bill will pais .by "a unanimous Vote. No' man. In that Legislature will care to put him self on record as opposed to It. Some people still harp about flat salaries, which everybody knows u simply humbug, boiled down. There Is enough money made out of the state treasurer's office to pay the salaries of all the state offi cers, and yet we hear of no efforts on the part of any one to turn this money into the school ftmd or thss1ate treas ury. KAISER'S CARRIAGE. The Kaiser has had acarrlage built from his own designs, for use for his corre spondence on the field. It is drawn By gtx horses, and ts atwBVSTreaT" at"1umd: Writing material Is stored In drawers, and by letting down a panel a convenient writing table is formed. It has a roof, and canvas sides, permitting its use In all weathers. i . . . - -- -- -- -v The man who sits opposite me at the Doaramg noose table Is a nice man. but he is Just out from New York. Were you ever thrown Intimately with a man Just out from tha East 7 Tes. Then I need not go into particulars. This one Is . rather better than most, though, he does see quite a number of attractive things : about Portland, but he doea not like our newspapers. Before he felt privileged to speak his mind freely his disgust went Into actions. A newspaper propped up Derore nim at tne beginning of each meal found its way under the table at the end of the first course. When no longer a stranger in a strange land be really said some unkind things. On learning I dabbled In newspaper work a little my self, his apologies were only a little less profuse than his delight in this opening to reform of a corner of one Portland paper. Now he sends me Eastern papers galore, and mostly Sunday editions. take a few hours off every Sunday to look thejn over. You see he feels so hurt when I have to confess I haven't read even the marked passages. WOMAN'S PAGE. The Woman's page of a New York paper always makes me feel uncomfort able. Not to be sacrilegious on'e must be born again to come up to us lnterpreta tlon of .a faultlessly correct, up to date American woman. There aren't hours enough in the day to go through the exercises and baths, not to mention massage deemed necessary. That before one comes to the dress problem at all. An experience a friend of mine had with a French hairdresser- just Illus trates the newspaper attitude exactly. She Is awfully gifted In a literary way, writes the brightest stories and real gems of verse. She has lovely long, silky hair. It began coming out and she hurried In to consult this hairdresser. He exclaimed in horror at "Madem oiselle" using her brain. She must give that up at once or lose all "the so beau tlful hair." When she thought over the list of ministers and lawyers, etc., etc., she knew. It began, to seem quite reason able and the world might have lost one of Its best entertainers if it hadn't been pointed out to her how little likely it was she would ever be another Jane Shores, to be remembered by her hair, while she might gain a little reputation through the Inside adornments of her head. Now, isn't that Just the stand so many of these "Interest to women" columns takes'? If anything is to lessen a woman's beauty give It up and devote those hours to exercises tendlngto Increase and round out that beauty. It may do for the butterfly, hut most Portland women prefer to be as beautiful as they can consistently be. and yet have time for Just one or two other things a day. The accounts of horse show week make the New York papers Interesting, anyway. DRESS AND THE HORSE. Very Intimate relations between the horse show and fashionable dress were established early in Its career, and they have been strengthened with each suc ceeding season, the exhibition Turnishing a grand stamping ground for all who are seeking new ideas in dress. In fact, the function rather depends on women and clothes as drawing cards and they are rarely disappointing in their days of affluence and charming fashions. Even though the horses with their prospective blue ribbons are the definite purpose of teg' show, 'they 'have tdcdmpete'wffn The women for first place In the considera tion of the public. The array of gowns may have been more brilliant In previous season, especi ally., in the matter.. o5 color, but. nevef more.. daljUy and, richly elegant than this year." Fos" the fashion writer they were not prollflo In deflnit and varying Ideas as to detail and special fads In the acces sories of dress: at least not strikingly fruitful on the opening night, when the whole scheme of dress could bo summed up In the one word "white." THE WRAPS AND CAPE COLLARS. In the cloaks at the horse show there was very little left for the imagination so far as elaborate display was con corned. Like everything else In dress, white predominated, with here and there a pale blue cloth coat and a black cloth or silk garment. They were mostly in some form of coat, with an occasional long cape-shape adorned with the deep cape collar of lace. There are no definite rules about length, evidently, but the three-quarter length rather has the preference, perhaps. Still there were long coats galore. One short coat was worn by one of the four hundred. It was In white cloth, combined with heavy lace, open a little way up at either side and caught across with buttons mil silk cords. A rather broad turn-over collar and deep cuffs were of a beautiful quality of chinchilla. Sable collars with the cream white coats are charming, and beautiful Empire scarfs of rable were worn :iroand the shoulders with semi-transparent white lace gowns. Ermine is said" to have the lead In furs for evening wear, but it cer tainly has rivals In sable and chinchilla. The evening coats are rather shape less In cut; - since they are-' extremely loose, but with the cape collars, which are an Inevitable finish this season, they have a very attractive style, besides be ing roomy and comfortable to wear. HATS. Another point worth mentioning hats are growing larger and larger as well as flatter and flatter, so that on the heads of some tiny women they resemble huge birds with outstretched wings. The very latest millinery erase, by the way. Is a fluffy white felt appllqued here and there with ermine tails. If you have dark hair, by all means invest In one. Here is a really practical suggestion from a Philadelphia paper, as to a way of seeing ourselves as others see us. (I don't attempt the Scotch.) "The up-to-date girl has a lay figure. She needn't have a pink and white com plexion and a head of reul hair Hk3 those In the shop windows, but she can be com posed merely of a body of paper mache fashioned after your proport'.pns nnd covered with black ribbed cloth. On this personage!, you can fit your gowns, sponge them and even press them, while your "dumb sifcter" Is always a convenience when you want to find out how shabby your dress looks to other people or how certain combinations of skirt, hat and waist look together." THE FRENCH TELESCOPE. ' (New York Sun:) ' It will be remembered with what a flourish of trumpets the Intention to con sts'uct "The greatest telescope In the world" for the Paris Exposition was heralded, and how persistently It. was advertised before and during the exposi tion. It was entirely useless for experts to point out that the plan adopted made it certain the telescope would be of little use In most astronomical observa tions; the advertisers' clamor drowned all voice. It Is interesting to note -in the last- report- of the - British - Astronomical Association that this great telescope has lately been used for observing the planet Mars by a competent person-r-"to no pur pose," he says. "Mars was a far better object In a 3-lnch telescope than in the 49-inch." A PARADOXICAL CONDITION. It la odd, but true, that when' a man is suddenly run down by an automobile his earthly affairs are likely to be wound Up With "nl siidri.nns.Sj QUEER LUCK OF A STRANGER. r Chicago 'Journal.). A chance meeting with a pretty girl, who bad mistaken him lor her best fel low, cost Walter. "Blatchley, JS67 York Road, 111.15 yesterday and a good lecture from Justice FecbUg at the Central po lice station. The story of the mistaken identity was very mortifying to the young lady who was the Victim. . She is Miss Annie Danny, I Belaire avenue, and, ac cording to her testimony at the station house yesterday, the strange proceedings occurred thus, as related by herself: "Your honor, I am subject to nervous spells, and when on my way .home Fri day evening about dusk I was taken with one. I leaned against the side of a store at Baltimore and North streets, when this young man," pointing toward Biatch ley, "came up to me. " 'May I be of any assistance to you?' he asked. "I thought he was a friend of mine and I said: " 'Why, Harry, what are you doing here?' "He then told me that he had gotten off from work a little earlier than usual and suggested that we walk down the street. I went with him, and when we got to Fayr ette and Holllday streets he kissed me. I told him that he should not have done that, especially on the street, where we would be liable to arrest. He merely laughed, and for the first time I noticed that he appeared to be shorter than usual, and I remarked to him that he appeared so, but then I also noticed that he wore an Alpine hat, while Harry always wear a derby: so I said: " 'Well, I guess it Is thst new hat that makes the difference. (When did you get nr "He said that it was about three weeks old, but he had seldom worn it. "We walked along until we came to Be laire market. There I felt another nerv ous, attack coming n, and I told. him about It. He said that he had a friend who ran a saloon close by, and advised that we go into his place and sit in the parlor until I felt better. I consented. and when we entered the parlor he asked me If I cared for anything to drink I said. I did not, but he ordered some gin ger ale. Then the waiter turned the light up, and for the first time I got a good look at my companion, and was horri fied to find that It was not Harry, but a stranger. I told him Just how low I thought he was for taking such an un fair advantage of me. We left the place. I went borne and told my sister. She suggested that we go to the saloon and find out who the man was, which we did. The saloonkeeper told us where he worked, and we went the following even ing to the store to see If It was the same man. We dissevered that it wa. and I found Patrolman Hoffman and asked him to arrest him.?.'. Blatchley said that he had been subject to the same kind of spells when younger and that he found that walking was a good remedy for them, so he had endeav ored to be of assistance to the young lady. Justice Fecntlg, however, did not think the excuse sufficient and fined the young man $25 and costs, but afterward reduced it. Blatchley is 27 years old. The charge upon which he was fined was that of ob structing the free passage of persons along the public highway. BRITTLE SPRING CHICKENS. (Buffalo Courier.) Spring chickens that have been in cold orage for two years are not by any means strangers to Buffalo tables: no more are "fresh eggs" that have been in cohl storage ,fsr S.year mora or. je.- "And it takes a mighty good Judge to tell them from chickens or eggs that have Just come In from the farmer's barn yard," said a well-known cold storage man with whom a reporter talked yea-, terday. ,.. . - --' ' - "in. storage." said he, 'we keep the rooms at a temperature of from three to four degrees below sero all the year around. Whatever Is put Into storage is simply frozen stiff and In this state it Is Impossible for It to change condition; it is just as good the day it Is taken out of cold storage as It was the day It was put In, no matter what length of time is permitted to elapse, whether It be one year, or two. or even longer." It Is no uncommon thing In this city for produce merchants to buy thousands of dozens of eggs In the summer t(me. when eggs are selling for next-to-nothing prices, put them In their private compart ments in cold storage houses and hold them for a rise in the egg market. Bought at 16 cents or less a doserl, they are held until the price has soared to 30 or 35 cents, when the supply from the hen neries Is exceedingly small, and then they are put on the market at a good big gain. Another cold storage operator with whom a reporter talked yesterday told of an accident which recently occurred In one of the cold-storage warehouses of which he Is very familiar. 'A crate of chickens was being moved the other day," said he, ''and by accident the crate, which contained several doz ens of choice dressed fowl, fell a distance of about 20 feet. It had been In storage about two years, and had become a ver itable' cake "of Ice. In the fall the "crate" broke In half and would you believe it, the chickens lying in the crate where te break occurred, also broke as clean as though an iceman had cracked a cake 01 ice In half and It separated. 'I had one of those chickens on my dinner table next day." said the cold storage man, "and I never ate a fowl that tasted better, and, mind you, it had been In cold storage for about two years." AWFUL POOR EXCUSE. (Peoria Star.) The definition given In the Prlnoe of Pilaen of the meaning of the word "ald erman" Is "A Poof Excuse for a States man." And this is the definition which lends itself particularly to the case of Al derman Whitney. Not so very long ago this poor excuse for a statesman at tempted to use his office and badge to In timidate a policeman into arresting a poor little newsboy for mulcting the al derman of the magnificent sum of one cent. The policeman, refused, however, to be bluffed by any such poor excuse as Whitney and told him to take himself and his authority to a place where brimstone, was more common than bluffs and paid better. Scarcely more successful was the luckless city father with the fearless and gallant Tom Webb.- Whitney took under his wing the traveling man who'd been hoaxed out of his traveling bag and sought by a magnificent show of author ity to make the doughty Thomas give up the bag without the cash he'd loaned on It. "To -with your star," cried Tom when Whitney loftily -flashed his. badge upon the broker's optics. "How do 1 know you haven't stolen it?" All of which goes to show that even being' an alderman doesn't save a cheap man from the consequences of being cheap. "Shall We Forgive Her?" The play in which Marie Wainright made such a pronounced success, "Shall We Forgive Her?" will be the offering at The Baker Theater all next week, starting with the usual Sunday matinee. The- Nell! Stock -Company wi 1 1 a ppear to excellent advantage In this splendid play. The usual packed houses will be the rule throughout the entire week. AN IMPOSSIBLE DISEASE. fr TMIa TV vnn lrnstw Ulu Hharn somebody--toid me yesterday- that t seemed to nave aw waian on me brain? Mfa flHarrwThflt'. lmnosslhle. Mr. Tiddle. You never had anything on your miuo. am. ytutz TONIGHT'S ATTRACTIONS. ' The Marquam "Flddie Dee Dee." pop ular prices. The Baker "The Masqueraders." Cordray's "Adolph and Rudolph." COMING ATTRACTIONS. The Mrquam "Fiddle Dm Dee." for the week, with matinee Saturday. The Baker "The Masqueraders," for the week, with matinee Saturday. Cordray's "Adolph and Rudolph," for the week, with matinee Saturday. "The Masqueraders." Henry Arthur Jones' English play In four acts, "The Masqueraders," was given two presentations at the Baker Theater on Sunday. Especla1ly ' at the afternoon performance' the -company ac- quitted themselves with high credit. It may be suggested that perhaps the men would improve the performance were they to read their lines less loudly, mod ulating their voices and carrying by clear enunciation rather than by increase of volume. However, the play la excellent and tha company excellent In their pre sentation. The two conspicuous parts aa given here sre those cf DulcieLarondie, by Miss Counties, and Sir Brice . Skeene, by William Bernard. Miss CountUs has a part this week that ranks next to her.Oloria Quayle, in "The Christian" for opportunity and brilliancy of attainment; opportunities that are fully grasped, splendidly so. In fact. It la a part demanding versatility of wlda range.. The first act is similar to the prologue of "The Christian." in some respects, the character afterward devel oping emotion and at times calling for repore. The hysterical scene in the third act is. an especially good piece of work, making as great demands as the corre sponding acene In "The Christian." Mr. Bernard accomplishes wonders with a very line part. In every respect he reaches the level of the playwright, de picting the dissolute villain and brutal husband in a manner to deceive a stranger almost Into belief that he Is per sonally such a character himself. He did brilliant work on Sunday, sustaining hU enviable reputation won during twelvo weeks In Portland. Mr. Morris, as David Rmon, surprised even his friends, with a y'fcfK developed unusual strength toward the end, the third act being worthy of praise. Mr. Yvyngate, In the first act. and then in the third, has two excellent opportu nities, of which he takes advantage, ris ing to the demand of the occasion, and giving a very good portrayal of Montagu Lushlngton. Mr. Hussoll was a clever TVldle Remon. and Mr. Slddle, as Jlmmle Stokes, did as good a bit of character work as has been seen at the theater during the season. Mr. Southard is a good Funcourt, need ing, however, to tone down hda voice somewhat. Miss Rhoads was her usual clever self as Lady Shalford, and Miss McNeill, la a very trying part as Helen Larondle. was pleasing. Miss Esmond, Lady Clar 1cm, appeared to advantage in the repose called for by the assignment, and Mina Gleason, as Lady Crandover, as it goes without saying;-Was" more than capable. Roy Bernard appeared only In th first act. but with her usual facility. Mr. Mann has a few lines this week aa the Earl of Crandover. "Rudolph and Adolph." Dan and Charles Mason, German com edians, are entertaining the people at Cordray's with some very funny work In "Rudolph and Adolph," a farce that la to run for the week at that playhouse. There is not the semblance of a plot, us there seldom Is In the modern farce, the object of the piece being, according to the confession of the author, merely to make people laugh and forget their trou bles for the time being. There are laughs galore- to be secured by witnessing this production at Cord ray's. Mason and Mason give one scng and dance in particular that brings down the house. It is "Deutsche Lieder." They were recalled time and time again. There Is a character song nnd dance by Mr. Mack, as a Hebrew, that appears to catch the fancy of laugh-seekers, and brought him considerable applause. Jeanne Ardell was a hit in singing "Z Pretty Lady," and Mr. Walx and Zadora Porter have some song specialties. The chorus girls are not to be over looked lor looking pretty and dancing well. "Fiddle-Dee-Dee." "Weber Field's treat musical bur lesque, 'Fiddle Dee Dee," Is' by far the bst thing Mvst'-fcas? been given -fo theater-goers, and the crowds that fill this place of amusement nightly attest to the popularity of this hilarious and fun-producing potpourri." That Is what 8aa Francisco said of "Fiddle Pee pee," dur ing its long run there at Fischer's Thea ter. "Fiddle Dee Dee" fairly bubbles over with fun and catchy music and has proved a really grateful surprise to those who enjoy clean. Innocent mirth with a good sprinkle of ginger In It. It became evi dent from the start why this burlesque ran for a year at Weber A Field's Thea ter in New York and for six months at Buffalo during the Pan-American Expo sition. It is one of the brightest and most tuneful musical comedies ever seen on the Coast. The comedians and prima donnas and entire support Is said to be above the standard. The piece is beau tifully staged and the costumes are new and beautiful. The evening's entertain ment Is literally crowded with specialties and novelties and It is one of the few real funny shows that lived up to all lta promises. "Town Talk," of San Francisco, haa this to say:" "Fun Is a good- thing. It drives away Dame Care. It sweetens life. Whether It Is a new pun or a poke that Is unfamiliar, so that it strikes the rlslbles at the right time it Is all right. And that Is the way 'Fiddle Dee Dee' haa struck the Coast. It Is not to be won dered at that It Is meeting with such phenomenal success. There is a laugh, in. every one of the hundred and sixty five minutes that the performance lasts. It abounds In original musical number which are sung by a large and beautiful chorus with a kaleidoscopic rapidity and with a dash and vim that Is delightful. The scenery, costumes and the parapher nalia have never been excelled for orig inality. And such a large company of superb comedians and comediennes who tear the English language Into shreds and reconstruct It In a manner that Is extremely funny. They keep their audi ences In a continual paroxysm ol laugh ter during the time given up to their Tjuatnf sayings.' happy" repartee," and dla- " logue work. Altogether 'Fiddle Dee Dee' is the cleverest and funniest entertain ment that hasibeen seen in San Frandsoo. and those who have seen the piece once, want to see more of It. as It is reaQy the one good thing of the season." The" Tngagemwi opefis "tonight ""aT'thsT" Marquam Grand and will continue through the entire week, with a special bargain matinee Saturday. This is a popular-price show and U behooves yoa , to not overlook It, . -JT.
