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Kn man nne-ht ronaclAltloualV to WLT
hie neighbor hat out of a barber' hop
unlesa he leave a good one in it piace.
It take a thief to catch a thief In moat
part of the world, because the police
iorce is often tnudequa-te.
T CHANGIirG OKANIC'UW.
8. B. Huston ex-Senator from. Washington County, calls attention to the'
net that the people of Oregon amended the Constitution last spring in most
radical manner by adopting the, initiative and the referendum. He correctly
States that this was an alteration' In the organic law of the state that went
. to the very strucure of the instrument. - Kx -Senator - Huston, was writing
from bis hone In HJJUsboro, In reference to an editorial recently printed in
the Oregonian decrying the proposal for any changes In the Constitution of
Oregon, and .that was based upon the Idea that we of Oregon should let well
, ' enough alone.
' Regarding the alteration of Constitutions, wisdom dictates this is ob
.yloua and taught by experience organic law should not be lightly amended
aor without good reason. Constitutions lay down general principles, and
; changing conditions may be provided for by statutes enacted from time to
- time) by legislatures and Congresses. Constitutions should be amended not
. frequently. -
:. Tet, times come when they should be 'arrfended. Even the great na
-(tonal Constitution, drawn by such geniuses of statecraft as Thomas Jeffer
ton, bat been amended from time to time, and, too, in a manner to recognize
principles greatly at variance with those that previously had been incorpor
ated therein,
A number of distinguished citizens of Oregon at the annual meeting of
the, State Horticultural Society declared against a convention for the revision
of the State Constitution. They pronounced quite plainly against such a
proposition. They paid compliment to the wisdom of the men who drew the
instrument, and said that they believed that Oregon should not attempt to
improve upon its present form. .Jf
.These citizens hold, the respect of. the people. They have wrought well
for the state, in manifold ways, and have contributed towards the upbuild
ing Of our existing Institutions. TJheir counsel ca.njnptjlghtl be passed over
for that they Bate ever riven rood counsel i -tlmf" M.'"yMrf!w -
Tet can'Oregon afford always to let well enough alone ? Is she not some time
going to refuse to abide by what has been and strive to reap the fruition of
the thought of the years that have Intervened since the present' constitution
was adopted? .
.With all due respect to those venerable men who view the Constitution
M .Sacred and subject to no change from the younger generations, issue
must be taken with them, to the extent, at least, of suggesting that there is
. scarcely a state in the Union that has not found it necessary to amend its
Constitution, and again to observe that our national Constitution has been
amended materially since, the fathers of the republic drafted It.
" y There are radical defects in the existing Constitution. There are Clauses
that appear absurd now, in the light' of events more lately transpiring, and
. soma have been abrogated by decisions of the Supreme Court. And, too,
' there are important principles that should be written therein-. The system
f state office management is in some respects crude. In many respects It
hould be. amended, and must .be before it will meet the requirements of . a
Commonwealth that is growing and developing, and the growth and develop
fnent of which Will be hampered without those changes.-
Conservatism is ail right, radicalism not always desirable. Yet Oregon
Mwl'iMf' Uvf 'tcrvsfm," !ad iJ Jy.: ftB&.ttiiy 4ha.fr--
quality, we of this commonwealth need not make spet-lujl exertion to' cultl
vate that spirit of conservatism, for of it we have now an abundance.
Our Constitution must soon be revised, revised by a convention that must
be appointed before the first decade of the twentieth century shall have
passed.
And as to the proposition that Oregon has not brains and honesty
hough to revise its Constitution wisely, as stated by the Oregonian, The
Journal demurs. It is not willing to subscribe to the wholesale condemna
tion by its morning contemporary" of the-state in which it exists. The
people of Oregon were not highly complimented by that editorial in the
Morning Oregonian. It was a pessimistic view that does not honor to our
people.
California is enjoying a cold spell, and
we don t hear much about her glorious
climate these days.
There Is no man of less value to his
city than he who Is afraid to be quoted
on public Issues.
The bogus certificate man is in town
along with his Chinese ally, the pipe
dreamer.
Borne men can accept a gold brick and
he as proud of it a a hen with a china
egg.
Jeffries ought to retire while he has a
chance to keep his money.
Let's all
Portland!
knock till we get a better
NEWSBOY TENOR SINGER.
Bernard Landino, the great newsboy
tenor singer, or "Harney." a he Is bet
ter known, i a great favorite In Cleve
land, says a Cleveland dispatch. He wa
at one time a newsboy on the streets of
thlH big city, and was In the habit of
singing the latent songs to the officials
and other men around the court house,
and one day some prominent man hap
pened along, listened to "Barney's" sing
ing and thought he had a sweet voice,
and immediately took the young man into
confidence, had his voice well taken care
-of imd !V -tunr -go -through- ttrte. ot.
the best training with some of the very
lest teacl-ers in New York; the result is
that today he ranks foremost and Is held
in high eseteero In the singing and music
world. He has a vfery line tenor voice.
For some time this season he has trav
eled with the Mascagnl Opera Company,
and on his tour made Suite a hit. H Is
his Intention to come to Cleveland, Jan
uary 9, IPOS, and give a recital at the
Chamber of Commerce. He will come to
Cleveland, not to show the people how
great a Dinger he In, but how much his
valce has Improved. On this occasion It
might -be well to state that he will be
assisted by the great violinist, Mr. Bwold
Huntom, and by Mr. James Rogers, pl-
anirt. Tlw future has a great store In it
for "Barney," and he has certainly done
great In IiIh own particular line. He has
bad a very successful time of it out West,
and Is destined to do likewise in the Bast
OPINIONS OF PtHEFt EDITORS.
Bi'li . . m n tiM
iaekr aka City Mas. - ' V -s--
Baker City Herald: I Schaffer, of this city. Is authority for the statement
that 111,109,000 ha bees (hipped to the treasurer of the United States by the
German government for distribution: among the Emrich heir,, of whom there are
about 100 in the United Bute, and of whom Mr. 8chaffer is one. The estate ha
been held in trust by the German government for the last hundred years, awaiting
I I "PURPL.B MOTHER" IN THE COURT ROO I
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Emrich. a Northwestern far trader and sea captain, and consist of real and per
sonal property in Philadelphia and the- Fatherland, amounting in the aggregate to
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Seep tie Oarne Warden. '
Boise News: There is some talk of abolishing the Office of game warden for
the State of Idaho. If a measure to that effect should go before the Legislature
it Is to be hoped that it will be defeated, j If there 1 anything in the "Gem of the
Mountains" that needs protecting it is oui! game, During the past year, while the
mining excitement wa an, the wanton destruction of deer and elk has played havoc
among those noble beasts of the forest. Instead of abolishing the game warden,
each county in the state should have a gun clflb and the members should assist
this officer In protecting our game. With the game warden done, away with there
would only be a Had remnant of our magnificent herds of deer, elk and moose left
in another five years; we appeal to the legislators to stand by the game warden and
make the laws still more -stringent la regards to killing game out of season,
CorraJlia Postoojaala,
CorvaUis Times: For the year ending December JL 1101, the postal receipt
frompostage stamps were $5,180.4; tb receipts for th year ending December SI.
1102. Twill approximate $5,00. During one jtay last week til worth of stamps
were sold. The receipts of the office turf the quarter ending December Si, 101.
were 11,411.84; for the quarter ending December 31, 1902, the receipt will be
approximately 1.640. This Is an increase of about 11 per cent over last year.
The number of money orders Issued from-October 1, l0t, to December '26.
1102, was 1,120. The number of nuMtey orders paid during the same period wa
1.012. This feature of the office represents a Vast sum of money and consumes
considerable time. During this period til registers were dispatched and 885 were
received.-
Bomb is Basement f School Bullaiag.
Walla Walla Union: A bomb wa discovered by Janitor Harris in the base
ment of the Lincoln School. Attached to it was a fuse.
However, as the candle lying near the fuse had gone out' before accomplishing
Its purpose, and as the janitor saw there wa no danger from the bomb exploding,
he carefully curried it with Its accessories to the police station, where it was
opened by Chief J. J. KaufTman. .
The bomb was a piece of iron pipe two and a half feet lone and about two
inches in diameter. Both ends had been plugged up with lead. A hole had been
bored partially through one end and the fuse inserted In it.
It contained a peculiar grainy substance of a .blackish color. The chief of
police cautiously tried to Ignite a small quantity of the stuff and when it refused
to burn It slowly dawned upon the big official that some one was the butt of a
huge joke. The powder In the tube has been pronounced by grocery experts as
rice and lampblack.
In breatnlisK awe the trembling firemen stood around the head of the police
force while the bomb was being opened.
"I tell you that man Kauffman is either a brave man or he is foolhardy,
declared one of the Are .4. dies. "Why, all the money in Walla Walla wouldn't
have induced nm to open that thing."
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FOUND A GENIUS,
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- LEVYING SCHOOL TAX.
The existing law requires the county courts of Oregon to levy an annual
tax of 5 per cent for school purposes. This forces low assessment valuation
of property. It i one' of the. Influences, that almost induces assessors to vio
late the statute, and not assess property at full valuation.
The figures proving this fact were recently printed in the East Oregon
Ian at Pendleton, in a letter written by C. P. Strain, assessor-elect of Uma
tilla County. Mr. Strain plainly shows that in Umatilla County is property
worth not less than $29,600,000. The property of the county is assessed at
less than 16,000,000. Five mills taxation upon the 16,000,000 raises 130,000
annually for the public schools. Were the property assessed at full valua
tion;the five-min tax would yield 2148,000 annually, too much money to de
vote 16 that purpose. With the law as it is, assessors -in Umatilla County
cannot assess at actual valuations, else they would force the County Courts
tnMtjfJktmitstg mills nprntttwremei ppiKmmut:V-tt-
the county treasury altogether too large an amount.
iit. Strain suggests that the law be amended so as to require the County
Courts to realise a given sum, rather than require them to levy a given
number of mills.
. Exactly as It affects Umatilla County does it affect all of the counties of
the state. Everywhere is low assessment. In each county the levying of
five mills upon full valuation would raise more money for schools than it is
desirable to raise. '" it
Another evil results from too low assessment of 'property. The law
provides for the exemption of $300 of personal property" from taxation. By
assessing property at, say one-third of its valuation, the exemption operates
actually to exempt $1,000 of persdnal property, thus freeing many people
from bearing their Just share of the public burdens. Many persons who
under proper laws and enforcement of them would pay towards the support
of government, are able under the existing regime of Jow assessment, to
avoid it altogether. 5
These are only a few of the reasons why the Legislature should take up
the question of the methods of school taxation. The enforcement of the
towtreulrmg,. MsBme9t lies with the coascleoeeof.tbe je$jpleJThe. law.
already tells assessors t'o 'do ioi ' ' , .
"Talent will out," like murder, and It
sometimes happens that it "outs" In the
most unexpected way. To the sharp and
Well-trained ear of William O. Stewart
is due the "discovery" of a ringer who
may give the world a treat some day.
Mr. Stewart was sitting in the Lambs'
Club one evening recently, when he was
Ftartled by hearing "The Holy City" sung
In a remarkably clear tenor voice by some
one in the street. He investigated and
discovered the owner of the vocal ap
paratus. He was a poorly-clad youth
and somewhat bashfully accepted Mr.
Stewart's Invitation to enter the club
house, where he sang for some time to
the great delight of the members. They
kept him at it until 3 o'clock in the morn
ing, and the collection amounted to $23.
Mr.- Stewart told the- young man, whose
name is Arthur Bchell, to call at the of
fice of the American School of Opera the
next day. He did so, and after his voice
had been examined by Reginald De Ko-
ven and Herman Perlet, and pronounced
O. K., Mr. Stewart offered to stand the
expense of his musical education. MfcJ
Bchell was engaged by Hurttg and Sea-
mon for their concert on Sunday evening
last, and received $100 for his services.
He is the son of a Philadelphia confec
tioner and came te New York to seek
his fortune. He certainly- seems to have
sought sucesslully. . - -.- -
years, if these men accept these prof
fered benefits, will it not virtually put
a stop to strikes, unless cause there
for be exceedingly important?
WOOD A ITS OOIX.
(John Mlnto of Salem In Morning Asto
ria n.)
The second resouroe, that of forest
products, can be increased and greatly
f"proldnged by more eoontfmtoal mean ot
harvesting and ue. Bach species should
be applied only to Its best use; the re
fuse of the logging should be utilised for
fuel, and all debrin be carefully burned
so as to remove it from becoming a dan
gerous conductor of forest Itres. Natural
forest resources may be greatly prolong
ed by. the substitution of coal for wood
a fuel, and gravel, sand and cement for
sidewalks and cellars. Health preserva
tion In cities and town favor their sub
stitution 'rdo. wood. The subb-tltutlon of
oaal tern wood as fuel Is to imperative
as to make the former the foremost of
publio utilities Justifying the use of sov
ereign power over Its supply and use.
The recent miners' strike, the publio
suffering from which has justified the
Intervention of the President of the
United States and appropriation of
public money by Congress providing tor
payment of a commission to settle dif
ferences between the laboring miners and
mine operators, points to the necessity of
separating the coal value from the sur
face value of the land from w.birh food
and "other wop can be taken annually
by means of labor.
The recent contest between extortion
ate and obstinate mine operators and the
well-nigh helpless and ignorant mine
workers, has shown that owners and op
erators of coal mines have a power of
life and death over their laborers, and
over consumers, which ought not to be
continued. Not only that, but they hold
the means of stopping the use of steam
power, and preventing the means of na
tional defense, by denying coal supply to
warships.
The usd of coal has become a necessity
of life to millions; to the freedom of com
merce, and to defensive warfare; and this
to such an extent as to create a new pub
lic policy, that of reserving coal meas
ures, and working them under humane
rules, so as to Insure a permanent supply
of coal for distributive commerce and
national defense.' leaving the working
miners as secure of health, comfort and
mental freedom as are soldiers, sailors
and engineers. The reservation of grow
ing forests, which has recently become
a publio policy, would be greatly aided;
though this dwindles Into Insignificance
when compared with an assured supply
of coal. The timber reserve policy wa
initiated by Its friends' showing that
when the najton was young Congress
created a forest reserve In Florida, in
order to secure a supply of live oak, the
supposed best timber' for warships. But
now the best warship is a steel box flt-
f fed with stteT machinery; to moe all of
which coal is an absolute necessity; and
the same Is true of the chief agent of
commerce steamships and railroad
trains.
It is reported that Berlin students
have decided that the sword is more
honorable than the pistol. It's a lot
safer than the pistol in duels, which
Berlin students fight occasionally.
It now looks as though the Senate
will ratify the Cuban reciprocity
treaty. If they do not. then would
they better go out of the Senate busl
ness, and some of them will.
"This life ' and then
This
weeK-and then, at Salem
Conspicuous, indeed, was the failure
of the Oregonian to take notice of the
prosperous city of Astoria and the
wonderful resources of Clatsop County
hj its New Tear's number. Clatsop
County is one of the three or four most
Important counties of Oregon, and has
beforeJt a great future. Its present
Is not to be despised, with a town like
Astoria, with industries that Droduce
enormously of ESn "and. lumber and
With "shipping Interests as the first
port on the Columbia River, reached
by ships entering that stream.
,-' John L. Sullivan ,has been sued for
the -labor of writing a monologue
some one penned at his instance. There
It some consolation in the fallen state
Of the one time hero, and his present
condition Is one element to save the
youth from thinking that everything
that amounts to anything in this world
Is wrapped up In a prize fighter.
. The Democratic leaders appear to
think that the tariff must be the Issue
In the next national campaign,
common people have thought so for
some time. The leaders are Just now
running to the front to take their po
sitions as leaders, to prevent some one
else from getting their job. Leaders
would better not fall to see the point
ing of the people's views. , The latter
have no doubt that the tariff will be
the issue.-
At 11 o'clock, 'Thursday f ight the
electric oflrfeift "began to flow between
Honolulu and the American continent,
and greeting was sent to President
Roosevelt from the Hawaiian Islands.
It is aji event in the history of the
great West. Hitherto we have de
pended upon the East for such things.
Hereafter, we will receive our news
directly from the Islands, and soon
from the Orient, for that .cable is to
"be extended at once to the shores of.
the Asiatic continent.
GIFTS TO COUOEOES.
The gift of John D. Rockefeller of an
other million dollars to the University
of Chicago, his customary Christmas gift
to the institution, is announced,. Other
benefactors contribute $528,000, making
a. total addition of $1,626,060 to the
endowment fund of the nniversity.:
During the last 30 years-the benefac
tions to American educational institu
tions have reached the imposing total of
nearly $300,000,000. The contributions
for the year just closed, it is believed.
will compare favorably With those of
previous years, and will certainly ex
ceed the average yearly exhibit. Tears
of general prosperity are reflected by
the largesses to educational and charita
ble institutions. For some years- after
the panic of 1873 the donations to insti
tutions declined in value materially and
began to rise with the improving busi
ness situation. In 1876 the .total was
24.126.000. In 1899 it was $25,332,792. In
that year the Leland Stanford University
"alone received $11,000,000. - '
The steel trust proposes to give em-
J-ployes opportunity to "secure stock in
the corporation. There wilt be also
some profit-sharing for those that
The I. shall have "remained with the corpora
tion as employes for at least five
- LaSOBl STAT0S IOW.
Perhnna no country presents a more In
teresting phase ot the student of social
problems than little Belgium, where
workinsmen. accept a minimum wage of
rom 6 to 8 cents an hour. Their noon
day meal onsists"of slices of bread and
oleoanargartnerwashed-dowB. -withblack
cofTee, minus sugar or milk, or what is
worse, the cheapest " and worst quality
nf irin. their proverbial "schnick." Meat
i a Juxury Indulged la on Sundays only.
. Looonra ox? boous Brrxa.
(Coast Mail.)
A Grants Pass dispatch says A. A.
Hall, a lumberman of the Upper Rogue
lUver, has contracted to furnish 100.0CO
feet of pine logs for R. D. Ilurr.e, of the
lower river. Seventy-five thousand feet
of the logs have already been placed In
the river and for the first time the ex
periment Of floating logs from the source
to the mouth of the Hogue Is being tried.
Unluckily, the loga were placed in the
river Just before its recent ri.se and as a
result many of them were carried high
and dry and washed on bars and flats
away from the main current of the
stream.. So soon as the remaining 25,
OU0 feet are set afloat they will be fol
lowed up and the whole drive gathered
up, as a crew of men will make the trip
down the river and roll In all the strand
ed logs as they are iound.
If Mr. Hall makes a success of driving
logs down the Rogue It is likely that a
number of others will try the same feat.
There Is a quantity of sugar pine timber
In the Upper Rogue country that ean be
brought to the mills easily If the logs
can be brought down the river.
(Grant Wallace In San Francisco Bui
- letin.)
SAN DIEGO, Jan. Mine eyes have
seen ine rarple mother of the lost my
terles of antiquity.-the reincarnation of
the Hindoo Jesus, Vishnu on whom an
-emttnd fa4e tht plblsn nnmfi
of plain Katherine Tingley, I have even
had the temerity to gase down Upon ber
aumpHngettu proportions, to look into
her. heavy-lidded, burnt-orange colored
eyes and to grasp the puffy hand that
sway the mystlo scepter of power over
the lotus buds and millionaire and other
theosophlcal bipeds tb world over, with
out experiencing . the slightest feeling
that I had tackled a live wire. I even
penetrated the cordon of her circumlo
cution cabinet and held converse with
Madame, the Mahatma, in the court
room where he )s trying to convince the
world that her fair purple name has been
bedraggled and discolored $60,000 worth
by that grlzsled veteran of many a Phil
ippine mosqu. to fight. Gen. Harrison
Oray Otis, publisher of the, Los Angeles
Time.
The legal drama' which," owing to the
laobe-enclrcllng ramifications of the
Universal Brotherhood organization, of
which Mrs. Tingley 1b the head and soul
and pocketbook Is really of world
wide Importance and It- had an appropri
ate and elaborate setting in Superior
Judge Torrance's court room.
First, there was the Purple She, her-
self, clad In an ordinary gray gown, with
white satlnfaced jacket instead of her
royal robes, hern only suggestion of pur
ple being in the figured lavender satin
boa She wore a very ordinary hat with
very ordinary .velvet, and tulle, trim
mings, above a verjt-ordinary appearing
face, which had It possessed more of
age and of purpleness of nose, might
have passed for- Queen Victoria's,
crowned only With dark brown hair con
taining very ordinary streaks of gray.
"I fell and hurt myself while playing
with those dear Cuban Children she said.
and so this purple Vishnu "she who
must be obeyed," leaned on two very or
dinary maple crutches to prove it
She was hedged in from the vulgar
herd of two or three hundred sightseers
who thronged the court room by her
cabinet of a dosen, more or less, headed
by Gen. Pierce, who looked like Koko In
"The Mikado," and who is Mr. Ting
ley's secretary of state and Lord High
Everything else. He loked bored and
kept, his eagle optics glued Jto his news
paper. Then there were the ten legal
luminaries, five on a side, Judge A. W.
McKinlay and A. B, Hotchkiss of Los
Angeles, Charges Kellogg of New Tork,
and Judge W. -R. Andrews and J. E.
Wadham of 8an Diego- for Mm. Ting
ley. Gen. Otis, feeling -as though it
would have been money In hie pocket if
he had never been born, nestled like a
silent gray eagle in the midst of his de
fenders. Attorney General Fitzgerald,
Sam Shortridge, W. J. Hunsacker, Eu
gene Daney and Grant Jackson.
The jury, all horny-handed agricul
turists and pomologists, most of them
with a hirsute facial frontage spilled
all over their chests, sat mute and won
dering in the midst of the toping about
of the occult mysteries dealt in at Point
Looia. And this rehabilitated antique
soul, the Purple Mahatma, otherwise
Mrs. Tingley, has been accused by Otis
of being a "common dollar-taking medi
um," "a fraud and a fake," who con
ducts a "Spooks' Roost" and sends out
prevaricating circulars to corral gullible
millionares and who by some hypnotic
power so terrorizes her victims, that.
once in ber lair, they remain perpetu
ally enslaved,, unable to escape. She
has been accused of starving and mal
treating the children of whom there are
a hundred or so at the loint Loma home
stead, of conducting "Foolish Gabfe&s"
and - Insane midnight. -ceremolfue
amdngsr-tnelteged-amisblemarJhce
who have the honor to sneeze when the
Purple She takes snuff. They do say, too,
by inuendo, that she - has flouted the
marriage bond and kept husbands segre
gated from wives, inaugurated a style
of free love with a delicate disregard for
the hampering restrictions of the mar
riage bond not compatible with straight-
laced notions of the Harrison Gray
Otis type of puritanical ancestor, and
In short that her "School for the. Re
vival of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity
is a place ot direful horror.
All these several charges the aggrieved
Purple Queeri of Lomaland indignantly
denies. '
"I want tehave all thi testimony go
In," for I want the world to know the
whole truth, and. to set to the bottom of
all these charge, for I have aothlnr to
rsaT-raem ine most searching lnvestlga
ftion," she said to me, but curiously
enough her attorneys spent the whole
day in blocking the taking of testimony
that might have let in a flood of light
along these llhes.
Poor Johnny Price," she said with a
smue, arter most of his deposition re
lating that she was a spiritist medium
who went Into trances and prophesied
things that never Came true," had been
thrown out by the judge. "He was a
good fellow, but a weak dreamer, arid
always fancying he saw things. When
ever I got tired and vested my face on
my hands so (dropping her double chin
into her hands, whereon gleamed a big
turquoise weighing something less than
half a pound) he would think I was in a
trance. r
When Mrs. Mohn's sensational depdn
sition relating how Mrs. Tingley bad
demanded that she kill out all her
mother love on the ground that It was
pure selfishness and tended to retard the
spiritual progress of her child, the ac
cused lady shook her head fiercely, but
when it developed that the mother -had
not been imprisoned but had on the con
trary received quiet hints to leave, sh
punctured the judges remarks with a
smiling "That's right"
The trial promises to be a long and a
sensational one unless Judge Torrance
keeps on ruling out testimony calculated
to stir up" the Purple Mother's queer
past. So that the end of this libel suit
seems to be a movable festival, and
Mrs. Tingley- has given out that all
other newspapers publishing dlsagree
atyft stories about her majesty will be
treated even as the man of the Times
is being treated.
I am told that Judge Torrance, in the
somewhat unusual capacity of press cen
sor, has announced that all newspaper
men who send ut facts and interviews
without the official sanction are liable
to be jailed for contempt, so if my next
telegram is dated from the Iron Grated
Bastile it will be because I have blun
dered into telling too much of the truth
in advance of the testimony. Whether
the charges are lil"l.-us or true I know
not, the testimony nut being in yet I
have no wish to set down aught In mal
ice or to darken counsel with words
without wisdom. If Mrs. Tingley Is
conducting an institution along high
moral lines the world should know it.
If not, a part of the world Is sura to be
told about It. .
STOPTBB SBU XTOTTBBS.
(Blue Mountain American.)
Manager J. N. Esselstyn, of the
Mountain View, is out for "bar." When
he reached the depot, accompanied by a
sturdy assistant, the twain carried an
Immense bear trap, a large-slsed steel
traD. a reueatins rifle, a pack of ammu
nition, and rations for many days'
marching. It Is learned that large
tracks, evidently made by a quadruped.
have been seen around the Mountain
View since enow fell deep. Another
vague report .comes from the Cove side,
to the effect that big tracks are found
there porcupine or bear Is not stated.
But these mining men are on the trail,
and full particulars-are expected.
BHaXJss bt rAxurjro iTtnor,
(Astoria Budget.)
Frank M. Sweet ot Skamokawa and an
old resident of Wahkiakum County, was
almost instantly killed through an acci
dent about 5 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. Mr. Sweet and his eldest son were
engaged in cutting down an old stump
back of the family residence. They were
standing on spring boards, several leet
from the ground and bad the stump saw
ed about half through when it spilt
Both men lumped, but Mr. sweet slipped
as' he struck the ground ana tne neavy
piece or wood fell on top of him. crush
ing him to death.' It was necessary to
get Jack screws before the body could be
extricated. -
Ji. COST Or TKB BOSBWJJB.
(The. latest calculation made by "the"'
British war office shows that the cost
of the BoerWar was. In round figures,
240,000,000 (tl.200,000.000). The pay
account was 68,178,600; medical service,
CB46,600; militia pay, f6.101,600; yeo
manry pay, 519,020; volunteer corps
pay, f2, 9611,200; transports and re
mounts, 51,741,500; provisions and for
age, ia4.423.800; clothing. 13.756.700;
warlike stores. 31,170,000; works, f8.
258,083; military education. 371,600;
miscellaneous effective charges, 782,
buO; war office, 640,300; non-effective
charges for officers. 5.561.929; for
men, f3,86v,oi0, and superannuation and
compensation charges, 374.700, making
a total expenditure of 242.340,692. It
has been calculated that each of the
360.000 men employed In the war re
ceived an average compensation of 197,
and, allowing i4ft.500.QOO for transporta
tion, with the hypothesis that 350,000
horses were shipped to South Africa, it
cost 84 to take One man and his horse
out and back. On the same basis, it
works out that f77 was spent to main
tain each 'man and his horse.
BAKER? COUNTY'S PfRST rfANQi'rXQ
0
BJ5 AX IMTXIIO,
(Band cm Recorder. J
storm, on Thursday night oflast week,
that was something above the ordinary
in the electrical display. Lightning
struck a fir tree In Woodland addition
not far from George Farriers house.
The tree was more or less demolished
and the concussion broke three panes of
glass each in Stephenson s and Fisher's
houses and one each In M. I. Swift's
and Dan Koonta' houses.
HOW BXB TEXT BO ITT
An exchange remark - thut it seems
incredible that th Humberts could
have swindled people out of an aggre
gate of 125.000,000 without the aid of a
single nickel-ln-the-slot machine.
TKB SirrBBEVOB.
It was on board an Atlantic liner, and
every night a few of the choice spirits
among the male passengers would as
semble in the smokeroom, consume the
spirits of .their choice, and tell one an
other stories. There was one fat, Btolld
man, however, who never spoke a word.
On thejast evening he was appealed to.'
"Tell- us a story." they said. "Tou
have always been silent."
And thnahe fat and stolid one spoke.
"I can not tell you a story," he said;
out I wilt ask you a conundrum. "What
is the difference between me and a tur
key?"
They all gave it up. Some saw a re
semblance, but none could tell the dif
ference.
'The difference," said the stolid man,
"is that a turkey is not stuffed with
chestnuts until he Is dead." Chicago
Journal. '
Speaking of the sentiment to lynch Armstrong, the Baker County woman
murderer, David- Llttlefield, an old timer, tells the Baker City Herald of the first
hanging In that county as follows:
"it mil in 1862. Wa all lived In tents at Auburn in those days.
"One day a feller came runnin' into the tent where my partner and I were and
said a man In the next tent was jumping around In great shape, w e went xnere
and found he had been poisoned. His partner was layin' down by the spring In
the same fix. We called Doe Brackus, he was the first doctor in Auburn and the
first man to bring a woman into camp. Doc said it looked like poison. There was
a big Newfoundland dog sitting there he belonged to the men poisoned, and Doo
found a part of a loaf of bread which had been soaked in a pan. He broke off a
piece to the dog. The animal was hungry and he snatched it. In ten minutes
h war nctfnar like his masters, and in another ten he waa dead. Then we knew
.ao ih trnnhla Tho flrRt man died but his Dard recovered.
"We nosed around a bit and accidentally learned from Immigrants that the
two men had come from Pike's Peak in company wltn a j-renenman. iney nau
trouble and the Frenchie accused them of 'doin' ' him out of his stuff. In the
meanwhile we found all the flour belonging to the pardners had been filled with
arsenic and DOc said there was enough to kljl 50 or 100 men. Well, we called a
delegation of miners and went over to French Gulch. Here we got ahold of
cv.nhia nnrt hrniiirht him to Auburn. Georsre Hall was sheriff In them days,
appointed by the government We told George to go up on the hill where the
Spaniard was burled and erect a scaffold and when he got through to bring tho Dill
down and the miners wouia pay it . .,
nnoa hnii tha arafrni' nnrl wa housrht the rone and started for the hill.
When we got there someone proposed to try the feller. Well, we'd never thought
to do that. One of the crowd, who was f tandin' alongside a log said: 'All ypu
who want this feller hanged get on t'otlV side of this log, and all who don t
want that stay where you are.' 'Course we an got on t otner siae.
"Did you hang him. Uncle -Dave?' "
''Well, did we hang him? What d'yer suppose we built the scaffold for?
BX43K nOBOBOBA GXB&.
Marie Louise Wlmsatt, better known as
Marie Wilson, of the original "Floro
dora" sextet, who is said to have won a
fortune of $750,000 in Wall street, ob
tained a decree of divorce from her hus
band, R. Henry Wlmsatt. Wlmsatt was
a government clerk in Washington when
he first met Marie Gamble, who became
hi wife, They-eloped and the bride . soon
went upon the stage, taking the name
of Marie Wilson. Her first success was
in "The Belle of New Tork." Then, as
end girl in the "Florodora" sextet, she
danced Into a fortune. She retired from
the stage, to. buy a $50,000 diamond neck
lace and a villa on the banks of the
Potomac.
X.AKS Ttn.ES rats.
-- People - In the streets of Ashland no
ticed a brilliant red light on the eastern
sky, Friday evening, and which aroused
a good deal of interest, as from appear
ances there might have been a great fire
raging ; in , the Cascade timber reserve.
Later information revealed that the wonr
derfullyj-hrilliant light came from the
burning of tha tulea on thehores of the
Lower Klamath Lake, about 70 miles
distant. There being a large amount of
ice in the lake at the present time, the
weather coadlt'ons were favorable for
the burning of the tules without dam
aging the wild hay lands, so the confla
gration was started by the "Slick" men.
two iLssnzsa norax.
A Michigan man owed another man
$10. It was due on Tuesday. At mid
night on Monday night he man who
owed the money came around, woke his
friend and told him be. couldn't pay the
bill.
"It worried me so I couldn't sleen.
and o I Just thought I'd tell you now,"
he said. - .
"Dern It, ; said th other man, "why
didn't you -wait till morning? Now I
can't sleep, tither." The Lyre.
."OUB ' 02? THEM CHBOMO MEH."
When Frederick .Remington, the artist,
appeared one day In the Grand Central
Station In Now Tork City, a Bostonlan
caught sight of him, and said to a friend
from Chicago, who was with him, "Why.
thero Is Frederick Remington."
"Where?" asked the pork packer.
"That man .coming this way. Shall I
Introduce you?"
"Bet your life. No man I'd better like
to see."
"I had no Idea you cared for his work."
"Care for itl Nothing like It. Knocks
the spots oft of every thing else In the
line."
The man of culture presented the Chl
cagoan. "Proud to meet you. Remington
Is a great name with me."
"Indeed,1- said Mr. Remington.
"That's right. My wife will be glad
I've run across you. She used to be my
Stenographer; liked your machine mighty
fine. I will never use any other, and if
you want a recommend from '
Mr. Remington' turned away. :
When tha Bostonlan recovered he ex
plained things. "Artlstl Oh, Lord. One
of them' chromo men. f thought he in
vented the typewriter. Now, wouldn't
that kill you?"
"TEMFXT8 TVaXT."
'A lady who went to Cape May by wa
ter became interested, says the Philadel
phia Times, in the picturesque attire of
an old salt in sailor togs who boarded
the steamer at Chester.
He spoke to nobody, but sat In his
chair and gassed afar until the landing
was in sight When he arose, took from
the folds of his blouse a huge telescope,
and proceeded to sweep the horizon .
Then he turned, doffed his cap, and cour
teously passed the glass to the ladies.
When they returned it to him one of
them remarked:'
"That is an excellent telescope, sir."
"Tes, miss, It be that," he replied,
"That there 'scope was given to me by
Lord Nelson." .
"Nelson?" repeated one of the ladies.
"Why he has been dead nearly a hundred
years!
'Well, I declare! . exclaimed the sad
old tar. "'Ow the time do rly!"
A OBAOXEB JOKE.
- (Corvallis Times.)
Crackers alleged to be 147 years oldf
have been exhibited about town for thJ
past few days, and many persons felu
victims to the Joke. The date 1755 anil
the initials "J. H. D." stamped in thd
surface, helped to carry out the deceit.
In size the crackers were not wideH
different from an ordinary slap jack,
One well known cltisen bit off a piecd
of the ancient biscuits and declared
that it tasted remarkably good for
thing so old. Another said. "Oh no; h(i
didn't want to handle it, because a thind
so old and precious might break li
pieces." The story that went with th
crackers was that they had been kept
as heirlooms in the Kriens family, hav
ing been baked by Mrs. Kreina' great
great-grand-father in 1755. John Krelnij
yesterday, after sufficient sport out ot
the proposition, explained that th
cakes were recently baked In an old troi
that is an heirloom In the family, an
which was actually in use for the pur
pose in 1765, 147 years ago.
KICS I St HUB HAIR.
A New Tork street car incident a "Tew
days ago should furnish a JreadfuLwarn
ihg to women Who wear last year's hatd
A tolerably young and charming womai
boarded a suburban car on the othe
side ot the river, and after having seate
herself discovered that her hat was nliv
The next instant saw the millinery
the floor and the woman standing on th
floor with skirts lifted, rather indeco
rously high. Four mice scampered aroun
the floor in great consternation at hav
ing been dispossessed of their teneraen
After the mice were killed the woma
explained that the hat was an old op
which she had not worn for a year.
BAKEB'S rOUOl FORGE.
(Baker City Democrat)
One-night policeman does not 'meet
the requirements of .8,000 people. The
needs of Baker City demand better pro
tection after dark and the ' council it
would seem could see its way clear to
put on an Increased force.
INDIAN,? AND WEATHER.
"Tha Indians are very much excite
over the weather." said Mr. Hare-to a
East Oregonian reporter. ' "They predi-
deep snows arid a hard winter. Man
ponies will die and dogs starve In tepee
Before spring they will begin the Ch
nook dances and make- things merry
Several years ago we had snow befoi
Christmas-and a severe winter. The Inl
dians went wild and danced for man
days and nights before tne weather mo
erated. One .chief stabbed himself wit
tr knife until- he died trom theeffeot
of his wound.. He did this to appeas
the wrath of the bad spirit and bring o
a Chinook wind to melt the snow.'