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Courage, the highest gift that acorni to bend
To mean device for a sordid end.
Couragean Independent spark from
I leaven' a bright throne.
By which the soul atanda raised.
Triumphantly, high, alone.
Great la Itself, not praleea of the crowd.
Above all vice, it atoope not to be proud.
A NOVEL INVENTION.
1 The Very lateat thing in Journalism la the "Pall-down-backsllde." It
j ps neither fin exclusive atory nor an editorial. It Is something; that la un-
fnown outside of Portland and copyright baa been applied for.
Por example When a member of a Gentlemen's Club, or a society
for the mutual protection of all that should not be given to the plain
people by 4 trust, finds that he is ia a bad light with the public, he, resorts
o this lateat invention of the trust-newspaper profession.
? -Yesterday morning our own Morning Hour-glass, through which the
.finds of time run slowly, waded dreamily over a desert of words and
Io(4 or Mock's Bottom. That la, it professed to tell of the deal. But
the' Hour-glass was inaccurate. A chunk of old red sandstone must have
Hopped BP It middle, for the biggest news Item of the day was prevented
from passing from the upper to ita lower press chamber. Mr. Leadbetter
it the meeting alleged to have been reported by the Hour-glass, withdrew
his offer. to sell the land for a drydock to, the Port of Portland Com
mission. .Of course he did this out of pure love for the commission, and
knowing that they had been placed In a rather awkward position in the
natter. But nevertheless he withdrew and the scheme to dispose of the
'jand ended then and there, aa it would have ended even if the offer of
withdrawal had not been made.
,'. But the Hour-glass did not have the news. That grain of blocking
material, that would even have attempted to turn back' the tides of the
pcean.,a well as the sands thereof, waa In the way. Presto, change!
The Hour-glass waa turned. It executed a double back-action flip that
landed It safely on the reverse end. The "Fall-Down. Backslide" was
Indeed well executed and now the grains run as swiftly as of yore, and the
Interfering: pellet will be held in reserve until it is wanted again.
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THE TABASCO COLUMN.
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PASSING OP THU UMATIULAS
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Bui Oregon Is better.
Not a poor man's friend.
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; v; MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION.
The revelations of municipal corruption in Seattle are startling, and
give that city an unenviable place on the roll of ill-fame ao recently
doorated with the names of St. Louis and Minneapolis. The American
public has learned to submit with comparative equanimity to robbery
and malfeasance by subordinate officials, but when men in high places are
detected lq such wrong doing, it is time to take decisive measures.
It is a deep disgrace to any community when it principal municipal
official a are detected in gross wrong-doing. In each of tike trio of cities
mentioned, a grand jury has found grounds for the moat serious accusa
tions and the public hag been amazed at the disclosures waieh have been
made, .''.f; v.
So long as machine politlca enter so largely as they do now into munlcr
Ipal government, periodical revelations of corruption muat be expected.
The boss and all of his Satellites are in politics for the money they can
make, and 0 long as they can escape punishment, they care not whether
the money is mad honestly or dishonestly. Their greatest fear ia of an
aroused and Indignant public.
It is here that the honest newspaper steps in aa a safeguard to the
Community which tven the law cannot afford. Juries may be bribed,
iwltneases mar be suborned, courts may be Influenced, but a fearlesa and
Incorruptible newspapeg is a moat powerful protector of the people'a rights.
(To achieve this high mission, the paper must have no alliance with the
machine and : Its , columns must not be debased to the furtherance of
private schemes at the taxpayers' expense. It muat not only have but It
tsust deserve the respect and the confidence of the community.
Xiooks for Treaenre.
Says a Weston, Or., dispatch: Quite
a atir was caused in this city a few
days ago by the appearance here of H.
E. Coined from Pendleton. Ha was
armed with maps and plats and hunted
up Mr. Hesaell, who keeps the corner
saloon formerly owned by George
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He threatened to instigate murder and declared his Intention of shield- wno eft here about i6 yeara '
- - AN ANARCHISTIC GOVERNOR.
, vlieli Covemor Tates of Illinois invaded a newspaper office in Chicago
tfcnd said to the editor, I'll have you shot, and I'll see that any one who
Sihoots you gets a Quick pardon," be placed himself on the plane of the
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, Ing the murderer by the exercise of the pardoning power, vested in the
Governor by the constitution of Illinois.
The words used by Governor Tates were such as might be expected
'from a Mred thug, but coming from the chief executive of his state,
,lthey must excite amazement that he could be so utterly forgetful of the
Obligations and duties of hla office.
The provocation given by the editor Is not material, No doubt It
.iras great The only feature of the occurrence that is of Interest to the
'general public is that the man chosen to uphold and enforce the. laws
jahould threaten to override them in order to gratify his private grudge.
J St would seem that the people of Illinois have selected a very unfit person
Vs their chief executive.
SOME OLD FRIEND5.
The Ashland Tribune says:
"Brownell desires to accommodate a
friend with that Oregon City post
office, and It seems that Booth, too,
has notions as to who ough't to be the
postmaster at Eugene. Since Mr.
Fulton received much support from the
First district. It will be very nice for
Lhlm, If President Roosevelt will turn
over to him the federal pie of that
territory for distribution among the
stalwarts. But If he be allowed to
dispose of the postmasters and forest
rangers, will not the splendor of the
Fulton sun extinguish the light of that
new Congressman we are going to
elect? Maybe, he has an understand
ing with Blnger Hermann already. If
you can get pretty close to a Fulton
follower, who has been actively In pol
itics lately, you will discover that he la
for Hermann for Congress nearly
every time."
This must be our old friend. Brown
ell. He of the "When a man Creates a
trust he ought to be protected against
competitors." And there Is Booth,
too, who was a father of something
like a log-rolllpg contest, or a bill to
turn logs over to an eastern syndicate.
Isn't he the same gentleman? Oh,
woodman spare that tree!
The Umatilla' Indians are gradually pasalag. The
grav ! claiming them rapidly, and tboae spared from
this deatlnatlon are being scattered and lost in the
great vortex of civilisation. Not many more years and
the old-time Umatilla will only linger In picture and In
story. The stalwart brave and bis gaudy blanket will
only be remembered by the old-timer, and then the story
will be looked upon with some doubt. The pld-tlmer
rarely aver gats the credence to which lie is entitled.
But how oould it be expected whan such transformation
scenee are daily taking place?
There la a tinge of sadness about the passing of tha
Umatilla as is the passing of tha other tribes of this
historic race. ; But sentiment, like the red man, like
everything of old, muat give way to the ublaultous
trea4 of the new civilisation. Only a few years ago the
Umatilla had the greatest country in tha world for his
home. His territory waa practically unlimited. Stock,'
game, fiah, everything that bis heart could dastre, lay
out perore him as rree as tba water that ran and trie
grass that grew. He had no cares and grew to a
great 'tribe of stately men and handsome women. But
the same old story! The section of country now known
as the great Umatilla wheat belt was needed for a bet
ter purpose. 1
Not until he was reduced to small numbers did he
surrender. Then narrowed from his vast territory he
waa given tha Umatilla reservation not a poor tract of
land altogether, for there whs none throughout his
whole poaaesnlons. Here he haa undergone the alow
procras of civilisation schools, churchee, hay raising
and stock raising along by the aide of his white neigh
bor. Hla tepee has gradually given way for the aback,
and thla la gradually giving way to a better home and
better surroundings.
But there are some of hla ancient customs that h
has not abandoned. He may lay aside his gaudy blanket
In the hayfield and In hla home, but when he comes out
on public occasions, or where the public may see
him, his blanket la, brought from its place of safe
keeping and along with the feather, or such other In
signia as he had a right to wear In the olden times, his
body is decorated and he "walks forth aa bold as a
warrior of old." The moat hurried trip to Pendleton
flnda him thus decorated, and etately and-proud. It
would be the greatest humiliation that could be forced
upon him to have him appear In publlo with enly over
ulla and a jumper as hla costume. Any day they may
thus ba Been In Pendleton, their blankets drawn about
them, a solemn, kingly expression upon their faces as
they walk silently down the street or gaa into some
show window alwaya the same.
The artlat In drawing tha sketch herewith has per
formed his work well. He apent several montha In
Pendleton studying tha character and poaes of tha
Umatilla Indian, and If the colors could be given to the
blanket worn by the Indian In the sketch It would be
as true to life as eould be produced on paper.
They probably made their last great demonstration
last summer. The last sale of the landa had been
ordered by the Government Their reservation would
now be reduced to their actual holdings selections they
had made for themselvaa. The Inroads of the white I
man were reaching to their very doors, dividing neigh-
bor from neighbor, relative from relative. The settle- j
ment of the reservation waa growing at such a rapid '
rate that it would be difficult after a while to tell the
abode of the white man from that of the red man.
Thus surrounded by the vast settlements of the white
people and their towns and tha reservation checkered
with white neighbors, there can be but one alternative.
In a few years the small stream -of Umatilla blood
will be so intermingled with the great river that gives
life to the Anglo-Saxon that the former will only remain
a thing of history.
When Buffalo Bill's show reached Pendleton last
summer the UmaXUas regarded it aa a state occasion.
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ON A VISIT
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Mrs. Ouy Cnetwynd. who, before her
marriage to the son of Sir Qoorga Chet- .
wynd and the Marchioneea of Hastings,
waa a famous American Eastern society
belle, Is In this country on a visit Mrs.
Chetwynd will one day be Lady Cnetwynd.
LdTTCRS FROMjrtq PEOPUB
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: 8UMpEIlOra; March 4. Editor of The Journal.
Bin A few days ago General passenger Agent A. I
Craig, of the O. R. N. Company, in an Interview
nas pumisned that it is absurd for any ether railroad
tin' te claim to have beaten In time the trains ol
hi.. Hue, .A. . I Craig could. do better .than to blufl
the publlo and to turn the nickel in the elot machine
down town, by seeing that his pasaenger trains are
not from five to IT hours late the whole year around.
It is really absurd of A L Cralar to claim that other
lines are aa alow Shd aa Irregular, causing ao much
losa to the people In money, time and physical suffer-,
ing as his line does.
Will A. U Craig answer and deny the above T Such
bluif only Injures Portland and exaaperates ' the thou
sands of puksengera on his Una What has Portland
in tba line or railroad management? A few fat bait a
thrown In the atream of Oregon's wealth and the llne
holdcra are In Chicago and In New York. I went per
sonally to all of the so-called head of the different
departments or the Oregon railroad octopus In Port
land. I found each one helpless, referring me te
Chicago to the llneholders. They must be either baits
or dummies. ,
" About two years age C. IL Markhsra thus referred
me to Han KrepclscO and there I went, sailed on Mr,
McCormlck. Who stated that Mr. Markham has full
powar to do anything In Oregon which Is of any
benefit to Xhe line without referring it to him. I re
turned to Markham and reported my Interview and
asked blm who the liar waa. htm or McCormlck. . Mark
ham use mad, but refused to test the trueh of my
statements.
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POUlTlCS IN LINN COUNTY
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Xs there any particular reason why the city ordinance prohibiting
.tha obstruction of streets and sidewalks should be enforced against the
.'merchant and small tradesman and not against the street railway, tele
phone and other corporations? The fruit dealer or grocer who places
some of hla goods on the sidewalk id front of his store is certainly
'causing no greater' annoyance to the public than the company which
(deposits a pile of rails or poles on the pavement and leaves them there for
gnontha,
It Is reported that President Roosevelt proposes to call an extra ses-
itlon of Congress Jn October in order that some of the legislation which
ahould have been enacted at the regular session may be forced through.
If tht Republican majority in the Senate and the House had attended
to business, no extra sessions would be necessary. The people are paying
father dearly for the services of these public servants.
The action of the Cssar in giving to his subjects religious freedom and a
Certain measure of. local self-government. Is one of the most memorable
vents In the history of Russia. It ranks with the emancipation of the
setts as one more long step toward the civilization of that vast empire, and
Is evidence that the present Czar is resolved to pursue the enlightened
and liberal policy Inaugurated by his father, Alexander III.
It seems Quite possible that Mr. Swift, the great Chicago packer, may
select Portland as the place in which to build the big packing establish
ment Which he expects to have in the Northwest No effort should be
Spared to acquaint him with the advantages which this city has to offer.
Measurements were made from direc
tlons on the maps and a hole waa dug
about three feet deep and something,,
resurrected, but neither Mr. Iiessel nor
Mr. Collier would give any information
as to what It was, tlici 6 beln.j no one
else present.
It was evidently something Which
had lain there for many years, as It was
necessary to take up some b,irds under
the woodshed to do the exeavating.
Various rumors are afloat. Some
thinking that it was treasure burled
there many years ago by Mr. llaysa,
who waa always reputed to be very
wealthy, but when he died several yeara
ago In one lof the Coast counties, his
funeral expenses were paid by the
Weston Masonic lodge, of which he was
a member.
He was separated from his first wife
to whom he gave the property where
the supposed treasure was dug up.
He was married again, but his first
wife died only a short time ago and
many suppose the second wife may
have kept this secret until the death
of thj nrst wife. All old-time residents
of this county remember Mr. Hayes
very well, and It was a surprise when
his )ode was notified of his poverty.
His remains were brought to Weston
for burial. No one In the Weston
country seems to know where his first
wife is, and many are the rumors
afloat Some of the old-timers assert
that Mr. Hayes not only had thousands
In money, but that he had large sums
Invested la government bonds.
Mr. Collier' information undoubtedly
came' from some outside source, as he
has been a resident of the country but
a few years, and could not have known
Mr. Hayes.
Perhaps time will have to tell the
story If Messrs. Collier and Hessell will
not.
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A UMATILLA INDIAN.
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The Oregonian remarked yesterday concerning the proposed purchase
Dt tha Mock's Bottom tract: "Many people contend that $1,000 an acre is
an outrageous price, and that a 'graft' is hidden on the inside of the deal."
What a surprise it must have been to the Oregonian to find this out!
Along with coughs, colds and other spring-time ills, comes the news
that Mary Mac Lane is about to publish another book. If that young
.woman has another literary cat fit similar to her last attack, it will be more
than tha public can stand.
Bishop Potter pt New York says that nobody loves a street car con
Jfiuctor. Perhaps not, but the feeling 1b probably reciprocated.
i Is the general public aware that the cost of living is less than it
aa a fear ago? It must be true, for Dun says so.
-That Britt-O'Keefe fight was advertised as a 20-round go, and It seems
Urns for It to corns to an and. x
Orleans County, Vermont, which Is on
the Canadian border and Is over
whelmingly Republican in politics, did
not take kindly to the abolition of Pro
hibition in the Green Mountain State.
Its vote on the subject was as follows:
For high license, 806; for prohibition,
2,746. No county in the State was, more
strongly opposed to the rescinding of the
prohibition law. Lake Memphremagog
ls partly, witnin Orleans County and
partly in Canada. The home town of
Senator Proctor gave a majority against
high license. Generally speaklng. it was
the small towns which favored prohibi
tion and the large ones which voted for
license. .
The Manitoba potato crop amounted
to bushels and the root crop
to 2.2S9.995 bushels. Tbeje are 1,24
threshing outfits In the province.
Louisville, Ky.. still holds first rank
among the tobacco markets of the world.
It is said that the old scout never turned n Indian
away from his show, with or without price. The
Indians learned this in some way. They also knew
of the "Long Hair's" reoord in the Middle West. They
also knew that he would have the descendants of great
cniers wun rum ana mat tney wouia oe regaiea m toe
war customs of their tribes. "
The I'matlllas had prepared for the event. They
took from their long places of idleness the war bonnets,
the equipments, feathers, insignia and regalia of chiefs
and families. The brightest-colored blankets were se
cured. The old-time war .paint waa brought Into
requisition. The best horses were taken from the
stables, now fashioned on the white man's plans, and
they rode Into Pendleton in a body. It happened that
they arrived just as the parade was coming down the
main street, and they fell In with the horsemen.
Buffalo BUI looked at them with a slight degree of
jealousy. ' He said: "I thought that I had seen the
handsomest Indians In the world. I thought . I had
the best specimens in my band. But I have never been
west of the Rockies before. This remnant of the Uma
tilla tribe Is the finest looking set of fellows I ever
It was probably the last demonstration of the Uma
tUlaa. But It was not without effect.- They won for
the great Paclfio Northwest the admiration of the
greatest of Indian scouts end at the same time aroused
the jealousy of the greatest Indian warriors now liv
ing. Not an Indian in Buffalo Bill's aggregation that
did not feel his insignificance When thrown side by
side with the Umatlllas.
A BtrSXB& OT OOBH.
The distiller, from the bushel of corn, makes four
gallons oT whisky (with, the ld of various harmful
products and adulterations). These four gallons of
whisky retail for $16.40.
Thi farmei who raises the corn gets from 35 to 60
cents. .
The United States government, through its tax on
whisky, gets $4.40.
The railroad company gets $1.
The manufacturer gets $4. .
The drayman who hauls the whisky gets It cents.
The retailer gets $7.
The man who drinks whisky gets drunk.
The wife gets hunger and, sorrow.
His children get rags and insufficient food. Wichita
Beacon. "
IAYXaTO V TaVBASTmsS.
The Third Bank of Japan received a deposit of J, 000
yen, which will remain for Sit years, from G. Abe.
dealer in coal and coke at Toklo. The bank has con
tracted to pay the sum of l.$0s,411,17 yen at the end
of 260 yeara. The father of the depositor was a Jin-,
rlkshu man, and he himself was an ice boy soma 20
years ago. Lately the father lost a ship in a storm.
The ship had been Insured for 1,000 yen. The 'money
received from the insurance company was deposited
la behalf of hla posterity. .
(Staff Correspondence.)
ALBANY. Or.. March 13. The observant traveler
In these parts will find the Democrats nowadays very
much strengthened by recent events. One cannot fall
to realise that the election of George E. Chamberlain,
his good record made during the two months of his
administration, and the creditable work accomplished
Dy Democrats in the Legislature, have placed the mem
ber of that political organization In a position of In
creased confidence that the future holds better things
for the Oregon Democracy.
Tha fact that Oregon now haa a newspaper to rep
resent them gives the Democrats renewed courage to
go out and battle against what have heretofore been
Insuperable odds.
There is apparently no ground for the fears that tha
referendum would be Invoked on the Lewis and Clark
Fair appropriation. The report was given In Republican
newspapers that some Socialists contemplated preparing
the prescribed petitions and obtaining enough signa
tures to compel the submission of the appropriation .to
popular vote. As a matter of fact, N. M. Newport,
chairman of the Republican county central committee
of Linn County, Is the so-called Socialist who was at
tempting to Inaugurate the referendum movement Here
In Albany, contrary to reports, one finds not a whit of
popular support and the movement apparently has died
a-bornln'.
Were the question submitted to vote here the ap
propriation would earn', beyond doubt. Such is the
opinion of many representative citizens who were In
terviewed on the subject They are for the Fair and the
Newport proposition seems to have failed te arouse
even a modicum of approval among the people.
That there was condemnation of the Legislature for
falling to pass Speaker Harris' corporation bill is evi
dent. But that such condemnation takes the form of a
demand to Interfere with Oregon's big exposition, thus
Injuring all parts of the state, Is evidently not true.
The OongTeeaioaal domination.
All the Democrats are trying to pick out a winner
for the First district nomination for Congress. The
man most talked of is A. E. Reames, District Attorney
at Jacksonville, and son-in-law of the late Thomas H.
Topgue, whose successor Is to be chosen.
But other Democrats are mentioned. James K.
Weatherford, who made the race last June, Is em
phatically not a candidate. He Is snxlous for a wise
selection, however, and will support the nominee with
enthusiasm. Judge Weatherford gave a legal opinion
on the technical questions that have engaged atten
tion with respect to the manner of nomination,
Weatherford's Views.
"I believe It is competent for the state committee to
call a district convention,', said he, "the gathering of
the state convention being unnecessary under the eleo
tlon law. The convention should be held In Albany, Eu
gene or Salem, preferably In one of the first two towns,
becauae of their central location."
This view of the legal aspects was concurred In
by Judge Whitney, who also has been mentioned as a
candidate; E. J. Seeley, chairman of the Linn County
Democratic central committee; J, H. Ralston, who was a
member of the last state convention; F. P. Nutting Of
the Albany Daily Democrat, and C. H. Stewart, Secre
tary of the county central committee, all of Albany; also
fey Senator Milt Miller of Lebanon, who Is talked quite
generally for the nomination for Congress. Senator
Miller's friends put him forward on bis personality
and on the record he made )n the last Legislature as a
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Bold-over Senator and the Democrats generally are
tlon they now Have in tne upper house of the State
Legislature.
Senator Miliar Talks. , , .
"Whoever is nominated," said Senator Miller, "can
make a strong campaign on the record of the Demo
The perplexed railroad question is bound to be
solved Ix.fore long in Oregon. Railroads In Oregon,
instead of being a help and a commodity to the pub
llo are a detriment and a nuisance, through their irreg
ularity and neglect, through their buying up and In
fluencing the Legislature against the people'a Interests;
through checking the progress in many parts of Ore
gon; through wrongfully appropriating Oregon's beet
resources In the most shameful way. and through
their effort tc eleet men of their choice for the United
States Senate to Insure, to protect, and to guard their
fishing pond In Oregon for the privileged llneholders
in Chicago, and clear it of all the snags and brushas
to alnk their baits deeper without danger to the line.
Will any one of the so-called railroad officials of
Portland, or. rather, railroad dummies, come out aad
deny anything of the above and bring something to an
Issue J A little review of their methods and doings
on Oregon's political track and the battlefield is enough
to convince any fool of the correctness of the above
statements.
Railroads make rules which they do not keep, but
force the people te comply with them, with ail their
irregularities, neglects and fanolea.
The people of Oregon are net without means to
dictate tr railroads. Outside of the Legislature, every
town or city through which their trains run can. In
the way of just retaliation, make them clear the cross
ings by uncoupling the cars and guard and protect
the crossings with gatea The towns have the power
to condemn the filthy waiting rooms and make them
keep the surroundings Of the depot clean, make them
remove objectionable buildings as well aa filthy stock
yards in front or about the depot; make them fenoe
up their property and in many other ways can make
the railroads feel that they are hare for the people,
and no. the people for them. The people have the
power, and since the railroads have abused the people'a
kindness and even become Impudent and Intrusive,
refusing to recognise the people's right, there is noth
ing left than to confine their powers to tbelr offices
and their lines by means of radical actions. It ia
safe to predict that the fight between Oregon and
the Railroad Octopus will be the next issua ' .
JOSEPH SCIIELXh
TRACY'S OAREEB SSAMATTXSO.
The sensational escape and the murderous deeds
of the Oregon convict bandits, Tracy and Merrill, are
being staged In the Eastern cities. In a recent letter
to a friend in this city, Hoy Bishop' of Salem, who
Is attending an Industrial school In Phil ad nip hla, speaks
of the disgusting performance which he witnessed and
declares Is a disgrace to any civilised community and
should be prohibited by the authorities. The escape,
pursuit and discovery of the bandits is being staged
as a comedy melodrama "founded on tha Ufa adven
turous career and supposed death of the noted Oregon
outlaw," za it la announced In the sensational advertise
ment announcing the performance. Some of the scenes
enumerated In the glaring posters are: "Tracy's Home.
The Temptation, Street Scene In Portland, Oregon. The
Hold-up of the Train. The Salem Penitentiary the
Us cape. The Canyon In the Cascade Mountains the
Duel. The Farm House. The Old Born. The Wheat
field by Moonlight, ending with a transformation scene
and a genuine surprise."
Attracted by the startling billboards which aroused
his curiosity, Mr. Bishop attended the performance,
which was produced in the National Theatre in Phila
delphia, In speaking of the production Mr. Bishop
says It was disgusting In the extreme, In complete dis
cord with the real facts In the case and an injustice
to the state and people of Oregon. In the melodrama
Tracy is made out a hero of the highest order, while
the other characters In the caste. Including the . officers
and members of the posses, are portrayed aa entirely
Incompetent and are made the humorous ' and ridicu
lous features of the show.
The following advance notice of the melodrama
shows the nature of tbe performance that is being
presented:
"All that the people in general know about Harry
Tracy, the Oregon outlaw, Is what was learned from
the newspapers from June te August last, whan he
waa making his flight for liberty, pursued by sheriffs,
militia and citizens of two states. In those two months
a hundred thrilling episodes occurred to fill tbe news- "
papers and rouse the morbid Interest of the curloua
Some of the most exciting incidents have been used
In making the new melodrama, Tracy, the Outlaw,'
which will be presented at the National this week, v
Notable In the list will be the robbery of the express
oar and dynamiting of the safe, with the capture of
Tracy. Then the escape from the Salem . penitentiary,
the duel between Tracy and Merrill In the canyon
with sledge hammers, tbe escape from the burning hut ,
and the pursuit by .bloodhounds, the dash for liberty
from the old bam and the last stand or Tracy in tne
wheatneld. A number of specialties have been intro
duced. All the scenery used was painted fromi photo
graphs of the actual scenes. The bloodhounds used J
In the play, it is. aasertea, are too genuine oounos ,
in tracing Tracy. The company,, it la promised, is, a
capable one In every respect" Salem Journal
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A HTSTEBY 0 SOUJT0H.
Tn 1S9 M.1" Becouerel discovered that salts of uranium .
cratlc Governor and Democratic members of the Legls- I gave out rays line tne noentgep rays ma pass uraugn
lature. Governor cnamoenain's veto messages are opaoue bodies ana aneci a pnoiograynio pwmtt, ww
....i h tho nennle Thev fire with him and with I -rl7 whlln exnerlmentins: With "BeCQUerel raVS" die
covered radium, ao named from its property of radiat
ing ceaselessly Into space minute particles or electrons
at a velocity of 120,000 miles a second. The material
Is found in sucn minute quantities inai a suigiu puuuu
They are with him and
degree than ever before.
1th
on
sustained by the people.
his party to a greater
account of those vetoes."
Sam Garland of, Lebanon, tne iinn county central
nnmmitttka member, and a lawyer, holds that the Iaw
permits the calling of a Congressional convention with- I of it Is Bald to be worth $1,000,000. Some eyperlmenters
out the assemDiing or a iaie convention, noiwun- 1 thinK tnai vne iiuuu ui uj ,uiuiu
standing the Democrats did not organize Congressional I oi particles of electricity called electrons, together with
district committees last, spring.
Juda-e Whitney noias tnat tne jjemocrauc nominee
should be a man who' will poll his full party strength,
nlus the Populists; or. In other words, that to secure
the Populists' support is the strategic point to keep in
view. He is not a candidate, but will get out and
work hard for the nominee.
Claude Oatoh a Likelihood.
Many persons look upon Claude Gatch of Salem
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as tne most prouauiu uuuitucu ui me ncuuuuuiuH,
though Blnger Hermann is a high possibility. Brownell
atiueara to be regarded as out of the raoe, with that
Federal District Attorneyship as the thing he now Is
working for. Some Republicans look upon Judge J. C.
Moreland as the man Who Is most entitled to the at
torneyship, however,
Sneaker L. T. Harris of Eugene would be a strong
Congressional candidate, but his friends, as well as his
UTfTintB naiicles of radium. These partlolea proceed
with such amaslng force that It Is onjy their smallness
that prevents them from destroying surrounding objects.
They pass through sheet Iron without loss of speed, and,
uira th Roentgen or X-ray. they have a destructive ef
fect on the human skin. A small bit of radium ealts ia
te pocket will produce a serious burn.
Radium is luminous without heat and causes objects
r, nhnonhorttiice. It colors siass. changes oxygen into
xonea, turns white phosphorous red, ionises gases, liquid
air. petroleum, parafln, etc. Ana yei 11 iooe no "i"
notwlthstandfng this incessant bombardment of sur
rounding objects. If it throw off electricity and not its
own particles US retention of weight Is understandable
and yet the source of ita energy ia an enigma.
MOTOTAIJr f JiASTE Of FAKIS. ;
Fortv acres of cure blaster of parls, from 10 t6 BeV,
father. Dr. Harris, discourage him from making the feet thick, Is the result of the effort of two boys to
raoe. - V- smoke a rabbit out of a-hole under a ledge on Gloss 1
Bina-er Hermann's nomination would stir up tho Mountain. Wood County. Oklahoma, , The gypsum ledge
land department questions and make the campaign as- wa8 formerly the home of numberless wild creatures,
sums a tropical temperature. But no one can pass which lived in the Crevices of the rocks, 'using firjr
through these . Valley towns and not realize that the
"man with the glad hand" would run like an Indian
down here where he has distributed carloads of garden
seeds ahd secured pensions enough to swamp the treas
ury of Croesus, who owned a dozen of the famed
Golconda mines of history.
. -our Blnger" Is regarded here as about the most
speedy candidate available "t or tbe Republicans.
WET THE FATES, WAS LATH, '
Because we depended upon a jacksquint nincompoop
with an order for paper, the Patriot Is nearly a day'
later this week than it neea to nave oeen. Bowerston
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cow chips, sticks and other rubbish for their nests. The
whole mountainside was a mass of flames almost ira-
mediately when fire was applied, and it burned for days.
Only 800 degrees is required to convert gypsum into '
plaster of parts, and the ledge is being transformed into
white powder., '
Leo Stevens, the American rival of Santos-Dumont, '
haa leased a part of Cayuga Island, In the Niagara 1
River, a few miles above Niagara Falls, for hla expert
mental work in airship construction, with the view of
broduclns a maohlne to compete the aerial tottrna I .
meat atJhe-Wp.rld.'S lr, of W,f ' -J
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