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" :..f THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SAT (JR DAY EVENING. JUNE 20. 1003. f 4. THE. O Rj E G 0 N ' .JL DAILY JOURNAL . I 4 cs. jackson ; 1j 3DIXORIb4I TIMELY TOPICS JOURNAL PUBLISHING 0 COMPANY, Proprietors. Address) THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth nd Yamhill Sts., Portland, Op. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Entered at the Postofflce of Portlnnd, Orrgon. for transmission through the malls as second-rla: matter. Pontage for single copies For an 8. 10, or 12-page paper, 1 cent; 18 to 28 pages, 3 rents; over 28 pages, 3 cents. TnunPHp.N'USf Business Office Or. gon. Main 600; Columbia, 705. ZJItorlal Rooms Oregon Main 210. SUBSCRIPTION RATUSi Terms by Carrier. j ' Tarms by Mail. The Dally Journal, one year $5.00 I The Dally Journal, by mall, one year.. 14.09 The Dally Journal, si months 2. CO The Dally Journal, by mall, six months. 2.25 The Dally Journal, threp months 1.30 The Dally ournal, by mail, three months 1.25 The Dally Journal, by the week 10 j The Dally Journal, by mall, one month. .50 The Semi-Weekly Journal. . The 8eml-Weekly Journal, eight to twelve pages each Issue, all the news and full market reports, one year $1.50. Remittances should be mad by drafts, postal notes, The Veckly Journal. The Weekly Journal, 100 columns of read ing each Issue, Illustrated, full market re ports, one year, 11.00. orders and small express ".mounts are acceptable In one and two-cent postage stamps. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121, Portland, Oregon. Charence 8. Darrow, the able counsel of the striking coal miners last autumn, created with keen Judgment a problem of the day In his article In the World on Friday upon "Perils of Trades-Unionism." "To raise wages alone Is only to compete with the trusts In Increasing the cost of commodities," he truly says, "to the detri ment of the great mass of men." The problem of laboring men. who are themselves the greatest consumers. Is,' he holds, not so much to raise the prices of commodities unnecessarily as to compel a more Just distribution of the fruits of toll. PAYNE MUST GO. ' Washington dispatches state that" the de mand for the removal or resignation of Post -Waster-General Payne is becoming so strong that it may prove irresistible. Democratic and independent papers have been outspoken In the declaration that Payne must go, and It is intimated that the President Is now waiting to see whether the demand is sec onded by the Republican press of J.he coun- - try. If so, It is stated, he will Insist upon i Payne's resignation. , If this be a true statement of the Presi dent's attitude, it is not to his credit. There has been too much politics in the Postoffice Department already, and President Roose velt should remove Payne at once, whether auch action receives the endorsement of the newspaper organs of his party or not. , . The postal aWridal grows bigger every day. Mr. Payne's attitude toward the in vestigation has been from the outset one of hostility. The removals of corrupt officials 'Which he has ordered have in every instance been wrunr from him and he has shown the most extreme reluctance to aid in bringing the guilty to punishment. He did not sus pend Machen from office until Machen's ar rest forced his hand. So great was Payne'i unwillingness to proceed with the Investiga tion that the President was obliged to en trust the work to two of the Postmaster General's subordinates, Wynne and Bristow, and they were given instructions lo report directly to the President, instead of to their Superior officer, Payne, the head of their de partment. The President could scarcely have expressed his lack of confidence In the Postmaster-General more broadly. The report-of Bristow and Wynne which has been made public, brings to light many gross irregularities and evidences of wide spread corruption. There Is one feature of the mismanagement of the department, however, upon which the report throws little light, and that is the extent to which the rural free delivery system has been used for political purposes. Some interesting facts have been brought to light through other channels relative to the political phase of the scandal. j It appears that the patronage of the rural I confidence m the sincerity- of the President's professed desire for a radical reform of ex isting abuses. THE COUNTY S LATEST SUIT. One more suit has been instituted by Multnomah County for the recovery of moneys lost through a so-called settlement of taxes by previous county officials. There Is no question that the rights of the county were recklessly sacrificed In this particular compromise, and the loss to the taxpayers amounted to thousands of dollars. Even in the most favorable construction of their acts the officials who were responsible' for the transaction appear to have been guilty of the grossest laxity and carelessness. Nevertheless the case presents many legal difficulties and the recovery of the money lost to the county, if recovery la made, promises to be obtained only "after a pro tracted battle in the courts. The attorneys who are acting for the county have deemed It beet, however, to bring suit, preferring to let the courts decide upon the- question in volved rather than to forfeit by inaction all chance of recovery. If this course had been pursued by the of ficials whose acts have led to the present in vestigation, Multnomah County would be better off today by several hundred thousand dollars. Sir Thomas Llpton is quoted as saying that If he does not succeed in his present at tempt to lift the cup, he will build another Shamrock. But the remark, If made, can not be interpreted as an admission of coming defeat, for there has as yet been nothing to diminish his confidence In Shamrock III. The challenger is unquestionably the fastest single sticker that has ever come across the Atlantic, and It Is by no means safe to as sume that the defender will prove the better bout. to aid the political schemes of Influential Republican Representatives. Any congress man with the necessary "pull" had only to go to Superintendent Machen and ask for the appointment of such "worlters" as he deemed necessary, ami tne request was promptly granted. Appointees in this The effort of some Republican papers to create the impression that Postmaster-General Payne is entitled to credit for the in vestigation now in progress is ludicrous. The investigation was undertaken in the err vai ana imas been conducted largely without any knowl edge' on his pnrt of the details. The dis closures show that Mr. Payne was absolutely unfit for the high office which he held. MATLOCK'S RIDE "Klee for your lives! The flood Is close byl Try to save nothing, but fly, farmers, fly! Two hundred have perished, the town's washed awayl So fly for your lives; there's no time for delay!" Thus shouts the bold stockman, good Matlock, the brave, As he flies through the village, the people to save. Ills own home In ruin, his family slain, " Yet he labors to save other homes on the plain. i Pursued by the flood, he still spurs on his steed, Through the town and the village, with thundering speed; Regardless find fearless of personal harm, He rides and he calls out his daring alarm. "The flood is at hand! Farmers, do not delay!" Thus calls the good Matlock, and rides on his way; Twenty miles from sad Heppner to distant lone, Can he reach it, our hero brave Matlock -alone? On, on. still he rides, Just ahead of the storm; The wondering farmers perceive his brave form, And hearing his message, they fly for their lives; First gathering to them their children and wives. At last at far Lexington Matlock arrives; lie shouts his dire message, "Oh, fly for your llves,., Ahead of him still are eight miles to lone, But still rides the Intrepid rider alone. His horse is now weary, and faint is his cry, Yet he still in his shouts warns the farmers to fly; Three miles has he passed, and five more are ahead. He must reach the town quickly, his tidings to spread. On, on, through the storm and the darkness of night, Rides the undaunted Matlock, and seeing a light, Perceives that he's come to the town of lone, And he stiffly dismounts from his horse, with a groan. For twenty long miles he has come at full speed, To save all the farmers by one daring deed; From water-swept Heppner to distant lone. Two hundred are saved by brave Matlock alone! When the land's free of wreckage, and farmers once mora Shall rebuild their homes and their ranches restore. Brave Matlock will reverenced be, with good right. As the man who saved hundreds of lives in a night 1 Ruth E. Crocker. NOTE Since this poem was put in type Mr. Matlock generously gives full credit to Mr. Bruce Kelly of Heppner for having afso dashed ahead of the flood to sound the warning to the people. Mr. Kelly did splendid work, and he, too, Is entitled to the laudation of these verses. Editor. The utter defeat of the Jack Matthews Rang of practical politicians in their effort branch of the department receive a salary of j to gain control of the Port of Portland Com $600, and the patronage thus placed at the mission Is but the forerunner of other and disposal of Republican Representatives has j more crushing reverses that are yet to come, been a powerful weapon in their hands. The The people of Portland will not endure for grossest favoritism was shown in the es-j ever the rule of that petty boss. Political tablishment of new routes. j accident may make a man a boss, but to re- Offlcial reports show that four states, II- tain his power he must hnve brains. That is linois, Indiana, Ohio, and Iowa, have more why Jack Matthews Is doomed to defeat. than one third -of all the rural'free delivery! . routes, out of a total of 11,19!. The men who J 5. It. Thomas, one of the new members of routes, or a total of 11,19$'.' The men who , the Port of Portland Commission, showed a secured these routes serve on some of the j commendable Independence In his refusal "to most Important committees of the House, I be wheedled or coerced into an alliance with and their influence was sufficient to obtain a lion's share of the patronage. In marked contrast to this lavish distribu tion of the department's favors is the course j pursued toward the South. Kour Demo- ' Cratlc states. Alabama. Louisiana, Texas and Virginia, received altogether only 438 rural rvntos. In Maryland, on the other hand, this being regarded as a doubtful state,'' 21 j j routes were established. Machen had his own private ends to serve j In fiivtn? l!!t aimriiTitni.nt tn 1 -, ,1 ; , -; ,1 I ' congressmen, and those who were able to reciprocate by doing him a good turn were .. especially favored. An illustration may be found in the case of Representative Hemen way of Indiana,, who was chiefly instru menta! in securing an increase of JiOO in Machen's salary- Indiana received 877 rural j routes. . It Is incredible that Postmaster-General Payne was Ignorant of the spoils-mongering . that wai going on,-. To claim that he knew -nothing1 of It la to confess his own absolute Incompetence. In any view of the case he la utterly unfit to hold the office with which ? ' he has been entrusted, and every day that he la allowed tp remain must Weaken public - . .' . r- y ': ' " i. the Republican machine, in its attempt to gain control of the commission. The local organ of the machine announced that he would be brought into Jjnc. b'U Mr. Thomas showed that he was not to be 'delivered" by any one. FAMOUS SERMON FROM THE BIBLE. (Christ Our Advocate Rightly to Know God Is to Keep His Commandments.) First Epistle General of John H. MY LITTLE CHILDREN, These things write I unto you that ye sin not. And if any man sin, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST. THE RIGHTEOUS. And He Is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, But also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. He that salth, I know Him, and keenest not His commandments, Is A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. But whoso keepeth His word, . In htm verily is the love of God perfected: He that salth he abldeth in Him ought himself also so to walk, Even as He walked. Brethren, I WRITE NO NEW COMMANDMENT UNTO YOU. But an old commandment which ye had from the beginning, n The old commandment is the word which ye have heard From the beginning., Again, A NEW COMMANDMENT I WRITE UNTO YOU, Which thing is true in Him and in you; Because the darkness is past, And the true -light now shlneth. He that salth he Is in the light, AND HATETH HIS BROTHER, Is in darkness even until now. HE THAT LOVETH HIS BROTHER ABinETH IN THE LIGHT, And there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But HE THAT HATETH HIS BROTHER IS IN DARKNESS, And walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, Because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. I I WRITE UNTO YOU, LITTLE CHILDREN, Because your slna,are forgiven you for HIS NAME'S SAhw I WRITE UNTO TOU, FATHERS, Because ye have known Him that IS from the beginning. I Write unto you. young men, ; DerSusye "liove" o verctfm'e me wicaea one. " ' " Rumors of coming trouble In Colombia grow, more5" persistent as the time draws nearer for the Colombian Congress to act upon the Panama treaty. The revolt of the individual states of Panama and Cauca seems highly probable, in case the treaty Is rejected, as recent dispatches indicate that it will be. While Shamrock. Ill was still 300 miles ou at sea, wireless telegraphy announced her approach to New York. When the first cup races were, sailed, there was not even a sub marine cable to carry the news of the Amer- lea s victory to this side of the Atlantic. The officials who are conducting the post office investigation are said to have been instructed to go to the bottom of the scandal. It will be more to the point If they ge to the top, That Is where the biggest rascals are to be found. ' I WRITE UNTO YOU, LITTLE CHILDREN, Because ye have known the Father. I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, FATHERS, Because ye have known Him that IS from the beginning. I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, YOUNG MEN, Because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you. And ye have overcome the wicked one. - LOVE NOT THE WORLD, Neither the things that are Jn the world. IP' ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. For all that Is In the world. The lust of the flesh, v And the lust of the eyes, i And the pride of life, Is not of the Father,' But is of the world. And. THE WORLD PASSETII AWAY AND THE LUST THEREOF: BUT HE. THAT DOETH THE WILL OF GOD ABIDETH FOREVER. I have not written unto you BECAUSE YE KNOW NOT THE TRUTH, BUT BECAUSE YE KNOW IT. And that no lie is of the truth. WHO IS A LIAR BUT HE THAT DENIETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST? , -He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Soh. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: But he that jticknowledgcth the Son, hath the Father also. Let that therefore abide In you, which ye have heard From the beginning. If that which ye ha?e heard from the beginning Shall remain in you, " - y- YE SHALL CONTINUE IN THE SON AND IN THE FATHER. These things have I written unto you Concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which ye b,ave received Of Him that abideth in you, And ye need not that any man teach you: But as the same anointing teacheth you of ell things. And is truth, AND IS NO LIE, And even as It hath taught you, Ye shall abide la Him. And now, J LITTLE CHILDREN ABIDE IN IIIM; That when He shall appear, we may have confidence, And not be ashamed before Him ut His coming. x ' If ye know that He is righteous, ye Know that EVERY ONE-THAT DO TH RIGHTEOUSNESS IB BORN OF HIV 1 1 -r ' . ' " -i t-t r "i i y 'y 'nyf-tT" r .t m. -T" .""" r, -l,. . ,. i :y; jr. , ,7 V-f.;.V ' SOME FEW FACTS ABOUT SERVIA ' The kingdom lies in the Balkan peninsula, Servla has 19,050 square miles within its borders. The State of Ohio haa a total square mileage of 41,060. The population of Servla as given in 1901 was 2,162,769. The population of Ohio as given in 1900 was 4,157,545. Servia lies between Bosnia on the west and Bulgaria and Roiimanla on - the east, The Surface of the country is for the most part mountainous. Gold, silver, iron and lead are found in the regions. The climate is mild, though sub ject to the extreme characteristic of Inland Eustern countries. The leading . occupations are agriculture and the raising of live-stock; the chief pro ducts are hogs, sheep, wheat and malse. Four, fifths of the people in the country dis tricts live on their own land. ' The government is a constitutional hered itary monarchy. . The. legislative body Is the skupshtina. The prevailing religion is the Greek Catholic. . The history of Servla covers a long and turbulent -period. "The tttta "Of -Klhrof Servia -was assumed In the eleventh century, when the country was in Its most flourish ing condition. The Servian power "was f overthrown by the Turks in 1J89 and Servia was Incorporated with Turkey about 1458. A rising under Caerny George In 1804 re sulted In the expulsion of the Turks, but they reconquered the country In 1813. A rising In 1815 under Mllosh Obrenovich was rnre successful. The Turkish garrisqna were withdrawn in 1867. .The war. against Turkey In 1$7 was unsuccessful. - Servla took part with Ruwia against Turkey in 1877-1878 and became absolutely Independ ent, receiving a considerable addition to ter ritory In 1878. , .... The agricultural population Is scattered among a great number of villages, most o which consist of single Isolated, homesteads. The patriarch of the community apportions the work and distributes the proceeds of the labor. Ills ruling is followed without ques tion. - The Servian army Is divided Into three classes; the first class, embracing men be tween 25 and 30 years of age, constitutes the standing army, which numbers 18,000 on a peace footing and about 100,000 on a war footing; the .second class contains men be tween 30 years and 37, who have served In the standing army ; 'the thled clasarwhtch Is only called out In extraordinary emergencies. Is composed of men between 37 and 60 years. The total military strength of the kingdom is estimated at 200,000. mm UNCLE JOSH'S QUERY. . "I occasionally get hold of a queer pas senger," said a conductor on one of the su burban lines the other day, "but I had al ways managed to hold my own until a week ago. Then a regular Uncle Josh took my car for the first trolley ride in his life. He sat up in a corner and watched things for a few minutes and then beckoned to me and said: ' 'Conductor, you look like a smart young feller.r " 'Yes, sir.' " 'Then tell me what makes this car go.' " 'Electricity, sir.' "That didn't satisfy him for more than three minutes. I saw a doubtful, puzzled look spread over his face, and presently he beckoned to me again and said: ' 'Conductor, I should say you was about as smart as they make 'em.' '"Yes, sir.' " 'And I guess you know It all.' "'About all, sir.' " 'I asked you what made the car go and you said electricity.' " 'That's correct.' '"All right. If electricity makes the car go, what In tarnation makes electricity go 7 "He had me there,"-Jsmiled the conductor. "and I went out of business in half a minute. ana me grin on tne oia mans race was something to be remembered for many days." LORD HALSBURY'S PUN. Behind the professional mark which they are obliged to wear there is a good deal of fun in the composition of - legal luminaries. At a recent reunion of prominent wearers of the wjg and gown at a well-known Lon don restaurant, conversation rapidly became reminiscent and stories flew thick and fast. reviewing the memories of familiar idlosyn cracies of certain Judges and K. C.'s. The most popular raconteur seems to have been a well-known professor of psychology, who had years ago abandoned briefs, and who Is wont to descend on occasions from his Ijigh Intellectual plane. He tells of how, years ago, a crowd of merrymakers, bent on mischief, encountered Lord Halsbury In the corridor of a hotel one night and, runntng him Into a neighboring bath-room, refused to "let hlrrt out until he had made a good pun. Scarcely stopping for breath, the future Lord Chancellor shouted from the other side In a tone of command: "O pun the door!" and needless to say, he was promptly released. ELECTRIC FURNACE. The electric resistance furnace made by BANKS THAT SPECULATE. The erratic movements of stocks In which weakness has predominated have brought to the surface the unsafe banking practices which have prevailed in some cities. The wild craving for profits has driven some banks into various ventures which were hazardous and at variance with strict bank lug principles. In order to make dividends certain banks have engaged directly In spec ulation. They have gone into the open market, bought securities and held them. with the view of selling out later at a profit. These "purchases" in the market have been covered up In the books under the. general heading of "loans." Money tied up in these speculative ventures have been represented to stockholders as being placed In "loans," the purchased securities being the evidence or collateral of such loans. Despite the whitewashing on the books,, however, they were unadulterated speculative . plunges.- Baltimore American. the Incandescence of a spiral of fine plat inum wire. In an improved and cheapened form o the furnace the wire has a thickness of only 1-3, BOOth of an inch, and' the glass tube around which the spiral is wound can be heated to 1,700 degrees centigrade, this being as great a temperature as any tubes now produced can stand. Such furnaces are found useful for determining melting points, organic chemical analysis and other pur poses. In organic analysis the spiral of wire encircling the glass combustion tube Is cut up into several sections, so that successive portions of the tube can be heated as de sired. Heat loss is lessened, with corre sponding increase in the chemist's comfort. IDENTIFIED. His mother was giving a musicale, and he, had been- put to bed even earlier than usual. The indignity rankled In his infantile breast. He was very fond' of music, and besides he wanted to see all the people who were down in the parlor. He tossed and tumbled about In his bed and tried all th expedients to fall asleep, but it was useless. Finally he could stand it no longer, arid he got out of bed. A bottle of violet extract on his mother's dressing table caught hU eye.ThlSjhe held above bis head and al lowed the con tents to trickle all over his HOME TRAINING IS NEEDED. There la a good deal of preaching now adays about the irreverence of young people and their Impatience with religious life. The people who have children are more to blame for this than anybody else. If they would look after the training and education of their own people instead of adopting ma chine methods of kindergarten and Sunday School instruction in piety, probably there would be a very marked change in public sentiment toward the things which used to be regarded as sacred. Charleston News and Courier. small body. When the bottle was empty he crept stealthily down the stairs, reveling in the delights of the perfume. There was a lull in the music as he concealed himself be hind a curtain, and the guests were startled a moment later when a shrill, piping little voice came from the diminutive bundle of scented pajamas, "If you smoll anything, it's me! "Philadelphia Record. NO BIRTH "RECORDS IN MISSOURI. Several Missouri papers are , lamenting that no Mlssourlan can officially prove that he was born. No vital statistics are kept In this state. .It Is practically the only commotiwealth In existence of which this is true. We can prove we were married: The records in the office of the Recorder of Deeds can be brought into requisition for that pur pose. But only the family Bible can be de pended on to show when and where wc wern born, and it is no longer the fashion to hav a family Bible In every household; and a for death, the tombstone may be presented as evidence of that, as is said to have been done once In a Boone County law suit, although it is rather inconvenient proof. Kansas, Ciiv Journal. Mr, DOIfjlG THE FAIR. THING. Householder That last butter. Creamer, was a little strong. Dairyman Yes,jl found that out before I tent It. So I told Mr. Wlggs to give you short weight. It was the best thing we could do, you know, under the circumstances. Boston Transcript. - , BIG CATHEDRAL MAY. FALL. The cathedral of Toledo Is In danger of crumbling. Some cracks have been dis covered la it. and, according to the experts, it is doomed to a" fate like that of the Cam panile of Venice. The government bar sent architects to try-to, save .-, ...ji ..,- :. ,v'-. .. -' ".'-"-. ' '" .1' , REED AS A JOKER. When William A. Peffer was Senator from Kansas, he met "Czar" Reed one day, and in the course of conversation complained of having a headache. "I don't understand it," said the Senator, guess I will have 'to see a doctor." "A doctor for trouble with your head?" returned Mr. Reed. "No, no! You'd better see a wheelright." James A. Dumont, the. retiring supervising inspector-general of steamboats at Wash ington, has served in that position for 27 consecutive years, under eight presidents and through" four political chang?r"of "ad ministration. -The steamboat inspection law had been In operation five years wh.cn he became the head of ihe bureau, but ha had; had--five predecessor ' i .; ' - " " "-V ' A CIVIC HEART. The projectors of a great people's hall, to be In this city a social, political and educa tional center, are working on the right lines. They propose an Institution in which thsLl II people can gather for healthful recreation, Jnl which they can gain every kind of lnstruc- tlon and exchange opinions about public af- V fairs and hear what their Servants thave to say about their fulfillment of their trusts. The hall Is to be at once a social and athletic club, "a popular college and a" civic "forum. Perhaps It is through such institutions that the problems of city government can best be solved. In any event they can aid greatly in the solution. So long as the citizens remain unrelated atoms, each vibrating In his sol itary home, it will be difficult to resist ef fectively the forces of disorder and decay. To have a healthy civic life there must be a civic organism not a government, but a so cial fabric of living flesh and blood. And that means that we must bring the people together In constant mutual activities. New York World. N A ,