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TnElOKEGON DAILY JOUIINAL,; PORTLAND, FItlDAY EVENING, JULY. 17, 1003, "; t. ; EDITORj,Io4L GOcTWcTWENT cAND ' J'mTHE O RjEQON t 'rl'k ' DAILY JOURNAL C. & JACKSON IT-': TIMELY TOPICS Jfoutmaf JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. Aodretst THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill 8U., Portland, On CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered at the Postofllce of Tortland, Oregon, lor traumuLrion through tha mat's a ecrond-cic j matter. Poe'age for single copies '"cr an 8, 10, or 12-page paper, J cent; If to 28 pages, 3 crits; over 28 page. 3 cents. TELIEPMONGS Buslne Office Oi jnn, Mnln 500: Columbia. 705. Edltor'j' Rooma Orpgon Main 2S0. SUBSCRIPTION RATESi CAREER OF A REMARKABLE MAIS Joseph, L. Brlstow, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, tha man whose fearless report In the postofllce scandals haa made his name familiar from one end of the country to the other, and has brought him Into prominence as a vlce-presldentlal possibility, comes from a state where the fearlessness of her sons, as well at her disaster and "Isms," has made a component part of her history the commonwealth of Kansas. Al though In the postofllce blue book Mr. Brlstow la accredited to the Sunflower State he was not born within Its borders. He had his original view of the light of day during the first year of the war of the rebellion on a flourishing plantation of Kentucky. AROUND THE CORRWORS "The escape of the three prisoner! from I such It la, was brought to this country by n the county -jail Tuesday night reminds one later and was on exhibition at the Chicago v of a cool get-away that was made here J worm s Fair. , The preserit owner secured years ago," said F. H. Johnson, an ex-mem J h work and brought It to Portland. ber of tha nolica forea. last nis-ht. "A man I iur. is aoout 10 incnes square. named Mora was under arrest 6n a sailor e trf M "0M be,n ' ""fully ex . . . . . ... I cutea. Its present owner has been offered boarding-house charge, and he wa awaiting .om Up,. . . t- v VV uuv MO I CLUDCU m There he spent his boyhood attending the little country school the three winter months I an indictment. The morning. of his trial, he accept tnera Tarn, by Carrier. The Dally Journal, out year The Daily Journal six months ... Tho Dally Journal, three months Tha Dally Journal, hy the week .. . .JIvJ .. 2.50 ,. I SO . .10! Tarmt by Mai!. The Doily Journal, by mail, one year..$C9 The Daily Journal, by mall, six montha. S.2S The Daily Journal, by mall, three months 1.25 The Dolly Journal, by mall one month. .80 The Semi-Weekly Journal. The Semi-Weekly Journal eight to twelve pages each Issue, all the news and full piarket r porta, one year $1.50. Remittances should be made by drafts, postal notes, The Vtekly Journal. The Weekly Journal 100 columns of read ing each Issue. Illuatrated, full market re ports,, one year, $1.00. orders and small expre.;s amounts are acceptable In one and two-cen t postage stamps. THE JOURNAL. P. O. Box 121. Portland. Oregon. For natural scenery nowhere on earth enn the PacMc Northwest be surpassed. The majestic and matchless Columbia River flows through the very heart of it, and from Its sources In far-awny states and British Columbia, to the PacMc beyond Astoria, through an area of nearly 500,000 square miles, Nature has been most lavish with her handiwork and pictured magnificent and Inspiring scenes. R, M. Hall, in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and Their Resources." THE POLICE DEPART MENT. It Chief Hunt to to be believed, a state of demoralization exists In the Police Depart ment He has Informed the Mayor and the Police Commissioners that his orders are habitually disregarded by certain members of the force and that discipline IB virtually at an end. Some of the detectives are ac cused of gross insubordination and the Whole department is said to be permeated with jeolousles and bickerings. In short the statements of the Chief Indicate that the police force is so seriously disorganized as to reduce Its efficiency to a minimum. If the charge is true and it is certainly reasonable to suppose that Chief Hunt would not have presented so grave an indictment without having the evidence with which to Sustain It there need no longer be any sur-'l prise that the police have been unable to cope with the thugs and highwaymen who are infesting the city. The case demands the serious attention of the police committee. Immediate steps . must be taken to restore and maintain disci pline in the department, and if Chief Hunt is not the man to enforce obedience among his subordinates, then some one else must be . put In his place. The reign of terror in this City must be brought to a summary end. Ahd while the police committee is engaged In investigating Chief Hunt's charges, rigid Inquiry should also be made Into an accusa tion which lomes from another source and which Is an even more serious reflection upon the department. Superintendent Tif fany of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company stated yesterday to a Journal re porter that when a Sellwood car was held op on June 2Ua police detective called upon him and stated point blank that unless money were paid to the department, no in vestigate of the robbery would be made. Coming from a gentleman of Mr. Tiffany's standing in the community, this charge Is too grave to be ignored. The detectives are unanimous in declaring that it is untrue, but ; a mere denial Is not enough. It is the ob vious duty of the police committee to call upon Mr. Tiffany to name the detective who made the alleged demand upon him and to . .1 . 1 . . W . W 1 V 1 lng could be more ruinous to the morals of the department or more destructive of pub lic confidence than to permit Mr. Tiffany's Statement to pass unheeded. ' It is Interesting to note in this connection that Chief Hunt attributes much of the lack Of discipline in the department to the Civil Service Commission. The Journal has re peatedly called attention to the fact that - the -present-Civil Service Commissioners' are prostituting their office to the ends of the political machine to which thoy owe thetr ap pointment. It has been notorious that the examinations In both the fire and the police departments have been a mere cloak for the distribution of jobs among the henchmen of the local Republican boss. Chief Hunt him self declared only a fe,v weeks ago that no one was to be permitted to remain on the police force who "had not voted riRht." When machine politics are permitted to dic tate the personnel of the police force, dis cipline and authority are at an end. it was not legally adopted, yet that It Js best to let the people try it a little longer In order to see how It works. These four hypotheses are offered to the public, but unfortunately without indicating which one of them the Oregonlan Intends to adopt as the correct explanation of Its con tradictory utterances upon the subject of the referendum. Perhaps that Is yet to be decided. With four strings to Its bow, our esteemed contemporary should certainly be able to make good Its defense. AN IMPROPER EXPENDI TURE. As a result of the recent order cutting down the force of employes in the Sheriff's office, petitions have been presented to the County Court urging the retention of the deputy sheriff who has been assigned to duty in the Justice Court. .This deputy has been In the habit of performing the duties of a constable, while drawing his salary from the treasury of Multnomah County. Three years ago the question was raised whether It was lawful for a deputy sheriff, paid by the county, to be assigned to such duties, and the then District Attorney, George B. Cham berlain, advised the County Auditor that It was clearly Illegal. The law is unchanged and it is clearly a misuse, of county funds to pay a deputy sheriff for performing the duties of a con stable. The salary allowed to the constable attached to the Justice Court is $125 a month, and It should be ample to secure an officer competent to discharge all of the duties in cident to the position. The policy of economy In the expenditure of the taxpayers' money, upon which the present County Court Is Insisting, demands that a -deputy sheriff shall no longer be paid for attendance upon the Justice Court. It Is very considerate of the highwaymen not to take the streetcars too. have anything they want. They can Because the Musicians' Union of New York has allied itself with the Federation of Labor, some of th-j members are complalnng that the alllnnce "places them on a footing with blacksmiths." Where do they want to be placed? With the boilormakers? WHO CAN GUESS THIS PUZZLE? After mature reflection upon its own attl- luae lowara me reierenaum amendment, the Oregonlan offers to the public four pr jjbie cJiiahni(a vi .to ivmnr, uiuuii "lyiLIUL .Indicating which is the correct solution of the puzzle. They ore as follows: The Oregonlan advocated the adoption of the referendum, but now opposes it be- cause it has been made the tool of selfish corporations. 2. The Oregonlan. advocated the adoption of the referendum" and found it satisfactory In practice, but haa discovered that it was not legally adopted. , ' 3. The Oregonlan believes that the adop tion of the referendum was an act of folly, but it, was legally afiopted and we must now be resigned to the' inevitable. ' . 4. The Oregonlan believes that the adop tion of the referendum -fas unwise, and that The night clerks in the Sheriff's office found they could earn their salaries Just as well In bed as at their desks. The severe thunder storm which occurred recently at Oyster Bay might have inflicted serious damage if it had not been for the lightning rod which decorates President Roosevelt's sombrero. If things keep onas they are going the streetcar companies will be able to guarantee a hold-up with every five-cent fare. of the year and occupying the other nine with his duties on the. farm. At 19 years of age Mr. Brlstow married the pretty daughter of a neighboring farmer whom he had known from boyhood, and putting her with the rest of his earthly pos sessions In a big "prairie schooner," drawn by two stout Kentucky horses, he turned his face westward to seek his fortune in a newer country. In Elk County, Kansas,, he bqught a "homesteader's claim" for a song from a settler who had grown weary of frontier life. He soon established himself and his bride in the frontiersman's three roomed cabin, and began an Arcadian existence. Neighbors were few and far between, and not a mile of railroad tame within a day's drive of his (40 acres, but the rolling prairies were virgin and the boII so rich and deep that within two years the young farmer's bountiful crops had netted him a clear $1,200 for his pains. But despite his success the future Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General was not a "born farmer." even though he had followed the plow ever since he was tall enough to reach Its handles. He loved books above anything else in the world, and as a boy he had pored over them many a night, long after all the rest of the household were asleep. When he counted up the money which the Kansas farm had brought him he determined to give himself the education of which he had been deprived in his boyhood. Dame Fortune Is fickle, but she evidently smiled on his plan, for Just at that juncture a man came along who wanted the farm, and the would-be student soon made a bargain with him for its transfer. He then turned his face eastward In quest of the school he was to enter. He had been raised by devout Methodist parents, and this led him to decide upon a college of that denomination Baker University at Baldwin, Kan., one of the best institutions of learning In that section of 'the country. There he took the full four years' course, putting Into it the some energy and hard work which had characterized him as a farmer and which has characterized everything he Jias done since. If he was not a "born farmer" he certainly was born a politician, and yet it was almost an accident which first threw him -Into polltfcs.' One evening soon after his graduation at Baker he was walking down the village street of Baldwin deep in thought of what he should do to make the bread and butter for the wife and the little son who had come to them by this time. Just then he met a friend who was on his way to the town primaries. They stopped for a moment's chat. "Come, go with me to the primaries, Joe," said his friend. "We Republicans must nominate a ticket which we can elect. Come and help us make if." Mr. Brlstow had no particular interest in the matter, nor did he dream of such a thing as being a nominee himself, but he turned back with his friend to the town hall. The nominations ran along smoothly until It came to county clerk, when there was a spilt In the choice of the candidates, and It soon promised to be a serious party rupture. As a compromise some one suddenly proposed Mr. Brlstpw's name, and In a very few moments the two factions united on 'him without a dissenting voice. The campaign which followed was a lively one, and It was then that Mr. Brlstow gave evidence of the good fighting material there Is in his makeup. With the entire ticket he was elected In ihe fall. This was his Introduction Into politics,, but from that day to this he has been an active factor In the Republican party of Kansas. was laaen into we criminal court oj ww i ' late Ed Dougherty, then county Jailer, and From the standpoint of a trafflo solicitor, left standing alone for a few seconds. The business Is dull which, according to the courtroom and corridors were crowded, and deductions of D, Ellery, contracting freight although everybody knew he was a prisoner I agent of the Wisconsin Central, means that and many were talking to him about his business In general Is good. "When you go case, that fellow deliberately walked out of to a dealer for his trade he will tell yoV the building, and nobody knew that he was that he has all the goods he wants and is npt trying to escape until Dougherty came back shipping in any more just at present He for him. Then all of us recollected that he has stocked up and it goes to show that con- had told us he was going to see the Sheriff. I ditlons are flourishing. It Is the man who Is but he never called on that official. Stranger I efrald the bottom is going to drop out who still, though, that fellow came back and getting in . an tne goods possible, and gave himself up a few weeks later, and was I wants to be prepared. . ; sent to the penitentiary." "Every new family that comes Into ihe I country means Just that many more mouths The man who attends to the two plaza I to feed and backs to clothe and while the park blocks and who is known to almost jobber s territory is continually contracting. everyone in the city by sight at lekst. Is a this trade is on the Increase. Especially auiet. staid sort of person, the last one In I noticeable is this in the grocery business. the world who would be accused of playing "s. The furniture and Implement trades ore also practical Joke, but he showed yesterday that lively. . he has a keen sense of the eternal fitness of "Coast business has been very good for things. I everal years and I see no reason why It A young fellow and his girl were resting In should not continue with our steadily inr the shade of one of the trees, spooning in creasing population and the opening up of a delightful fashion and entirely oblivious new territory." of the attention they were attracting from e e everyone. The park man walked up to "Judging from what I have seen. PorWL within a few feet of them, set a big lawn land seems to have a good deal of the"s sprinkler and then turned on the water from military in her police force, but according to the connecting pipe. The effect was marvel- tne papers mere appears to De a iaca or ous. The spooning, It Is needless to state, discipline and efficiency," commented O. P. suddenly came to an end, while the couple 8waneon, a business man of Minneapolis, walked away, vigorously shaking off the ac- who passed through the city on his way Fat today. "We had a touch of the same thing In my home city two years ago and the lesult was that before the smoke had cleared away, a hair dozen ponce omcers were lanaea in the penitentiary and Minneapolis was cumulation of water which had drenched their clothing, and the crowd laughed heartily. "It certainly seems that there are lots of boys after this Job," mused Mayor Williams, After the expiration of his term of office as County Clerk Mr. Brlstow went out to Sallna, where for five years he was editor t the Sallaja Republican, the leading party paper In that part of the state. He then removed to Ottawa, where he purchased the Ottawa Herald, a dally paper which he still owns, and which he edited for several years. From 1886 to 1890 he was the Clerk of the District-Court of Douglas County, and from 1894 to 1898 he was secretary of the Kansas Republican state central committee. When Mr. Morrell was elected Governor of Kansas he appointed Mr. Brlstow as his private secretary, .but It was when Major McKinley made his trip through the state, during the campaign of 1896, that Mr. Brlstow attracted the attention of the national Republican committee, and It was In recognition of his efficient services at that time that he was appointed Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General. Although Mr. Brlstow's enemies, and necessarily he Is blessed with many of them Just now, say that he Is the most merciless official In the government, yet this is far from true. In his own home and with his friends he Is one of the most genial of men. His home life is an Ideally happy one. Mrs. Brlstow has always shared her husband's ambitions. It was she who urged him to take up his studies at Baldwin, and by hef management and economy made It possible for him to remain for the full course, and she It Is who has Inspired him in every step of his upward career. She Is the gentlest kind of a little woman, caring nothing for society, and while absorbed in her domestic circle, she finds time to be active in her church and many philanthropies. Her happiness lies within the four walls of her domain, and her husband and three stalwart eons are all the kingdom she cares to sway. They have a charming home out on Columbia Heights In Washington, where tho favorite and most used room is the library, for General Brlstow Is still devoted to books, although his present busy life gives him but little time to spend with them. The three sons are all students In the public schools of the capital. Joe, the eldest bears his father's name, and like his honored sire, finds his chief pleasure In books. Frank, the second, is of a rrfechanlcal turn of mind. When he was a baby he Invariably tore his toys apart to see what it was that made the wheels go round, and he delights In noth ing so much as to Investigate the mechanism of machinery. The youngest Is Ed, a handsome lad of 14, who is as fond of all kinds of animal life as Frank Is of machines and engines. Their home on the Heights is not far from the Washington Zoo, and many of Ed's vacation days are spent among Its wonders.- Chicago Re,cord-HeraId. as the 'steen'th applicant filed out of the heralded to tho world as a city full of corn chief executive's office, after having applied ruptlon. for the position as 'messenger, offlce boy, "When Fred Ames, former superintendent etc., which was vacated recently by Berle of police, who was recently sent to prison Bennett. Just then a tow-headed urchin for six and a half years, assumed his office. marched in with a piece of Ice between his he wanted a military police force. He was .nH innnnnroii that "ha was colonel of the Thirteenth Minnesota and looking 'fer the Job." He didn't answer the many Portland people will remember him. aualiflcatlons. though, and was dismissed. He Introduced many innovations and every But it was amusing to watch the string officer upon meeting another was required to of applicants file Into the offlce and out give a military salute, whlcn was axterwaras again, boys of all sizes, conditions and ages, called the Ames salute. In a short time the with their " varying expressions of hopes and discipline deteriorates ana me corruption in- fmr. The Mavor is flllna all the recom- creased. Crooks flocked in from every mendat Ions and will announce the lucky quarter and things were soon in a dreadful aanirant in a dav or two. tate. . And. St. Paul, but 10 miles away. Art for art's sake was evidently the mo- blg mif men. The result was the rousing tive of the Russian convict who spent 10 of public indignation and by persistent er- hi. ..i.n. K.hinH in-tm nrison fort the gang was broken up and tha walls in making a mlnature of his living grafters are now serving time. tomh out of bits of cork. This wonderful - "Minneapolis' lesson might prove proflt- , u tt.hihitinn tn a show able to Portland. I notice that the chief window on Third street. accuses his men of lack of discipline and of Inquiries brought out the fact that the falling to co-operate with him in rounding nicture was made by a Russian exile whose up crooks. I wouia suggest jess militarism. only material was bits of cork and whose including white gloves, and more real active .i . .m.ii nonirnifo Onlv I work agaifist' law breakers. All differences short time each day was the convict allowed and Jealousies must be buried before efficient to work. The miniature of his prison, for I work can De expeciea. HOW TO PACK A TRUNK. There are but two things necessary for faultless trunk packing time and tissue paper. It Is absolutely necessary to take the time to sort out and fold clpihes carefully and fit them to thepace of your trunki then to fill every crushable sleeve or puff or fold with tissue paper. Pack your skirts, petticoats, lingerie and negligees in the bottom of your trunk, your waists in the special trays, unless you are willing to bother with a hat box, which is much better. Fold a skirt with the side seams folded lengthwise, leaving the front gore flat, until It is Just the width of the trunk; then place It full length of the trunk, folding the top over and fitting in a roll of paper in the fold. Never fold a skirt three or four times and put It haphazard in any part of the trunk, or It Is bound to be ruined. All fancy waists should be hooked together stuffed with paper and the tufted sleeves laid close to the sldes PJacethejwalsts. lightly .ln acommodious -tray, and -with "long pins pin tight In the tray. Shirtwaists are not stuffed -with paper, but are, laid flat in the second tray. If they are of light material, a little paper may be placed under the fronts to keep them from sagging. Hat trimmings are puffed out with paper, the crown is stuffed full of paper, and the hat pinned in the tray. It is a great mistake to stuff out hats and waists with heavy wearing apparel. It only does Injury by additional crushing. Do not pack books and little boxes in with clothes. Fill the corners of the .trunk with stockings and any email piece of lingerie, and put books and boxes in a shawl-strap, and all toilet articles In a handbag. Washington Times. THE HUMORIST. T.ndv rnstomei- How much material is required for a bathing suit? Wise Salesman It depends altogether whether you are going to bathe at Ocean Grove or Atlantic City. Philadelphia Tele graph. City Editor What did you discharge tTfiat reporter for? Managing Editor For lying. I sent him up to interview my mother-in-law, and he came back and said she wouldn't talk. New York Journal. if" " ' '"" Terrence (with the hod) Ter not workln, Dennis. Are yez out of a Job? Dennis Sure. Oi fell off a nlnethory buildln' ylsterday, an' Oi got rqad and quit. Terrance Aw, go on;' yer too slnsitive. Judge. PIGS' FEET A CURE FOR SLEEPLESSNESS. "The story tha the Siamese minister had not been able to sleep for a month, not even for a few minutes, may seem incredible to persons accustomed to their eight hours every night," said a specialist in neurasthenia, "but In the profession wfe are constantly coming across such instances. Most persons would suppose that a man or woman going without sleep for a month would succumb to sheer exhaustion. Nothing of the kind. Many patients refuse to take narcotics, no matter how long they go without sleep, and when they do feel that way the doctor seldom insists. I had a patient this winter who never slept a wink for 42 days. He was suffering from a common form of insomnia. I got his digestion all right Inside of a month by regulating his diet and giving him a hearty meal of pigs' feet about three hours before bedtime. It was as successful as it has been In other cases. No,I don't say that there Js any virtue in pigs' feet as a sedative, but In the digestive process they induce restful slumber, quite different from the stupor sleep Induced by heavy feeding." Washington Times. . . Talk in England of giving up free trade iias-served- -to- recall thenrtorjrof liow-JolTiT Bright and Richard Cobden came to join forces against the corn laws early last cen tury. Bright says of the meeting: "1 was in the depths of grief, I might almost say of despair, for the light and sunshine of my house had been extinguished. All that was left on earth of my young wife except thf memory of a sainted life and' of a too brief happiness was lying still and cold In J.he chamber above us." , Mr. Cobden called upon his friend, and, having expressed words cf condolence, said: "There are thousands of houses In England at this moment where wives, mothers and children are dying of hunger. Now, when the first paroxysm of your grief is past I would advise you to come with me and we will never rest till the corn law is repealed." The offer was accepted and the work was done. THE LETTER BOX PORTLAND, Or., July 16, 1903. To the Editor: I would like to know what becomes of a married woman's property, if she has children, in this state, after her death, and how far she capaispose of it by wili. I have some real estate and personal property, arid am told that I cannot do anything with the real estate, except to sell It, that would pre vent my husband, after my death, havln control of the same during his life. I not want to sell the real estate, and If I did, doubt if my husband yrouli sign the deed. I have three small children. Doubtless there are many other married women who are in the same condition that I am, and an answer to these questions would be a great favor. . A MARRIED- WOMAN, W- ... Schwab likes to help worthy young men. Himself a protege of Andrew Carnegie, he has gathered about him several able youngsters who are proud to set themselves down as his proteges. There is one In particular, now a resident of New York. His name is Benner. His age Is 32. Schwab, Carnegie & Co. have made him president of a qorporatlon at a salary of $25,000 a year and it is believed that he is a cheap man at that price. Mr. Benner is a bachelor living in superb apartments at The Pierpont Richard S. Croker, eldesf son and namesakeof the former Tammany leader, has become special partner In a firm of New YcVk brokers, having put $100,Q00 into, the business.. His brother Frank has no taste for commerce, preferring, a career in politics. Richard S. Croker is about 27 years old and is considered as more ftke his father than any of the Croker boys. He has the salme heavy, determined 9avu-aa and the char- ncterlstle Croker reticence. ,-, . , -- o , j - "The death rate in Cuba before the war averaged about 42 to the 1,000, taking a period of several years. It is now but 21. This means a decreased loss of time from illness, as well as saving of life. The result is due to the sanitary methods introduced by Gen. Wood. 4 ' The agents of the bureau of forestry will study forest fires as they occur to determine how they are caused, how fast they burn and what conditions favor or hinder them, and just what damage they do to soil and to tree growth. ' ; Only about two per cent of the radiant 'energy that comes to, us from the. sua is capable of affecting the human eye.. 1. In this state a husband, on the death o a wife, holds all lands belonging to the wife. during his life, whether there are children or not; or, to put it In another way, he has income from all .real estate. A wife cart make no provision by will which will alter this result. ' 2. If the wife does not provide by will for the distribution of her personal pro; erty, after the payment of the debts It wllr go one half to her husband, and the re malnder in equal shares to the children. If there are no children the husband will take it all. 8. The expenses of the family and the education of the children are chargeable upon the property of both the husband and wife, or either of them, and therefore, th& income from the real estate in the event of the death of the wife, would have to be used for the support of the children as well as the husband ;but if the husband was a spendthrift or otherwise should fall or refuse to provide for the children, the County Court is given power to require them to be sup- ported so far as the Income of the estate will reasonably provide, and possibly mig'ht have power to require the father to do so other wise, although Just how It could enforce its decrees in this respect might be a little doubtful Furthermore, under the: powers of the County Court, a guardian may be ap pointed for any person who is aft excessive drinker, or who wastes his money in gambli lng, idleness, etc. -Possibly under this pro vision of the law the children might; to some extent, be protected.Ed. Ski J