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PORTLAND, OREGON
, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3. 19Q3
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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
C 0. JACKSON
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
JNO, P. CARROLL
Published every evening (except Sunday) it Thi Journal Building, Firth and Tamlilll streets, Portland, Oregon. '
OFFICIAL, PAPOR OF THU CITY OF PORTLAND
THE) JOURNAL'S PLATFORM
A Trinity ot Events Which Would Make of Portland
the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast.
First Deepen the Columbia river bar.
Second Open the Columbia river to unim
peded navigation at and above The Dalles.
Third Dig an Isthmian canal
TRISCO'S PROOFS OF GROWTH ARE
PORTLANDS.
S
iAN FRANCISCO la priding .Itself on the fact that
within a year It will add 2.200 rooms In the way
of hotel accommodations. It points with pride not
.. only to the fact that there hi a large Increase In hotel ac
, commodatlons provided for, but that the rooming house
. . district has been enlarged in the same proportionate
' scale. From thla It Is argued, and justly too, that there
thaa been considerable accession to the city's population.
xJ The same test applied to Portland will hold good ex
v eept aa to new hotel accommodations. The concrete evl
dence of Portland's growth comes from the greatly In-
creased demand for accommodations In the rooming house
sections, and few cities In the country have responded
.more generously or adequately in this respect, and In the
demand for smaller houses which, notwithstanding an un
flagging activity, la still far from being supplied. It gains
further emphasis from the fact that the existing hotels
- eannot accommodate the transient trade, not alone during
the summer season when many tourists are expected, but
during the other periods of the year when travel Is con-
1 fined chiefly to legitimate business channels.
' ""-Klpre rooming houses are going up In Portland and many
Of those in existence are being enlarged to accommodate
tbelr regular trade. Smaller, as well as large houses, are
being erected in every part of the, cfyy and at a rate that
; la actually bewildering, and yet the demand for such
, hpuses far exceeds the supply and promises to do so for
A long time to come, no matter how great the Intervening
building activity.
The hotel project, particularly In relation to the fair, has
Hot yet been solved, though no doubt it will be partially
met by great temporary structures near the grounds, as
1 has-been done in St. Louis. But the need of hotel ac
.commodatlons really goes far beyond that. They are not
only demanded for such emergencies as the fair will pre-
" sent, and which necessarily must be met by temporary ex
pedients, but to take care of the people who are flocking in
here, not only during the tourist season, but at all seasons
of the year, . Good hotels are great magnets to attract vis
, Itors. In Nampa, Ida, a public spirited citizen erected a
magnificent hotel. He sunk several hundred thousand
dollars in the enterprise, for, while he was abqut it, he
determined that the structure should be something worth
while. The result was very enthusiastically approved by
' the people of Nampa, though It Is safe to say that few of
them had any real confidence In the hotel as an investment
, enterprise. And yet to the surprise of those who tried to
. make calculations by hard and fast figures, the hotel has
been a genuine success and is crowded with patrons nearly
II the time.
t Many people have been attracted to Portland by the well
merited fame of its hotels which even now All the bill in
, every respect, except that of affording adequate accommo
. datlons. Portland needs at least one and perhaps two new
' big hotels, not as a temporary expedient, but as a per
manent investment. Incidentally they would be of great
' advantage during the fair, but their value to the city
, would be incalculable as time went on and they fully met
the growing need of the transient traveler whether in the
tourist season or other periods of the year.
lnally the man on trial. Is rapidly becoming a mere In
cident. The evidence is being secured at first hand, and while
some of it Is undoubtedly drawn forth in the distinct line
of the prosecution, very much more is being dragged out
to prove that extenalve and seemingly shameless land
grabbing has long been in progress' in that particular land
district. The airy manner In which some of the witnesses
testify "to. the cut and dried way they signed and seem
ingly swore to statements, which they now cheerfully ad
mit were literally without foundation. Is surely one of the
most startling things that has ever been developed in a
court, of Justice.
TOW QBXAT tBAPOBTB OT TBS
WOBXJ).
BUQXEST POBOEB' OUT OT J AH.
CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC LIFE.
D
The trial of a federal land-office receiver for soliciting
bribes to Influence his, decisions on suspended land claims
Is unexpectedly developing the most amazing evidences of
apparent fraud in which the land receiver, though nom-
R, EDWARD EVERETT HALE in a contribution to
the Christian Register thinks that the corruption
In American public life is due to a. poisoning of
Che fountain head and the transference of the Initiative
from the people ns a whole to little cliques which. In the
shape of caucuses or conventions, follow their own sweet
wills Instead of regarding the welfare of the whole people.
The result is to build up an autocracy instead of a dem
ocracy, to raise up false moral standards and, to Intro
duce a cloud of blighting evils which now seems to cover
the country like a pall.
If we could re-establish the' habits of the old-fashioned
town meeting," says Dr. Hale, "we should so far return to
the principles of the fathers. Suppose that a hundred
citizens In ward 9 of Boston announce that a ward meeting
of that ward would be .held on the first day of the month
in tliareat hall of the Latin school in Montgomery street.
Suppose they said that the meeting from 7 till 10 would
be devoted to the consideration of, public education, that
the members of the school committee who belonged to that
ward would be present, and most of the teachers of the
public schools, that they would explain the system of edu
cation so far as it goes, what it ought to be and what they
would like to have it; and suppose that all men and women
who cared anything about it were requested to attend.
Suppose that on the first day of another month they an
nounced that a similar meeting would be held on the sub
ject of public health, and that members of the board of
health would be present, the chiefs of the hospitals, and
such and such physicians who knew something about It.
Suppose that on the first of the next month It was an
nounced that a similar ward meeting would be held to
consider tenement houses, playgrounds and bathrooms.
"Suppose that the next month the whole system of su
perficial and elevated travel was to. be considered. Be
tween the 1st of November and the 1st of July let nine such
meetings of the ward be held. They are not to be meet
ings for nonsense, they are not to be meetings for cranks
or tramps to speak on some other subjects than that of
the evening. It would be well to have them presided over
by the alderman for the ward, if there is one, or Wy the
common councilman or me wara.
"Suppose that this system were carried out, not simply
in ward 9, but in each of the 25 wards of the city. At the
first there would be a deal of blatherskite. There would
be a great deal of effort on the part of different men to
talk about subjects about which they knew nothing and
subjects which were not in the program for the evening.
But,' on the whole, the people will not stand nonsense, and
gradually, as it seems to me, these meetings would become
practical meetings for the consideration of practical sub
Jects. People'ould find out that their vote on the day of
the municipal election had nothing to do with their opin
ions on the tariff or the isthmian canal. They would find
out that the government of the city of Boston Is one thing
and the government or tne united states or America is
another. And the councilman for ward 9 would learn to
respect the monthly ward meetings in the great hall of the
Latin school; the councilman for Brighton would respect
the ward meetings at Brighton."
The town meeting, -the good old New England plan. Is
the basis of Dr. Hale's suggestion, but in the, complex
conditions of modern life It would s)mply co-operate with
and form a component part of the Initiative and referen
dun which Oregon may, with the grace of the courts, be
given an opportunity to try.
Charles Becker Home Arsis in Beat
' ' ' , Hew York. .
From the New Tork Bun. "
At a. little two-story and basement
brick dwelling adjoining one of the
city's hospitals In East New York, there
arrived a few days ago one of the best
known criminals In the world Charles
Becker, a sturdily built, round-faced
German with kindly though shrewd grey
eyes, gray hair and a slight atoop to
the shoulders as he walks. He was
welcomed by a talk handsome woman.,
his wife, who had waited long years
for the homecoming of the man for
whom she had suffered much and sac
rificed more.
The man who thus came home Is one
of the most daring criminals now living,
ills record is part of the annals of every
dectectlve bureau In the world. His
crimes In counterfeiting and forgery
have made work for the secret service
bureaus In every great nation of Europe
even Turkey not being permitted to es
cape. His return to freedom and the
ordinary walk of life at this time, after
eight years In a California prison for
raising a drart from 112 to i22.000, has
been the signal for the secret service
men to watch out for his next move.
Becker is one of the most expert en
gravers living. In early boyhood, while
at school in Germany, he gave evidence
of his ability wtth the pen by forging a
note for several hundred macks, pur.
porting to be signed by a fellow student
and indorsed by the latter's father. He
left the country soon afterward.
tondoa Btfli Holds Plrst Plaoe and Haw
biirg Has Dropped Ttg.
From the New York Sun.
The bureau of statistics has Just sup
plied a table giving the latest data asMb
tho tonnage movement of the principal
ports of the world. These figures re
late only to the over-sea t raffle or the
trade between different countries. The
Netherlands are the only leading com
mercial nation that has practically no
coastwise , trade. The ease and cheap
ness with which freight may be sent
from one part to another of that country
by the Interior anals obviates the neces
sity of traffic by sea from one coast town
to another. Thus the Netherlands o
not share In the enormous coastal ship
ping Industry so Important In other
countries, and in which the I'nlted States
and the United Kingdom are so especial
ly prominent; but the statist!" of
the coastal trade are not given in this ta
ble. The movement of sea trade uf the
ports Is computed by the tonnage of the
vessels entering and leaving them. The
total tonnage entering and leaving Lon
don In 1902 was 17,664,108. London thus
maintain Us position at tho head of the
list of great ports. It has been thought
In recent years that London was likely
to lose this pre-eminence, chiefly because
the neighboring continental ports, par
ticularly Antwerp, Hamburg and Hotter
dam, have now established many inde
pendent connection with remote parts
of tbe world and transact a large amount
of business directly which was carried
on through London previous to the ex
isting development of their shipping fa
cllltles. London is still the largest Eu- More than 20 years ago Becker ar-
ropeaai receiving and forwarding port for rived In East Now York. For several
other nations; and though It has lost years he ran a saloon and beer garden
a large amount or mis Duaines. me hi I'ennaylvanla and Atlantic avenues, i T . .. i i .
His career w no wre th nubile I ""- " v'""""""'
A STRONG.' PROTEST AGAINST THE RELIABILITY
I : OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . ' 'MT '
From tho Wan Francisco Examiner.
The "Associated Press" Is supposed to
be a mutual organization of newspapers
banded together for 'the collection of
certain news and 'its distribution amijng
the members belonging to the organisa
tion. The duty" that the Associated
Press owes to Its subscribers Is to se
cure accurate information and transmit
It without color or bias. The highest
function of the Associated Press is the
same as that of the reporting machine.
It Is pledged to report news entirely
free from personal, political, religious
or class considerations. Such was the
practice and character ot the Associated
I'resa, In years gone by, and such was
the character and practice which gave
to .the Associated Press Its value and
standing as a news-gathering organisa
tion. But of late years the manage
ment of the Associated Press seems to
have fallen into the hands of men who
are using it for a purpose entirely for
eign to Its organization. It has got to
be a political machine, and, worse even
than that, it nns lately got to be a po
litical machine for the suppression of
truth regarding the working people of
the united St ues and the dissemination
of false stories regarding the attitude
of union labor towards employers, y
has for some time been tho aim of the
Associated Hrces to muke the walking
delegate or business manager of labor
unions odious to the American people.
This has been done by systematically
distributing stories of high-handed pro
ceedings, unjust acts and dishonest at
tempts to extort money.
Doubtless some few business man
agers of labor unions have committed
r.i.m'l h tt r.iintil.tiAn a , Vi r m m i m In.
...'(.un..... a. . w ... f Ilia Ulicn "ilO IIXJ l"V. I X. I, LUC UUVlll ft, , . I i
creased Its preponderating share of the was well aware of his history, but , l ,. . i
British sea trade and still keeps It spoke kindly of him as a "sood fellow" u """.""....."
a mtie in rront or tne tonnage move- and n reformed character.
ment. Manv stories were told of his noner-
OUS dlsnosltton and klndnpRM to th rtonr
New York Is close upon the heels of nnd his readiness to irlve to ehurehea
.onaon. ana u win not ne surprism f rs and charitable institutions. Dur
any year, lr It steps into the nrst place, htH creer aa a aloonkei.ir Horlce
a position which It seems destined to matle mHny frenj8 wh)on ract, aldot
hold permanently when once secured
The tonnage of this port 'last year was
17.39X.05X. only 16K.O60 tons less than
that of I,ondon. We have far surpassed
the 15.000,000 and 16.000,000 points.
where we stuck so long, and are forging! ..Qofc
an can, in spite or tne ariusion wnicn
some writers have tried to spread abroad
that New York Is losing Its sea trade
If we Include the figures of the coastal
with those of deep sea trade of the va
rious ports. New lork Is today the lead
lna seaport of the world.
One of the most Interesting facts
shown In this table Is that Antwerp
him greatly In his operations as a couu
terfelter. He was secretly working
with a gang which was "shoving the
queer" In various parts of the country
while he was posing as the reformed
'Charlie used to disappear for weeks
at a time, said an old Oerman recently
through whom an Interview with the
returned convict was obtained last week.
wnere ne went was never told, nor
what his business might bs out of town
But never was he suspected by any of
his neighbors. They looked upon him
BVTTnra orr speeches.
Great, Bays a Bon of Paraguay to a
Bon of Uruguay.
-. From the New York Sun.
"That's a great thing, that new At
lanta Idea," remarked the president of
. the 8ons of Paraguay In New York to
1 bis friend, the president of the Sons of
. Uruguay in New York, as they met,
walking in opposite directions around
Central Park to get appetites for their
. Thanksgiving dinner.
"That's a new one on me. What is
the Atlanta idea?" asked the president
: Of the S. O. U. I. N. Y.
"Why, didn't you read that dispatch
tn t V. Hum wm 141. ntu. tl4u m . t-.1 1 n cr 7
It's one of the thinga we have to be
thankful for today. It suggests a new
. hope for the winters to come."
The dispatch told of a chamber of
commerce dinner at Atlanta, at which
Governor Terrell, Mayor Evan P.
Howell, Clark Howell and John Temple
Graves were requested to "pleaae, not
make speeches." The dispatch said:
"There have been few public dinners
; In Atlanta in recent years at which
these men have not been speakers; and,
while there has been no Intimation
that they failed to come up to expecta
. tlons or that they ever wearied any of
their hearers, etill there was a desire
on the part of the business men to at
; tend at least one affair at which these
men were nothing but listeners. It was
- an unusual experience for the men."
"Now, there's your Atlanta idea,"
said the Son of Paraguay. "If that llt
tie Georgia town needs lttfcthink how
' much more this metropolis' needs It!
-You and I, as the heads of organiza
tions that give annual dinners, can ap-
' - prectate that. And almost everybody
. In New York Is a president of wome
thing; anyhow, everybody is a member
of two or three things, so the demand
: , for the Atlanta idea will be neneral as
: soon as we can get it before the people.
It may be necessary to organize the
Atlanta Idea society. But, whether that
happens or not, evej-y preKMent can
do good work by pounding the idea into
- his own organization.
' "Aa suggested in the dispatch, it
-' should be applied only to habitual
'speakers. When we have men in our
own community who will make two
t after-dinner speeches in one evening
and publicly confess it, it Is surely time
to adopt" this Atlanta Idea. . If a halt
Isn't called soon, we'll have some of
tbem sending phonographs to the din-
' ners, primed to respond when intro-
' dUoed by the toastmaster. Think of
the possibilities of such an arrange-
' ment as that! Eleven dinners roigt get
a speech apiece any night from well,
from one man."
STABTOVS WOBVEXTTO MEMO".,
Charles T. Logan In New York Sun.
, . Having seen recently a number of ac
counts of remarkable feats of memory,
Jl desire to give an Instance along similar:
line, aiud 1 do not believe the records.
hold Its counterpart. Frank L. Stanton,
the versatile poet of the Atlanta Con
stitution, loves nothing so much as po
etry, whether written by - himself or
others. Consequently, he is probably
one of the closest students of the 'art
of the Muses living today. He has read
and knows about everything that haw
ever been written in verse. He literally
knows Shakespeare "by heart." and can
repeat entire pages right off the reel,
ho to speak. Byron Is a particular fa
vorite of his, and I have held a book on
him while he repeated every word of
"Chllde Harold" without the omission
of a syllable. One night in my apart
ments In Atlanta Stanton was a guest
along with a number of friends, and all
of us were discussing poetry. Btanton
had interpreted a number of his own
beautiful poems, when he was asked
the question as to how he had acquired
so wonderful a memory.
"I cannot say," he replied; "It all
comes perfectly natural, aed I never
try to account for It. One thing I can
do," he added, "which I have never seen
any one else do."
He then proceeded to tell us how he
had only to road a poem once over aloud
to be ab,le to repeat it verbatim. After
this he asked to be shown a poem of
any length he had never before seen,
and upon this being done he made the
following wonderful statement:
"I will read this poem aloud, and I
never before saw it; and, while 1 am do
ing this, Mr. Logan will read another
poem or a piece of prose aloud. This
will make two of us reading aloud tn
the eame room at the same time. When
both are finished I will repeat both
poems aloud separately."
And this ho did!
If any one has a feat to equal this In
the memory line, I would like to hear
of It.
UNTOABBTINO UWS ABROAD.
Go
BEPLECTIOKS OT A EFINSTE.
From Everybody's Magazine for Decem
ber. To remain a woman's ideal, a man
must die a bachelor.
Love that heeds proving is counterfeit.
Renunciation is giving up what we
can't have.
Friends are kept by silences, not by
confidences.
The world's verdict is easier to over
rule than that of one's own conscience.
When Jealousy sleeps, love is digging
her grave.
He whom a child takes by the hand
lives close to God.
EcBtasy Is happiness magnified Into
pain. ' .
In Trance the Wedding Tresents
With the Divorce,
From the Indianapolis News.
'There are many curious and Inter
esting facts regarding the marriage and
divorce laws of foreign countries," said
R. J. Brown, who recently returned from
a trip abroad, where he made a study
or tne question.
"Breaches of promise are averted in
Hungary by an express declaration of
the civil marriage act (1896) that the
relations created by. a betrothal do not
give the right to command the con'clu
slon of a marriage, but if either party
withdraws from an engagement without
Just reasons he or she is bound to grant
compensation to the extent of the outlay
Incurred. Divorce in. the English sense
does not exist, but the courts can de
cree the personal separation of a married
couple without dissolving the bonl of
matrimony.
"A curious law preyaillng In France
provides that, before being married,
children of a family, although over age.
shall seek in formal and respectful terms
the advice of their father and mother.
It makes no difference, however, whether
the consent of parents is given, for the
couple can be married a month after un
der any circumstances. This is also
the case in the Netherlands.
"A divorce further entitles the Inno
cent party to recover all the presents be
or she may have made.
"According to the constitution of the
Netherlands, the civil marriage must al
ways precede the religious ceremony.
The latter. Indeed, is left 'entirely to the
conscience of the parties concerned.
There is also a law providing that no
man or woman under 30 can marry
without the consent of parents. If the
consent be refused, the couple have to
appear before a Judge, who advises them
as he thinks best.
"Many countries have now abolished
all marriage fees. This is tho case in
Norway, while in tho Netherlands cer
tain days in the week are set apart when
persons may be married without payment."
mmnlnntet Hnmhnr at vear . th M8 "e ' 'n """St Worthy Citizens.
third port In. tonnage rank, Hamburg wJlen arrested on a charge of
till now has held the third place In all ra"nB "ran. laaen to vntornia
the later years of Oermany s rapid and tllere sentenced to life ImprlBon
growth in foreign commerce; but An- meni, many or nis old townsmen bo
Iwerni tonnaze In 1902. ncc-nrdinir to lieved it to be the result Of persecu
this table, was 16,721,011. while that of "0" by the United States secret service
Hamburi was 15.8C3.48S. The . sllitht men. who were sore because they had
decline of Hamburg Is probably only been unable to get the real perpetrator
temporary and Is due chiefly to the or tne crime.
falling off In the German sea trade "Churchmen, Sisters of Charity and
caused by the Industrial depression many identilled with charitable lnstl-
from which she Is beginning to re- tuttons to which Becker had been gen-
cover. Antwerp Is not only the one erous were indignant at the arrest of
port of densely peopled Belgium, but their friend, openly denouncing the ar
the enormous development of Its great rest as a wanton persecution of one who
canal system gives It large participation was trying hard to lead an honorable
In the German trade, especially In the life and build up a character on the
coal and iron districts. wreck wrought by reason of bad asso
Hong Kong has now moved up a peg. datlons in his youth. It was even said
Liverpool takes the place below It, the that proof could be brought to show
great forwarding and distributing cen- that, although his art as an expert en
ter of South Asia ranking as fifth and graver was dear to him, he had never
L.iverpooi as sixth among the ports, even taken a pen In hand with which
The tonnage of Hong Kong was 14,724,- to trace or draw from the day of his
zo ana oi Liverpool la.iai.ii. release to that of his arrest on the
Cardiff, backed by coal fields, the charge of ralslna the draft on the Cal-
greatest of the coal shippers and an I lfornla conter n.
Industrial town, is seventh on the list f Remombiw. Charlie never posed as a
with a tonnage of 12,556.694. Cardiff churchaoer. When he was arrested for
has the advantage over the Tyne ports! nl8 jast crlmo ne never made a coin
that the excellence of the smokeless r,iint. hut arranirert with hi wir tn
coal supplied by the eastern part of nght for h!g freedom, falling to obtain
the South Wales coal fields,-as fuel for wnlch Bhe wa8 t0 nght for a reduction
steam engines, enables It to outstrip ot sentence
Newcastle in coal exports. "Th first trial resulted In his con-
among the great ports Is due chiefly to Zu5Jm.' T'l
the Improvements In the navigation of !uc!1edfd Jn.?rlng,n lnfl.uen" 10 beu'
the lower Maas, which have made the Llu, ir.a.. ine seconu
wharves of the city accessible to the
largest vessels. This fact, with its po
trial miscarried. At a third trial she
succeeded in bringing about the arrest
sltlon at the mouth of the Rhine, where f Jamef etilmnn. known as Jim the
it commands an Important share of the Penman,' who turned state s evidence,
trade of the Rhine valley, has enabled Bker got eight years, while Creedman
It tn overtake and nass Amsterdam and ul e "u a nun.
in nl-innrh nAfirlv threft-fnnrHm of tht
entire shipping trade of the Nether- uecner nas a great antipatny to news
lands. It holds the eighth place among Papers and Interviews, but his old friend
the great ports with a tonnage move- managed to induce this most expert of
ment of 11,684,208. engravers to meei tne oun reporter.
Stneapore. the srreatest distributor of counterreuer s nair ana mustacne.
the spices and other products of the almost white, set off a face round and
Western Malay archipelaxo. Is ninth Pleasant to iook upon. L,ines were visi
In rank, with a tonnage of 10,913,031. ble about the eyes, but the general ef
Marsellies is tenth, though the commer- feet was pleasing. When he began to
clal sea movement of France Is only speak his face failed to light up. al
about one-third that of Great Britain, thobgh his voice was pleasant and his
Its tonnage is 9.463,872. Next come the manner of speaking concise and to the
Tyne ports of England, with a move-1 point. Asked to recount his prison ex
ment of 8,369.317, nearly double that perlence and his purpose in life for the
of any of our ports excepting New future he said:
York. "It might be better if I refused to talk
According to the tables of the foreign to any man about my plans. Newspaper
trade of all nations compiled by th- men have always been worse than the
German statistician Spallart, the In- police. They have haunted me night and
crease In this trade In the thirty years day. Whether in prison or out they were
ending in 1897 was about 73 per cent, on my heels, asking for interviews or
The steady growtn or tne world s ex- gnanplnsr cameras at me. But I don't
changes of commodities Is not much or believe that my life? has long to run and
ong retarded even by nnancim distress i want to do something before I go that
or large crop failures in one or another will demonstrate to the world that my
of the leading countries; ana as more ability has not always been misplaced;
freight Is carried between different na- "While tn Olympia, Wash., since my
tlons by water than by land, the en- release from prison I caughfc a severe
arging importance or me Beaports may, ,irt. 1 am afraid that consumption will
of course, be traced with especial di- carrv me away before I am able to put
reetness to the Increasing population of n th market the Invention whinh I was
me woriu anu uie uuvuiiuiiib Hinnuaru 0,io tn nerfWt whi n nrison. Mv
of living and comfort among civilized physicians are not satisfied to have me
peopieo.
made
news
of the rapacity and evil-doing of em
ployers and corporations who ' have
bribed the walking delegate to call
strikes against rival contractors. The
most flagrant instance of wrong-doing
of this kind on the part of the Asso
ciated Press is in the recent reports of
the strike, of the street car men In Chi
cago. ' Every conceivable thing . that
would . put -the strikers in a false atti
tude has' been sent abroad, audi apfar
ently everything tending to show the .
greed and j pa city of the 'traction com
pany lias failed to come to the knowl
edge of the Associated Press. Iu ne
gotiating ' for. the settlement of the
strike false reports', were-sent out by
the Associated Press, false In that tuey
made It appear that the car men had
surrendered everything and gnlned noth
ing, and false In that they have made
it appear that the attitude of. the men
was Irritating and truculent, If the
Associated Press continues to keep up ,
such contemptible attacks on organized'
labor the possession Of an Associated
Press news franchise will soon mean
ruln.to the newspaper that lields it
For- many years the American and
Journal and other Hearst papers hove
found It necessary to discard the major
portion of the Associated Press news
reports and at an enormous expenso
collect news for themselves.
Further, the newspapers that aro
members of the Associated Press nnd
pay their share of the expense of gath
ering news have a right to demand that
the business be taken put of the hands
of that small coterie of managers who
are misusing the concern for their own
evil ends. It Is very difficult for mem
bers from a distance to attend the Asso
ciated Press meetings, and 'in conse
quence the elections are always carried
by proxies. This has enabled a little
Inside ring to dominate the Associated
Press for years and use the columns of
the newpupers of the country to fur
ther their own schemes, work stock
operations, promote politics snd keep
tlielr own friends in power. As a mem
ber of the Associated Press, having the
right to demand fair, truthful and un-'
biased reports of all things, (he Ameri
can now protests against the garbling
of Associated Press reports about poli
tics and labor news, and will continue
to protest until all cause for complaint
shall have been removed.
crrtxosATiOB nr sulu.
It Is An Bight Only When It Has Its
Own Way.
MaJ. Gen. George W. Davis, command
ing the division of the Philippines, In
an official report denounces the Butes
agreement with the sultan of Sulu. He
says that as a result the I'nlted States Is
virtually tolerating slavery, and cites
the following sensational letter from
Col. H. S. Scott, governor of the Jolo
group:
"I find that the condition Is one of
peacso long as the big Moro chiefs
ary allowed to nave tneir own way
nrcservedly to rob, and to steal, and
enslave. They are surrounded by gangs
of ruffians who do no useful work, but
live through robbery and by fining both
sides In a case. Irrespective of who may
be guilty, the full amount of the abil
ity to pay. If the victim refuses to pay,
he Is enslaved. Movable property is al
ways on the move without the desire -of
the owner men say they will not worK
and accumulate property which they
will not be permitted to enjoy, and
there are constant turmoils, murders and
enslavements going on.
No one Is allowed to go beyond tne
outposts here without an armed guard
and It Is even advisable to go about
the streets here armed on account of
Juramentados, one of whom ran amuck
four days ago witn nis arms, ran
throuah the barrack yard, slashed a
soldier across the back and fell dead
on the main plaza, shot five times by
a fusillade from our soldiers, which
killed also a trumpeter who was get-
Inir ready for guard. This makes the
sixth or seventh Juramentado who has
appeared since last spring. One engi
neer soldier was chopped up last spring
by one of them who, after having
seven Colts 38-ball in him, chopped off
a leg and an arm each at one stroke
of his barong.
The Juramentado is the outgrowth or
strange rellKlo-patrlotlc fanaticism.
The Moros are accustomed to suffer all
of the caprices of their despotic Au
thority. The laws of centuries permit
men to be recruited for any purpose
whatsoever. The debtor who cannot pay
becomes, with his family, the slave of,
the creditor. The debtor thus loses an
his rights, and his children can be sold
throughout the archipelago. He' can,
however, buy the liberty of his family
at the risk of his own life; I. e., for
the largest number of Christians whom
he can slay. If the debtor, accepts that
proposition he, becomes that moment a
Juramentado, knowing perfectly, well
that if he gets in the mtdst of a Span
ish settlement all the hope for escape
is irone. Death Is, therefore, certain
for nil Idramentados. When they ar
rive at a sufficient state of exaltation,
hut nvr before, they are sent Into a
Christian community to commit their
bloody depredations.
Advice to the Iovclorn
s
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young
man, 20 years of age. I am boarding
with a family In which there is a young
lady of about my own age. I have
taken this young lady to places of
amusement, and have treated her always
with great respect and consideration.
Her mother has always readily con
sented to let her accompany me. I have
only been acquainted with her a short
time, but In that time I have tried to
let her know, without directly telling
her so, that I appreciate her . company
and think a great deal of her. Now.
Miss Fairfax. I would like to ask you In
what way it is possible for me to find
out if she cares for me. Her behavior
toward me has been as consistent with
the fact that aM does not as that she
does. She Is always pleasant and agree
able to mo, but from this alone I am
unabje to answer the foregoing ques
tion. - Also, how can I let her know,
should she not already, that I care a
great deal for herT X. Y. Z.
The probabilities are that she knows
how much you care for her; girls have
a way of knowing those things. As to
finding out how-much she cares for you,
you will have to ask her If you want
to know that. Don't be afraid; ask her.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a younrf
man of 23, and I met a young lady of 1
at a dance given by some friends of
mine and I fell in love with the girl.
At first I was received very well, but
now 1 am not. I have asked her If she
loves me the same as s!? did at first,
and she says that, she doen. please tell
me how I can flndS4jitine still thinks
aa much of roe as she did at first. ,
a. F. H.
You can only go by the girl's actions;
perhaps she loves you better, but does
not like to show it.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I have a little
trouble on my mind concerning a man,
and to state the truth I have 'a warm
place in by heart for him, but he is a
man that would rather play cards than
have me, but I would like to give him
a ring for a gift. Now please advise
me how I should present it to liltn.
Should I put it on his finger when lie.
Is going homo or should J give It to him
In a box? . H19 OWN.
As he Is so Indifferent to you, I
would not, if I were you, give him a
present at all, but If you feel that you
must, you had better give It to him in
the box.
WOBXS, HOT TAITH.
THIRST FOB OmCE.
A Xew Terror to Dueling.
From the Indianapolis Sentinel.
A French duel has resulted fatally.
Chill morning air- must have induced
consumption. ;
Delightful Contradiction.
It makes a woman, very happy to share
the unhapplnetfs of somebody she loves.
Befleotlons of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press.
The only way to end an argument with
a woman is not to begin it.
Pride Is the cause of most of women's
troubles; lack of It men's.
It is hard to convince a woman that
the milkman doesn't know more about
the way to make ther furnace burn than
tbe man who built It
Wrong Gntss.
From the Buffalo Express. 1
A young woman who married an In
diana millionaire farmer a week ago has
Just left him because he asked her to
take care of the pigs and poultry. She
probably figured that her work In life
was to help her spuuso spend that mill
ion, not to harvest another.
The View of an ez-Offlce-Kolder Point
edly Put.
From the Astoria Astorlan.
The worst thing that a. man can ac-
uire is a thirst for office. One can
take a chance at all the ills to which a
man can fall heir and not be as seri
ously damaged as to get the office habit.
One may have faults and who has not?
but the thirst for official honor will
evel him. when his faults will be passed
ver as Just human frailties and noth
ing more.
How many young men have started
out well In life, prospered became In
fluential and have allowed themselves
to be appointed to a good, fat ' federal
job? What has been the average ex
perience of the federal 'jofnce-boldeT?
Ask those who have had the experience, i
Take the average elective office of the
day and tho, ordinary business man had
better let It alone. Business and office
seeking do not go well together, and to
follow one means the neglect of the
other. Once in office. It Is a natural
result that one should desire re-election,
and at the end of two or three terms is
years behind the business conditions and
probably worse off financially than when
he was first chosen.
IJcaJly the 'only person, as a safe rule,
who can accept an pffice Is one -who Is
well enough off to live without it This
seems unjust, but It is a fact neverthe
less. The average man had better turn
a deaf ear to all entreaties to accept any.
office which would mean the abandon
ment of business ventures and attend
strictly to business . . ,:. - ,
remain here, but this is home.
"My invention Is all that 1 live for
now, except the wife who has stood bo
nobly by me. Should I die before the
world learns the result of my efforts to
produce a paper that cannot be tampered
with after being written or printed upon,
the secret will be hers and that secret
ought to be worth many thousand dol
lars." "Will you glve'aft outline how the pa
per is treated, some idea of the effect
upon the durability of paper so treated?"
"Not a hint." replied Becker, his eyes
flashing angrily. "This - treatment was
discovered, thought out while I was in
prison. It came to me in a most simple
way so simple that should I tell you it
would be received with Incredulity. The
paper, chemically treated, will be proof
against the most expert forger. Even I
have been Unable to erase or alter a let
ter." he added with a grim smile.
Becker fears that his long Career as a
criminal will be against him In dispos
Jng of his Invention, reputable business
men being unwilling to associate with
him,
"Becker will not be out of Jail five
years." said a prominent secret service
man who was asked about the Invention.
"That he may mean to be good I won't
dispute- but he can't. Watch and see.
If alive five years from now, if not be
fore, Becker will startle the country
with some gigantic swindle, which will
be his last effort. Are his movements
watched- Does It seem likely that the
government would let such a man roam
around without an escort?".
All efforts. to gain admittance to the
Becker house are met with a demand to
know your business first A view Of the
interior la denied to all - , ,
The Savins' Graces of a Deceased Gen
tleman Prom Kentucky.
From the Arkansas Gazette.
Samuel W. Moore, a prominent lawyer
of Kansas City, oh returning to ! his
home from Arkansas a row aays ago,
told a good scory concerning a maun-n-ntaiiiMl
attorney In Western Arkansas,
Judge James F. Read, Who was born and
lived in Kentucky before moving to this
state. It runs this way:
a man livlns near Ft. Smith died.
This man was comfortably well off in
worldly possessions, out ne naa own
neglectful of his spiritual welfare. He
had never Joined any church and had had
little to do with religious aavisers. ine
time for his funeral arrived, ana al
though a Baptist preacher had agreed
tn h nn hand, an unavoidable accident
had delayed him. The houe was out of
town, and as the friends of the departed
brother were all assembled. Judge Read
wa nuked to make a lew remarics over
the body of his friend, who also had
once lived in Kentucky, x ne juage con-
Rented.
'Mv friends, he said, we are gath
ered here today to pay a final tribute to
our friend, who has already soivea tne
mysteries of .the great hereafter. He
did not have the reputation of a religious
man, and yet he Uvea tno lire oi a noDie
Kentucky gentleman. He naa gooa
hosses and he ran 'em. He had good
whisky, and he drank It. He had good
gamecocks, and he fit 'em, for such Is the
kingdom of heaven.' " " (
A X.ESSOJT TO OTHERS.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
A clerk In the Baker City postofflce,
thinking that circular letters and pa
pers Were, of no value -to the owners,
threw a large consignment of this class
of mall Into the waste basket and burned
It up to save the labor of distributing it
He is now under HOO'bondB for destroy
ing United Sfetes mall, people don't'
buy stamps' ani- subscribe, for news
papers for fun: V While this young man
is losing his Job. be will probably save'
those of Other clerks who might have
been similarly inclined. The lesson is
suftlcien' " . '
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young girl
17 years old and I am very unhappy, as
my mother and oldest brother ere all the
time lighting with me. The first thing In
the morning mamma starts at mo and
ends at night, and I can't stand it much
longer.
My mother has told me to make my
own living, and when I start to or say I
will she won't let me.
Dear Miss Fairfax, If you cannot do
anything for me in thla matter I think
I had better end my life, as I cannot
stand it. CONSTANT READER.
Your sad little letter makes me sympa
thise with you deeply, and, alas! there Is
nothing I can advise you to do save bo.
patient and make the beat of matters. Do
not for one moment think of ending your
life; you may have many happy days in
store for you. Next time they tell you
to earn your own living, go out and get
some situation In ' a respectable place.
Wrhy don't you try domestic service In a
nice home? Do not say anything about !
your plans until you have found a place.
Are you sure that you are entirely blame
less In the matter? Cheer up and remem
ber that every cloud has a silver lining.
BTJSSIAH PASTS ABS HOLIDAYS.
From the Yale Review.
The great number of fasts and holi
days also stands severely in the way of
progress in Russia. In 1902, without
reckoning ordinary Wednesdays and
Fridays, which are always fast days,'
there were only 176 days which did not
fall under one head or the other, and
many fell under both. Besides the ordi
nary Lehten period which, however hi
Russia is 48 days long instead of 40
they have three shorter periods of fast
ing, one of 19 days in June, one of. 14
days In August, and another of 33 days
In November and December. There are
also three single days of fastipg, in
which two are also holidays.
Fasting Is a serious matter in Russia.
for fish, milk and egs are forbidden as
well as meats. The result is that the
markets for such products are largely
cut off for about one-third of' the year.
and dairy farming becomes unprofitable,
as strict observance of fasts is a weight
ier matter witn tne people than honesty
or any other feature of our system of
morals. .
Plea for Good Boads.
' From the Galveston News.
One of the men arrested near the
White House has been convicted of va
grancy. If all the vagrants who loiter
In Washington were put to work, what
reads we would have, fellow-citizens,! '
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