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PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 25. 1904 rrr- THE OREGON DAI LX, JOURNAL, " ' . AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER " . v v ' ' t. S. JACKSON Published every evening (except 8unday) at The Journal Building. Fifth ; .- SUNDAY OPENING OF THE FAIR. L; TT HAS BEEN suggested to The Journal that. .we might . ii a nMMulif trnnA arrnunAn. RUff gest the closing of the city park on Sundays as to favor .the cloning of the Lewis' and Clark fair on that day. It does not seem to hAVe occurred to anybody that there Is anything morally wrong about maintaining open the city park on Sundays. It Is a resort to wljjch hundreds of.peo pie flock every Sunday. Nobody claims that that has done any harm to the people as a whole and some strongly be lieve that it has done much good in proviamg un emuj cessible resort where people may enjoy the most beautiful " surroundings at no cost to themselves and learn something en every visit about foreign and domestic flowers, trees and shrubs..- ..',..;.-.'.,: . '',.:' ' if all of this is true, and it has never occurred to any one to express a doubt about it. how very much more true tvould it be as applied to the fair? To at least 75 per cent of the people of Portland It will be an opportunity of a lifetime for broadening .their education. It will be of precisely the same benefit to the thousands who will come here from the surrounding country and who, being under constant Expense, will be particularly anxious to make every day tount-, That all of these people should be debarred from the fair on Sundays, the very day when most of them can see It ai the least cost and to the best advantage, seems unjust and unreasonable. It Is on that day when men with families and who work for wages can get away under the most favorable auspices. It Is manifest that much food van come to the whole community from the opening of the fair on Sundays and very much benefit be derived by those people who usually are the least favored Ifa this respect. And where can come the harm? 'f V,;..;':----;'". So long as Portland tolerates open saloons and gambling houses on Sundays we cannot see why It should be squeam ish about opening such an institution as an International fair on that day. Surely the moral Influence of the fair will be Infinitely better than either one of .the other two recog nized Institutions of the city and surely it will contribute quite as much to raising the standard of citizenship and broadening the Ideals of, the people. , ; The Journal would like to hear, from the people of Port land on this question, from those who advocate Sunday closing as well as those who favor Sunday opening of the ,fair.: Let the public see what eachfslde has to say for It self and then let us do, that which the common judgment shows is the right thing to do and the thing calculated to benefit the largest number of people. RAPID PROGRESS IN GOOD BUILDING. A SERIOUS EFFORT is being made to arouse pub l lie Interest in the Brownlow good roads bill A A, which is likely to come up for consideration in congress within the next few weeks. The bill provides for the creation of a department at Washington to take care of the building of the roads. It appropriates $24,000,000, available at the rate of $8,000,000 a year for three years, to be divided among the several states according to pop ulation except that the mfiftmum which each state can receive is $250,000., Each state receiving this aid must add a like amount Should Any state fall to do so the amount remaining is reapportioned among the several states 'which have complied with the provisions of the bill. If all states take advantage of the plan, there will be $48,000,000 spent for Improving the roads of the country in the next three years. . The subject of good roads is attracting an increasing amount of attention all over the country. Forty years ago It cost 25 cents 'a. ton,, 'per mile to carry farm produce, lumber, etc, on a wagon road and it costs just as much today. Experts figure that while it costs $1,25 to haul a ton five miles on a common road, the same sum will carry It 12 1-2 to IS miles on a well made stone road, 25 miles on a trolley road, 250 miles on a steam, road and 1,000 miles on a steamship. ; Some of the states have themselves seriously under - taken-the building of -good, roads on their ow 8 Account New Jersey; annually appropriates $250,000. The state pays one third of the cost, the counties two thirds, though 10 per cent, of the latter amount is assessed to the towns. . Purrig the pst ten years the state has appropriated over . a million and a half for this purpose. It has already built HEWSPAPEK AHX EXPBHSB. Of the Many necessities of Xdfe the Modera Sally Zs Zsast Costly. . From the 8 Louis Globe-Deraocfat . : It may fairly be said that the cheap est of the necessities of life is a good newspaper. If all other needs of civil ised exiatence were supplied at the newspaper ratio of coat the .problem of living well on a small income would be solved. Tiie thought money and labor that-enter into the production of a single Issue of a dally of the flrat class are seldom realised, and perhaps never fully appreciated. Picket, of th nu in these times are poated all over the world. The expense of obtaining the news is not considered. If It 1b news, it is wanted. As is well known, the subscriber gets the paper for less than the coat of production. A comparatively .small part of the advertising receipts suffice for profits. The principle of co operative results In meeting the wants of the many Is perfectly illustrated In the newspaper business of the present era. All the news of the world for a day is laid before the reader for an average of 2 cents. Getting the news is almost as imperative as eating or sleeping. For it Is practically true that Jf a man ceases to read he drops out of the current of usefulness. He cumbers the way If not Intelligently Informed and up-to-date. Business activities and the news are Interlocked. Such being the ease, society has a right to con gratulate itself that one of the great es sentials of life Is furnished at a cost scarcely felt in personal expenditures. ' This train of thought is suggested by a recent feat In reporting au English speech. Joseph Chamberlain, speaking extemporaneously, began an address In Birmingham at 8:10 p. m. He finished St 10:04; and 87 minutes later the speech in run. transmitted entirely .try sound, was printed and on sale in the streets of London. Ill miles distant. On the 'platform in front of Mr. Chamberlain wets electrophones, which distinctly con veyed the slightest sounds In the hall to London. A trunk cable, with two 'similar cables held In reserve in case nf accident carried the .sounds to the Iondon station, where shorthand report ers, relieving, each other at two-minute intervals. - followed the speaker and . transcribed the notes to be handed to Hie linotype operators. .By this means the. ordinary telegraph report was an ticipated by more than an hour. Live newspapers take great pleasure in such exploits, Thelc-seal is to be credited for the development exemplified in the bent Journals. Nothing is too arduous PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. OFFICIAL, PAPER OF TTHE CITY OF or is building L00Q miles of road and applications are in for 600 more1 miles. ... . ' . Connecticut appropriates $220,000 every year as stata aid. The state pays two thirds and - in some instances three fourths "of the cost; the towns pay the balance. Since 1895 the state has spent over a million and a half and the towns and. counties $943,000. , There has been built and is now under contract, by state aid, 454 miles of road. , . v 1 ' . Massachusetts appropriates every year $490,000, of which the stale pays all, although 25 per cent of the cost is afterward assessed back to the counties. Including over $200,000 in private subscriptions for this purposed has al ready spent $5,150,92$. it Las already built or has under contract 480 miles, of road and 1,120 miles are waiting for appropriaidrifc'.V.;'"' "' .zr7Z. New Tork last year ' appropriated $600,000. The stata pays half, the counties 35 per cent and the towns 15 per cent. They have all so far expended over $4,000,000. ' Four hundred and eighty jtour miles are now either built or under process of construction. , There are now petitions oh file for the building of 4,000 miles, of road for which the state's share alone would amount to $16,000,000. If it ap propriated $600,000 a year for the purpose It would require $7 years In which to complete the work now laid ' out. Many of the most Influential people think this is entirely too long a time to wait and therefore have had a consti tutional amendment carried thought the legislature for submission to the people. If this Is adopted, as is likeljv though it cannot go into effect until 1905, the state will be authorised to bond itself for $5,000,000 a year for 10 years, making $50,000,000 In all to cover road building. Pennsylvania has appropriated six and a half million dollars to be spent in the next six years In the building of good roads. It will be seen the movement has taken a real hold of the people and that the more populous centers have se riously set to work to remedy the evils of poor roads at their own cost This movement would be vastly stim ulated by the passage of the Brownlow bill, for once a few good roads have been built In any section the demand for them will become insistent in all . sections. The expense of them cannot be borne by the farmers alone. State aid, federal aid or public aid of some sort Is needed and when the advocates of this measure point to the vast amounts of money that have been spent for rivers and harbors, for federal buildings in the cities, In aiding the land grant railroads, 'for improvement In Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, they cannot see that something should not legitimately be done for the specific benefit of the farmers. They believe that it will be done provided those directly Interest in the building of good roads make plain their in terest in the matter to their congressional representatives. ROADS RIGOROUS the winter through th upper Mississippi valley and along the' Atlantic seaboard. It would be a matter of surprise if It did, not come. But when temperature as low as 45 degrees below sera is reported and through great sections over 30 degrees below is the standard range, the people of this favored section may better understand how Incal culably they are blessed and feel less inclined to resent as something peculiarly distressing and unwarranted a fall once or twice during the year of the temperature to 32 above zero. As a matter of fact in this section of the country we know nothing about any kind of weather ex cept good weather.' When we are inclined to have any doubts about ItTall that It is necessary for us to do is to read the weather reports which come from other sections and to note that what, they regard as the best of good winter weather Is usually the very worst to which we are treated from the beginning to the end of the season and that only at rare Intervals. ' " When people-in those sections realise that they do not have to stand such climates, that they can make a living under easier conditions here than elsewhere and that they may altogether .avoid the rigors of the dreadful winter-climate in the Atlantic seaboard, laws will actually have to be en acted to keep them out of Oregon. If any criticism la to be made it is that our own people do not appreciate at anything like 1U true -value'the glorious climatic-conditions under which they live. , to attempt if worth the while.- What ever is possible and desirable is accom plished by newspapers in their field, which is the universe and its vast con cerns. It Is to the honor of the press as an Institution that Us foremost exponents are keeping pace with the enlightened progress, of mankind, and. to a certain extent guiding it Newspapers with corrupted principles are rare. The in tuitions of the people see through and condemn a lack of sound motives, . ob jects and ideals. It Is often said that newspapers are what the public, wants them to be. That Is true in the sense that a newspaper cannot live without support But the pubao expects a Jour nal to be a leader in news enterprise and In all the features connected with publishing a dally of the first class. The people know what kind of a paper they want when shown; it is for th press Itself to do the showing. There is nothing small about American news papers In their manner of giving the demonstration, and it is done at a nom inal cost. .The millennium of prices will have arrived when other require ments are ss cheap as a newspaper of the best type. . THEM WEBB HO ORDERS. From the New York World. Every officer who has served with Lieutenant-Oeneral Chaffee, the new heed of the army, has a story to tell of him. Years ago. when he was a captain in the Sixth cavalry, he was ordered to go out and roundup a lot of Apaches who had gone on the warpath. Just as he was ready to leave he called at the post telegraph office. , . "Have you any further orders for me?" he asked. ' , "No, sir," the operator replied. "The wires are not working very well to day." "I am not surprised," said Chaffee as he turned to order his advance. "I had them cut early this morning. I don't need any humanitarian Instructions from Washington." Hon for Hint. From the Chicago Record-Herald. "I suppose," said Mrs. Oldcastle, "your son like most of the young men of the present day, Is looking forward with great deal of eagerness to his patri mony." - . , . . , .. , . "Oh,", replied her hostess "there ain't any Irish blood In our family at all Joslah s folks sll came from Massachu setts, and I'm from New. Jersey stock?' JNO. P. CARROLL and Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND WEATHER IN THE EAST. HE Eastern : and Middle "Western sections of the country are passing through a winter of unusual . severity. Cold weather is, as a matter of course in - the upper Mississippi- valley and on MAHX TWAXK'B COHPESSXOH. From Harper's Monthly. "I have found dealing with lawyers sn expensive undertaking." says Mark' Twain. "It has cost me four umbrellas already, to say nothing of the onslaught upon my moods,. J have done nothing but buy umbrellas and leave them In my lawyer's office. The other day I stopped at one of this umbrella counters in a big downtown office building, where there were thre piles of umbrellas. One pile was marked $1, the second pile $2, and the third pile was marked $3. I did not look beyond the third pile, as. I was not certain how much "money I could afford to Spend. I said to the man in charge of the umbrellas, 'I am a stranger fror west of the Mississippi, all unused to the effete ways of the east. I came from the wild , west and I appeal to you ss msn to man, whether, in your judgment you being an eastern man. snd I a stran ger on his first visit to your great city, would you advise me to buy this $1 um brella for $1. the $2 umbrella for $2. or the $3 umbrella for $3? I ask you as a pilgrim . and a stranger,' And the man, looking me straight . in the eye, said: 'As man to man." and speaking heart to heart to you. a stranger, I would advise you to buy the $3 umbrella Mr. Mark Twain. "Which shows that a man with a past can't get away from it even if he has become honest enough; to buy his own umbrellas.. That Is the trouble with me, I can't fool anybody. I am too pure, too innocent Everybody takes advant age of my Innocence. It is a mighty goqd,,thing I was not born a girl., i . "I am going abroad, and may never see' my fellow Americans again in this life, and I hope, for their sakes, not in the next':, ' ! covpetitxoh amowg pakkots. A London editor, weary of the favor ite slogan of the opponents of Mr. Chamberlain, organised a fiscal parrot competition, In which the parrot which could most impressively say "Tour food will cost you more" would receive 25. Hundreds of polite were put. into train ing, and scores of t)f 'in appeared In St James' hall to show how well they could voice i . the . free-fooders contention. There was plenty of swearing and shrieking, snd the winner was a gray African, and when he 'said his "your food will cost you more," after five minutes' profound fiscal ' reflection, his judgment greatly impressed ootn his -feathered snd his- unfeathered auditors. except one hen parrot, which angrily shouted back, "You're a llarl" , J " 'v'",' ,'' V .-j ' I-.. ' ' . , ,-'. ''."' ' Still Stirring Up Sentiment Against Roosevelt From the New York Herald. "Washington. Jan. IT. That neither the New York' nor Pennsylvania Repub-1 lican state convention will instruct for President Roosevlelt is the story heard here by the anti-Roosevelt Republicans; It is repeated by the senators and repre sentatives from other, states as reliable information, but no one can trace It to Its source. So persistently is Ihe rumor circulated that it has come to be ac cepted as a fact, and there is reason to believe that a strongs effort will be made in both conventions to prevent in structions.::?.' syv-.;'-. V,:j-: H -X' ;;.yv'". . "Senator Piatt, who returned from Aiken, S. C, today. Says New York .'dele gates will be instructed for President Roosevelt Senstor Quay, whan asked about the report, said that he had heard nothing about, it. , At the ( same time well-known Pennsylvanians who are in the confidence of the leaders say that is is a fact that the Keystone.- state ma chine is not, irrevocably ? committed - to Roosevelt and If it should become clear in June that the. president was not ava liable, - the delegates , would be free to choose some other candidate " ' a'.""" 'This means, it it means anything,, that the delegates will, be left free to follow their Inclinations when they get to the convention, and they could only be left free If they were uninstructed. "It is evident that matters instead of getting in a more satisfactory condition for the president are getting steadily worse. If Pennsylvania should fail to instruct it would be taken as evldenoe that the persons, who have been strug gling with Quay to prevent him from es pousing the cause oi the President had made considerable headway. - it was only a week ago that friends of the president were planning to mske Col onel Quay the administration manager, Colonel Quay has said, however, that he thinks Roosevelt will be the nominee. "If New York should also fall to In struct it would be the end of the Roose velt boom, and the president's name might not be mentioned to the conven tion. . "The latest news bearing on the atti tude of Senator Henna toward the presi dent and the presidential nomination is that the home district of the Ohio sen ator, the twentieth Ohio, has been In vaded by the Roosevelt men, and Mr. Hanna has a fight on his hands. Lines of battle have been mapped out by Sen ator Foraker, and he will seek to ob tain Instructions for -Roosevelt in each of the 21 districts of Ohio, and also in the state convention. "One of the first things Senator Han na heard when he got here on Saturday was. that Senator Foraker had held a conference with Miner G. Norton of Cleveland, and . Representative J. a. Beldler, and that Mr. Norton had been placed in charge of the Roosevelt in terests in the City of Cleveland. The twentieth and twenty-first districts are to be the first battleground of the ad ministration and Senator Hanna. Sen ator Hanna lives in the twentieth dis trict. ' ' - "Mr. Norton' was the corporation coun sel of Cleveland under Mr. Hanna's old enemy. Mayor McKlsson. and he wants nothing better than to engage in a tac, tional fight with the administration be hind him. ; "It is the irony of politics that t the very time that the president is seek ing to placate Senator Hanna, Mr, For-J alter anouia piunge me nucneye suite Into a factional broil, which is aimed first at the leadership of Senator Hanna. So long as the administration thinks that Senator Hanna is trying -to side track the Roosevelt boom by preventing Letters From Row About W Portland, Or., Jan. 22. To the Editor of The Journal Dear Sir: What, if any, effort is being made to Investigate the thieveries that were committed at the burning of the Chinese house on Oak street recently? ' It seems to me it, is high time that the matter were in vestigated, if necessary, by a non partisan body of citizens. This is a matter both of public and private itv teres t, for It Chinamen have no se curity as to property rights in our city, how long will it be before white people will not fare much better? As a citizen Interested in the welfare of Portland, it seems to ' me that nothing should ap- I peal more strongly to the body of our people than that the governing and offi cial class of the city should be above suspicion. For, considered not only lo cally, but as a place for. Investment and residence to outsiders, the character of its government morally as well as financially, is one of the prime consid erations. Respectfully submitted, U If. ADAMS. $33 Thirteenth street . House Cleaning la Portland. San Francisco, Jan. 19. To the Editor of The Journal: 'In a recent issue of a Portland paper I noticed that that city was talking about cleaning house. The same question is befng agitated here, and badly enough, too -it needs it. Of the many suggestions toward beautify ing this barren-looking pile' of gray structures, is that of improving the ap pearance of the streets upon which they are located. And what do you Port landers think they propose doing? Plant trees! Yes, they expect to begin with Van Ness avenue, setting out tress suitable to soil and climate and have at least one show street of which to be proud. - And what Is being done in Portlsnd? Cutting down beautiful trees which would be worth fortunes to San Fran ciscans.; There stood upon the corner of Third and Clay streets as magnificent a specimen of weeping willow as could be found, and whoever was guilty of authorizing its destruction ought to be "run in," for I consider it was criminal to strike death to Its vitals. Had such a tree adorned one of San Francisco's streets, it would have been encircled with an iron railing or perhaps a seat constructed around It It would have been an ornament to the proposed new market place.- ' - - In Berkeley I ssw two choice trees, around which the sidewalk wss built; the walk gave place to the trees, not they to the walk, as is the esse in Port land. And why csnnot Portland have one show street? Let the residents com pete with each other for such a street, Take Seventh street, for Instance, part of which has ' recently been Improved. Remove the dingy, decaying fences south of Yamhill street, and let there be velvety green lawns and rows of roses or. other bright hedges, i 'TIs shameful for a city, to advertise its fllthlness and be obliged to 4ell its peo ple that they need to. clean house, and If everyone would see themselves-aa others see them,, such things need not be done. . If some Portlanders could only see the possibilities of -Portland, something would be doing. San Fran ciscans say they have the climate, the surroundings yes, the vast expanse of water, but when anything is to be seen, why is it necessary to board a boat and go from San Francisco to see It? Bar cause they have not yet "cleaned house," With better, more sublime surround ings, no one need leave Portland to see its attractions if it will only "clean house." On greatly needed improve- iment Portland should havs Is a boule Instructions it cannot very well ssk 8enator Foraker to cease his attempt to. compel Ohio to send instructed Roosevelt delegates to the convention. and yet ihS row In Ohio is the very thing that is not wanted at the White House at this time. '.' . ,. "It is freely predicted, that when all the conventions in Ohio are over Hanna will have an overwhelming majority of the delegates, and the friends of the chairman of the national commltcee are laughing at the pretensions of Foraker that he can carry the state for Roose velt." .: v. . v. .:' -. " . :i : m, v. . . : i. ; The' Herald has made a canvass In New York to test pentlment on the pres idential nomination of the , Republican party,- and - in reviewing ! the results it says;' ....;('; fn-.'wVf i'.r'T'r::;-" ' , "There is a pronounced drift in this cltj toward Senator Marcus A. Hanna as the Republican presidential candidate. This is proved . by a canvass ?msde by the' Herald among Republican busi ness snd professional men. Of 1,209 members of that party questioned.- 72 1 favor the nomination of Mr, Roosevelt and 480 -declare, lor . Senator Hanna. . The attitude of the legal profession Is especially significant for of the 294 lawyers canvassed, 121 favor Mr, iianna and 172 Mr, Roosevelt "In such a canvass as the Herald hat conducted, necessarily Democrats-' are encountered, and the prevailing senti ment among those who opposed Bryan in 1894 and 1900 is that a more eon servatlve man than, Mr. Roosevelt should be pieced In nomination in order to at tract Democratic votes. ... 'In the clubs, where men prominent in business and professional life meet the sentiment which ' six - montns sgo favored Mr. Roosevelt Is now for Mr. Hanna or some equally ' conservative man. One business man said today that in the club which he frequents the tendency until a few months ago was to favor Mr. Roosevelt Now. he declared, nearly every member regards Mr. Roose velt's ' selection as inadvisable, and, po litically speaking, a blunder. ' Among :. the district leaders of - the Republican county organisations in Manhattan there is a preponderance of anti-Roosevelt feeling. Of the 86 lead ers, 28 have "expressed 'themselves as preferring another , candidate than the president, although most of these ex pect that he will be the choice of the convention. ' , ' "A Roosevel t - tendency predominated among individuals and professional men. Approaching Wall street, however, Sen ator Hanna's partisans are more numer ous, and In the financial district Itself a big majority, is opposed to President Roosevelt, , , while all favor Senator Hanna. As an organizer and a business man, Mr. Hsnna appeals to financiers, operators, traders and railroad men, As they express, it, they don't regard the president as a "safe man.'. "Among the corporate Interests this feeling permeated the whole personnel, of the various departments. In political circles, which were 'thor oughly canvassed by men to whom poli ticians .talk freely, though .confidentially, the organization men are unanimous in saying that as between Senator Hanna and President Roosevelt, they are for Roosevelt. .',. "In distinctive trade districts an en deavor, was made to ascertain how the respective business centers regard the candidacy of President- Roosevelt : as against Senator Hanna. Prominent mer chants and wholesalers In the drygoods trade favor President Roosevelt In the fur and jewelers' trade Senator, Hanna doesn't appear to be regarded as a for midable rival of the president the People vard leading to the City Park, extending from the terminus of a "show street" Here it is proposed to extend the "Pan Handle" from the entrance to Golden Gate Park into the city proper, forming a continuous driveway. Give Portland an entrance to her park. I could go on making suggestions through the columns of the ever wel come "Journal," until accused of "tslk lng overtime," but please excuse ttte time taken, as I become so enthuslsstio over this subject that suggestions seem to be endless, but. I hope to see some of them fulfilled in time, and much "house cleaning" accomplished by the time X return to my much-loved Portland. A PORTLANDER, Meets -With a BepobUoan's Praise. Portland, Or., Jan. 23. To the Editor of the Journal; , I am a Republican, and regret that District Attorney Manning is a Democrat, yet his fearless conduct In the prosecution of offenders against the Isw, entitles him to the plaudits of all good citizens regardless of their party affiliations. . It requires a high class of courage' in these times of pulls and money Influence for public officials to take the side of the poor and weak against the strong and influential. The course of Mr. Manning, In the case of the poor woman whose money was lost by her husband In one of the gambling houses of this city, shows that he is a man with a heart in the' right place, and that he has a proper conception of jus tice, with that fearlessness needed to enforce the laws, v -The rich. and strong can as a rule take care of themselves, while the only hope of the poor and friendless is in just taws, properly enforced by competent honest and brave officers. The hungry and afflicted neyer stop to- inquire to what church the charitable belong who administer to their wants. Neither does the politics of a district attorney interest those whose wrongs he rights ana aeuvers rrora the hands' of the op pressor. Qualification and the nerve to perform his duty is the question with those who need the aid of the officers of the law. . ,..;'..-..., It is a rare quality In any district at torney who understands that it is mors his duty Jo protect the Innocent than it Is to prosecute the guilty, and for this reason many innocent people are so per secuted in the courts of justice that tney lose tneir respect for the law and become hardened criminals, Mr. Manning seems, to understand fully the duty he owes to the people, and Is pursuing a course that should arouse the admiration of all lovers of good government, and he ought to be sus tained by the people in his efforts to en force the law. Ha Is an able lawyer. witn an. me, qualities that make an officer to be trusted, and of whom those he serves may well be proud. If the other county and city officials would sustain Mr Manning and render him the necessary asistance vice would soon be suppressed in this county. Governor Chamberlain knew his man when he appointed Mr. Manning district attor ney, and when the time comes the peo ple should, approve of- the governor's action at the ballot box. '--,' : , . REPUBLICAN. Hot the Only TUtlaa. - - , , From the St Louts Post-Dispatch. Mrs. Neur'ch We'll have to dlschargo the butler. '. Neurlch Because why? . "' . Mrs. Neurlch-r-He mistook me for my maid Ih the dark hallway last night and actually kissed ms. Neurlch Well, he has my sympathy, t made the earns mistake myself one night last week. News, Gossip and Speculation : (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) . Washington, Jan. 25. The ' senate committee on territories has filed; with the senate the report made by its sub committee, Senators Dillingham, Burn- ham, Nelson and Patterson, relative, to conditions in Alaska. .The sub-committee, it will be remembered, visited Alas ka last summer, spending two months' time there investigating the conditions. The report recites that "Alaska has yielded In, revenues since its . cession nearly $10,000,000, a sum greater by nearly $1,000,000 than the entire expen diture in her behalf. It la also esti mated that the United States hss been enriched by the fur industry to the ex tent Of $53,000,000, by the Alaskan fish eries $60,000,000, and that the output of gold since 1898 has amounted to more than $31,000,000. Detailed statistics are given in the report of . the fishing and mining industries. The report pays much attention to the question of trans portation and Says that the development of Alaska depends more upon the im provement" of transportation facilities than upon any other one instrumentality.'- Nome and all places in Southeast ern Alaska are well served,; and receive supplies at fairly reasonable prices. The situation upon the Yukon is entirely dif ferent id all goods .intended for use .in the Yukon basin if brought over Ameri can routes must be taken on 'ocean-going vessels to 6t. Michael, a distance of 2.550 miles from Seattle, and there be transferred to river boats, against the current of the stream, to the various points along the river. The committee Is strongly of the opinion that a great obligation rests upon the government of the United States to adopt a system of wagon roads for the relief of the miners In the American territory, and that for the basis of such a system a well con structed wagon road should connect the waters of the Pacific at Valdes with those of the Yukon river at Eagle, the length of which would be about 40S miles. It is us much the duty of the United States to build the road and se cure the American interests of that dis trict to the United. States as It was to build the first Paclflo railroad to con nect the Pacific coast with the country east of the Rocky mountains. The report points out a plan by which the expense of a system of highways could be i met from the revenues of Alaska without hardship to any of its Industries.'-- :'. :-'.-,,'- j-. The report refers briefly to the agri cultural development of the territory. Considerable attention is given to the question of mining laws and the, com mittee recommends amendments requir ing a certain amount of assessment work upon each claim as a . prerequisite of the right to have the claim recorded. That assessment work to be done upon each claim during each calendar, year shall be greatly increased in amount and that It should represent at least au days of actual work upon the claim, none to be deducted from the time go ing and returning from It . That proof of such . work should be filed with the commissioner of the pre cinct on or before the last day of- the calendar year and consists of affidavits of claimant and or attesting witnesses. That no person should be allowed to stake out or locate or hold, except, by purchase, more than one mining claim upon the ssme creek. The fur seal Industry is referred to at length. The committee recommends that a suspension of all killing by tne lessees of the seal Islands be made at once, and indefinitely, and that the government of the United States shall attempt to re open and conclude negotiations with the government of Great Britain looking to a revision of the laws and regulations which govern the taking, of seals , on open waters of .the North Paclflo ocean and Behring sea, and. to enter upon ne gotiations with the governments of Rus sia and Japan to the end that all pelagic sealing may be stopped. ; The committee recommends that a survey of the harbor of St Mlchael.be mada with reference to the construction of a breakwater oft the northeast end of Whale Island. It also recommends an examination of the mouth of Snake river with a view to making Improvements for bettering conditions In the harbor of Nome. . - ' ' - The committee recommends tne crea tion of a Fourth Judicial district in Alaska to which an additional judge should be sppolnted. ri The new district should oe soutn irora the present Third district and should in- eludethe Yukon basin. - The committee Is of the opinion tnat the time has not yet come for the es tablishment of a territorial legislature, The Industry which now binds the white population to Alaska is almost wholly that of mining, and -untir-ltt demon strated that agriculture can be made profitable, and the population thus made permanent by fixing it to the soil, the homemaker will seek other fields and any form of local government would be unstable. The committee favors the selection of a delegate and its members sgree that If no practicable method of elect ing one can be adopted by congress, that the appointment should come from the president of the United Ststes by and with the consent of the senate. Much interest is tsken In Washington society this winter in the group of younger ladles, daughters of senators snd representatives who are enjoying their first season at the national cap ital.'.. ' : ' ' '''. The western members of the group are the daughters of Senators Wsrren and Clark of Wyoming. ; Miss Warren has just made her entree into Washing ton society. She shared the honors of her friend, Miss Pauline Magruder, at a coming out party the day before Crlstmas. Miss Warren graduated at Wellesley last June. She is a bright Intelligent girl, thoroughly western in her individuality and v hrtiness of manner.. Senator Clark's daughter. Mlss Laura, has just finished school at the National Park seminary near this city. Miss Clark Is devoting much of her time to the study of music.: She has a good voice, and is also studying the violin, She is spending the winter with her parents here, and is a favorite In the younger society , circles. ,'',,' Among the measures before congress in behalf of the organized militia of the country Is one proposed by Represen tative Stevens of Texas, providing that all official mail matter written by offi cers of , the National Guard shall be transmitted ' free of postage, ,and that officers of ths National Guard shall be permitted to frank official mall matter the same as other officials of the gov ernment. - , - ' . : General Corbtn 'showed his wisdom in giving up the barren office, of adjutant-general when he asked and re ceived the detail to command the de partment of .the East. The inaugura tion of the general staff system stripped the office of adjutant-general of prac tically all of its duties excepting those of purely clsrtcal-and routine natures Now it Is proposed to abolish the office and incorporate the adjutant-general's department in the bureau of records and pensions of the war department A bill to majce this change has been sub mitted by the war department and in troduced In the senate and house by the chairmen of, the repectjve military committees. The measure has the In dorsement of Secretary Root, and there , From the National Capital Is little doubt that it will ; become a law.t: The bill provides , that when the office of adjutant-general shall become vacant the vacancy so created shall not be filled. A visitor of rank, but who Is ex- pected to travel Incognito, is coming to Washington. . This Is Mlsrah Asa Khan, the grand vizier, of Persia. The grand vizier is making a tour of the - world, : his ultimate destination being', Mecca, ; which -shrine he will visit in accord-' ance with Persian religion, which makes it, incumbent upon the faithful to make a pilgrimage there at least once during , his ' lifetime. . Beyond being cared ,for ' by the Persian minister here, there will be no official entertainment of the grand ylsler in Washington. Gen, Isaac Khan, who has represented Persia, at Washington for the past four years, and who- has been promoted to the post of minister to Austria, says he is a great admirer of American energy and progresslveneBS, ' and during his stay here he hss endeavored to. culti vate closer trade ' relations between the -United States and Persia. He has im pressed upon his people the advantage Of using American inventions,- -and, Per sia is rapidly, adopting" modern imple ments of agriculture, and is dealing ex-, tensively In American products. He , says1 he believes the day, is not far dis tant" when, trolley cars and electrlo ' lights will be In use in Persia. General Khan's brother, Mahmound, now at Cal cutta, it is expected, will succeed to the post here.- . ' - . r ' ' 1 ' Dr. IHerran, who has had charge of Colombian affairs here, takes back with him to his own country a big stack of letters, the writers of which have made application to enlist In the Colombian forces in the event of wsr between Co lombia and Panama. .These letters are1 In the main from "soldiers of fortune," and the majority of them come from Canadians, although quite a number are written by Germans. Some of the let ters are written by men who have beea officers in the German army, and will not enlist unless they : are given posts of importance. , German endorsement of Colombia is accounted for by the fact that. a large percentage of the foreign residents there are Germans, and 'that the Colombian army is organized and drilled under German methods. The of fer of the Canadians to enlist is taken as an indication that the Panama pol icy of the United States Is not looked upon with favor by our Northern neigh bor, ...... .v The French government owns a large lot In Washington purchssed two years -ago for the sum or $100,000 and In tended for the location of an embassy building. It was expected that the French national assembly would make provision for the erection of a building on this lot during ths recent session. but no appropriation was made and the matter-will go over at least another year. ' In anticipation, however, of building a fine embassy .building in Washington, it is stated that the French government has designated one of- the leading architects of France to prepare designs for the building. The recent spat In the senate elevator between Senator Hoar and Editor Scott guished senator from Massachusetts felt vexed because the editor had said in hts paper that the late Senator Morrill of Vermont "kept .alive to sav funeral ex- 7 penses." A Southern senator says that the Incident brings to his mind the fact that many years sgo when Alexander Steph ens represented Georgia in the ' United ' States senste, a stranger saw him creep ing along Pensylvanla avenue and asked a cabman who the sickly, puny little man waa. 'That, sir," replied ths cabby, 'la 'the meanest man in Washingtonthe very meanest For years and years we cabmen have been waiting for that man ' to die, so that we could get a Job . at a public funeral, but he lust -. keecs mosytng around to ssve funeral ex penses." ' Senator Stephens did not die in Washington, and the cabbies never got the Job that they looked for, Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, wife of Senator Dubois of Idaho, is active In the work undertaken by the Congress of Mothers against Mormonlsm and polygamy, . At a lunch recently given by Mrs, Dubois , to the executive board of the Congress of Mothers the Sraoot case - was dis cussed, snd it was decided thst the cam- . palgn against polygamy should be con tinued regardless of the action of the ' senate In the Smoot trial. The exec utive board will request the representa tives of foreign powers In Washington to -inform th cir go vern men ts a t horn e - thaw ILf naM sn I a v BnthMnasi rtnTirara ev vuny uut 1UW1110111 ,: crniii avow tv 1 jr ol m y p and that steps should be taken to pre vent ths Immigration of women to Utah before first being made aware of the true state of affairs there. The annus! meeting of the .Mothers Congress will be held In Chicago, May 11 to. 14, and a Mothers' Congress day at the St Louis exposition will be held May 2. The recent publication of the list of , eligible widowers-and bachelors in the senate is bringing forth results. One of the unmsrried senators has received the following letter from a Kansas lady, who puts the proposition bf matrimony to him In a very business-like manner. She writes: - - .-,,' "Dear Senator I read : you , are one of the widowers of the senate who would more than likely be one who would be next to get married. Now I write you this and ask you if you are not engaged to any lady? ' It you' would consider myself as a candidate for that saored trust? I am a widow It years old, snd should like a good and loving hus band, one whom I could love and trust I find life too lonesome to live without a good, man. You may think this very impertinent in me , to write you, but 1 assure you- I am no adventuress, only one who is so lonely, and there are no eligible men in this town. If you answer this and give me a gleam of hope, J will give you assurance by a dear friend , of mine, whose husband is senator from ' this state, that I am a good and pure woman. I will wait with patience your answer, then I will tell, you more of myself and who I am." The senator's response to this tender , missive wss written by his secretary. ' It will not encourage the lonesome widow to any great extent. JUDGE OSAT POX. PHEKDEjrB. From the Forest Grove Times. ' ' The sentiment Is growing among the Democrats of the country In favor of Judge Gray of New Jersey as their can didate for the presidency. He is an able, conservative and ; clean man, who has the respect of the entire country, lr- 1 respective of party, and no objection could be made to him such as would ' spply to Bryan, Cleveland, Gorman, Hearst or other prominent Democrsta who have been mentioned.. It is not likely that he could be elected, but his nomination bv the Damncrntin n.,i would be a manifestation of wisdom not always shown by that great organic sation,' . - t. ..-,".,-;,-. Oot Oay How He's Proud. 1 From the Omaha World-Herald. ' .Wtth an appropriation of $250,000 mads to fight him, the boll weevil may consider that he ranks at least as a re ipectable adversary, . ;