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Editorial Page offIBS. Jouiireall PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 34. 1904 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, -A: . ! " r- AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER -'-I--- , - - - C 8. JACKSON Published every evening (except OFFICIAL, A HARD TIME FOR CORRESPONDENTS. THOSE war correspondents fresh from their de lightful experiences at Santiago, where from the vantage point of the quarter deck they had every : facility to watch the progress of a great naval battle, .have had a rude a wakening since their advent In Japan and Korea, Even those fresh from the. South African fields and their Irritating experiences with the British -censor now learn that everything in life is relative,, and what to them in their inexperience seemed unbearable Is bad only until they meet with something worse. And surely the worst ever in the experience of war cor respondents is what they are now encountering In the land of the mikado and the czar. It is not likely that even ; the military representatives of-the various governments will be able to join the Russian army much before the middle of next month. This is the time fixed" for the mobilization of the great army in Manchuria. Mean while It Is only a case of making preparations for that grand culmination'. When the accredited military rep resentatives cannot get in there 1 little hope .for the newspaper correspondents who kick their heels, at the outer portals.-, Russia is giving out only such . news as suits its purposes, in which respects it is acting wisely, Japan, on the other hand, proposes to .keep Its move ments as secret as possible. It will not only not let any thing go out that has not passed the scrutiny of the of ficial censor but even then every message must first be translated Into Japanese. At the same time it has fur nished Very little more encouragement to the correspond ents than has Russia. It is determined to take no chances on a premature exposure of its designs and seems- much more ' concerned in them than in their spectacular ex ploitation through the newspapers of .the world. Even the Japanese newspapers, ordinarily quite as Independent )n tone and spirit as those printed in the United States, are under an embargo. ' It is hard lines for the. enterprising correspondents and the public thirsting for full details of cannot help "sympathizing with them But the war Is destined to last for some the course of a little while everything sensible basis in which case the correspondents may be expected to. make up for lost time and It has been aching to hear. NOW FOR THE ISTHMIAN CANAL. THE SENTIMENT in favor of building an isthmian canal is so profound and general that it has swept aside political barriers and forced ratification of the Panama, treaty. .There were features, of the affair ctilminatmsrhrthendeclaTationr-of airtndependent republic at Panama which were not viewed with a feeling of a unanimous approval. The 'wlBh- seemed so much father to the thought in the outcome, the finger of the, shady pro moters and stock Speculators were actuating principals In an ' enterprise that otherwise .might never have eventuated, .that at the .outset the pub- lie was disposed to look askance at the, whole affair and wash Its hands of It. ; While it was true that no popular, svmnathv could be extended to Colombia. . which had de liberately pursued a dog in the manger policy, it was at the- same time felt that two wrongs never made a right and that if this government was involved in thev setting . up of the hew republic its acts could not be conscientiously approved. As time went on it became apparent that ' hile the government , probably was not aware of it it had. been unconsciously used in the furtherance of a con- XAmsnr, nr wavohttsza. Bemarkable Orowth and Development of T . From the New York Tribune. It is rn Harbin more than in all the cities combined that Russia is asserting her intentions of becoming an active in- dustrial force in the affairs of the Orient, and her people are already giving : the place the title of the Moscow of . Asia. , - The city is located on the Sungarl river, at the point where the Manchuria branch of the Siberian railway crosses the streamand where the Chlnese-east- i em branch starts south -to Dalny and .Port Arthur. It is about 860 miles west of Vladivostok and 600 miles north 6f Port Arthur. Its location Is the geo graphical center of Manchuria, and from present prospects it is to .become the commercial center as well. The city is surrounded on all sides for hundreds of . miles with rich and "productive agrl cultural country, producing corn, wheat, 'oats, barley, beans, millet, hemp, .to ,bacco, vegetables and some fruits. 'Minerals and timber and great areas of Bia&uiB ,a mm .inu .ui luuuu it. - , ' At present , the place consists of the old towns, three, miles from the cen tral depot; Prestln, or the river .town, ,the present commercial center, and the administration town, in close proximity Tto the railway station. Before the rall !way engineers established this as their ! headquarters there was no native town '.in this vicinity, and the entire place is therefore a' Russian product. It Is as distinctly a Russian city as .'though it were located in the heart of Russia, and none but Russians and Chi nese are permitted to own land, con struct buildings or engage in any per manent enterprise. The city has been Treated by the Russian government, un der the management of the Manchurlan Railway company. The land for many miles in each direction has been secured so ' as to make it Impossible for any foreign influence to secure a profit or foothold close to the city, and foreigners sre not recognised as having any rights whatever, but are permitted there on sufferance. The chief railway engineer is the administrator .'of the city, and up to the present time has hal complete control of everything; but in the new scheme for the government of Man churia some form of municipal organiza tion will be permanently established. In 1900 the place began to assume Importance as a center of railway man agement, and In 1901 the population had grown to 12,000 Russians; In 1902. 20, 000; by May. 1903. 44.000. and In Octo ber, 10S. a census showed a population Of 40,000. exclusive of soldiers. Of these, 400 are Japanese and 300 of all other nationalities, including Germans, Austrian. Greeks and Turks, All the rest are Russians. There are no Amer icans. The Bungarl river is navigable with light draught steamers and native craft for nearly 200 miles above the city, up Ixith branches of the river, and much "traffic has already developed on these utreams. especially In wheat. From Harbin to the Amopr river, dur ing the navigation season, which begins In April and ends on November 1. good sized steamers run .dally. Harbin was Marted primarily as a military center ud en administration town for the gov ernment end direction of railway af fairs. He growth into a splendjd com metMtal and ma mifsHu ring city was not " Ijinany provided for by the promoters, PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Sunday) at The Journal Building. Fifth and Yamhill streets, Portland. Oregon. PAPER OF THE CITY OP PORTLAND spiracy,v back of which were the speculatorfr1ir:the French stock, to set up a local government through which their claims might be disposed of to the United States at great profit to. the speculators. Every circumstance worked into the hands of the conspirators and the; victory which they have won is quite as great as that wori by the advocates of the Panama over those who would have pre ferred the Nlcaraguan route. But whatever new facts may be developed by time will hereafter be of purely historic interest. So far as the building of a canal is concerned, and that over the Pan ama route, the, die is cast. On the naked question of canal building the announcement will be received with general satisfaction. No single event now in contempla of the country. It will enormously ' increase the prestige of ther Pacific coast ami it will make the UnltedTBtates the preponderating influence on that great body. of water. The Pacific coast states have always been a unit in favor of building the great canal and, in our Judgment, the an ticipated benefits, great as t"hey were expected to be, will tall short of what eventually wijl be realized. what is happening in their distress. time to come.. In will get down to a give the world all so manifest as the and it has been somewhat of a surprise to them, but the fever of making it a great Russian commercial and '. manu facturing city ha now taken possession of the railway management, and every system of promotion and protection that can be devised to increase its growth along these lines is being energetically encouraged. The capital for most of the private en terprises is furnished "by Siberian Jews. Chinese are furnishing money for the construction. of some of the finest private buildings, such as hotels, store rooms, etc In the administration part of the city no private buildings of any kind are permitted. The administration has already re ceived more than 2,000,000 rubles ($1, 030,000) for land sold to private part lea Many elegant residences and substantial structures are in course of construction in the additions adjacent to the admin istration town. A hotel and theatre combined was built at a coat of 60,000 rubles (130,000) and rented for 25,0u0 rubles (112,875) per. annum. All this land is .secured on an tS years' lease. . ' , The leading industry of Harbin Is the manufacture of flour. Eight mills are now in operation, all with modern Euro pean machinery with one exception, and that is a small one constructed with American machinery. Applications have been made and granted for the construc tion of two more large ones, and by the middle oM04 10 mills will be In opera tion; producing 25,000 poods (903,800 pounds) of flour a day. They pay from 30 to 35 cents gold a bushel for their wheat delivered at the mills, and the wheat producing area can be Increased enormously. The present value of the flour mills in Harbin Is 1,200,000 rubles ($618,000). , In the 'immediate vicinity of Harbin there are 200 brickmaklng plants, the cost of which was 600,000 rubles ($257, 000). Two of .these plants were con structed by the administration, at a cost of 200.000 rubles. Most of the brick produced are used in the construction of the city. A Very good grade of red brick is produced and sold for 6.50 rubles ($3.35) per 1,000. Most of the work Is done by Chinese, who are paid 36 kopecks (10 cents) a day. . There are several companies engaged in the, meat packing bulnees, with plant costla'g altogether 26Q.O0O rubles ($128,760). They cure hams, bacon and all varieties of smoked meats, and pro duce excellent articles. The hogs and cattle' in this part of the country are grain fed, and make splendid meats, and the Russians are exports In preparing it for market. So far these concerns have not been able to supply the Manchurlan markets, but the cheap labor of the country. In combination with the cheap grain and the familiarity of the Chlr nese with hog raising, make a good foundation for tne growth of the Indus try, and I can see no reason why it should not continue to grow sufficiently to produce all that may be required for the Oriental markets. There is on the river a Kniall sawmill that cost 15,000 rubles ((7.760). and two on the railway line between Harbin and Vladivostok that com 150,000 rubles ($7T.600). - The country Is productive In wheat cattle, sheep, hoes, millet, barley. , oats, oorn, beans, furs, hlden. wool, bristles. bean oil, bean sake. Ivomp, tobacco and timber, end has various undeveloped mineral resources, In fact. It has all the natural elements 'for the foundation of great, city, JNO. P. CARROLL tion will so profoundly influence the commercial history A FORTUNATE EVENT FOR PORTLAND. FOR fully 20 years the people of this city and state have never been given a fair, straight, intelligent, , decent and reliable report of a single local po litical event, either in the Oregonian or the Evening Slop over. Controlling as they so long did the avenue of pub licity they used them to gain selfish personal ends or to gratify private malice. What suited their purposes for the world to know that they printed, but nothing else. They have never scrupled to distort or to misrepresent matters of public notoriety or to hound or malign people who either appeared to stand in theV way or who hap pened, to have Incurred their displeasure. This back woods style of journalism so long effete elsewhere still flourishes in Portland if one is to accept the recent re ports printed of the meeting of the Democratic state cen tral committee and the Lincoln birthday dinner of the Re publican club. It will doubtless flourish as usual during the .campaign of the .present year, but It is not destined to be quite so effective as it used to be. The avenues of publicity are no longer monopolized by either or both of the head and tail combination. Since The Journal came to town .an opportunity is presented for the first time in the history of Portland for every side of every question to get a fair hearing and for every public meeting to get a fair and unbiased report. People are Just beginning to realize the vast benefits which accrue to Portland from this eimplefact, so difficult for people from other sections to appreciate. No one faction, clique or combination can longer rule Portland with an iron hand, iris nc1ongerT5ossiblete nhrottlepubl Ibrii6iTort6'" fly unrebuked In the face of public decency. With these shackles removed the city Itself is getting out of Its rut, all classes of the people are being drawn closer together and every shoulder Is being placed to the wheels of progress. It was a great day for Portland when the back bone of Us news monopoly was broken beyond hope of repair. . . v"' " ' " . - Fire, drills in the' publlo schools should ocour with at least a sufficient degree of frequency to familiarize the children with what is expected of them. They shouldbe followed with some definite system and not at haphazard. This should particularly apply in cases like Portland, where the schools are built of wood and therefore are likely to burn much more rapidly than though they were of stone or brick construction. A XBDSPEITSBBT rUXMOB. The Kaiser's Son and Bel Talks Back SaucUy. A news dispatch from Berlin tella this story: There is one thing which interests the people of) Berlin more than the troubles in the far east, and that is the domestio war between the : kaiser and the crown prince, who has shown a strong inclination to have his own will In, everything. He Is now 22 years of age, and thinks that the time has ooma for him to declare his independence. When he first started in to show that he was far from agreeing with his august father in matters of importance it was a very severe shock to the kaiser, who, in broad Oerman, told him to shut up. The conflict became 'acute when the kaiser told the prince that as an officer he had to obey his superior or he would run the risk of being courtmartlaled. The crown prlpce, with all the hot-head-edness of a true Hohenzollern, answered, stamping Mb feet: "As, a lieutenant in the German army I know perfectly well that I owe you obedience in military matters, but as a Oerman, even if an officer, I have the right to associate with whom I please, visit whatever theatres I please. You, yourself, was none too obedient to your father when at my age. Tou resented his interference in your private affairs just as much as I do, and I want to tell you that If I am not allowed to develop my own individuality I shall resign from the army, and if you force me to do this I swear that I will never again wear a German uniform. Should this not help I can always emigrate and choose my home in London, Paris or In the United States, where I will be free to live as a human being and nob simply be clock work." This response for once silenced the kaiser, who remained speechless for sev eral minutes; then, trying to be calm, told his oldest son that if he were. a simple German subject hta reasoning would be perfectly proper, but that as crown prince and future ruler of Ger many there were other laws which he must obey. To this, however, the prince replied that he was human before he was loyal, and that he would rather renounce his rights to the throne and be free than to be a crowned slave all his life. osiazsr or the ixad. Ernest Thompson Seton is the Century. InHhe woods of Keewaydln there once roamed, a very discontented porcupine. He was forever fretting. He complained that everything was wrong, till it was perfectly scandalous, and the great spirit, getting tired of his grumbling, said : "You and the world I have made don't seem to fit. One or the other must be wrong. It Is easier to change you. You don't like the trees, you are unhappy on the ground, and you thirk everything is upside down,' so I'll turn you Inside out and put you In the water." . -v . An Inference. ' From the Atlanta Journal. Whisky can now be msde from cotton. At .least. Kentucky farmers are to begin the raising, of cotton. Quite Jfaturst . , A good many people sympathize with, the under dog when it is oij top, - Oregon Sidelights Milton has 660 school children, and no saloons. Good town. The mayor of The Dalles is named Gunning. When he goes after an office ne gets it. - ...,T.J;. t , ...... Already the Seaside Sentinel predicts a good summer season at that resort Rather a safe guess. Young ladles of Roseburg have organ ised an H. L. club. They don't write it with a dash between the letters. ; , ' The report is sent out from Umatilla, on the Columbia, that a beet sugar lao- tory is to be established there, Larks are singing with full notes in eastern Oregon, a. sure sign, observers say, that there will be no more winter. Everything is moving upward and forward in eastern Oregon. Samplo Item: The capacity of the Wasco flour ing mill Is to be doubled. 1 , Burglars, who attempted, unsuccess fully, to blow open the O. R A N. safe at Weston, were not so badly disap pointed over their failure, after reading that the safe contained only 15 cents in cash. A Prineville young woman reported her watch stolen, and had officers hunt ing for the thief; then she found it wnere she had herself laid it. This item might be duplicated, with variations, many tunes.. Florence West: "Last Friday we no ticed some very fine veal hanging In Al Readv's meat- market. Although It Is pretty hard to get good meat at this time of year, the veal was as nice as any we have ever seen." Men of Yale, Malheur county, have held an irrigation meeting. Whether they "Irrigated" incidentally is imma terial; Irrigation will work wonders In that region, and these Irrigation agita tors are doing a good work. Orvllle Coffman, son of William Coff- man, an ex-pollceman of Pendleton, has been appointed one of the Jefferson Guards for the St. Louis exposition. The Jefferson Guards are the drilled and uniformed police who will guard the grounds and buildings at the fair. The people of Tillamook have abund ance of water the ocean near, and rain a-plenty, yet need water, and will soon vote on an ordinance providing for bond ing the city for $61,000 to establish a new water system. Cows run at large In Kansas City not the big town on the bluffs of the Kaw, but a suburb of Oregon City which ttn metropolltan custom led to a lengthy lawsuit between two women over a cow's depredations. In which contest Senator Brownell and his client scored a victory and when womna's suffrage prevails he can have her vote. Already sheep shearing has begun in eastern Oregon. According to the Pilot Rock Record the weather is most de lightful; grass is growing nicely, farm ers are seeding their spring crops and from general appearances one would 1m aglne that the time was April Instead of being the 19th of February. "The Moro Observer man -says he "has been lenient to the children around his shack this week, remembering that along down the path, of life somewhere in the M . I - - 1 - V. 1 I. J 1 J rorue ne was a juuiit iumibvii anu .en joyed sleigh riding." But what would he have done about it if he had not been leniently disposed? In a contest with a lot of "kids" an old man would soon come to grief. Revival services are in progress at the United Evangelical church and will continue throughout next 'week. The Interest is increasing nightly. Theme, tonight, "Hell;" tomorrow morning, "Heaven." Welcome to all. Corvallls Times. Perhaps after an evening's ex perlence of "Hell." Corvalllsltes will be prepared to enjoy a morning in "Heaven." At any rate they are equal ly welcome to either. They "pays their money and takes their choice." The papers of Umatilla county, except one or two in Pendleton, approve Dis trict attorney Halley's crusade against gamblers. For example, the Pilot Rock Record says: "In every wen reguiateo community, where law and order is maintained, public opinion will not toler ate open gambling. This is because of the demoralizing influence It has in in culcating the gambling spirit among the young men of the town, where it exists, and in permitting a worthless, and of ten dangerous class of people, to make a living without working for it. POLITICAL POINTERS Kay Change Its Mima. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer: The Chronicle seems to think that Congress roan Williamson will not meet with any serious opposition for re-nominatlon. It will change Its mind after those Multnomah and Baker county fellows get through with him. Plea for Williamson. Alluding to efforts being made to de feat Representative Williamson for re election, the Dalles Chronicle remarks: "This is a presidential year, and the party must be permeated by the most perfect harmony, for the eyes of the nation are upon Oregon. At any rate, we should not 'swap horses while cross ing a stream.' Mr. Williamson should have the opportunity to light Important measures through congress." Multnomah County Doubtful. Salem Statesman: A recommenda tion by the delegation seems to be taken as presumptive evidence by the presi dent that something is probably wrong with the aspiring appointee. The Statesman . agrees with the delegation that Mr. Bridges should have been re appointed. As soon as his turning down was made known In Portland, It is said the "managers" Immediately sent word around town to organize 17 more "Mitchell-Roosevelt clubs" with out delay, and to at once telegraph the fact to the president In order to prevent the Simon men from 'making the im pression that there was any disaffection toward him on account of his action in the matter. It Is generally thought that, with proper care, Multnomah county will yet be carried for Rooser Velt. ' s1 Our Shifty Blnger. Deschutes Echo; . Blnger Hermann has recommended to the president two men for one office. The president nomi nated the one that. Hermann really didn't want and refuses to withdraw It Hermann Is the same old shifty, tricky. boneless Blnger. The president showed a friendly attitude towards his dis chsrged servant during . the time ..that Blnger was running for congress, but that exhibition of good feeling , wss made for the benefit of the multitude JAPAN'S AP Bolton Transcript. One phase of the Russian-Japanese situation of especial Interest to array officers is the Question of transportation. The conduct of military operations with only a single-track railroad to connect the seat of war with the main base of supplies thousands of miles away is un precedented in ; warfare and there is much speculation as to how Russia will handle the situation. ' i The. moving, of large bodies of troops by rail ts so difficult a matter that an officer of high rank who served In the campaign of the allies at Peking tells a representative of the. Boston Tran script that the congestion at the eastern end of the Siberian railroad will be so great, in case Russia finds it necessary to rush troops and supplies to the front in large quantity, that the authorities Will actually find it quicker and more convenient to unload the troops at Lake Baikal and march them overland to the eat of war. The maximum capacity of the Siberian line for continuous and pro longed service 'has been stated as low as 500 troops a day with supplies, though Ahe best authorities set a much higher figure. "The fact that the road has a sauce of Its own makes the return of cars from the eastern terminal most essential part of the problem. Some of those who have discussed the situation have apparently made the mistake of assum ing that Russia would have to keep it army supplied in chief part by means of this railroad line. The immediate ques tion, in the oplnjon of competent ob servers, Is rather how long it can sup ply the needs of its fighting men from tne stores accumulated at Port Arthur and Dalny. It, may be that unleas the war is protracted it will not be neces sary to use the railroad to any consider able extent for the carrying of supplies. Joseph. C. Byron of Willlamsport, Md who was a captain and quartermaster In the United States army in China dur ing the boxer troubles and afterward visited Korea and Japan, says: "There is a great deal of difference be tween the. ease with which supplies can be transported by land and by water. A ship seems to have unlimited capac ity. We loaded the Pak Ling at Ta coma with hay and grain for Manila and when by rights it should have been full, it took It carloads of hay to 'square oft the hatches.' as the mate called it. This ship carried over 00 carloads. Imagine 800 -cars standing empty at the eastern terminus of the Siberian railroad and then making their way back over some thousands of miles for more supplies on a single track, road, a toilsome journey ef weeks to get to the Pacific and weeks to get back; while Japan, with two ships, will put .the same amount of supplies wnere it needs them in two days, "In the Santiago expedition we had several miles of freight cars waiting to get Into Tampa and more miles waiting to get out and it was a very serious tax on our southern railroads with all their facilities to get our supplies on the dock. THE FIRST GREAT REPORTER It is a strange fact that Charles Dickens is always called a novelist and never called a reporter, writes Herbert N. Casson in the Los Angeles Examine . Yet the truth Is that he was a reporter first, last and always. He was not a writer of Action. His novels were packed with facts. It was straight "news" that Charles Dickens wrote for the people of Eng land. His first book waa called "Sketches of Everyday Life and Every day People." ' Every one of his books might have come out under the same title. Charles Dickens knew what reporting meant. He knew it was not smart scribbling for so many dollars a week. He felt that' it was more thsn the in different writing down of people's crimes and miseries and misfortunes. To report a thing is to tell exactly what it is like. It is to reproduce an occurrence in such a way that every body who reads the story can see what has happened. No .one has a harder or a nobler Job than the reporter. The reporter has a responsible work to do. So far, he has not understood his own profession. He has not been equal to hla job He has swung in with the great pay-envelope mob, and forgot ten his opportunities. If all the reporters of the United States could write with the pen of Charles Dickens for one month, this nation would wake up from its drowsy indifference to the suffering and the wrong-doing that continue to exist It would see with the eyes of the ex ploited and feel with the heart of the oppressed. Charles Dickens waa as much a part of the common people as a tongue is a part of the body. He learned what child labor -was by being a child worker himself. He found out what pawnshops were like by pawning the family furni ture. He knew how the poor lived by being poor himself. At the age of 15 Dickens was an office boy In a lawyer's office. At 17 he began reporting. He saw that a knowledge of shorthand would make and the president takes this opportunity to show the ex-comnrissloner that he likes neither hide nor hair of him, and will not stand any dog-tricks from the Oregon man. , avTEBrmxra ArnscxATZD. From the Condon Globe. The Portland Daily Journal is show ing commendable enterprise in the mat ter of war news, having secured the complete Hearst news service for its columns. The Journal has been pro gressing ever since its first issue and has come to be recognised as one of the most enterprising, Independent, fear less newspapers of the Pacific coast. It publishes the news without fear or favor in matters concerning local municipal and political- affairs and has thereby gained the confidence and respect of the public It is controlled by no ring or clique, but, in its own language, "She nies witn ner own wings." The Globe admires that sort of Journalism. It ad mires that spirit In any newspaper and It detests its opposite. For that reason this paper takes pleasure In commend ing The Journal and congratulates its manager on his successful effort to give Portland and Oregon that kind of -a daily newspaper. The matter of war nows at this time is but an inci dent of The Journal's enterprise. It seems to propose to give its readers the best obtainable and as the Hearst syn dicate is noted for its "get there" qual ities as a news gatherer The Journal has secured that service. O1UB0OK VOXTXOA& BTQTXI. The indications are that Hon. R. D, Hume will be returned from the Coos and Curry district as joint senator in the next legislature. i . . ,'... The Eugene Register is out for "Speaker" Harris for congress, to suc ceed Hermann. - The nam of mate ftenator Walter U Pierce has been suggested in connection with the Democratic nomination for con gress for. the second district of Oregon, ' VANTAGE at Tampa Once there they were swal lowed up by the ships. "A near base and water transporta tion are the strong points in Japan's fa ver, while a distant base and a single track road are Russia's weakness, . Port Arthur, to be sure, is a base, but only a secondary one, for a struggle of this Kino, , . . , . "No campaign ever illustrated the ad vantages of being near at hand as well as the China campaign of 1900, The Russians at Port Arthur and the Japa nese at Nagasaki were practically on the spot; the English at Hong Kong and the Americans at Manila, seven days away. These armies got there and were in from the beginning tcr the end. , The others belonged to the class that 'also ran' In the list of winners. . . "As a distinguished but somewhat 11 literate soldier remarked, 'In a fight the man who gets there flrstest with the mostest men wins the battle,' And here is where Japan comes in. It will get there first with the most men and if the rest' Of Korea Is like what X Saw Japan will solve its land transportation prob lem by having eoolles pack the, auppiies On their backers I Tiaverseen them, do with a sort of sawbuck arrangement strapped under their arms. A Chinese or Korean, coolie will carry In thla way 100 to 125 pounds all day and keep up with the army. "Here again the Japanese have an ad vantage. Their soldiers' ration Is made Up of rice and fish, mostly rice. As every one knows, this is the prinoipal food also of Korea and China, and large stores of it are found In every seaport, On rice alone the Japanese soldiers will march and fight, and one coolie will car ry a week's ration for 10 men. This reduces the subsistence problem to a very easy one. "On the other hand, the Russian diet is bread and meat, and' into the Russian camps in China beeves and sheep were constantly being driven. 'The Japanese officer is also very aim pie in his tastes and habits, while the Russian is notoriously a high liver. "The Supply of an army is the hard est problem men well supplied will win victories, while the same men will run away If their stomachs are empty and Japan has the advantage all the way through in the matter of supplies. "The Japanese officer is an -earnest. enthusiastic man in his profession, never missing an opportunity to .learn, and willing to engage himself as a barber or coolie or enter into employment of any description which will afford him the means of finding out something of the enemy's country. And I do not doubt but at this moment the Japanese know every detail of the Russian fortifications in the far east. Japan lays Its plana beforehand in every little detail and fol lows them out 'We will enter Peking on August 14 said General Yamaguchl at the conference of generals -at Tien Tsln, and on August 14 Peking was in the hands of the allies." him more useful, so he bought a book and learned it He found that be did not know how to use words correctly, so he went every night to he British museum and read the best books. When he was XI he got a job on the London Chronicle, which was as loyal to the masses as the London Times was to the classes. Then, for the first time, he had a chance to do his realworlc He was enthusiastic and eager for adventure. In those days there were no streetcars nor trains nor telephones, The only way to travel was to walk .or drive. "I have often had to write my story by the light of a dark lantern," he said, "in a postchaise, , galloping through a wild country, at the dead of night, and at the then surprising speed of 15 miles an hour. I have been upset In every kind of vehicle known in Eng land." The government of Great Britain was at that time controlled by the wheat monopolists, and Dickens wrote story after story against the terrible' bread tax, which they had levied upon the English people. He believed that re. porter should be a human being and a good citizen, and not an automatio pen- pusher. . He was the first clever writer who thought that the poor were worth writ lng about. Shakespeare wrote only about Kings and queens," but Dickens wrote about boatmakers and cabdrlvers and shopkeepers and factory hands. He was too large a man to use the childish weapon of sarcasm against his fellow beings. In fact, odd as it may seem to pay envelope reporters, he really liked ordin ary people, and was glad when he could do them the service of telling the story of their lives. He was as much inter ested In human nature as a careful farmer Is Interested in his land, and more. , He was a great reporter because everything that Interested other people interested him. If Charles Dickens had owned a newspaper, he would . have posted this sentenoe In the city room. In 12-Inch letters: "Human nature Is the greatest thing In the world." Advice to the Lovelorn BT BZATKIC1 TUXtiX. Eugene, Or.; Feb. 18. Dear Miss Fair fax; I am a young man, 34 years of age, and I am in love with a young lady of 26 years ot age. We met three years ago and have loved one another ever since. She, has promised to be my wife. But her parents are very much against ma They say there Is too much difference in our ages, and they say it would kill them if she married me. We belong to the same church, and we have never quarreled. Would It be right to marry without her parents' consent 7 I know we should be very happy if we .were married., Please ad vise us what to da JjlMr- The difference between your ages is about right. A man Of 84 and a w.oman of 28 are well matched so far as ages are concerned. The young lady's jar ents must have some other more serious objection to you. The young lady Is old enough, plenty, to know whom she wants for a husbsnd. The parents should plainly state their objections and thus make you both free to act as your best Judgment would determine. If they offer no more forceful objection than as stated in your letter the young lady should act from her own volition, with a care of her own heart and life. . ' ' ' . ' Heartless. From the New York World. "It beats all how heartless some peo ple are," said Representative Ruppert of New York today. . "Now, I was walking up the street, to day wltha friend. We met a most dis couraged man, who said he needed a lit tle money with which to get something to.et. . He said he had had nothing but snowballs to est for two days. "And, what do you suppose my friend said? He told the man to go right up end eat the snow. off the walk Jn front of his house and have a feast" , Small Change Moral of the Winlock elopement: Be ware of the cantata"':"." A good many family skeletons -don't ' stay In tha proverbial closet. - - " A scientist says there are 88,420,000 ' germs in a dollar bill. And only 20 beersl The Chinese are neutral, but a good many of them would like to do some boxing. ' . : -''''.'-'-'-''";'! ". .New York' is a big state and is en titled to more than one favorite Demo cratic son. ' If the Japs keep up their, lick, the Russians will occupy Manchuria perma nentlyunder ground. t , Considering a party as a bird. Its suc cessful flight depends on Its two wings flopping together. J Couldn't the Russians somehow get within range and flre someof thelr names at the Japs T Everything, everywhere In Oregon, in dicates that 1904 will be a prosperous year, with a bigger P than ever. , The sugar made at the prospective new factory at Umatilla will not nec essarily be partly composed, of sand. The prospect is good for Portland hav ing more '"continuous" vaudeville to the square inch than any elty In the coun try. - .... .....'. . , Having exhibited courageous honesty. ex-Representative Shafroth is regarded by his ex-colleagues as a world's won der. .. ' . ; .4 ... ,. Readers of the Oregonian will get no more editorials favoring tariff reform, or any other reform,, until after the election. If "Elijah" Dowie can convert the ele ment Into an ascending chariot the peo ple of Australia seem disposed to furnish-the Are. Decision of The Hague tribunal: If you take a gun with you when you go to collect a bill, you have a preference over one who doesn't. After being so generous to St Louis, congress should not resort to cheese paring n making an appropriation for the Lewie and Clark exposition. The mayor of Philadelphia has discov ered ''appalling registration frauds" in that city. An old Oregonian -has dis covered that it frequently rains here In the winter season. Emperor William congratulates Secre tary Hay on his "note" to the powers, but this is quite in order if, as reported, salt! "note'' originated In Berlin, and was sent over to our secretary of state to promulgate.' ' ntAnri BIO BBAXV. I Banked Sigh Among Brains Thai A , eomplisaed Xoted Things. - From the New York. World. Dr.' Spitska, an eminent brain anatomist,- has completed an analysis of the brain of the late George Francis Train,' and found that Mr, Train's brain, aa an example of the brain of a man of un questioned mental vigor and superior mental capabilities, Is one of the best on record. ! J The measurements of the head show a very large expanse of cranium and the; measurements of the face show that It waa normal. ' It was not practicable to weigh the brain until nearly 10 hours after re moval. In that period the brain prob ably lost a few grains In weight. The actual weight was 1626.0 grams or 58.81 ounces avoirdupois. Judging from the cranial and cerebral measurements, it is supposed that In middle age Mr. Train's brain weighed about 1,600 grams. Dr. Spitska has complied a list of over 100 brain weights. Those with which he ha a concerned himself are of men ' with healthy minds, who in their lives attained high distinction in some branch " of the profession, arts or science, or who were noted for their energetic and successful participation Jn human af fairs. In thla list Mr. Train's brain is numbered 27. Summing up his report. Dr. 8pltxka says: "The brain shows a superior degree of . complexity in its surface morphology. No lesson of any kind and no deformity, atrophy or anomaly are discoverable. Mr. Train had a large head, a high vaulted cranium, the circumference of the head being 21 Inches and, corelatlve with that, the brain was a large one. The frontal lobes are as complex as any brain I have ever seen, or that has ever been recorded. In this respect it Is fully equal if not superior to that of the mathematician, physicist and engineer, a genius precocious in youth and vigor ous in old age, Frlederlch Gauss. . "Train's brain la to the naked eye a healthy one, and from what We know of the general run of microscopical ex aminations, I do not think that any thing would be found of a critical char acter In such an examination that is ' not disclosed by the naked eye. .The de cision or diagnosis as to the" question of ssnlty or Insanity will not rest very largely upon the findings Jn the brain. As an example of the brain of a man of unquestioned vigor and superior men tal capabilities, this brain is one of the best that is recorded. "In his middle age Mr. Train's brain probably weighed 66 or 58 ounces, the natural shrinkage due to age accounting for the slightly lesser weight As it Is it stands nigh in the list of brain weights of men eminent in professions. Netable In his brain Is the ratio of weight of the cerebrum. JM in ordin ary men is about 1:7.5. In Mr. Train it is aa high as 1:8.8, indicating a ore- , pondcrance of the -cerebrum on actual thought apparatus over the cerebellum of lesser functions." JAPA MXBCABTtLB XABZBB. Japan's mercantile marine of lace years has made such vast strides that now it is -obtaining from its own shin- ping companies all the transports It re quires, not being obliged, as It was in the war with China, to ; hire foreign ships. The history of maritime enter prise In Japan is as romantic as that of most of . its other industries. 1 During the middle ages the Japanese were die- ' tlngutshed for their adventures. Korea,, China, Formosa, even the distant Phil ippine Islands, Cambodia and Slam, saw the Japanese appear upon their coas.s ss peaceful traders or buccaneers. In the 17th' century the British mariner, Will Adams, built ships for the shogun, which, maae voyages to Manila and even -to Mexico.. Then, in the fear of foreign Invasion, ; Japan was cut off from the world and for 200 yeara nothing but the smallest coasting vessels were allowed to be built. It was not until the revo- Japan's', taodern mereantu navy wot begun,