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age.;o.f E 1 mm PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 13, ICOi. M-3 J.on THE i OREOON : PAI IJV JOURNAL, PSlTHE C . JACKSON AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBL1SHINQ CO. JHO.F. CARROU. Published every venlnr (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning at Tba Journal Building, Fifth and TamHia '. ,, ....... - ' -j - atraata. Portland. Oreron. - . v ' ' ;'i,, ; , ; V V ? OPPICIAL PAPER OP THB CITY OP PORTLAND V ' TV'ai it a good sermon? i ABOLISH THE BELL, fVKEVt Tin Chltt Campbell cannot be nttrly ee- sn. ', tioua when he says that the public lira alarm ; ahould be maintained for fall special benefit, If for '.' no other reason. He says his dutlea take him away from the Are headquarters very frequenUy and If he doea.not bear the big fire beU be might be at a loaa to know just : precisely where the fire was and in this way much un ; ' necessary dauu mlghv be don. ,. ..There art other Are chief In the United States, aome , of whom have bad quite a good deal of experience and all ,' f whom are" peceaaarily abaent at time! 'f,om, the'fira , headquarter on official business. Somehow they always manage to get to the Area and attend to,, tbelf duties. What la possible for them to do aurely ahould be possible , for Chief Campbell. There ara many mors reasons than thoaa which have been publicly mentioned why the public Ara alarm ahould be abolished, The moment a full paid Art department was eitabllahed the bell became ft thing P th past and ordinary Ara fighting waa no longer a matter of general 'publtceoncern, but related exclusively to the Are' department. The clangor of ttie big bell and the booming echo of the steam whistle as they ahatter the mid- tight air were all right and even necessary In their day. " But they bare served their purpose and now that there is no longer any real use for them, they ahould be promptly abolished, so that the general public may be allowed to . take its natural rest undisturbed while the firemen, un- a caiated, s they would much prefer to be, do the work for which they ara paid. ... !,.,:,S '"' - , In this tame connection there ahould now be closer reg ulations of tha crowds which flock to Area. ' When the Ara la a big om ropes should be stretched immediately about It and none1 permitted by the police to pass through tha llnea unleas ha haa business that justifies It. TJnleaa this Is dona tha department will And'one of theaa days that it Is laboring under, almost insurmountable difficulties and tn some cases the property loss will be greater than It '. otherwise would have, been or ahould have been. But no matter what else happens tha big bell should ba .' Teachera are scarce. In Chicago, Did you enjoy the excursion? y. ' There la mora peek than boo about the I Peekaboo shirtwaist, , . . Th man who would rather be right - SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE ORIENTAL ' , - WAR.. - .' A BOUT . tha details of ; no war .' of . modern times', was so little known,, or 'was news of actual occurrences so . slowly learned,', as In this " war : between Japan and .Russia." Both ""US' tlona ara secretive and do everything . possible ' to conceal' their , operations from the public, Tet, tbey ara so much human that either aide allows newa of a decided victory to circulate, and in tha case of 'Russia thes vic tories ara usually magnified. The Japanese officials, civil and military, appear .to adhere more nearly to tha .exact acts, when they condescend to make,' any-statements at all. Many correspondents ara alert, and resourceful, and manage to get the gist 'of the news, though not without much difficulty and sometimes after considerable delay. Usually it la the special correspondents who get tha best tmd freshest news, rather than th general press .corre spondents, though their work is not without , merit and Interest ' .?'"ihf-:-? :r"'--' ' V 'if '':'"" ' iy j Those who have ' imagined that Japan would ; win an eaay and speedy Victory are probably doomed to disap pointment." The Japanese,' it has "already been demon strated, are tha better' fighters and tha better, tacticians: they ara more mobile, mora Intelligent; they ara- mora patriotic have more at stake, and this counts for ft good deal; it is a matter, as they think, of national life or death, with them; literally, they purpose to conquer or to., die. Moreover, the ruler of the Russians is a saddened, morbid, disappointed, weak man'; his heart ia not really in the war; he is half a fatalist .and half ft superstitious devotee-; and he haa not the devotion of his people as a whole as the mikado has. . I t !. . t But as Russia pulls itself together there Ms still 'much toeriouB work ahead for Japaq. No country can, however, ftaiiae that fact so fully as Japan and every circumstance .of the war as it develops shows that few nations have ever looked farther' into the future or mora carefully taken into consideration the possibilities and contingencies that may arise from, such ft lifer and death struggle. This fact,' together with the geniua for initiative; which they have developed, still leave tha outlook hopeful for the Japanese th,a pre,ident Is sure he is right even though th Russlana ara now better stle man aver I ' Z Y ; v. .-T.. a ui. fmn .nd to Uncle Ruaaell wtu take a long vaca- unviv w wiwit " ition soon, spite of himself, utilise mem. most enecuveiy wo n, uvk - quired. r ' "-7 'ffiK-; Oregon Sidelights j ' , .... OPEN AIR RECESS AGAIN. I Cherry trees remind many ft, gray bearded roan of his, boyhood days, "back east" " . . , ; ;.: ';: ' ' Illinois will have more influence than New York In the next national Demo cratlo convention. . .. N these- languorous days of spring when tha youthful as well aa adult heart yearns for the wildwood or' the ocean beach," when tha raina have practically ceased jbeen started In Ohio., But it can't beat .. Ik i. ..MAn. fh.t th. rhHdren mav aet Wtt I wn .-rvu.m. the public school regulations ar still, as rigorously, en forced as they aver were and the Inhuman basement recess is sUll malnUlned. , In. tha Judgment of, the Journal. this matter 'is serious enough to warrant tha intervention of tha Society for ma Prevention bf Cruelty to Children. A new religion, osllsd the "Qao," has Perdlcarla need not imagine that he will be rescued by oaah, a la Miss Stone, and then come over and lecture. . Tou eaa sea a good many things at the St Louis fair, but you can no longer 1DI cioer wiry wuia iw w w -1 titt. .... . m , t . nrk.i I fagged are ma cnuaren, meniauy ana poyaicauy.. rv ui they crave above everything alas is fresh air. Cooped up in tha schools , they cannot get it and when what la ridiculously called tha hour of recess cornea they are solemnly marched Into' a musty' and evil smelling base ment and the best of them ara evil smelling and there vmr ntur&l instinct to run and romn and nlar ia bud- congress? 'm v .u. . v.-4 ..iniin. . . - I RockefeUer. That such ft course ahould have a bad affect upon the health, disposition' and mental progress of tha pupils seems to us to admit at no doubt No real mental relaxation can poBslbly corns' from ft so-called recess in which the chil dren from start to finish are under duress; much less good can come from it where tha children are not permitted to go out of doors to drink in the fresh pure air and thus return rejuvenated to their studies. It Is high time that thla matter tvaa ones again seriously taken up. ' Nearly all ma teachers seem to agree that the open air recess is tha only humane course to pursue. Tet there is hesitation to act in a matter where" there ahould ba no hesitation. The superintendents and principals of the "schools should get together on this matter; they should take It up seriously as Us nature demands. IX they cannot sea the matter in its proper light then the parents should bold a mass meet Ing and make it plain that they will no longer consent to have their children tortured in the way they ara 'tortured through tha basement recess. , ', - June IS. We passed at between four and five miles a band of the river and two creeks on the north called the Round Bend oreeka. ' Between these two oreeks la tha prairie in which once stood the ancient village of me Mis souri, t Of this, vtllsga there .remains no t vestige nor Is there anything to recall this great and numerous nation, except a feeble . remnant of about 10 families. They were driven from their original aeats 'by an Invasion of the Sauks (Ssos) and other Indiana from the Mississippi who destroyed at thla village 100 of them in one contest and sought refuge near the Little Osage oa the other side of the river. The en croachment of the same enemies forced, about 80 years alnce, both these nations from the' bank of tha Missouri. A few retired with the Osage . and the re mainder found asylum on the Platte river among the Ottoea, who are them selves declining. Opposite the plain there was an island and a Frinc'n fort but there is now no appearance . of either, me auccessive Inundations having probably washed them away, as the wil low Island which la In tha situation de scribed by Du Prats aa small and of re cent formation. Five mile south of this place Is the Orand river where we camped. Thla river .follows a course nearly south or southeast and Ja be tween 10 and 100 yards wide where it enters the Missouri near ft delightful and rich plain. A raccoon (Procyon Lotor) a bear (Crsus Americanus) and some dear (Carlacua Vlrglnlanus) were obtained today.; .";.'"' "',.'. , ..- , Two new warenouses are being built.,; in Corvallls. - .l-'- , - i-i - r 'V'- Albany is to have a five-days' street "carnival" next week...1 , $ . "..;.. ' " ; '' - -.- ;v. It took 40,000 shingles to roof an Oak Grove, Benton county, barn., y Several new houses are being built at ' Falls City, and more are needed. ; . ; , , The Springfield News Is to have ft new press, and will otherwise improve Itself. ,; , r '- .;.'; ; .L. f A new tMOO-feet-a-day mill Is about to be started at Sea her, Washington county. . v; v ' -v.' Tha ministers are preparing for' their vacation. Tne newspaper men will stay and fight tha devil the best they cau through tba summer. , . Oeorg Oould wants to go to eon- gresa What does he want to do with Is ' ha bucking against k-Congress la hls'n, - - A Chicago man must marry before July 1 or lose aa inheritance of IJOO.OOO. He can safely wait till the afternoon of June 19, and then And a June bride. Ants are being. Imported from South America veterans of mhny revolutions -to eat up tba boll weevil in the cotton plant.' 'But what will be procured to destroy the ants T. It has been discovered that Chicago hotela are not supplied with bible. But the delegatea to the Republican conven tion' can take along a copy of the pingley tariff law. Did Monday cast a shadow of coming events in Governor Chamberlain's path? Newberg Graphic.' What was Cham berlain running tooT Tby didn't the Democrat think, or mat SOMETHING UNCOMMON IN SPACE (By Garrett P. Servlsa) " (OopTriaht 10. by W. ft. Hearst) There is a question In meteorology under dlsousslon Just now which haa a very broad application. ' As everybody. Is aware, we have had within the last two year aome extraordinary cold ausnmar weather. It was oldest In 1101, but It was still sold in not, and there have been certain curious turns In the weather during the present spring, ap parently hinting at a deficiency of heat tn the summer that la about to open. ' Such thlnxs do not hsppen without cause, and It haa been suggested by soms high authorities on atmospheric questions that either the sun's radiant power. haa weakened or the abrorbent effect of the earth's atmospherio blanket ha increased. That our sun must be ranked among the veritable stars Is a fact which' no one acquainted with solar phenomena can very well doubt Unlike many var iable stars, however, the changea In the sun's radiation are slight Still.' small ss they are, they must have some effect upon the earth, which, as far as keeping warm Is concerned, Is related to the sun varv much a a hunter on a cold nlaht ' Mr. Richard Olney, when asked If hella related tn hla eamnflre. If the blaxe bad ever been west of .the Allegheny dtM iown r if a change of air cur. AN EXAMPLE; SHOULD BE MADE, f I A HAT fraudulent . affidavits ( ware manufactured by vJLV mountains, answered, it 'is said, "God forbid." Tet the savage this aide me Allegheny mountains -can vote. The boot and shoe workers of Chicago being on strike, their union baa paased a resolution declaring that hit member the wholesale ror use. on election aay in in m-1 rullty of violence during the trik shall tereat of tha Republican machine' and that hun dreds of, illegal votera were registered, wjth the design to I carry ma election by fraud, appears clear from tha facts published in Tha Journal yesterday and previously ' The game waa blocked, but tha crime was and ia the same, why. after walking on eggs for 40 years, he Ip no longer IT. And the great even if tha criminal intent miscarried, and it ought to Be J amaMi at other men'a Temerity. What nunlshed. Ah ' example . ought to be made, and I is a senatorshlp coming to, me Gawd. it ahould '-be ' made bf ;, comparatively large, rathr of ft small figure. The fellow who were go- rents puts him on the windward side, he Immediately feels a chill. Bo. If the solar furnace falls off In energy, or if something occurs In the vast expanse of open space between our planet and tha sun, diverting from us even but a small part of the radiation that wa are accustomed to receive, the effect may be disagreeable.';''.- . - Several observers having noticed an Wle Shelby Cullom can't understand fpT.nt .""t.tLl ?f"y.l i5 lif vniutiiusui ar I iu sug uvrava w oaivuci irm- fore spoken of, have raised the question whether the cause may not be due to the Immense quantity of. volcanic dust that was belched into the upper air by Mont Pelee and other craters during the hls torlo eruptions In the West Indies two years ago.-: It Is knowa that such dust, be expelled. This I a good example for other unlona to follow, t The sheriff of Unn county has re- than "of ft small figure. Tha fellowa who were go- celved a rambling, crasyllke letter about ih. tn .Hr ralaalv and vote tllexallv for ft erica -are not I sora land In that county, and other when floating miles above the ground. th. one. most guilty, tha one. to ba punished, tea .'3. ' s" " wpMlr th' the men who put Up, the Job. who concocted the crime', hngton and California." Ha nut ba who used their official position for notaries ara sworn I the man -who smashed the machine. atmosphere, and It may be supposed to exercise a considerable absorbent effect on the sunlight Professor Cleveland Abba, of the weather bureau, seems dis posed to put aome faith in this hypoth esis, and ha haa asked for data that may throw light upon it from observer In various parte of the world. The Idea that a volcano can thus throw an obscuring cloud round the earth, 'somewhat aa a cuttlefish Inks the water In which it swims, certainly of fer an. Imposing picture of 4h possi bilities that 11 hidden in natural phenomena.' ; ' v--j. i- 1 A mucilage a windier 1b working Ben- ' ton county. But there are worse ones Ona Crook county firm' 'sheared ait' average of 11 nounda each from 1.(00, head of sheep. ....... .' . . r ' Eighteen Adventlat converts " were -! "emmersed." according to tha Corvallls " Tlms,' last Sunday. , . : 1 About1 100,000 head of aheen wni ba'. pastured by permit in the Cascade , mountaina thla summer, , '' ,- ., , , - In eastern Oregon. Hat can make horses either Haw -or -Gee. ; An almond 1 tree in a Forest Grov yard will produce a good crop this year. Hotel in Gilliam and adjacent coun- tie are obliged to hire Chinese cooks,' ' white help of thl 1 kind not being ob- talnabla, t:; .u- ..;.' j . ' Over it years ago a plum tree was taken-from ex-Governor Oeer's father's But there ara other possible cause. f U tiTbring ,crop.;":' ' Some atrawberries near Grants Pass run tS to tl berries to the box, while the usual number is (0. One man. on I IH acre patch, r will have TOO crates. obscuring screens between the sun and the earth. We know that space contains a great deal of scattered matter In. a great variety of conditions. - The vaat forma of the nebula prove that aome of this matter Is capable of being gathered In enormous clOud-llke aggre gations. There Is also evidence of the existence of "dark nebula" that la to say, of reglona In space from which no light cornea and . through which, per haps no light or comparatively little light, can penetrate. . . ' Now, the whole aolar syatem Ming In flight in a northwardly direction at a speed of not less man It miles per sec ond, and the nebulae, light and dark, and the other scattered substances that space contains lying la all directions around ua, it la not impossible for the sun, with its.planets. to run through a vast region containing a cloud of atoms, whose effect might be perceptibly to weaken the radiation-of the sun while It was traversing the space containing them. There are difficulties In the way of such a hypothesis, and yet in aome respects It seem more, satisfactory than me volcanic theory. , v Anyhow, the great ; voyage through space Just referred to la certainly tak ing place, and aa passengers on one of the cosmic ships engaged in It we might well welcome such a break in me monot ony of, the long trip as an encounter with a not too dense nebula would af ford. iv; i ."";'':.,' ',.',, a j". j1-,' : t1; ' Some Washington " county " dairymen are filling their silos,-which have been proven advantageous." Mr. Qarrlgus of Banks has two of the largest silos in the:. country.' ij - . :. , ' The ' course of study of the Oregon Stat Normal school at Monmouth haa been Increased from three year to four years, . with . a - view to providing a court for. teachers who intend teach ing in high schools. A freight train Tuesday .evening killed a 171 cow belonging to J. W. Hays. Gold Hill Newa Surely more than 171. Tha New must have made a misprint No big railroad's train would run over a cow worth only 7I. . Tattooing la growing In favor among western flockmasters 5 for branding sheep. It ' , consist of pricking tiny -holes In the ear of sheep and filling with lndelllble ink, the holes forming letters or numbers. . These character, are permanent and cannot be erased or altered. ,' -.' nnrxBAX or xaonm. officer, of tha atate to corrupt the ballotbox. It would be well to teach these inert a lesson tht not only they but others will remember. , , ' A compliment paid by the Portland machine organ to Chairman Baker some weeks ago waa copied In every Repub lican paper in the state. -and now -a longer and later editorial fulsomely THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MATTER lauding Mr. Baker, is appearing, and t I aouDwesa wm 00 reprinieu ia eyrry pa per of Republloaa procllvltle n Ore- It would be a little Interesting to T Curious Mingling of Pagan, Ohrlstia ' and KUMary mites. From Toklo, under data of April 10, a war correspondent of the Indianapolis News writes: The most Impressive thing I have seen In Japan so far was the ceremony at. Aoyama, the funeral, ac cording to Shinto rite, of that gallant v .n .AT.nl. . 4...-. 1.1. , t. Jl I , 1. , I txiu Jiuxai, naa naiuwr w uw - WHf" " " th. i. 7uLu foV ih.m hero of the war, Commander Hiro., of ' sltion to prejudge tha actions of ma civil service ?t wbat there la in- it for them. - . , commission, but the charge, made against It whether true or false, are of such gravity, and the' alle gation made are- ao clreumtanttal that In Its own behalf it should demand an investlgaton that will fully clear up tba matter. ' v.-' ,;, '-V'';":. V '"' . The law Itself haa made a very(serious affair of charges and why. and what Mr. Baker 1b after lhfaPneM nayy' but it Is. none of our business. f aro sPAjrxsx vnvtxiamm wajttxd The Japanese are a hero-loving race and few nations have had a better op portunity for hero worahip than that ac corded by the funeral 'of Hi rose a re markable man; a fine aallor, who em bodied In himself all of those qualities that the Japanese most value. .He lost his life, as is well-known now. in try lng : to save Suglno, his warrant bf fl eer, and the story of his exploit 1 the LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE A Socialist's Ylew. . Portland, June 12. To the Editor Of th Journal Would you kindly publish a few words of one who feels strongly on the present situation in Col- orado publish It Just a the writer ex " prease it whether you agree with him or not? . ,;-$ , .v..'. -. : In great public wrong they who feel the wrong strongly will not scru ple word 'or jnic phrases, ao one may . ask. ia Colorado in Russia or hell? Cer- tainly It la not in Russia for there men are not deported without trial and a chance to prove their Innocence or be proved guilty. Rut in Colorado, the Cit ixens' Alliance and mlneowners' bandits backed by the capitalist' hirelings, the ' militia, bave arrested and driven men , from their homes, broken up. households, - wrecked store, demolished presses and threatened to kill anyone who will stand on their constitutional right. And what for? Their slave as represented by the Western Federation of Miners have de manded a little auroease in their toll by , which they make profits for their mas ters. They must1 not work, must not organise, must not " Bpeak, but as their , master speak or bid them to, must not give comfort or aid to their fallows,; must, not bring a message of hope of deliverance from . the prison house of their bondage, nor clothe the naked or feed the hungry, or visit the sick or in " prison of their own class or even kith r kin, why? The slaves must submit, i Ood(?) made us masters,'' Rockefeller 4 ;Ca, to rid and put the governor of Col- j rdo and hi hireling and the Citizen' ; ' AUIanee a whip In our hand to ride, and rid we will by (un)holy authority f though it bring wreck and ruin to thou ' fmnds. , Our profit getting we will con tlnue, .the slaves object and groan, our ' fa there chastised them with whips but , we wl3 bullet and baaroneta. h-j--?-- It is eajd that the Western Federa tion of Miners have committed crimes, - but haa it been proved? No. Wtth all the authority the courts, executive and .! military power in their hand they have yet failed to pfov a.aingle man they have arreeted, guilty; wha- on me other hand their Jilred thugs have admHted they wre paid to commit, crime, name ly, to pull spike and wreck trains, then ; lay it at the door of me miners. 'Also 'in the Jate Independence depot outrage their awn bloodhounds traced the men to a cabin occupied by the eame thugs , they hired to pull apikes, when they, ' called off the dogs.' Moreover, the mln- ', From me Chicago Record-Herald. ' The governor of Missouri and the au. thorttie of St Loul county are to bt such as have been preferred by Mr. StOwelL. Tha public congratulated upon their fearless vlndl- . i-t.,.t. - it th. .n I cation or law and . their . courageous I1BMII iff UCCUJJ llltvi vnmu vi iviivi savaaa suti un I , - t , a . m , " . I . - :1 . " J ' -a t. . Au,.inn !! PuW in preventing act memorable thing In the Port Ar. uv . ...... .7 .. . tM npanisn nuungnt aovertisea to taaeithur engagement ' f snare.: --LK - j' i place in an arena oear. tha. worlds fair - The body of Commander Hirose waa All good men would bops 'that the charges are : un- grounds on Sunday. ' ; burled by the Russians when they found founded but none .hould ba so concerned in proving them L,i' "tTKT.'t " "?.?.w' to b praised Decausa or tne fact that nerai with all the military honors that 7,000 persons were , in the amphitheater I would' have been accorded to an officer bo as the commission itself. , ers have been patient aa men could be under all sorts of outrages and efforts to stir them to resistance, while their officials have counseled mem not to use violence but to appeal to their consti tutional rights. - But why do the capl talists strike at tha Western Federation of Miners? Plainly, and mainly because they are a socialist organisation, having declared in favor of the : International socialist damands. They and the Amer ican Labor union who have . done like wise must be exterminated even if every,'; Individual member ' has to b killed. The capitalists know that o ciallsm la the death knell to their class and class rule and power. 'They yell, "these socialists must be stopped, they are dangerous to society." Tes, to your capitalist society. To us wqrklngmen What is there so grand about your soci ety , that robs us to ratten a robber class? Yes,' we are planning to destroy your bourgeois society, but in its place will build a social, order for the work ers . of Justice and mercy and abolish your hellish class struggle. "We will, in the language of Charles Furgeson, "listen to no man or his complaint as a capitalist, but as a member of th fra ternlty of work all shall have the good he labors with UB to obtain." ... . Iret no ; one be deceived by specious pleas for "cool heads," ''Judicial minds. "arbitration." The socialist movement ha nothing to' arbitrate, It demand that all exploitation shall . cease, that alt productive property,, all capital, all socially used tools shall belong In com mon to all and -each to receive In return for labor performed It equivalent in what labor has created. Then we wilt have, no strike or lockouts, no class struggle for socialism will forever make impossible tha conditions tnat prevail in Colorado. f'i;,..Y'u--'i - We are under no delusions a to who ia to accomplish tki. v The capitalist depends upon a atate of aoclety antag onistic to thejaborer and to our own clas we appeal i .'Workers-of the world, unite, you have nothing to lose but your chain, you hay a world to gain." ', : '':':viWy i. fisher. "' 'The Colorado Bltuasw f ; 'Portland,, June 11. To '; me Editor bt th ; Journal Since ': thevt first issue H,ot t the Evening : ' Journal X the paper haa; stood. '. for Justice, and fair deallngr Iand now that. ths. con stitution of the United State is being violated, a It is in the- state of Col orado, is .it not time th people should be appealed to, to the end mat a protest so strong . should : be - heard . that - the president ss - head of m . military, . , , ' - - should -at "leant inquire Into the condl-1 siting to witness the disgraceful ex- of the caar. But that real funeral was tion of affairs? Can it be possible that we haye, be come bo selfish that, we can not act OS well as feel for our own people, who are being treated like slave! ? Should we hlbltion. The announcement that th deemed Insufficient by Hirose friend authorities had ordered th exhibition I in Toklo, hi old home, and It 1 even I .topped and mat It could not take place 1 said that the mikado , himself gave In read an account of such an outrage be-j pany" destroyed. precipitated a riot in which the am phitheater was burned and other prop erty owned by the "amusement com ing perpetrated 'in some other country the American people would be up in arms at once and publlo opinion would W ao strong that our officials would be forced to fake soma action. It waa a terribl crime, that of blowing up the stations, and those who committed It must be punished, but it ha not been proven who waa guilty. Thl crlm could have been committed by the mine owner, or member of the Cltisens' Al liance, . The action of theae people is strong evidence against them In forc ing those who have an equal Interest In finding the guilty men to leave the state. General Bell has had a nice playtime enough to cover hire with glory for the rest of hla life, and it fa time the Amer ican ' people took a.hnd; thla Is not France, : the mi'ltary not supreme yet . The mineowncM iii,v bt- a griev ance, . - so also mar M.::er With So. great waa the wrath of the mob that had paid to see the bullfight that the managers of me show barely es caped without injury. As a. matter of fact however,- the 7.000 persons who made up the mob had no one to blame but themselves tor their loss, for it was given out oh Friday that Governor . Dockery would not permit , the bull tructiona that all honor ahould be paid to the dead man. Anq ao wttn fitting pomp and wondrous ceremony they in cased all that wa recovered of Hirose' body a mere shred of flesh In a plain wooden box, and thla has been left out there in Aoyama under the cypress and cherry trees, the grave fittingly facing the rifle range and the Aoyama bar racks, v ,.v- 'i-i-r '- it-i'. : In the morning a solemn service, con ducted by one Tamura, a Shinto priest was held at the Marine club In Tsukiji, fight to take .place. In spite of this an- and then, after a procession had escort nouncement. backed bv the opinion of ed the coffin to the graveside at the attorney general, the affair was ex tensively advertised and seven thousand tickets, were- aold.-. ;.'.'. j The Spanish bullfight haa no place on American soil. Having driven Spain from this hemisphere we should not countenance or tolerate the transplant ing; of her most brutalislng and degrad ing amusement . in any . state in the union. . . . FXBSEYZSAJrCB. the" ou?r.BgM lmg peryittedDUo the P" ? but ln W 'of "peop citlsens of the United State, every man. woman and child within the boundary ha aomethlng to do. Let It not be said of Us, "as It can be at present with truth.''' that we are always ready to protest and interfere with outrages in other countries and to allow our own people to Buffer untold torture without a word of protest , NBLLA ROARK. constant doing. The soul of man grows rich In truth, in love, and trust ' , lie who through all hi work some word of praise la wooing, Shall find his fruits at last will turn to bitter dust Aoyama, another service waa held, at which Lieutenant Mateura reada letter of condolence from Admiral Togo, which was followed by brief speeches on the value of a hero to the nation by Vice Admiral Arima and Viscount Kano. ' . , The streets , in Japan ; are always crowded, but I neyer aaw any atreet In Toklo so jammed with humanity as, wa the road to the cemetery, r The throng was thickest on me slope which leads from Kolimachl to . Akasaka, past the palace of Prince - Kltaahirawa. Hence the procession ,. had to pass through a zti i est , aeep on eitner showers of the delicate pink petals to carpet the earth. , , .- The dense crowd about the graveside parted aa 400 bluejackets, sturdy fel lows, and visibly affected, shouldered their-way-throughi They -took -up posi tions beside the grave and waited in al ienee, : Then came carriage with elab orate liverlea, of the higher officials. civil, military and naval, and the diplo mats, and th passed on. ' ' , , ? --: Then there came In sight an aged Shinto priest dressed all In white and weralng- old-fashioned. 'red lacquered slioea . Above hla head a tall bluejacket carried an Immense silken flag, on which In Chinese charactera was written . the name and rank-of the deceased officer, Then came a company of marines carry ing red and white banner and "banial" flags, and young sakakl. the sacred Shinto tree, covered with the white pa per go-het - ' . 1 Two naval officers came next carry ing decorations, and behind them the gun carriage rolled along, draped in black velvet and drawn by bluejacket. Last thing "of all and that caused an Intake of the breath, so solemn and touching waa it came a group In white, the sister and ybung niece of Command er Hirose, with the mother, old and bent of Suglno, the man for whom the hero bad given his life. ' '; A:.;i w-.-y.n, . There waa a curious mixture or the modern and the ancient In the last rites of the funeral. Reverently the box was taken from the gun Carriage and lowered Into the grave, while those about the gravesid bent their ; heads, remained grimly silent for a space, and then, with their haeds still bent, began to slap their hands together, softly and gently,' call ing on the great compahy of the Kami, those Who have gone before, the Inhab itant of the shadow world, to come and receive this new reorult Into their ranks, As they ceased and tha temple bell rang out there was a sharp word of com mand and a click of triggers, followed by the volley of honor which all na tions,, pagan or Christian, accord to those who die honorably in the service. of their land. ' As the echoes died away the . customary handful of earth was poured into the grave and at each of the four corners an incense .tick .was Just as Elder Carl of Newberg was feeling. especially happy over the arri val ota baby in his home, some tramp, eame along and carelessly; aet fire to hi barn, which , with all Ua contents, in cluding a horse and . cow, wa con sumed. Neighbors , made up quite a purse for him. , , , , ; A Wheatland, -Tamhnt' eounty, T'Biait" last year raised seven acres of tobacco, which eastern dealer pronounced to ba of good quality. He haa two tons yet on hand, for which he is offered 2) H oents a pound. He thinks first-class to-. bacco can be grown very successfully in that locality. . i, ... V- .'"' i. Oakland Owls Douglaa county i all right In vry sense of the word, and a last year, the county will be brim ming over with splendid crops and gen eral proeperity. It Is going to harvest one of the biggest crops in Its history. Presidential year "don't cut much ice with Douglas county prosperity. , ' . ... - - ..' . s"... '": . , w. , : 11 111 1 ' ' . r- , The hog law . carried in Josephln county, but it was carried , in Grant Pass, which is not affected by the law. The outside precinct voted against It This question should have, .been left . for decision to those who ara affected by it. The best solution of this matter, ay th Courier, would be a local op tion hog law. Several ,. Pendleton men ' ' who. were preparing ' to ereot business bulldlntrs; several of them td cost from $20,000 to 130,000 ' each.' have abandoned thla intention, and will do nothing until they see whether prohibition carries In Umatilla county. The local option law, -the East Oregonlan says, haa squelched ths building, boom there. r , r , t Leland . correspondent of tha Rogue : River Courier: When we read such He in the Portland Journal as that editor -prints regarding om of the. Republi can candidates, he should be made to" prove his words or sign a libel; It IS outrageous, and a little misleading, w must expect but to make up a pack of lies that person should be mad to at his own 'iiorto.4:S:ViirkhK-Z''-- " '...v, 'ii iii . . i ii i ii j . i, m miii.'h .' ii ' f '-; CXSYXB UTTXJI STOmkSS. .' side, mostly townsfolk in haorl and ha- kama, but with a good sprinkling or Eu ropeans about also,. .. y ' .When the procession left the club the gun carriage on which the coffin rested was escorted by about zoo marine with reversed arms and members of tne ciud, km i n.uib) v.rlnna etreete . avidanllv For 'tis the voice within gives man hlsby prearr4niementi numerous represen- TKB DESCHUTES JUTES. From the Frlneville Review. The Deschute - river has - long been known aa. a peculiar stream In that it knowa no flood season at the Bend. . At the Big Meadows, 17 miles above, floods ar common, a rise of 10 feet being not out of the ordinary. But mis year, for aome reason or other, the river, while not being; at Its usual high-water mark at Big Meadows, Is higher than ever be fore known at the Bend and below to Cllne falls. Ths problem is puxsllng the engineers in charge of the irrigating works on the river, who cannot account for the unusually high water at Bend, while at Big Meadowa It Is so ' much lower , man ' usual,. The only explana tion vouchsafed la that one of tbj big leaks In the lava 10 mile South of Bend haa, become choked tip, thua permitting; the water to course through it natural channel.'' . . , ' . - sweetest pleasure. Friends praise too well, and foes are v never jusar or kino, . .-i . ,-v One's conscience this must be sole ar biter and measure; tatives of various societies Joined in until there was, when the diplomatic and official carriages Joined in. a procession nearly ft mils long, -n, 1 ,'i Somewhere along the route, too, a com And, though conceit may flatter, tie pwjy 0f bluejackets Joined the cortege, me truth must bind. Press on! ; Herein alone success iB.fure and smiling; " - ,' In .this alone each' lowly man 'shall reach life's goal, '. " . -And on the way, while deathless Jiope is . pain beguiling, - t - Shall Joy ring mualo In each dark and lonely aoull , . ' , , Charlea W. Stevenson in Boston Budget i t ' Piaa Chaaca, , ' , .' From the Philadelphia Inquirer. MaJ, Charles Oant of Fatrfleld, la., 1 S9 year old, IS Inches high,! weigh 80 pounds, and wants a wife. - Here is a chance .; for . the lady who bellevea '" in keeping her nuaband under her thumb. : but Just t where I did not see, as I rode ahead and waited at the cemetery for the procession to come. , It came in - absolute silence tip the long slope,1 and aa it came the throng fell silent It seemed a bit curious to see no heada uncovered as the coffin passed,' untl one remembered that this form of salutation has not yet taken hold -in i Japan There was manifested plenty: of curiosity,, and all the tomb stones in the cemetery and the Japan ese ara veryY fond of t queerly shaped tembstones wer covered with ,' people clambering up to get a better look. : ; It waa a perfect spring day, the trees in full bloom, the cherry blossoms at their best so lavishly decorating the thousands of f tree-' that every aentle wind that shook their branches sent r long or short even to the bitter end. - : From, the Chicago News. :, There- ia a. well-known : story told bv Strlkinalv imt)riv i-As thl funerallboan Ramsay years ago of two old la- ! .w. tiii anmaihn nnt.nnv dies of his church. "Was It no -a won- In the burying of Jiuch a amall fragment derful thing,'' said one of them, that of a man even ft hero with uoh elabo- the JireetUh were aye ; victorious over rat ceremony, but to appreciate -what tl French in batUer' w ;Not a blt ald thes obsequies meant to the Japanese the other, "dlnna ye ken the Breetish say it Is necessary to: know that the actual their prayers, before gaen Jnto battle? committing to the grave of the mortal "Aye, returned the first -but oanna the remalne is ' the s least important thing Frenchmen say their prayer As weel? v about a Shinto funersJ. In effect the The reply was: "HootI Jabberln bod- so-shlkl partakea,mora of a mlokurl. a lest Wha could undersUn' them? 1 fitting farewell td the departed who la A London city missionary who worked y off to Join his revered ancestors. - The in the slum of a certain diatrlet and prlmltl ve idea concernlag death and' all was wen a.nown j "" "ai connected ' With It which underlie , the swarmea ner " fiki.t. Jttm. ....JdiT with the wordst "I think I know- today, but they remain verx much alive, which, -..-of .a yon tole .Mr -a gold -'Sine his death wa reported Com- watch and I shall be glad if you will mander Hirose, has been the recipient of send(lt bsetto me before noon tomor- t many honors, The emperori raieed him row," H' made Ao threat, and. Indeed, in rank something like 20 nombers. and pok very . genially. The next day he- thl morning h nt specUl Offering rvsd eigni goia watone. to the dead man at the Marine club aa ' Klnglake, the historian of the Cri- a token of extreme favor, something that mean wr,.wM tT"" "J"V" t has never before been done by the Jm- nallst Zr? Jd Wmthat the - perlal household for any officer under speaker hacT hadL a eomma nd.from the , the chokunln ; rahk. 4 Then. too. Hirose. 'IJI.HXaS'M 1 2T a rine athlete, wa one of the best jiu- v? j, " ",r,, ,. r. , , Jitsu experts of the Kano school and Wft--doctrlnes . had reaehed thelfourth mnk. ! This "sven in heaven on has right to ex- - u i.w . .,--. v. nect accuracy, My nam is Aleiander mui null iu BiAUl uu Hiliivnt, mim ttiwi r,..,.. . i,L m... . . - conferred on him as a posthumous mark 5;HlMtowr . of tKtfA left t once. , , , , , u $ L '..'I.J 4k, VJ.. a tfl., A.t J. J i ii I , i mv W l.li LUC UUUJ Ul iiiiwo, WUI. there at Aoyama and jrod back through a crowded clty. gay with many-colored flags, brilliant with millions of ! blo soms, and seemed to see that-the spirit of Hirose was the spirit of this people, and that it yet remained alive, an active Influence, and 1 a v glorlou ihsplratlon that will endure throughout thl contest Cans and Sffect,- 'vl'..'. From1 th Philadeftihia Ledger." " " ; I neyer knew Hill now why j thl Is such a windy , country," said the brixht' little girl, traveling mrough Illinois. ,"And have yon discovered why?" asked her father. -, v" . - .:', ;s - course. See all " the windmills A on then farma we're paaglng.' , .
