PORTLAND. OJU.ON.
T H E .OR E G
ft & MOM
Justice .too often
N
OW IF" rw Walton bu frtenda h-lta money to
spend In Us behalf, may
too common spectacle of the
prtrtofurad deiermewv of the law penalty. Probably no
f body hu any. doubt or aay reason to bava any doubt, of
-' ! Wslton's guilt K m owe of thoaa cues which ara proven
-beyond reasonable doubt" and therefore tha penalty tm
. posed by. the law should follow aot only surely but
' promptly. Oojy that can the punishment provldad for by
' law for crimes bava- tta due, daalrad and Intended affect.
k Th jury convicted young WaHoa at one after but a fsw
' mtuutoo' oowldaraWoa)-tboy bad no doubt of Ma guilt.
V Neither had the court, nor thoaa who beard tba testimony.
. Hai crime, or crimes, wer dastardly and devilish. . They
, ahnoat Included murder. In fad; th young be adit was
and m a murderer In intent, if Policeman Netaoa had
.! died from his wounds young Walton's would have been
' forfeit. He to deaarria of no sympathy, aniens U ao on
v - account of bla bad bringing op. But the law cannot Impose
any penalty on ale anoastors. Ha was old enough, and
' mentally smart enough, to be accountable for bla acta.
. The law'a penalties are reasonable and right, for such great
crimes. These penalties ought to be Inflicted not only
surely, bat promptly. Inexorably, and without a- (one process
of isrtttfoggery. .. -, m .
'i If there la any doubt of an accused or convicted par
; sons fuUt, then by ulr meana give him a now trial, or
tba benefit of all pracasaea known to tba ooorts: but when
-" there la no doubt, when tba )udgee as watt aa tha furors.
and everybody else, know positively that a man la guilty.
- and has been properly, fairly and Justly convicted, than
tha legal punishment ought to follow at once. Appeals
that are only faroea ought to be denied. Tha "ourth loatlon
of probable cause" la m many oases a legal humbug ihat
tends to bring the eourta, and the administration of justice.
tato disrepute !- .; .
We do not know what will happen
mention it by wmy of Uluatratlon. If
almost sBurderor - hau money, hie
1 almost Indefinitely deferred or at least ta long delayed,
j. Attorneys ara not to blame for tbm. Vbey anly do what
they ara permitted tf not etKouraged to do, Tba fault
rests with tha Judfa who too often
v mans a mocitery of the law; tbou-h the
. here, it ouht to b achnowladdred, aa
.: Oudiahna ought A havapaid tha penalty due before
' ' thai time. Walton should be sentenoed at onoa, aa s aVlr
warnlns; to other criminally inclined
THfe GREAT MERGER
E
VERY MOVE! so far aaada to
tinental railway consolidation svotutkm has ap
parently boeri distinctly favorable to the Harrimaa
Interests. The prdbwlnaiy ountaat lnvolvtag the Northern
rrdnc-sad the Burlington left that system sroner than
tt Waa before and seemed U Indlcata that at would ha left
to puah Ions; uofarred enterprises, make eontemplhtod
. ' betterments and bring up to tha highest notch of effl
aiency tha eraat oomblnatloo. of. railway Interests which
r stretched .two thirds -ef tha way-Acroaa the continent. A
As to .whAt further may bs Iorolve4 tn tha araat tmma
now bein played on 111 national chessboard n la 1m
poeslMe ta aay and Idle to freely speculate. , That bottom
, has not been reached seems quite probable; tt la possible
that not all tha alignments contemplated bars been ef
fected and that there still remains soma final movea to
; place tha situation am a mora or lees permanent basis.
But there to no Mod for uneasiness or alarm sa thai aae
tkm of tha world over tha vast movements now ta proasaa.
,i Wa here boast of natural advantages which no movs on
' the railway ohackerboard oaa change and awry to a alight
A degree modify Tha people of Oregon ara mora fully awake
than they avar were to ihstr own Interests. They realise
. as. never before that there ara osrtaln things which they
x must do for the ma elves and trust to nobody If they are to
realise thou' fondest hopaa. They have begun acting on
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sVUSBOS KMMB OW STOW uVSAS.
, ftosss Bssseaa Way nay Are staatol
ma tha New Tork Sun. ' ' ;
' 1 ' The news that another graduate from
i the chorus tm soea le be married to
wesltby Bnallsh aoblemaa wul doubtloss
send another cargo of show girls from
f the Rial to to tha Stsasd la the spring
) Bver since one oonsptauous Instance
: which sent a girl playing aa Inconspicu
ous role W the- are rank and later to
etardom la musical comedy the tendenoy
. of the chorus maiden baa been Landoa
,.- ward. . - i '
For some rsssod tba American, oh eras
k girl IS marvalousty popular la the Brlt-
tea capital White all da net achieve
stellar fame, they are nevertheless the
ab)erta of a great deal of attention of a
;-; different sort from -that offered to them
here.
The reasalslng effect ef London apon
tha oberus girl is one ef the things most
f' noerfni to contemplata gbe ne sooner
' wlna any sort of success abroad than
she sets op a small establlshmeat of her
own with two or three eeiVsnts. sll of
which la ss poselble as a flat wltb one
-, colored maid la New York, and ne shew
girl worth a thought is content, with
r anything lees la the wsy of a home oaoe
. . her name appears la print oa tha pro
'. - gram. ....
. The first Bottceable change la the
V Araerleaa chorus girl la London Is the
Kngltah secant and etyle she Imme
dlately adopts. She so longer chews
,; gum or wears rlnge on her thumbs. She
seeses ta wear made-ap la the street and
,f aeoomas - the most demure - of young
womea.
Hmt ankkvleagtb skirt snd her PiviMh
" starts disappear. She puts oa a long
" trailing dress and a frilly hat. gbe
drives about in a hansom and scorns to
walk la the Strand.' as she would eo
Broadway. Her glance Is downceet snd
t discreet. By and by shs tlee htt hat
." under bar chin, and carriea a little dog
- ar oat with ber wbea ehe goes out
, She drinks tea oetentatioualy at the
. hotels, snd sfter the stay you will ae
' ber supping In the dining rooms of the
Savoy, the Carlton, or tha Cecil grill
v The reasoa for social suosess of the
,. Ametioan cboruf girl tat not se much
ber superiority over the KnglUh girl, but
the fact that ber training and position
. aiw her te go about escorud by a mn
4 without a chaperon. Then the asuaj
' ImmIob cherus' girt le sot so Isteresting
sa tae New York variety.
It is rumored that if you wander be
hd tha srenes at a Drury Lane show
M piy sa th native chorus girl fry
It baooa over a ga stove, perhssa
, a -nine etoftkinga or quieting a crying
fc -t while she waits ta go an wltb ber
ft erlk-g aaeoctetesL
am Lnoa chorus maiden fa wretch
aA'f paid sad usually badly fed. She
f i nene of the joyoue and deboaalr
usually ta evidence wherever, a
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PUBLISHED 6Y JOURNAL PVBUSHINO CO.
(acrft fcunlay ) and ' my mmdmy sjMawsng
SCreeta, Porttaad, Oregon.
at
OrICIAt. BAPtR OF THt CITY OS FOR
deferred.
that principle, as
to build tha portaga
tba logical outcome
expect to witness the
Uw i delay, and U
facts ara at present
conclusion that tha
Nothing otsa la as
act. Xt may turn
amwtancee, but
manded Immedtat
revenge; hut fhoy
that tba Russian
countable for tha
full explanation,
- . - r-. -r-
ta this oaae, and only
tha young robber and
punishment may be
allow lawyers to
would demand
evil si not aa great
la most states, x n
Russian admiral. .
youths. .
SCHEME.
I . national
' A1
Republican
contemporary with
tha great transcon
and his associates
ard OU- company.
portant. except for
100 to 1 that tt
These pollOcal
thaw owa stories
would believe them
aoteualy oa anwItUngly. ta taQ tna truth. " '
It may ha aa well,
Is not likely to teU
to tba New York
pailed ta believe,
almost any sort of
purposes of the O.
OH in is. saer sorer,
ful reporta about
them from. If the
wonder that aa Item
man, and moreover
Ilea ara worth tha
gathering of these young womea la en
countered la apper Broadway, even whea
they are looking for places and have
little in tha way of cash ar clothing te
matte theot happy.
So whea the American type of show
girl appears la London with ber joyouaJ
manner, her slang, her good appetite and
her usually generous share of good looks
she Is popular at snos. No prejudice
forbids her accepting aa Invitation to
supper or luncheon alone with an escort,
yet ber manner on ouch occasions Is
quite correct, aa far as tha essentials
are concerned She la a new type te the
Londoner, and so she becomes popular.
One reasoa for the refining Influence
of London an the New York chorus
maiden le that women do not go about
alone there as In New York. The spec
tacle of womea dining unescorted m
rarely seen, esoapt In one or two res
taurants where no woman ef reputation
ventures.' Ones in a while two or three
American women will storm the citadel
of some famous restaurant, but they will
be at once put down as Americans by the
Sngllsh mea snd womea present
Another cause for the social succeed of
the chorus girl abroad la that actors of
both sexes stand higher la Bagland than
In America. The singers and actors Who
are asked to sing and resits at the most
exclnslvs London houses are not only
well paid, but are frequently Introduced
as distinguished guests. This Is In di
rect contradiction of tha fashion set by
a Newport hostess who bad the supper
for the members of a theatrical company
who performed for ber guests served la
the servants ball. t .
BscusTSB , wxrm axr&AjrATxow.
' Prom the Toledo Leader. '
The Leader baa received for publica
tion aa original poem, entitled "Love's
Reverie. The first line runs thus:
"Oh. coma to me in my dreams odoa
J more. '
That's suongh. We can't publish the
poem ' We have no sympathy for a
young man who wanta her to eome to
him In his dreams. If he's all right and
she's sll right, he should want her to
ceme not In shadow, but In substance
the real thing, so to speak; end hej
should want her to come not In ale
dreams, but when be la wide awake and
entirely at himself.
No. we can't publish tha poem. Be
sides, the suther -Is aot a subscriber.
We are guilty occasionally of giving
enace to a pretty bum pleos of Jingle,
if the perpetrator Is a valued eubeorlber.
but others should tack a dollar bin on
to their of fusions-'-not ' necessarily for
pub) loatlon, bat as a guarantee of good
faith.. .- ... i
wai-a wf as Sanaa. ' '
' from the Philadelphia Record,
tt le mentioned that Andrew Carnegie
Intend te erect a magnificent palaoe of
pence gsobtlesa oat of the profits of
the manufacture of armor-plate tar skips
of war. .
J OU R.N A L
JNO. p. CAMMU.
Tha rnal Buildm Fifth end Ywhfll
TLA NO
la illustrated by tha popular movement
road. These and similar movements,
of this, will do much for Oregon no
matter what may be the outcome of tba great eoneollds
tloiv movements now in progress and Irreepectiv of the
sympathy which tha- people of tba state wilt naturally
feel hi tha outcome. ' . i -. . ', .
V .V C Mt.f
, THE STRANGE NORTH SEA INCIDENT.
HB FIRING of the Russlsn Baltic float n Inof
L fensive British fishing boats, wUk fatal and dam
aging effeets. Is ooe of tha moat ourloua Inoidonts
of history. Tha easiest way to account for H, ao far aa tha
known, la by tba Pall Mall Gaaattaa
commander la tha victim of "lunacy.
yet la sight to account for aueh an
out to ha tha. result of soma inferior
officer's rash order, though tha admiral of the fleet must
of oourse officially boar tha responsibility, and beyond him
tha RusslaA government, Tha eaar has lost ao many of
his warships, has had such series of maritime uiiriii,
that thla admiral may have Imagined, and really believed,
that tha Innocent t raw la of tha Hull fishermen were Jap
anese battleehlDS. Them was surely no good reason for
thinking so, no excuse indeed for thinking so; and yat hawj
else can tha Strang and unpracandontad Incident be ao-
oounard forT ; r " " ' '
: Later explanationa may throw aomo light on the olr-
nothing can aufflciently or amthffaotoiily
explain the strange and murderoua action,
' Ko wonder, tha Britona were at first axel ted. and de
and drastic mess area of redress and
will cool down, realising oa reflection
government oaanot ha hold morally ac
act of a lunatic, provided prompt and
apology and reparation ara made.
Possibly tba Incident win serve England aa an excuse
for becoming mora bpsnly and decidedly an airy of tha
Japanese. At least Bngland b In t position to demand
almost its own teams of reparation. Suppose It ahould
aay that tha lunatic Russian fleets must keep off tha
ocean;' must retreat and red re Into some harbor where tt
can do no mora mischief f Scarcely anything smglead
would aeem unreasonable, Immediately
after such an exhibition of tragic folly an tha part of tha
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TWILL BE DIFFERENT AGAIN TOMORROW
rT HIS HAPPENS to ha th dap for tha Dainooratio'
oentral oommlttea to be In funds, Tha
wiseacres who supply our morning
moat of lta political 'misinformation
have had tha Democratic committee broke moat of tha
time lately, but now they have discovered that Mr. Gorman
have eecured a big aacfc from tha Stand
Thla might ha Interesting, it not tan"
the fact that tha ahancos ara about
lant so. -. . i ,-'.-..,, - -
reporters of tha fa l. haw contradicted
so often, have admitted ko many times
that they had reported fabrlcatlona, that aearoaly anybody
now If they did happen, gtthar ooa-
however, to reflect that Mr. Oorraan
much of his political business just now
Tribune or Sun; neither, wa ara oora-
are thoaa. papers above manufacturing
a story that would aeem ta serve the
O. P. - : " v -;
that nothing is said m thoaa Wender-
Mr. Cortelyou's fuada, or where ha got
trusts ara supporting Parker, It la a
couldn't bo dug out of the resultant
paucity of Mr. Cortelyou's purse. But ha seems to ha fath
ering no complaints. Cortelyou la good deal of gentle
doesn't believe that llttkr campaign
twinge of oonsclence they coat
OOAOJlMtA OOUSj't'Si
- Pram tha Houltoa Register.
Colombia county eontatna sM square
miiss, of which HI squasa miles ara
covered with 17, TM feet, board measure,
of timber to aha acre. icnmitaM la
slow of development, aa tha Ma trees
must be cleared swap before farming
begins. Along tha waterways and the
railroad dairies flourish, A large num
ber ef eklmming stations and cream
eries have been established, notahlv ta
the upper and of the county, along the
upiuiaDia river and Willamette slough.
Dairy products find ready market at low
cost, ss there Is scoess to Portland both
hy river and -rail. Here tha horticul
turist finds soil and climate la which
fruit snd nut-bearing trees, except those
peculiar to tne tropics, grow to perfec
tion. . Mineral development has hardly
begun. Ths Nehalem coal fields and
Iron mountains ara Inexhaustible, but
the Quality of the products remalaa to
be settled. - Railroads would make Col
umbia ana of the most productive of
Oregon counties. These apparently an
aot far oft . -
au. '
Jfrma ''tna New York World.
Bdraund Booth of the Anamoaa. Iowa.
Bureau Is ths oldest newspaper editor
la the United Statea who la In active
serrloet
Mr. Booth, who Is W ream old. on-
tlnuee to get out his "Decor, which he
began to publish In ISM. He was bora
in Springfield, Maes snd at the age of
S he lost hts hearing and was educated
at the Amertcaa Srhooi for the Deaf at
Hartford. Conn. For several rsars he
remained rn the school as an Instructor,
receiving the degree of A. at from Oal-
laudet .college, Washington, D. C. In
IMS he came to Iown and built the
Aral frame house la Jones county,
His starr Use to Mary Ann. Walworth
wag the second la the county, and hav
ing no other form to go by the officiat
ing justice followed the service ss
printed on pictures of Prince Albert and
Que Victoria, who had been married
a few months previous. ... -
New York at fcees V
prom the New York Sun. .
John Most announced yesterday that
he has decided to make Chicago his
headquarters and will remain In that
elty for an Indefinite time. Prom Chi
caog be wlU make trips to other dtles
to lecture and spread tha Anarchist
propaganda. - "
Herr Most says that tba Anarchists m
this city have not stood by him aa they
ought to have done, though he has de
aoted all his time to tha cause of An
archy for fl years, and has made aasrt
fteee In order to do en.
Asarehlsta, according' to him. turn
against their fallows In adversity fust
una. taa rest ac tae wens.
aa rest af tha world. . ( ,
Sm11 chaB
, October ohahs. j
After election It will rata. ' .-. ' '
Grand pa Pavia le still alive. f
Half the adages arc- two thirds falsa.
Thla weather la due to tha Dlugley
tar IS. f - ," ' - V
We'll try to get along tf the. aaajority
la anly ,.
gtllL there Is no taw to make you take
a campaign cigar.
That actress hesnrt yat aaught T.
H. He Is a com guy. .
No, the snow hi the esat waa not duo
ta Fairbanks' appearance. 4
Ood never went back on people that
dared to tell the plain truth. .
That Baltic Sect had to do something
te get lta name la the aewspapara again.
' Kuropatkla has nearly decided that
hs doss not care ta winter In Port Ar
thur. ! ?-. : v, v. ,r . ,v. ,
" n- apsaumamnJ .
Ths men ' wha improve their vacant
lota and their homo surroundings arc
the real patriots. - .-
Why shouldn't wa make tt aa
well aa so.ooo t and then again, why
should wa do, althsrf -v ... , ,
Ths Port Arthur garrison and people
might like soms nice fat Missouri moles.
for other than kicking purposes.
J-m-a K. J-arO has aa Ided that Penn
sylvania Is going Dem or ratio this fnU.
By Christmas p will dlaoovar his mis
take. ..
Where the timber land notleeg fall.
the local editore are patriotic Republi
cans. Where tha carcass ta, tba eagles
oougT agate.
i The Interstate oommaroa commission
la one of the modern Instltutlona er
gs nieed td look and feel very respecta
ble, and draw a large salary..
Couldn't tha ' aongrsse do something.
kindly, to Protect the gamblers that la,
the gamblers so known and ceiled? The
benedoent tariff law ought not te over
look tbssa worthy supplicants.
Wouldn't It bo well to postpone ths
election so that Fairbanks oould warm
uo tha people some more 7 or ooui
Roosevelt oould put off the election If
he chose, if Taft and Hank Lodge
agreed.. - ,
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1 The two Colvtg brothers ara speaking
to audiences of from la to M people in
southwestean Oregon, these audiences
Including womea and children. Some of
the women and children may. believe
part of what these brethren aay. .
' Continuance from year to year of the
factional quarrel among Republicans of
the state of Washington is much to be
reacted. Oree-onian. On the contrary
It M the only en oou raging sign of the
people of- that commonwealth 'a escape
from enslavement te railroad monopoly.
OOaV
MOW
From 'the Mew Tort World, ' S
CoL John S. Mosbyv tha sasuoua ow-
fsdorate gwerUla ehieftlan.- tost week
carried to the White House snd sathnV
I ted ta tha president ths hat which he
was weartna- on the day he was shot by
tba federal troops during tha hurt year
of tha war and narrowly missed balng
tahesi prisoner. Colonel Mosby said he
Intended to give the hat to the
tienal museum -The last coat X
durtajr the war to there now," oald tba
celoneLV "I loaned It to tha museum 10
veers aso.
With tha hat Colonel Mosby carried
to the White House a copy of ths of
flelal report of the war department gtv-
Inc nn account Of the shooting- of Mosby,
together with a cony of the dispatch
from General Sheridan, dated Teoember
1, itte, saying that Mosby waa dead.
The eld confederate, now special attor
ney for the Interior departaaeat smiled
arlmlr when the telegram from Sher
idan was read aloud desertblag how he
bad been shot. -
"I bad Just been to Richmond for a
talk wltb General Lee," said Colonel
Mosby, la recounting hta adventure.
"Accompanied by Tom Love. I went back
to Fairfax and from there about IS miles
Into ths Interior oa business. Through
ths blockade I bad obtained a nw hat
a new beaver overcoat and several other
garments. Wa e topped at the house of
a man whose sou was in my oommsnd.
Wa were eating a good supper, one of
the best I aver eat down UK when we
heard the tramp af horses. Running to
the window 1 saw the house was sur
rounded by federal cavalry. Knowing
how I should fare If my Identity were
discovered. X hastily pulled off my eost
with lta official insignia on the shoulder
straps and threw It under a bureau, and
had scarcely dona this when several
federal officers . entered , tha poorly
lighted room.
"They knew t waa a confederate of'
fleer, but when they asked my name I
told them I was Lieutenant Juhnson.
Just about that moment a gun was
fired through the window near where
we were standing and I felt the sting of
tha bullet 1 eried out that 1 Was shot
snd the officers ran out of the room to
see what had happened, id their bests
they overturned the supper tablq and
ths candle that lighted the room, leav
ing everything In darkness. .
'Thirlng their absence I .threw my
self on ths floor and began tq give an
Imitation of a man about to die. A sur
geon waa called In, made a hurried ex
amination, and asld I was fatally
wounded snd would die in a few mlnates.
1 did eome gssptng snd helped along the
scene ss much ss possible. The officers
left believing that I would soon -be dead.
Before going they tried to get the old
man and woman to tell them who X was,-
but both swore they did not know me
snd had never seen me before. One of
tha men. evidently looking Jot a good
bet. seised the one t had and which haa
just been returned to me. A few hours
after the cavalry left two negro hoys
hitched a team of oxen to a wagon and
hauled me four miles away to another
place. The next day the federals
learned that It was Mosby they had had
In their possession and hurried back
after me. By that time I was safe, but
the federals reported ma dead and ear
ned off by my men.
Tom Lore waa captured and brought
to Wssfftmgtow a prisoner. The federal
officers tried to force him to tell who
I was, but Love would aot tell them. I
was severely wounded but soon re
covered. That waa a bitter celd rids,
for the night was something nwfuL it
waa sleeting, snowing and fresslng. and
by the time I had been carried th four
miles Icicles were hanging all over me.
I wsa supplied there with clothing, ss
the federals bad taken practically ail but
iUe uouot
tea Uhbsiis i nad oa.".
,EJTW rn;; T:! wrt
Albany, Or.. Oct ft To the Editor
of The Journal Tha editorial, "01ve tha
People a 1 ghsir, la one of prcfounder
import than, most readers will realise
and an extension of the reeaosing there
in employed would reveal a moral crime
which Is almost W not universally di
rectly or indirectly responsible for alt
extortion, pollution, and demoralisation
not directly traeeabls to hereditary
causes In mdlvtdualei that Is to say,
most social and political crimes and dis
order
Your exposition' of tha manner let
which a people labor), la shut out from
tha opportunity to produce wealth
through the acquisition of land by non
users who, let me add, hold It aa a mo
nopoly for the cole purpose of niching
from labor what society Jointly makes
(land value?, Is thoughtful, truthful snd
fearless. It Is not . however, strange
that the people of Oregon follow blindly
the seme old form of eutclde Which
every other state ignorant! y pursues.
Choosing, with the seal of sat riots.
that thla new land should bo the home
of bappmeea and social glory, la emula
tion of other e tales, rich la wealth, a
populous empire of peace and plenty.
tney yet thoughtlessly support the asms
old Institutions which are driving pop
ulations from other statas to this, ths
same OM laws which discourage nro-
duotloa and enable a few to hang like
leech ee on tha back of mbor. They, too,
allow that monopoly of natural neces
sity which disoooraarea tha production
ox wealth and makes tt incumbent os
the producer of wealth te give hta
wealtft aa a tribute to aa absolute non-
producer for the privilege of oreatlng
wealth. ,t 7
All tba trusts are grounded In' this
monopoly of land and In this ssonopoly
lies their -power to extort in this all
prevalent Institution Ilea the causa of
poverty, crime, ignorance and oppres
sion. .
All wsalth la produced by tha anoli-
atlon of labor to land, cither directly or
Indirectly, interest la the reault of the
vital or reproductive forces of nature
acting on the product of labor, aa. for
instance, th growth ef sheep's wool or
the reault of age en wine Rent which
la the price of monopoly, equaling' the
commuted, la sale, or actual, value of
land la letting; is not a productive factor
and hence absorbs from actual Industry.
Th monopole- power, rent a parasitic
xorm growing greater aa actual Indus
try Improves th general welfare and
appropriating, through the rising land
vatue. wnica expresses tha value of the
benefit of progress, ail the value of that
benefit Hence It Is, that ana who aeea
with eyes un befogged with tha prejudice
born of deslr has small hooeo for Ore
gon's future. If th natural taxes, the
rental value of land, continues to be ap
propriated through this monooolv of
land by non-prod uoere and labor Is fur
ther taxed to support ths covsrnment I
the prosecution of benefits whlea m
mainly to the advantage of the monopo
list through consequent rise lu land
valao. ber aa elsewhere tha result must
be aw indolent and weaithv few and a
multitude la poverty. ; Hera -as else
where tha palace and tha hovel, hero
as elsewhere disgusting vanity and lux
urious exoesa on the on band, and
sweat eh ope, hunger, prostitution and
felonloua deeds on the other, snd then
a further taxation of Isbor to auoaort
mors jails and Judges. Ar we to dis
courage the production af dogsT - Then
we will tax them. The monopoly of
land te detrimental yet we will not dic
tum it. we desire th production of
wealth, ws urge industry, and long for
speedy progress. , Yet we tax wealth.
From tha New York Sua.' "
The report that an expedition Is being
organised to round up tha Wild camels
of this regie waa read la Aiiaoaa with
much Interest -
Them eastern tellers oaa round un
alt the camela they want to, but X don't
want no more of tt In mine,- said Clem
Miller, who has a ranch down pear the
Mexican border between KHa City and
xuma. "I wouldn't mind being off at
a safe distance when the round-up takea
place, but excuse ma from particlnaUn'
in It
"Maybe they do us camels au the
Sahary desert but they must be a dif
ferent breed from these Arisony ant-
ila. , When I alerted my ranch a few
years ago I thought It would be a good
Idea to ropa a few of thorn and use
them for freighting, and I tried to carry
out the Mea.
"One morning, four years ago, f act
out with three of my cowboys to round
up a bunch of camels. My cowboys
ve experts with the rope. Two of
them were Texaaa and tba other a
Mexican named Manuel.
"Xt waa nigh oa to noon whoa we
caught eight of a drove of aamela.
There were Svs of the animate feedin
on some desert plants near on of the
big sand dunes about IT mllea north of
my ranch. Thsy wore probably half a
mile 'away from us when they, first
They raised their heads and' Seemed
ro sniff the sir a few- times and then
leisurely disappeared behind the Band
dunes. 1 divided my party Into two sec
tions. Manuel and I started around the
sand dun ene way and th two Texaaa
went around th other aide, '
"We wer to slip up on th camels
and rope as many aa we could. This
plan worked all right aa far ss tt went
"Manuel and I crept uround ths ' big
pile of sand en our horses so carefully
that ws got within a few yards of three
of the -camels before we saw them or
they saw us. They war standing la a
nook of ths ssnd duns; '
The surprise was mutual, but I re
covered from the shock before th
camels and let go my coll of rop with
my old-time speed and accuracy, - Ths
loop settlod down far over the neck and
chest of the smmsl before tba ropa bo-
cams fully stretched. '
My cow pony settled hock an hta
haunchea, but to my surprise, the camel
walked right eff with him Then fol
lowed such a race sa X never before wit
nessed.
The camel dldnt seem to be running.
but I'll be blamed If It didn't carry my
pony 'along at what seemed to me to be
the speed of a locomotive. My pony sat
down: on his. haunches for a short , dis
tance but the dragging effects wer too
disagreeable and he managed to get op.
and the way that cams! mad blm run
was marvelous.
The pony simply had to rua or be
dragged te death. The rone was looped
around the pommel of my saddle, and
was drawn ao tight that It was Impossi
ble for me to loosen it I felt In my
pocket for my knife. It being my In
tention to out th rop bat .It wasn't
there.
"There was only one thing for m to
do, and that waa to get off that 'row
pony and leave him to his fate. It
seemed te me that hs was being pu1led4
along by that camel at ths rate of a
mil a minute whan I dropped off late
the sand. '
'The fall shook Ms oa sensfderabia
but' I was thankful I got out ef it alive.
X sat up and watched the camel and
pony disappear In the far distance, , I
looked back snd saw my three cow
boy gaming toward me. Noaa of tba
principle of
lth. is discouraged and becom
Owg. LOUIS UOWhJAMAN
who OmrgTeaid aha Sew.
' Kuaene. Oct. St. To the Bdltor of The
Journal: There la one feature of ths
attitude of the clergy relative to the re
marriage of a divorced person, now
greatly discussed, that Z do not think
has received sufficient' attention, vis
ths propriety of clergymen refusing to-
perform tke marriage ceremony for per
sons whom ths law of the -land declares
oomDetent to contract marriage.
There was a time when the English
law confided to the clergy and the ec
clesiastical courts almost tba entire
matter of marriage and divorce. Kx
perience, however, showed the unwisdom
of such a course, and now both in Una
land and in th United Statea marriage
Is declared a. sivU contract "The em
phasls," says a distinguished law writer,
"la oa ths word 'civil, to mark the fact
that ths law haa no concern with the
peculiar maadatea and dogmas of tin
various churches and sects." Ths same
author says of divorce: - The state may
dissolve oa any terma It please, the mar
rlagc of any person domiciled within lta
Jurisdiction, and this without regard to
the time or piece of the marriage or of
tha contract of marriage of the parties.
for marriage Is a status dependent upon
taw, aot a mere personal relation, but a
public institution of which tha state haa
Cull control.''
Not to multiply words. 1st ma aay, aa
unquestionably .from a legal standpoint
X amy, there Is net left under our mod-
era law the slightest veatlg of blbloal
or clerical authority on the subject of
marriage or divorce. Of oourse. olergy-
mea may Criticise and question th law,
hut as good eitlsena they ar bound to
reopeot tt What is tha position of the
minister In - performing th marriage
oereeaonyT Ho Is simply th repreeenta-
tiv of the state. He is one of the per
sona upon whom tha law has devolved
th duty and authority ef pronouncing
a man and. woman husband and wife.
provldad they possess the qualifications
and comply with the conditions which
th state has prescribed. What would
ws think of the dork of oourt . who,
when application for a license was made.
would aay to the applicant "I don't be
lieve in th pro vm tons of the taw under
which you wer divorced and X will not
Issue you a license;" or, "X cant con
scientiously leaue this license, but my
deputy who thinks differently about the
law win bo hers aomorro and be will
give you one.
To merely suppoaa such a ease, seems
absurd, ae general la the feel ins that
officers should execute the law aa they
find It and without , respect of persons.
wiu n said that there are ao many
persona, judges, yustises, clergymen, au
thorised to perform ths marrisgs cere
mony that there la no groat hardshtn If
on re ruse, i am not discussing thla aa
e matter of expediency, ibat aa a matter
of prlnolpla, though much might bs said
aa to th Inexpediency of allowing offi
cers to choose and select among those
queiinecL whom they will and will aot
k la a government of law all
should observe the law. W often hear
from the pulpit the assertion, tf on oaa
aot enforce all law Impartially, the
liquor and th gambling with tha rest
he should not allow himself to be elected
yor. I agre with this. While the
law haa not In express terms made It
obligatory for any officer to marry sll
wno present themselves. If qualified,
still X think the attitude of dirnnu
as v surrying divorcee people. Is sub
versive or au respect for man and
snouioi not ne tolerated.
other oamels war hi atstrt.
"One of th Texand told me that ha
nac roped a earn el and was being carried
off lu th earn wsy aa X, when be saved
his pony by catting th rop with .his
knlf. w rod back to ths ranch with
out any camela, and I bava never bad
any aeatre to doatsstioata deeert am
mats sines then, . . - . .
Two years ago saart stopped ever
one night at my ranch and told me that
he had seen a camel dragging the skele
ton or aomo atg animal tied to a rope
anmae in to assert .nortn or here. You
see, oamels oaa go 4 long time without
water, and I reckon my pony perished
of thirst if It was not run to death la
uuu reos wuoh waa In progress when 1
last saw K." T
Other attempt to utilise the camela
bava been made. A Mexican nuiehmu
who Uvea across ths border in the state
of Sonora managed to capture three of
cam in a etrongly built corral. They
were very wild and all efforta to tame
them failed. After, they had been kept
In captivity several months and' had
crippled a dosan ar ene re owboya who
bad attempted to rids them they were
lurnea loose. , .
BTS4BSS
From tha Nsw York Times. -
Col. John S Flaherty, manager BP the
Majestic theatre, has been a theatrical
man all hts life, but at times when the
financial winds have aot been favorable
he. haa engaged la other occupations.
such aa reporting for papers, selling
safes, acting aa night watchman, teach
ing school gad clerking in grocery
It waa while acting ta .the last-named
capacity In aa Illinois town that he says
this incident occurred, A woman s
tared the store one day wltb a bundle In
her band. Sha held up tba parcel and
said: . . ft .
Thte la a bar or tha celebrated Do-or-
IMe soap, the kind that does the wash
ing by Itself, the kind that doesn't war
out the olotbes. but sews up rips, mends
buttonholes and restores faded colors. X
bought It yeoterday, and this morning I
tried It Tried It hard, fried tt in cold
water snd tried It in hot Rubbed for
10 minutes and could not get a speck
of lather. Now, how eta you dean with
out latherf -
a tie paused for breath, and Colonel
Flaherty took the pankaa-e, unwrapped It
examined the contents and remarked:
'Tour boy sums in yesterday and got
a ber of soap snd a pound of cheese." ,
"He did," admitted the woman. ,
This IS the cheese," mid Colonel Fla
herty. ' . r
'The cheeee gasped tha 'woman.
Thear she took the lump and examined It
"I guess you are right" she admitted.
"And that explains eome thing that I
studied about all sight" , , ;
"What was thatr
"Well, I oould not make up my mind
what made ibat Welsh rarebit tests so
queer." '., -.
f
t.
Maw Shm s
From Coliler's Weekly.
y busbaai's case serious, doe
-la
torr
'It la vary gravu, madam.
s' hare left
an opiate.
"How often shall t give It to hlmr
"Hs needs absolute rest and quiet
Don't give It to hies, take It yourself."
- ': Mevmssd aha Smte, ; '
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
Only a few years age Secretary Cor
t el you waa a stenographer. And now
there la eay ana arts who oaa dictate to
o
.
Cornells hotel being Improved. '
Ohla society organised In Medford,
Qreaham is building- up right ew,
Possibly aa
River.
apt Hood
Box factory at Zgrom
engine.
haa g paw (
oasu aWbmatoiraw UU a bos en the
ground.
The SocUltsta will Suva om votea
ta esuut
Jackson county applog M A
free from pests. '
par sent
Commercial alah organised at Mod-ford,
claotrta Una
Hiiiboro Oddfellows have bad a Un
4wraod 0 awttgag. 4 . , -
The Roeeburg pisindeaiat anas has a
good eye vfor good Items,
f,-- -t . u
What mora do thoaa two Cdvig ireth-'
era waniT A higher tariff.., . , .-..f
Underwood" achool has new looking- A
glass aot kept under wood, .
Aa Ragle point ' asan "hag already
chipped Aot boxes of Spitaenburg sn- v
Pita. . , . .
Some Republican orators Seem to leva ,
the tariff law mora, than they do their '
A much larger acreage of gram than
usual will be sown thla fall la pouglaa ...
county.
TJmpqua valley prune ansoetarJoa ta '.'
shipping carloads of fruit; yet not gat '
ting rich. v. - . ..-.
'" Indiana ara Ttxtag lots of aaimon
op the Cbinmbhv sguawa. dolag the
work, of sours, , . v
Ctatakanf haa at hurt one wen Im
proved street and likes tt aa well tha '
It la ealltaa- tee ham. ' -
Cheerful chirp from tba Roeeburg ;
Plain dealer: Grass Is growing vigorous
ly and tba fsrmera and stock man are .
well pleased. . . . ,,
By actual count there' are M sew -t
buildings either just finished ar in
course of soastruetloa ht Hosier town-
sits, and eeveral gears lust east near f
th hog factory. (V ,
Maud ' suiter of ChenoWlth saw a ' '
bear; he saw Maud and liked her; ehe ,
did not Ilk him Ilk 4 gentleman ha r
retreated, and Maud told thla etery in ,
detail next Sunday svaniag. r t, rf ;
Thla snake story la appearing la aoeni '
country papers: Quit aa alarm haa .
been caused la some parts of the coun-
try. by ths discovery of "snafcss" ta '
cabbage. They are thread-like worms
a foot or more long that seem te have
aatan Intit tba hat . Thaw ara aaid ta
ha AmmMw MAlaoo- - . . - '
Marahfiold News: Frank Smith nt" "
manned taking salmon eggs at the South ,
Coos river hatchery, Thursday Isst and
now haa 160,00 on hand. The little rise .
In the river brought over tOO.Chlnooks
up to ths rack, and from now on he ex
sects steady supply of fuuV. Several
million aggs will be taken ears tt at tba
hatchery thte season. .
Woodburu rn dependent: A,' married
lady of Woodburn will be careful" here-,
after and find out the exact residence
of those she calls on and finds aot at -
boms. She left her card at th sup- :
posed home of a lady friend thd other
dsy, but th bachelor who rives ther
got tha nieoe of nsetebcard and la pus- .
sled yet over the matter of married wo
man calling on Aim. . u ,,v ,
SOS OOMFLXOA'
TASSV
r Wp.im tjiMm Answers.
A watchman who bad been engaged by
the directors af an Australian bank bad
brought with blm good recommendation a.
Tba chairmaa of the board cent for him
and proceeded to "post him up" aa to kio
duties.
'Well, James." be began, "thla IS your
first Job of this kind-isn't ItT" .., , .
. Tes, sir." . . '.v ,
Tour duty must b to exerctee vigi
lance.' V.i f- - - -i . '
Tag. eU.1 ' - ,'-..
"No stranger must be allowed to enter ,
the bsnk at night under any pretext1
whatever.' , ,.,,...-
"No. sir." - : i
"And our manager -he la a good men
honest and trustworthy but It will he
your duty to keep your eye so, him." - .
"But it will be hard te watch two mn
snd the bank at th sam time.'.'. ? , ;
Two men? Howf"
"Wht air. tt was attlv vsstsrdav that
the manager called am In for a talk, and
hs said you were ana of the best mea in
the city, hut It would be fust as wsH to
keep both eyes en you and let th di
rectors know If you hung about': after
hours. - . :
PA YsfMYf
Vrom ths New York World. ' '''-.)
ttverv Republican editor la hanging
upon Mr. Wstson'a words and sipping
wisdom from them. Bvery attack made 1
by oar. Watson on Judge Parker W :
hailed as the unprejudiced opinion of h
great author and statesman. Mr. Wat
son's speeches bare tha right of way lu ,
the oolumna of every Republic, news- ,
oa nor. The Sua was ao eager te print
his letter of acceptance that It aouin not ,
wait for the formal release, and made
the letter nubMa 14 houra In advance of ,
the date agreed upon for publication.
Err en some of Mr. Bryan's Democratic
friends who sneered at Mr. Watson's
oandldacy-v. for vloe-president in 1IM
find that Mr. Watson as an assailant of
J ud re Parker la tbe plain peepul'a sell-
tary single-minded friend.'
Suek favorable oonsMsratioa 1 rrom
former opponents must be very gratify- -.
tag to Mr. Watson. Ne doubt the eat -was
greatly onoouragnd by the monkey's
unstinted applause the while aba was '
pulling tba simian's chestnuts out of tba
fir. .
Front the Scientific Americas, r
Sir Norman Lookyer, th British ae- '
tronomar, haa advanced a remarkable -new
theory concerning the attllty of aun
spot. Our knowledge of sun sputa la
distinctly limited, and Sir Mormsa Lock-;
yer contends that th discovery and un
derstanding; of tbssa phenomena will .
prove on of tba most beneficial se
ditions to the world In general. He ad- ,
vanoee th theory that suck knowledge
may enable astronomers to convert the
son Into aa agent to enable ua to tope
with droughts and famines, and that
he spots on the sun may render It pos
sible to predict with practical certainty .
the coming of famine and the exact part .
of the world where It will talm plaou,
' y."