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'XJ: 1- ' " 1 " I r . y7 " ' V 4 PORTLAND, OREGON, ivi .:..;': , . ' '! V. mmmmammmgmmmm. i" " a - l THE ' (3 REGON D A I L Y O U ft N A L INDXPINDtNTt-NIWarAPEX l.:::-l,y,,'X J. AN C S. JACKSON PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Vno7p. cawolL pabuahed eVery trniaig: (except Sunday) and tytrj .Sunday morning- at Tt JpWnal Building Fifth n4 , Ymhfil y treet fWtland, Oregon. ; official PArtn of the city Or Portland i: f j r THE ROSSI AN PROLETARIAT, HE RUSSIAN UPRISING," even t temporarily qielled,' is bound to break out againX, It" proceeds ' (nun hr (teanleVatinn' from eonditihlns that the ? j ; Sf'gtjvernnient seems incapable of imprcjving, -even if , it ; ' k:ired to do so. . ,; ('.!. ')-' ..V'.y 1 ITbTp'eTi not be pacified by . - the advice to eat cake, ot grass, iney are not in a Rusilaiil artisan and : Workiiigme'n, skilled '' skilled,. haVe begun to think. the theorf of Dr. Hilt that the papef ii not. widely read; -4 but it also makei plain, what is not apparent tp the uregonian iiscu,;init- wii .cuimcmij wuhmm w elucidating its position on the focal option question and the best proof of it is the singular enthusiasm and promptitude with which the people recorded the opposite view at the polls. . .. . . .-. : h i-U :r , " A WORD OF WARNING TO THE JUACHINE. ;.' and un And their thoughts are . not pleasant. . The proletariatl-is . forming . itseljUntd - I '-- .. . .: : - ' - ' ' 1 . 1 i mi T- The" Wood spilled on 'the snbw that ,lies along the 'atreeti of St ' Petersbufgf, Moscow and, Warsawjs ldV " . ' ' juerrt,: nd: is reflected" on the.sirts' ojf ihearistocrac)r, ha. Jtav troubled dreams, "ami wlibse cares cannot b i drowned either in yodkaf or champagne. ;. v. . r , - ' ' To t!e horfor's'of the unsuccessful war n Manchuria " added 4Ke terror of th, bloodshed of workihgmehand irrcir women .and children! Such a tragedy cannot ,b. -3 -forgotreft nor fcrrgiyeiThy-Biust-be-atonement 4n kind.'7Sucli;ii the, crude la'w' of We; so fir. The Rus; siari peasant ry are all children, and they are led, for the hou'rnyXchTTd, in the form of XpriestTvholibldsbe , fore" them crucifix. . By jad other sign, in the'rf present State pt aeveiopmeni, cquia nry tuniuir.( . - Ignorant, yes, yet wiser in the .ultirjiate anals7ha $f oppressor,, 4ie oiooa 01 mc nnyrs w iri;- m fWOTlun ian:OT-TirtBon VKOmftU rO f dvumL-CD u4 fdf -Justice wrt1 peter yet stifled o. the iterance ol uha-ppeal-xruhjtaJix.npt.P' BniI nS aejnana for HutrceidV .Jiberty " baU ; be herd,'Aeedea:n;I answereo, as surety, as von nigni m- nmu ui '-. )-potnt. than a' Ije..' - ' . v : 4 ; . .vs. . .' ' The Asiatic emprre'playea for.Dy RussiaJ-fo centuries, -:i felias iailed,ia becoming jnanjfest-imljossibtlity. Th world will not become Tartar fJCpsyck, 6o? yet half of . . H, One- warning to Russia was giyenhaJt. a century ago -, Z in the .Crimea; a still more-aignificant one Js being given --(lotii the wintry-plains of Afanchuria ind in the streets . ikt SLPetersburiMosow3yrsaw and HeTsfn'gfofi.L l : is the old .battje oi4he people, against their ' robbers -jind oppressor?., ' .i'iy y: . r"-'-vv'v . . : Some of the-Russian people are going back to work. , .S Most men will do almost .anything rathe thin, starve. :t Bus p evry workingman'J lift i. a. fterrei that. thrills' : : with tKe.Memand for liberty and justice. VvThia idea, this thought, this impulse, cannot . be, suppressed,, arry, mor thfh one cansweep back the tides with, a broomj or "' banish- summer sunshine with a gauze acreen 1 ,Z -v Tne Russian people have Jikherf o believed in f Go4 and Jhe ctar. , Now., they are beginning, to believe in tne .. : ; people, and to realiie"thaMheyare!a very.part .of.God. - 4-r-Tl atT'r 4hVran4 duker y e-cootrp thl army, ihe - iroops, but even this .resource, AvjH probably Jail them ere long.. . i. The AVin'ter Palace 1 said to be the finest building in Europe. -The great Trianon was also a fine work of art, but it could, not shelter a king ; and queen A from-; the ' righteous wrath of A desperate, and long-abused people. - The -proletariat-of Russia-may-yet'" choose to. disport i;- themselves for some-mid hour, in this winter. palaceJ. matter how many tickets, .Democratic and otherwise if .4After it is theirs, because their ofl paid fqr it NOT ONE BXJT TWO C v i.T TT THATl Is-it-Tossible therer was a 'most'out -1 ' ff - rageons and iniquitous law before, th people. , mat ;ine. vregonian: jnunucrea giiiB H-v iJiree months trying to make clear the fatal misstep (bat waf about to be takefl. that it, thin, tfiundertd against if for " another "three months, 'with the net result that" no one ' understood anything about ft and that ibia. dreadfulfaij f ' was votedJnto effecJLby an overwhelming: majority frOne y - '-an scarcely believe it Vo astounding does it eem. For 'i.Iillb.loolt uponheae twopictujes--first, the pale, f bloodless f and cowering masses called the people, and second, the i : reverberating Oregbnian,- this maker and unmaker of - ' ; JlTl nen, befoVe whose fell breath there mortals wilted.and T-'-" withered and the most obdurateand obstreperous made ""'"themselves Scarce until the funnel-shaped cloud passed " " i lasserts its hand ujon its heart, the salt tear coOrsing . down its furrowed and indignant cheek? ' .' ? -j'- J r 7" j?" J iSurely. no newspaper ever labored more s,trenuonsly, ' 7' f, we will-not jiay. t6 earn its yiae, to make" plain o;it - 'J readersFthat the local option Jaw was. bad root .and -; i branch, that it invaded the very sanctuary of our liberties , J.il: and wrested! from us those richly prized rights which a 4Meiucipccunj( jnucyenaent nnici ivn iiicihiiiics w " - were most anxious to retain. The Oegonian did eVery " l thing in its power to make clear tojthe people the fright- ful abyss into which they were plungirg headlong' it did -V-.all that could be.expected of it, an.d. more too, but at the The logical mind of Dr. Hill instantly concludes that t tliw is a confession' that. the Oregonian is not widely read. ,In this respect his conclusion seemsjust. and warranted witKthe Oregonian it(self as-his unimpeachable authority. But it docint explain everylbing foi the Oregonian has .none enthusiastic readers. They wajit to know, its htud rA'bw public qtiestjoils because it aves tjienrthe exercis o . their own mental prcee. i)e moment tney know ' ' how the Oregonian stands their minds are instantly made 7? p.' According to 'their , theory, rwhich , is not without "V f merit," whateverthe Oregonian advoeates-is-precisely ." -what the people do not want, ft is the organ of special . .privilege and these readers claim .that thoy. are never '. v rong . when they take f he Oregonian's utterances by '. the rule of contraries and always do the precis opposite 'y of wliat it advueatev 'Many people, tried the plan during .ithe local toptioricatripaign; many more rave since tried it ; and they are unanimously of the'ppinion tha they could " ' not have a much safer guide. ...This jn no sense weakens HE VerV IACT that those who seek special privileges and attempt to get then) through ib ' trrvient legislatures . Would not dare to' go .be- for' h oeonle and ask for them is the best' proof of he Value of - thi i'liitUtrvt-attdL Sieren rfunt an dj.h e dan ger to the popular causeUound tip rthe holding ot a constitu: fiorial convention.: The' very attempt on the part of ti) Kquo interest, to avoid going before, the people with the Jayffe bill is the best,proof, the first, most practical and startling prof, of the extreme value' of. the referendum. The effort to' secure by indirection-what could not pps sibly be attained in the open even in the legislature,; t,be nullification of the lawjrt tho many Charters now being presented at Salem, ;piles proof qpoh proof of the vftal vaWof 4Hat law.nd the" insanity of taking chances ort its defeaV either by hjj 0f bycrookjn p constitutional convention nowr so vioroply demandad'byTthe-iTty forctswhk m ine most unmeasuredterms. , r" ; ; v Let it be clearly onderstood that the people do not pro pose to give" up the referendum, and , that therefore the will hava no part or parcal in flie.pretty little Scheme noV before the legislature. Let jX, joq,,be uhde.rodr th contrary, however platliiibly 4he case rhay be put, Ve;ri figbts of therpeople which. in a snoment 6f regreted,aber ration thy machine permitted them to aecureThe peo ple now So wTheir oWcfthey realizerthe. cotrtrcd gryen tftenr-over the acts pf the legislature. Realizing it ind having enjpyed. if lljey will never, give it up and the mart who standi in the way. will suffer the consequences.' ; If the tnachine but realised it it. wis neverin.aucJx a dangerous position a ,ft.,siow .occupies. -; Her in, Port landr whatever ita outward manifefstatioq vit. i upon, its last, legs, a painted ihd bedecked thing thai is galvanized qtcr s flemblanceof life and that isall. If Jtia wise It. will recognizi the fact that th movement now sfir'ring" the people of Portland is not a local morement nor j it the outwsrd manifestition of a .local craving. If these mat ters are pressed,to anssue themachine will b.e routed horse; foot and JrarobfTi .irt Pprtland and it is not "at all unlikely that it will go down to defeat jn the state." The spirit ip'C independence i- ftowfntf rapidly; in Oregbn. On national af fairs -the people, still cling to 'partisanship but ftfToctf affairs they, realize that it is men and whaf ibey-stand for rather than party brandrtKaTfOunt, :.The standard is being constantly.raised and the demands for good public service are becoming more exacting.;' Those who realize these tbiags-.and take advantage of them will profit by 4he new pnditionsLLutiKosejvhQ.jfand irtthi way of the movement will suffer dislocations and frac tures,, . 4-' : ' ''Tr , JThe, nia-chine is hard at work, at Salem,' its hahd la ap parent in every job thatjs in jifair way, to gby through. But if jt doesn't draw the Tirie at tne constitutional con vention and the-Jawie bill, Salt w,ill not save it at the next election no matter how much money "is behind it, no puts in the field, and no matter harw -powerful the mwi paper support it may count on -for r eonsi3eration or bthetwise.. S . MUCH DONE; MORE TO . DO. TfT' HE . LAST RECALCITRANT - GAMBLER has cdme out' of the, wet and signed the pledge.. to be SBod. This rriarka" the finality of the short est, sharpest and most decisive. campaign in, ."pur munic ipil history CI flight months ago- public gambling, was theJmost powerful and overshadowing influence in PorU land."The combinations vand alliances went.into all quarters of the city, they dictated to political machines, pulted down or raised up. politicians, instructed thenr-ip their duties, made a farce .of the. Jawa creature ofthe municipal authorities. and. an instrument of coercion of the police force , Their influence wra aought rriS. feared in the politics of the city and statel No man dared fly ib the face of the system.., Jt made its terms and.it held to rigid acountability those whom it bad elected. J ter torfzed public officials its dirty money penetrated Jnta eminently respectable and unsuspected quarters and it brought thembrSl tone of Ke community so.low that the raw mining camps of the middle west had much left to 'learn from us. .1. .-. .'.i Can the good citizen realize, that all this was true of Portland eight short months ago and that.it js no longer true that the last gambler has come forward .with his pledge to hereafter observe the law? When one thinks .ofwhaf. was.jt is; almost impossible to- realize that what is was brought abouVm such short .order. "But it last it was obliged sorrowfully enough to leave, tbe stiff-1 has been done as, everyone can see and it would , have necked and blinded people to' their fate. r, ., , fbeen. impossible, however, powerful, the public demand, but for the 'determination of one public official to up hold the law at .all hazards." That one man. is Sheriff Tom Won. - -V A good start has been made, but there is very mucp more yet to do. Jn the first place wei must keep, the ground we nave won.' If so much good can be done through the help'of one courageotta, honest and de termined public-official-more can be done in ways ut fide the path of his duty through more officials of the same" stamp. Hence the need of careful work at-tht coming June election. JLet us not waste lime and effort in trying sto achieve, impractical andrtmpossible things -r we cannot reform human hatjire all at once or even very much of it at a time, but we can prevent public gambling, (he dance-hairiniqtjities, some of the grosser forma and phases of evil and above all we can or, all time Set the seal of condemnation upon the open alliapce of tlie public's administration with all such forms of rice and criminalityv .- --r. : ;;..w-- i ' Yrotfi the New Tork Evenlns PoiC ' Aboot. this time it TaTlhe privilege of very newly-elected governor rof .a Kin t take unto blmalf staff. From five to SS or ' SO civilian. uoal!y middle: ced. frequently of moat unoldlerly pro- portion, ere picked out to bo olonl '' staff captains, and om'ethnea brleadlor (enerals. In HliwU Inland a. oonplo OT " yrn wo recall coma Saltation over , lh aremt coot to h otato of lt outfit -of colonel. '.In Orurclc, 'mora recently, - the eom plaint rtim from. the other old. Tfla oolonela tbemeelvea pnbllahed JUts ff the varloua tpilforma nu trapping they nod. to bur at their own eapenae, m4 nhnwed that, treat a the honor was, - pnoltlnn on- the govornor ntaff l eh4nt a fjpenelve a luxury a the atate afforded. ,The decision af Governor pt- naen of llltnola. to bav hone of. them to in Itaelf a vlctory ofcommn aena over maillal flummery. k.- jrxxoss xxt irisT ibtea.T , Prom tho New Tork Ire. '.' A former exprea tneaoonger, with fc run out 1n the far west, where bandlto 'were hourly expected to enter a car tot robbery,, aaya thaf tha favorlta weapon of the protector nf. aafe U a double barreled aliot jun of large bore. vlh the barral aawed- off to about one toot In length. "With such an arm aa that." b adda, . "it In not neceaeary to take aim when fighting at cloae quarter. It la loaded with buckartot which acatter all over creation when the trigger la pulled. It la Juet what a man needs In hi homo aa a bvh-glar alarm." , : ftarurmosri' or 1 iiewxiAm. rrom th New. Tork Preaa. .' It la a heavy atraln on a woman not to go shopping..', , , ..-. i . . u Looking down 'on people generally la nothing bat looking up on yourself. . , It la. ao expenalvo .being .raarj led -a man could pay a bachelor taa of. all hi Income, and be -better off. - " f ' A' woman getaj very suspicions of her husband when ha goes a long time with out doing anything that look suspicious; When girl 'acts as if oho were tied the end, at e comet and tries to look as If stjk were only buttoning nar. gloves, most likely alie ta Just become engaged., - , ; ,. Ruaaell Saga aj--every man ought to save one-quarts r-of hi Income- Mr. age, It la understond, save the Sther , throe-quarters. Eschang a, r Srmall Ckangc of 1101 . baa already I v. - . . More .hand winter weather' . Only one .'month more of winter. Only four months tilt the fair opens. One twelfth passed. , , , r ': Le It ' tne"' pee pi e InaJa t . on 8 banal n g on p tbs rereremlum. ,- Warsaw IS Hkely to become a storm center of revdluilon, . u The Russianarmy Seems to be nearli a tadly OS asvtho Russian navy, - Everr week- It becomes more clearly apparent' that the ielr jflll be ablg suc- , -', v; . . - .-. .. : , : rortiana naa naa eonnaeraDie naro luck, but It never accepted a Carnegie library. v. t. ,':,..,.,., A i Now, gentlemen at Salem, la the time to get busy, and yet to do nothing in a rasn nurry. r, , Jaasa.i in . , , mm, . ' , . , , ., .. ..- "T7 i ' . uniflie ana tne lvraua , ; ; . t China' oa'n look over at (i bit neigh bor. Russia, end be quite glad that It. China, is not ,warllk nation, r How can Mr. Chadwlck get money nay . her debte and straighten up her affairs when aue is ,kept In Jaltt A small Kentucky town is named Pie. If It can grow enough, jt will ask the legiaiatue to cnang n name to tiog: . The- Sale'm lournal 'sayi ihe Portland Oregonian Is In tavor ef a constttutiooal convention! and actually uses that fact as an argument 4n- favor -of - the oonven- tioni; ... -. , .,. : ; - .- . . Tom lAweon t credited with having made one Way street man crasy,. And 'U.,M-. ausposad that 11- U.Boger and plou John D. Rockefeller have worried Om. K ' e. ;r.. " -V- 1.4, Jauarejhji.e; ipj, the. grift, JMrm mJuatie evhS'. prise, rnattiptna,ticil boy .wonder, ate, school exhlbltlnn wOiXt ago. News,. Xhoae .Chicago-. papere are rorever Kicking about, the weather. , ..oeroa 10 De ecreed - toat jaoout. one third, the votes caat 1 JTenver and some other Colorado cities lent November avate bogus,.hut. a to which party perpetrated the - greatest frauds - is 'yet a mooted qeestlon. .... . .,"..,?-..'. .-- , .The 1 house e of rapreeantatlvea - haa agreed to Recede fo some extent to the prqauiviu anuoanu mere power DC given the lnteratsle, commerce commla- lon. but the ttrmt of the bill that foes through, ilr. Cannon's ' house will bear close scrutiny...-- : ,1...,., - Chicago Journal r , when f President Roosevelt ; goes against the beet trust Perhaps we ah all have an answer tn th old prd&TeraT which haa piiasled, the phll- osopners rrom tne earnest tlmea;,What would .happen If n . Immovable body should, corns-Into contact with an irr--' siatlble fqrcr'4 . 'Ii . ' .-. -- - . ; "Tr P eaasissa. va,vv -w -a. , Nes. ' -,lt Raines' name alone, : ' -'' -'"i" yer bright prospect for Raines. -' ' . Arlington Is very much alive yet' ; . Thelrrlgon fublle School haa SI put -OakJahd, ON has a live development - JMor judicial dlstrlcti pre needed of courae.--- . - - -r Every Oregon town Is anxious lor this year census. V' ' '. ': "(.'. ' . ', Horses ere i being--:, bought around Prairie-City at til a bead. . ... . -., i Oay Olex ha gone from Arlington to atcBtinnvllle. . Iook. out tor- Guy O. . --' - ..The Echo News Is boomlnit that town In great aha-p. They hve lots ( of sand up . mere aaa now prerer. water-.to whlskv. t i, .. .,r .r"A SPreat amount of land is being ket Put to hops up th Willamette valley, and theacreag will be greatly Increaeed by ItQl. ; But nobodjr knows what, the price of hops will, be ..then. v'. - y The largp-adtngntni--which"has been, employed in and-about jher Echo yards, left recently for Pleasant , Val ley. I- It wll) ,be employed in moving the pew town a mil front the old site. ' . : Fine opening around Drain tot chicken ranches, say ths Drain Nonpareil. La ml ,1a cheap,. lumber, J cheap.,cllmate, and market is good. Boom here for. a. thou sand people to engage In the business, in "Harney county the entire expend of the Justice court during the year 1104 amounted to tllt.tt. . la Grant oounty this Item, for the same period, amounted to ll.SJS.6u, or tt.70 more than the en tire cost, of the circuit court - The Can yon City Eagle wonders how this is. - - Sheepmen, around Bpray .have, made an agreement .with an experienced. trapper to -pay him I4.7S far coyote .scalps, and thav kan bv ao dotne to rlrf thte rnva ("of- these- destructive -.animals. Each sheep-raiser peya lit. proportion, to tUa humber of sheep he owns.- If the sheep men In other sections, thinks the Spray Courier,', would adopt, similar method, coyotes would soon be as ecoTce. aa deer and other native .animals that were once so numerous, t" .. , ; -v. j . ; RepreeUtlve? 8hooli has written the Klamath Falls Republican Sr letter ex plaining hie ebsenee from r the caucus when the legislature met, saying that he was out with Judge Benson and Sen ator Howe, end was only 1 -minute late. No doubt this waa good respecta ble company, nut Mr. Shook does not ex plain what they were doing. A-publfo man should never explain anything. He always says loo much or too tittle. - Tet we have.no doubt that Mr. Shook's con stituents will be satlifled. . . - . : Oiici there " was. V litUe g1r in'-ia Australian district school named Helen Mitchell. She had jot of schoofmateS and.wfth6uV exception, they looked ua to her In awe If not ta reverence. II wasn't a matter of personality. - There. was nothing about Helen., Mitchell t make her naturally V leader. . But .Che could do . something that, none of the other girls- could do trill Ilka a bird. Her position' wa akin tq that -of the beat-baUj)layer In achool; the boy who may be the moat stupid, scholar,' but etui the leading spirit js . ThS -elrla vsed to crowd .around Helen Mitchell and , beg pleadingly I "Won t you mskethat fnnny little ahake in your throat" and ehe would respond cheer; fully. . Today the world. pays gold to near inai in. If ever the history of tnusiff Prt land la written, the Melba concert last evening at the MSrqum will be recorded on a conspicuous page. . For it was la every sense . - a triumph. , A brilliant, eager1 audience filled .the ' auditorium from the footlights back, representing receipts of poaalbiy 14.60. Brilliant beoauae the elite of the town as thrS; eager, because the coming of Melba had been heralded 'dally and awaited, bourty tor month .A program beydnd. fault. finding had been- arranged . human voices, the harp, the Jut and the piano were there to perform H. There waf only one -disappointment the. inaniuiy of Gilbert, the baritone, to appear.'. - Melba reserved her appearance until the third number, giving -first plaoe to the lnatrumental trio. 8a soil ie a won, derful harpiat She is1 the girt who was taken - under the dlva'a axtfstlo Wing some years a fee and Is now exhibiting the depth Of her appreciation. - Her fliv ger literally y Over the atrlnga, pluck ing from them- the most exquisite har, mohles, . The flute is. heard so . rafajly, nowadSya, Jhat Mr. North's, part in the concert . was genuinely pleasing., while Mia Davlea, the panlt. revealed her Selt, e, woman,, well. .akillsd, in , the dis tinctive, art of accompany lrwli- w t.Th. testis JayUeaw.yl keoae. -Hli taaUpg a,olce.cV puree. afaJUt and norepif feet aecuracy. heard bere. . After he. had OnUhed tuueken a .' A. summer hudi, Vaor- Hoose wee -tawdered .41. ttosCepon ititr,' W1 fsPai treat rCVeiai4Pired jsrliifs long t endf ee refill ly utf tn ee'i , -A ag U lk ,. The Sheridan Suit lhu relates the lat eat story regarding the possible finding ef eoal Or -oil, or hot Ik - "On the farm leased by Jwdl Guttry, owned by Jack Wilson of Imtependence. are atrong Indi cations of mineral deposits, probably .of ronl.. Over the surface in several places I an oily substance resembling crude oil. It varies In color from a faint yel low to a. .dork brown. In places almost aa thick ss treacle - We believe not only the owner but nil In the neighborhood of this farm should be Interested, ahd we hope these few woids mey cause aome one to tberoiighly analtser develop and afford ua expert testimony, We will dream dreams and . have visions until this IS gone,", , ,. tanaous ovation ef the night , I do, not except.. even .the reception '. of 'Coenlnr Thro', the Rye" la. which Melba. of all har nuna bar,-came .into closest touch with the. hearta of her eudie-ioe. ; It . waa proralsed that Melba .would be la Superb voice. , So. she ,waV : There was e. smile rat. mingled, - pleasure and abiding . confidence . pa ,Jjer Jipe as tahq appeared In .the Wings and. walked slow ly to the fUlght ta slnc.thAmad scene Xrorn- ."l,ucla"recognlsed as , tius vety-greatat of Melba' s aehievementa. 8he. wpre a beautiful oatome -of pink Silk and a moderate number of Jewel. Burmountinr her queenly : helght1 nest ling in her dark hair; waa 4 pink rose or carnatlqn,which . noddede saucily . with the diva in acknowledgment ot the cus tomary ovatjon. Then Melba eaag.' '' Soon the soft notes of- toe flwte obli gate mingled with her voice.--': First she followed them, then they fell la behind. MexlbllltyT Why, In the lmpeesloned thrill or the composition it wss si most impossible to- distinguish th vole from the. flute. , If there wee e difference it was distinctly In Melbe's favor.. - Her bird-like tremoloe-her "funny shake" of school days were telling - on . the tech nique of the Instrument - On she trilled, a on he played. ..j And when at test toe statnesoue figure Paused, as in. eontem- platlon ef the final 1000,-.' Melbev. had once again earned her euiog y-m-tne great est technical; aoprane- of -them all-. ... ; J3ut there rs something else a, certain sometltlng of which too Uttle la heatreW of whlqh writers speak timidly because her world-wide -reputation- ia the paper unon which it must be, written. In ancient Germenfolk literature there la a fairy ute caUed rpornroschen." vlt telle ot a new-born princess, .waa,. like other-princesses.. Is to hsvo -a -festival at her christening.. And to this chrls tening all the good fairies were invited save one,, whoear record - waa doubtful er. who - was - accidentally overlooked I've quite .forgotten which- and they each of them brought gift to the prln esss. - One gave her beauty, another In telligence, another brought grace, to the bedside dnd still another bestowed sweet temper. , The' princess, now bad ll-,ah wanted save' that, whirh -the uniavlted fairy might have yiestowedv end she went through life without- it--'..v There was one " fstry- absent ". ron Melba musical - christening the fairy ot heart and soul., f.' s-h:' f - f -One may listen" to that ee-esiled "God- given", voice for. hours, at. a time and not weary, but Jn those hours one will not - detect a-nets .that, was produced llrat upon a, heart string.--Her. singing lacks. leeilng . Jt la, sometimes poai ttaata--eald There were many Jtko m V self, who waited almost impatiently, for Tostl'a 'Xodhy; with Its tbriutng paa ldn and grand climax. , "When Jt cam IV. demonstrated , that. Melba is unex celled In teohnique; that she can carry a pianissimo ever so Jtruly and as long as she .chooses without the suggestion of r faltering, and there the - conviction ended.. -There was not that depth and resotuuic. .pathos .and natural beauty that the song deserved and has received from voices never beard beyond - tne confines of Oregon, r. ... And so the diva's program ran Its course. . Don't 'be shocked. Thl Is. a question of -Individual Opinion, so far as I .know.. -And, I'm sorry -;4f ..it .is ignorance to express It.. The madama's ether set numbers were Tostl'a delicate "Berenata" and, "8e Saran Rose." Ar ditl can. always be depended tipon for a rousing waits song and the possibili ties ot the greet voice were fairly dem onstrated for the second ..time , In- this last number. : It is a pity that Melba did not. Include snore ot these brilliant selections in her program, In New Tork he would have done so. She .was ex tremely gracious In the. matter-of , en eorea . Comln' Thro' the Rye" literally brought down the house. . Here was an other example of what 1 have been try? Inc forr. several minutes to llloatrete. The singer Is so technically perfect that she even, rolled the Scotch "e" in the word "ry," and .she rendered the ballad aa though ehe were Wild to enact It, but the heart aha "exhibited waa not In the voice Heetf. , tt came, through her vari olic, facial expreasions.,,... r- -1 --Indeed, the publlo paya gold to hear Melbe's ."Shake"'-.'.f-- f , . , Z'.- JtACgi WHITNtir.' CLMX stJiAPT WtT- i From the Nsw Tork World.' - -',.' Champ .Clark -of Missouri, had soma time remaining for ill ld m the de bate on the army bill . yesterday. Hs gave twot minutes to. Slayden of Texas, Slayden aaked feri.three minutes mora .-"i yield the, gentleman three minutes more.", said Clarav.- n . t , - , V "The gentlemen from Missouri haa but two minutes remaining." Snapped Chairman Hull, who waa in charge of the bill. . , - v'-,.,. . - ' .; "If .that la the case' , replied Clark, urbanely, "1 yield' the gentleman from Texas live anloutee anyhow,?' - ' Hull eat down Ht a .dais and- Slayden had his five minutes. ... ; v ., . . r 1 . . - It la JT sweet and piettanr thtng to come to pne's , own , aain even when on has seen-that -the pslnt-ws dull on. the bow at; whose eluelye end hid the pots of gold one could not And when the hopes one had lis dead with the ambitions of ions'. a days; it is good to be pack and, to feet the gentle handclasp and the sort if spoken, weir come.', to sit In the Old , seet, and elfp into the Old place thai Was kept for its. It Is a pleasant Xblng. indeed. --- , But to return . eoroneted '. with the laurels fit a hundred) triumph mister of, the world of art or, arms or logarithms, heralded by fame's -. myriad . tongue, with all the youthful xanotea grown to. gorgeous' fact, .with the colors of the rainbow Stilt .brightening, In the dull ray of the sun of favor, and Other pots of gold waiting te be rifled with the ban sat of friends ..ringing in one's sere that a ambition's crown, the one that Blanche Bates wore nut, night when she earns te her own again" at the Grand theatre . -. . " .v. .. - jt But, she wore thef erown modestly. as they say the great should aad f or a moment it seemed phlegmatioally, as one may, wqo is ong usea vo the storm of aDnUuse that rushed' from foyer to orchestra and from the jeWel- sparaung noxe .to tne appreciative b' lery swept away thla stolidity; and thed she bowed before ft aS one who enjoy It and smiled with pleasure., and AS it continued fell back on a woman' .way of showing .tail, a- emotions Sad Shed tears. Which1 were bad for the won derful , makau a aha were'-as.To-Pan., a maid or old. Japan, imv wwi 1 S 111 , ' Cs wore BiffWdrld'sTair pauu of th Gods."; And as. she bowed. and anuieq ahd wepWali expresalng one emotion her aueuat -father. Saigon ' Prince of Teaeau.and the honorable "exoononcy. Zakkuri. minister of war. and his, lllu: trlousnees. , . Tonda- TanJU, nephew of Zakkuri, and suitor ;for Tp-San-i carried en a conversation An. a hlghlyJapaneSS Way. And talked, ihapi.Vj aimyat unto the second act--whlch will lve. one an Visa ,4l h-e jftalps, aejr ' atto 4t.atae awes n, m ..w-mmv.m., li-ente,.wae Ag,.,tbit ahS a JU44njkHial, f" J fronr an anit(iu.aii..,e n:e4 r U? bagln.er agajja. tr:t'MV'K',Ip' -satisfied at last that Jules taUaAnew It wag glad to see her Into their Son- From the overture to the flnL curtain rwriinv At ehe Goda'L Is 4a' Japan ese as an antique lacquer, Jewfl pox;.thej story la as simple aa,tniue aeaign, pa a. kimono a - thin ., .attenuated .-, thread. deftly twisted to hold snme.rnarveieusiy well- nalnted - nlotures whether of old Jaiui nr not eonearna the ebserver but little. - But vely. probably the rJ"M hlatorloailv aoeuraM assart will permit Ms BeUco -would gla4jy vsacrlnca. tbu unities ot time and place on the altar of action,, and be would, ratherT be , whoJly right at big expenaf thSsTrwrong In a detail by w -small ecopemy. ; tr" ToUn. Mian Balaa. and her . father, Prince .of . Tosan. - George , Wessels, have Seen rescued, from bandits by Prince HArav: amgene .urmonoe, . jieaoax-.w lent of. the Jwe-:word men, ,-bit . ot. a bandit himself, and for whom the celes tial, born emperor, has offered a large reward, r Of .course ,Tyo-8an loves Kara, which makes the story,.. . Prince iakkurt Albert Brunlng.-nlnUter of . war, has heard that Kara. Will pay hi respects to Saigon at the feast Of a thousand wel oomea and -appears with a band -of sol- dlera to get the Jewardf or the capture of the prince, and InoideataUyaecure the princess J01 an onneeeaaary . nephew, Teoda TanJU Rankin thivai. -1- Kara le wounded,- recognises- Tosan, 4 loves .her madly, is on the-point, ot' getting his quietus when, Tosan takes ,tilm to her anartment. where . : he remains .for- a pfontb. His jneq call him. and be must go. but' gives her tbe-aeoret of the hid Inc place Just before aa Is captured. .. Oft to the torture chamber; and there the promise., of JtawCft, release f res the rack and the burning oil sain from. Tu aan the key to. the retreat or the twa aword men. Kara retnrns t them, .To? aajv .goes to hlsa. and. Is followed by Kakkurl soldiery, v, r;. - ( .v .'.j. Ti heavy -ecene ' Is In, the." torture ohsmbsc, which people da not Ilk. Kato, a- fisher -ot carp.- Thomas J. -AIeOrane, goea -to-.the red, hot. pincara. screaming and fighting, and. the snarling .tonvtoma do not -drewnv the. shrieks on which . bis wrenched .soul-takes night) then Kara is sent to. the. chaaaberj of jnysteries, and Tosan watchea the, executloneera. - It ja. distressing. . Tb . torture room will never, be .a. popular place of resort for-the .people end If a play' with that In it is a permanent success it will bs de spite of it and, not because o it.. That th victims are .thrown Into subterra nean -chamber of fearful mysteries, and ar -flayed pad boiled -out of sight .of tne tneatre goer helps oet little indeed Mr. Belasco .will tell .yen that hp gets a stronger hold on -the blood-raw, sensi bilities of the public by having, the-mala Uncldents of the torture concealed from its eye a-scream, .a -muffled .groan, 1 heart-wrenchlnc t thud, and t the soul' frosen look. en. th race -of the heroine; these do more with the theatre goer than would the rack er furnace' fit plain view. Mr. Belasco - sharpens .his darts and makes his., flesh-tearing .pincers, bedhot at the Imagination of his audience, and the audience last night did not enlay lending their - outraged intelligences. for any s won purpose,, ,Taat It is necessary makes It all the more auperflueu.; , , . One will probably Say that Miss Bete has not enough to; do In-rTb Iterllng frC the Gods;'! that her work; Is too light, and that only pace do the exigencies of ner part . can tor th disturbance of the make-up. ., That Je- the . Impression -ens gets. And It I only when consideration Is given- the-part and -its parti-colored Idea are. earefully-soaaned, and note la made of now the beautiful .Higher .lights pf oomedy in the early acts sre slowly obscured Wy the intense gray of the later tragedy, that .one- appreciate the ract that Miss Hate naa, got 4ar away from the rough -and tumble of . dramatic Interpretation. .She has become entirely Intellectual, and her characterisation is sq cleverly .that,.' that, one must put away soma traditions, before on testes an tne savor or i. .4 ,,And Mlas Bates Is surrounded by a company that few. stars nave sver shone among. There 'Is. no., .weakness .that throws Into stronger relief her splendid mastery of the mummer' art: no oppo site stumbles In line ot; action to make hr work great by contrast. i . i . Miss Bates should be proud, aa leading woman . to be known by the, company he keeps. To spesk of one Or two in this bright band-of hers would be In vUlious, and to gtvs all Individually the praise that was eertied would be Inter minable. Mr. .Belasco 1 as prodigal with hi aetors as hs Is with his ac cessories. In a play that requires a boat 79 people, not on appear as a super numerary. . '; . ,-. -. .- Commendation would, exhaust Itself In trying to tell the manner, in which thl pier wee produced; It might have been a twelfth tnetead of . a. flrst night on which the curtain went up, d pmoothry and easily did, each part fit .; , . ' v ,' . v .... .. HCOlt HCMB. - "Wasn't aha offended, when you aaked her to kiss you good night and you with a two days' beard en your face?" .. . r "A little, but she came to the scratch before I left' From tl4 paywnport I-, tiemocrat. , r With alt fh ta-k we hear to the effect I that , world' . fair and almilar large k exposition are gmbig oufof fashion, et,;1 ar going SS bavw on mora such show, in. this .eouhtry, rjcafore we give tip; ttie.J habit and thr 1 not much doubt thst'.. it, will b.a,good one, and have a large -attendance from tints pert of the coun- .. ' try; that is the laewls .and Clark expo sition of ltoS at Itortland, Or. . . ,' , This enterprise , commemorate the ' ' expedition of exploration commanded by - v ' Captains Meriwether Lewis and , WIN liam Clark, and . despatched to and " -through th rthaswot then terra In- - ; cognlta,' by PrealiStnt- Jefferaon. The story of that rnarcn; la ens of th tnot tnterestrns chapter in American hla- -tory. , The plain, unvarnished tale that - - Is upfqlded by the Jnurnal of these men ' t have left is en Amwteaa claaaic, and it I read with incroatslng Interest year . after year, aS the vaeatnes of the under- taking, ahd Jt re axil ta, . become mor v and stilt mOre apparent N better tele- .-'.,; brattoa of the" eenten.ntil anniversary pf-?-tbls march could bave.hcea planned thau ; lust such a fair as new been planned.' , ' and1 1s now being bultSed on the shores : ' Of Oulld lake in the ctty of Portland. . . - -, The exposition I to open June 1. and . I' to remain open till October IS, - this - -year. . In all it will ithaorb th vry .' respectable x sum . of. 5,000,0t9- ,The ' . buUdlng ar not to b tagging, behind th date ef the opening, but are now ao far along . thai there aema tq ,b ' n : -doubt of the timely eunjletun.jt every ; ,J detail of the exposition.. Th Situation . U beautiful. The natural, grace or a -ft no tract of land at th border of .the ' ;-.-elty -of Portland, hvB Jaeen yaaOr. en-.l x haneed hy.the work, of . SmprovsmSnt, - - i- and lake, bins, etreams Asd tha.nandU ; work of men ar all blent, ip cnarm, ing picture. The exposition Js complete . ' in oope, and wul be .an; epftome. pf the eseoercea.. and:" acpjiev.enyenvg. 01 tp nort 4,JWtoiis:r; : weu as ei ws.A. ass, nm arsBBTyKrvr isn m .t tam i. u nWnuk 55aH.t fJfpiIie.fl: Itm- i iLi.. w-1 .ju.. f eel, a : rv.ry.7oneiUexablatnJr, t 1 eomlnr T .t.M.fi snow,, -FjroaV teejKl0yeiion4 -,tfity : are likely 'to. go to.rorunno u,jrg numbers , during, th .oommg summer. The-person who dee Ire a. Cheap, and eemprehinefv .touif.fft tb-eturtnrrr: aaon. aa well aa th one Who Seek v a mpuntaln vacation, wltb-th Aaposl-"'.' Una : included as. a were xeirw, wut , and what aa. I iooainel lor in n ouer- lnan.to touriats that t announce. - : th ranro4da witr Lttis aniCUrt 1 near : Mandan, -In winter quarters North Dakota... ' - . ' 1 January L It snowed but night and the morning Js oold.and disagreeable,' with a high -wind from the northest; , we sent Ave .hunter .down . the river. ';! . Another man la ,taen .with the pleuriy., via cur or turn vum noiik.; areet'v. white eiar.-. but '. ywterday:-w;i;'- .'..;.. --. cam,., . w. . -.' ... . . We people -of th lower trodden way-r :- With ail due homage for- thy high e-,f..- . ta-tn.-V-.r-v-., ;.v -rf.'" Petltlonlncfor JusUc. , la our plea Put forth our-wronaa and made lt sire, ; . ......mOSt plain. . ,.,t i;-:: -!.;. Neath burden (ar beyond pur trength 1 M hold.- p" ' . ; ! .. And where w have no vole to dueetlon -- .-why ."'.;:.' ".,'.rli'.V Thy ar imposed, w lowly perUlv Deprivad of what ahoud rlghUy be our l . .own, , . r. , .-. . J Al-.u, -y ,. , a .a 1 - hu. In .altna all in, . AI1H , WW, W - ---'- . , wrongs - , , T ' . W-.-.j;,.... Heeped upon us through ths S that Until we1 ank beneath the weight '. .d- ft.. .1 i, it jt., -. The right te waia in iioeriy aw man, ; . But paid as slay.es, not knowing e'en God un 6Smoon or Stars so dead to By chains of Ubor made; by destitution . 8Ufled, and, injustice crushed, we bow Have reached the limit of endurance, f . Thy. band aa(b power to Stay th Weight And give th .happiness and peace that , 1 , cotne ,.; .. -' 'tt-. Wittv freedom's tight. '. Thou bt aa-; wrd.: . - - -!-" ' t..v.t 80 be It A the wounded bat hoard Her "ailing strength for on last effort. ' in . wa iaa and nlood shall measure ' ' j. 1 .. . ' ' . - '') 1 . . 1 ii we have pleaded, e may tho,'- I - Thy chosen peopl plead to ua in vain; 4 - As walls pf mother and of clinging i. ... babes ..!..-., . f ' " ' Rlog out from" dungeon ahd from hovels ' v., bsre, ' ; -" ' ' ?'-'' " ' : " ' : So shall tRey ring from palaces, wher . power -'''' ' --' I silent in th cau of Justice! - r, . . Beyond the' gleaming a pear that drink , -our -Wood v i, '.-.-. --v-nir.,T --tmi h shadow hover thy peopl watch. ; . Dost thou forget Crimea? Ay, further ... tilt - -.- T" -f - j- Th ahadow stretcb. Dot thou forget ivJapanf -r'h H 4 f ,.:;;', z leaaon taught, But deeper yet shall . fall .i - - " - ' - ' " " Th shallow that; will com from those .; That thou in mockery h" called thln'1 own:,. 1 ; ' . . " ' , '. '" . ': ' For even now tha..cho ,of thy; falling , . throne. ' .'. ':.' v. la sounding through the world. And from the altar of our sacrifice,- -Born of . oppression' .; cruel, bitter '""wrongs, . ""--;-' '.' Shall Hit In stronger power than thine V f OWn ' '.' .' ' " "': ''" I OV- spirit .Wl ftlie iwiiir--wiwini. t, . -.- - . - : r Minnie- M.- Bode. i . SXOOTXn VSTDSB TsU .; prom the Londoa Globe. -V'",jt,.ii H Th Spanish cortea I about te become s ' the scene of a remarkable experiment In social legislation. The minister of the interior hs. drafted a bill absolutely ' prohibiting the selling of tobacco, cigar or cigarette to any parson, nnder 17 " yeara of 'age. Tne penalties vary from -two 10 to pounds sterling, with Impris onment In exceptionally bad caeee. The .- messure la, Justified a imperative f or , the. arrest-of radical degeneration. Tu berculosis snskea greet .ravage among ; - Spanlah laboring youths, who, for the : moat ert.( under-nourished and already- enfeebled Jy thl and overwork, aggra- , vat matter by (pending much of their "' canty wag in tobacco, generally eg- . erettea.. .. . , . . ..... r . . 'A .Xlgaly looser Vanoav - V From the London Telegraph.' I . ' A remarkable adm Union waa m,H, at : an inquest yesterda" it Iianelly on the ' body of a railway servant named Button,, who died daring Monday night without receiving medical attention. The widow . said her husband- was .unconscious for . some hours, but sh did not fetoh a doc- tor, because it was Sot oreoer for young woman to be aA out at IS o'clock " at night. Kh eooiyi 7at do It even to . ave bar husband a UtA neither could she fetch hi parents, wJy.Mlved in the nest; street ..-,