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"OFF1CIAU PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
Vr.-r THE WAR'S FIRST AN NI Y RS ARY r -
population lyis doubled up several limes, South American
ity04tim even now arc petty wiiniecorne great. "i
.Most advanced toward stable government and sys
tematic 'development. i Arcentitia. "It has had its" ftiH
lamation, folluwed next day byjhat nt the ilikacrrtftarr of reVolutionary.jepisoUes, but it soenis to have left
UST A YEAR-AGO TODAY-:-err -N'ichofas
r-vkred- war aaaigt Japan, nitumg-hia-Iiaraial ))fnc-
tiea-Iigiits bad iiocurred at Chemulpo and Port Arthur
. 'I'.;-; Jkveo 'daa-prvKtuJy and Japanese jroopsnaa Dccn -?wq
; . -:V; in Korea. . As a maHeVof fact the war really befian .Ke.b
.J. . ,'f' ruary J, 1004, when diplomatic relations, wire broken off
' , but the ofiicial beginning, which history Will record, has
:':'''C"Kt first ansuversafy today. '':: -''-'J ' '
: 'Two nuIUons qf treasure and more 'than 600 lives navei
been the daily sacrifice Of the battling nations since thlch,
Riftta'a test fleets have been swept from the seas.
Two squadrojns have started for theifar east and a third
; i preparing ,! L'bao, but they have taken, pains not to
.'"--, (fet' in range' oC Togo's "giins up if Ihia . time,' .,TJre .t)at
. tered remnant of the Vladivostok squadron lies helpless
; - " In.that ice-bound port. Tliirty-fiife Russianyhips of -war
TTTlie-' it lh iotfdm of the itit ft disarmed m ncutraTliar,:
bors.. Seven battleships,; ix: cruisers, ; thrc gunboatsj
three transports-land 36 destroyers by sea, and . 135,000
. riien by land arc its tribute, to Wars.' ,: . . ; ; - i ,
- ' Torn by revolt, within,-canight unready by an-' enemy
armed at. every point, Russia has been thrust bacE 'stead
;"; jly by land, losing position after position at horrid
,-! rifice f life and lavish waste of treasure.' --The crown
' lug victory of the year the capture of Port Arthurleft
, : 1 her without a man or. a ship in Korea. ' Oyarrta's Ready
V :; battalions have rolled back her armies until "now the
' - hostile' forces braving the awful Manchurian winter lie
- . - facing each other a few miles south of Mukden.. V-'. ,
i, r,On the Russian side'there iS'Confusion anffdisorder.
;';t v Kuropatkin has resigned, Crippeuberg har resigned,
I Grand Puke Nicholas will . take command, Kuropatkin
" :.Vill ataywherelie isTGrippenbirrg is merely ill-and must
. go home, Grand Duke, Nicholas has no thought of going
. to the front--ill these rumors, denials nd fresh rumors
ir-jndicaterthe uncertain state oLtnind tfiat makes Jiussia
with ail its boasted power tremble for th future. f ,To-
day M. de Witte is quoted by trie London newspaper
'as crying for peace at whatever terms Japan will give.
7 Tomorrow" therejvill be an official statement that -peace
is not to. be. thoughroL7pirhat Ihajend wilt be nobody
, , knowsthe crar and his ministers least of all.y: r1:
'But 1004-5 has been the year of Nippton'a glory.
With the wrath of injustice 10 years nursed in her heart,
3 1 Japan haa been long -preparing to 'atrikft JJieJblQW Jhat
, she nasttruck so - sturdily.'' 11 er lost, has! been heavy,
; bnt hot so heavy-.as that ?f her eriemy because she was
" ready. By system of sanitary, protection never before
'. equaled in military. history che has practically eliminated
. 'sickness in her camps.; - IJy the most modern system of
- field transportation the mobilization o( her- troops has
--r"-"been;'aTnmgryapidrJ.'-Se'tOT;end- men-fromTokip"W
,; ,-. 1 the line jol battle irreven days. Russia's' best record is
4 twice that time and her average more than thfee times
' as long. ". Japan's army ha been brought to a state of
,'" perfection deenjed' impossible, in the space of time she
, ; ' .-Measured 'in men Japan's loss for the' year is 92,000, in
1 .money $354,000,000, iff ships 20; but Gth last .only one
-TtTaiiEiiTr,tttirey re cruisers ana tne -r esr destroyer
itjfJtoy'rpistol period of callow rowdyjsm.,. .There was a
report of niall tipristng there a 'few daysagO,TL)Ut it
was evidently a, very, jtisignificant . affair.- During -. the
last 'century Argentina was. the icene of frequent in
ternal strife' the province of Buenos Ay-' waging war
against the 'Others, the provinces ot which the republic
is emposed being originally separately sovereign. ' But
ptlrlirud-tnirwrreTTledTndTOt for four years has Jin"
there been any attempt at a '.'midnight change ' in the
government... A. national election took place last June,
ard the1 president ' elected Was quietly installed in Oc
tober, '-.,.. . :"w ''v; ;. :Z"'Z J0Z ');--,
. The ' .Argentine- republic 'stands next to' the United
States in . European eyes as a field for; irivtstnieut-and
Tmmtfjrti(ion. bushels of wheat an-
nually, Tapd iw exports are nearing th e $200,600,000 rriark.
Its railroad system is developing rapidly, and it has, now
more railroad imleage than any country of the westerri
hemisphere except 'the United States, although- it has
but - half : theyarea and a ' quartet of. the population of
BraziVand ,iesa' than feajf the population of iIexica,
Brazil, however, an immense country, ha also beenjong
quiet, and is. a country of m'easureless possibilities.,
The city of Buenos Ayres, trie capital of Argentina,
has 1 ,000,000. inhabitants,. one of Hie, finest harbors in
the world, over 360 miles of street railways, over 20 daily
papers, and its public, buildings compare favorably with
those.of the larger American cities.
,-Tliese""arevidenccs that Argentina has passed itsf wild
oats sowing stage, and has reached the age or rather the
period of discretion: and ' sobriety. The same may be
said of Chile and Peru, and possibly Castro niay berths ,
lattTif theB.word mdptstot presidents of Venezuela.
"Of-traijspofta
Seven battles' have been fought, at the Yalu'May 1,
. ' ; Iiere;4oa -repf,yfntJfJitrtl-jja-
; Nanshan tlill May 26, at Kinchau May 27, at Tilissu
'. 5 June-is, '(Russia-.attempts to relieve-Porf -Arthur),-at
" .. : Vafangow June 14, at .Motieit' Pass June 17, at
' YangtselingJuly jt where General .Keller was killed
' ; while leadjjig his men against Kuroki; at Liaoyang'Atia-
. - vst . fa ix daysMiightl. at the Jiakhe river Oetohrrilong time. Santa Fe was founded in the seventeenth
ran j 1. days . iight. in which Russia lost -6xx alt'e,'lury'I,,1S40 ihe SpahisE explorer Coronado toured
i-Ncw-Meiticeand '-Arixonar-whiie themaye con-
Uidcrably developed, can, never support a' large popula
tion; not enough water can be obtained. Unlike the In-
dian. country they have been open to- Settlement for a
Japan 16,000 men, according to unofficial figures) at the
..r.Vi: Hun' river' January 27 another 10 davs f itrht in which
-.'.O.'Kuro'pa.tkiR-in the-inidst of a furious snow storm triod 200 years, and yet this vas,t area contained 1900 a pcrp
, utisuccessfully to turn the JapanejeBank). r" ' "mlation bf only 318,900. ' ; ' .. -
uut-01 au tne year tne military marvel, was the over-::'-)
throw' of Port Arthur.' the sieee of which hecran artivpfv
ytiy '-26,- J904. and -eroded -with General -Stoesertc9ur-4
... render January of this year. Japan paid 50,000 men as
, ; the jprice of this fortress. Russia lost 23,000 in its de-
ense and surrendered 3,ooofccatde:
.The astonishing use of thfe search-light, the amazinir
::?iro-prt4ncof the worlcof sappers,' never before so gen-
era ny recognizea .ana Trmrrortiiication.. useless, th e
, . prime importance of the "means of rapid communication
' made possiblcty science, all these, arc interesting7 de-
Velopments pi the"!: war from a purely r-military -view-
1 X point, ; - -. . ' '" . . -j ' , :' - '":
-"..-i-...Caar Nicholas with all his boasted million's, of men,
rtth-all h is; armament-Tnagoif icYhtTon "pa pc r, wit h his
,.-; large supplies of stores and ammunition, found when the
honr"struck that his airmies jwcre ocr;jJs; halfffd,
r --alt dadamfliaf hl iVrexpend-
. itures.for tores and munitions of war htrd gone largely
. to enlarge the fortunes and furnish the pleasureTof dis-'
V;-.; lionest officials thxough -whose hands they Tiad "passed,
'';- found when he came face to ace witlt the fightinjrmn
" f despised Japan 'and felt their steel that in the eyes
';; t,f all the . world, instead of bcingNiciifllai the Great' he
;!tr al only JS'ich'ola. the Unready. - r." r"
; . ' ; " ARGENTINA' BECOMING RESPECTABLE.
EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE - that the. South
"American republics are . gradually improving.
Not so many revolutions occur ther as fowii.
J.er''v " These statements apply, .to them jis. a . whole ,. if
:"'J' . not to all. Some: "may not. be progressing much,. but
t'-'ther 'e- bevoming quite, 'reucctablc states.. Revolti
5 - .ti4n.jr insurrections, are 'less'-freriuent ocurreni-ol
i-.iIt"f'rp,'":t'oni'- incr'asi"g- Agf&-heiife; when the world's
-;. i-,THE PROPOSED NEW STATES; WtTT7
U'ErrNEW STATE of Oklahoma, to:i'ncrndeithe
territories, of Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
V.will bava an"area" about equal " to i Kansas"' and
probably over a million population; it was approximately
800,000 far bothteriiitories in 1 900. It has been opened
up t6sett1ement only within thepast few years, and has
KaTned veryaprdTyln popiiTat ib n, p ro ducTjo rT ah d weal th"".
a large portion of the area being1-rich 'arable soil The
joining, of -these two smaller territories seems wise, arid
the new state will at once rank in some respects far
above a few others that have long been in the Union.)' .
If KeWjMexico jAould be admitted as another state
without. Arizona, being united io .it. this would leave Ajit
zbna arid Alaska the only continental territories. The
opposition in both these' territories to single statehood
t S 1 : J J . u
is pasca cniciiy on wiai giuuuuv wu.u i . u'sl,": Cap. ro.r ahort. lie was monarch of ail
seem trivial. It IS true trjat tne aggregate area or tnese wi surveyed, oyerlord'of everybody, hua
two territories; is very 4arge, 225,00a square miles, but ill
takes more than area to make a Mate. - Rhode Island has
Only 1,350 square miles, but that is n anomaly in state
hood as to size, as Nevada is one as to population.
Rhode Jslartd 'was one ot tne original independent or
S mU Change
" Tfta iejeflcfl, ccnllnueaf to Iricieasa."
Is flne at this
" Tliat eastern wathei
ai8tanee..j..
'Jiocb. took no stock inthe'ldti
nuirrlava in a. failure,..-'-. j .
tttnt
It l propoaed to DrtjJ n th normal
When li gets out, ilalm Gorky Is
a member for telltn, Munvs.the word.
?alu rally, U - waa Joe' pay wh6
thjouybt t the achem to captura bunko
' ; .- A ' . - I -r
Shouldn't the agricultural depart
ment turn Its optica on the probable -hen
truatr '... - ;',.-. -'
nivanTaated" otjout' long
aa lectuwsr aa he aroald now as a
lnttirfr. 1 . ". - - . .
Rocktfeller.THarrlmim'ei al. are Only
working for the people perhape of the
next generation. ,..t.,. ,
Hporpoie, 111., la - trying to get Its
name changed. to'Roonevelt., Better com
promise on Bis stick.. .- : . . ; .
The most Important question before
the leglsuttiire, an irritntlon law, is too
Dig lor , mat uoay - to tianaie. - -, :
Rvery time anybody In eongresa au--
gents-blower duty on Philippine sugar
the trust moves the price up a notch.
Colonel Ilofer ' la awful ' mad about
something several things all the time.
A trip to'Taqulna. to coot off might do
him good.; .-.
Senator Miller gave ample reasons
yrjiboHshlng .the normal achoola, but.
th best reasons do riot always influ
ence enough votes. . ; ". . s ;'. '
Rockefeller can lso furnirfh. oil for
engines and U4lng-fhint Tn Bla TOO. 000
mile or ao of railroads, thus increasing
the demand and price.
The Seattle Time has made a dis
covery about Senator Mitchell that no
body else, not even Mr. Honey, ever did.
It says be la "a, man of (Teat weajth." .
Everybody knows -that Senator Piatt
of New York is a eenator for tWe, United
Htatea-Express company, but he la iiot
unwelcome' in the senate, ' on that ao
count. ..- ' - .
the"preMnt la Interested' In the di
vorce queation. lie realizes that ha may
have to get . divorce -from the Repub
lican leaders' in the senate, with the
railroads, the trusts and the tariff, as
Co-respondents. . ' . -.
A steamer that recently - arrived at
fian -Franctaco - brou ght - as -one" OT'tts
crew an ex-king of a Bouth Sea island,
named Otafu. His nice little name Is
Kalaniwahinleoukalua,' but he was called
The Recall Law J
3 inrLos Angeles' H
1
n
ndependunt..
o public ser-
.Eltwood J'hmBVSy TrTthe'
. I'nlll rleptember IS lt
vii ot In the tlnlted States had ever Wn
dmcharged -during .his teifm of office,
On rare oocaaiona. a public servant haa
been Impeached for crlmies and .tried.
ami If proved guilty, which hue beun
etlll rarer, tliri ofni'e luts been declared
vacant. - But impeachments have ben
so" difficult- thut th sreTiever-even
4alket-f -e ve or -t he-- rra vet-f rtmes
and 4leilemeanors. T But -OH -eeptemner
IS last,' for the Initial, time,' a -public
officer was dlecliarged-.dnrlnff his torm
because his eonatltuents did nut like his
actions, as any private employer would
discharge- a,n uusauafaotory employe.
Curiously, this unique, common-sense
and purely democratic act -did not tuke
place in New England, the home of re
forms and novelt leu, nor -th turbulent
Kansas ananTie wild and woolly west.
but In Voa Angvles, the refined and
beautiful metropolis of southern. CaU-
rbrnia, peopled, largely-with' consev-va-
tlve efaterhecs, : .,
t'
-Oar -IJecember J. 1902. tli dthwns f
Utm Angeles Voted on IS charter amend
meltta.v No. 13 of these provided- for
the recall, or tiiat "the. holder of any
elective office may be removed at. any
time by. the electors qualified to vote for
the successor, of such Incumbent" ' The
procedure ) -very simple: ' A -petition
signed by not leas than ZS per rent of
those voters mast be filed with the .city
clerk, asking for his remjnvaL Within
10 day the e-ity elerk must examine it
and determine whether, the signatures
are of such voters and whether there
is enough and certify this to the coun
cil, who must then order a special elec
tion "not less than so days nor more
than it duys" thereafter.. , The -"peraon
sought to be removed may .be a candi
date to succeed himself, and unless 'he
requests otherwise in writing -the elerk
shall place- bis name on the-official bal.
lot without nomination.
confederated colonies, and Nevada was admitted in con
frequence -of the. war nd-4he-scbsme -of building-a4rans-
continental rauroaa.
band of as many brides as he desired.
and recipient of all the revenues, but he
tired of all this' and aJTssr weeks ago he
i lung a own nis scepter, nove nis Doner-
plate crown - Into . the. surf, kissed hi
urines ffimuuyei, junijwi nryffitra me T,HS7sftrted. at
where he shipped on a, tramp steamer ss
helmsmaa at-11 .SS- per monthrrana' IS'
Trnrripy.
through them in. sesrch of. the fabled Seven Cities. of
Cibalo. Population has been streaming westward for
Arizona and New Mexico -ought to come in together
ss one state, and thus wind up our contiguous, territorial
domain,--'---:-.":'-"""-
: NOT YET but. OF THE WOODS. '
E"
? I VlE FlGIIT for an appropriation by this congress
L-l-L Sat-Jlpt -Columbia -jiver. jetty ndthe .-. Ctlila
. ana, t, -tj. iw-IIB tliuju. - 1 1 IT-tn imt VJllJ
one third won. Chairman Burton-was by hard work
won over, and it is bclievetL. he -wrrf.jtand- pat - Tiyit
Speaker rCannon who has no navigablerjver or harbor
in his deestrictis oppofed, Anda-go6d manjr repre
sentatives similarly situated, and who want to make a
record for economy, are in sympathy with hirrt-The
speaker can no doubt 'block the bill, if he is Wtermined
to-do-scH-eipecially 4is4n-4hja-case he"Tiv-nt have Tthe tacit
approval of the president. But if the president will keep
his hands off the friends' of river and harbor improve
ment -may be able to, fArce the speaker's disgruntled con
sent by .holdiijg up the naval' appropriation or some
other important bill. Even if the bill passes the house
it-will be amended in the senate, and then there is, the
conference rivet-to -eross, and this'part of the country is
Veryrwcak in congress just now. ; . , : .:
" The final obstacle to be encountered, if the bill should
scratch through befor March 4, would be the president,
who,, it is said,' wishes novriver and harbor appropria
tions made th like the look
of-that growing! dei icit.' But it is not much feared that
the president will. veto' the. bill, for he is a progressive
man.fatid-one always ready to listen to reason. t
The chance ot the bill are therefore fair but not
bright,' and ttie bands of those on the ground and work
ing for it should be 'upheld and strengthened in every
possible way, ' -,' - ,. ' ;
rASHioar's p&okxitask,
Kroni the Cl hue; Tr1hun.
I!bfeasls--t4it . a --fttfMinmme'
. , pi OMt r-aJu In the "Vusine dltii-t. A
j walk, in whlch'one will meet all' the'
a, ernes Oi-WMiMh la th win.i-e Wwllt n
lind, irTnm. with bountiful diKplajr
wlndcTws," t.2a w.mii and all tnunnVr 'f
: !mr,' for femininity. , 1..-.'..
This ts the sugrstlun idraufe.! by
',., Mrs. Pciu-r I'ulnier, and UidursciT' rn-
thiinliiMically by tboan frleniia to whom
Blie has conuilfd it. Tile latter huvt
" ' il4- their frlendii; -end those , friend.
, oiher frlisiJilBi-uulit-iUtt." Iilna. oome
, to be wUUily d Iscu axed, . and generally
" t, approved. r - ' . .
f.'hlcngn, it la polnl( out. Is sadl
In bvd of sue It promenudft. . When
. i , te la city was merely a "iuilns town,"
.' jrlvm Over to commereo, mamifacturtng
J and immeiy. making, ihe lack was not
fsresilr notlcvuble. Hut tlm- ; have
. tlfinged. aid those whrt dlscueaed Mri.
', 'alnicr iilirn. The leisure rlaxs how ts
. nil, Important fiictor In toe. life of (he
: Bictroi'Kll". ", i
. f'urtlicrfioVe,. It Is'derlsred f'fito.iiro is
- tUe only One nmmif the. greet cities
" whicji lies trttt such promeBtde is
tvw iiTien. tnnilim lias Its Bond
- streo. 1'itris its Ttr di H' I'Mx, B-rtn
If l:nter rtfl) IJn'ti Vteet t The
'TtOiia anil New Twit it r'ifth arcnua
Why, -thetwtt la asked, should not Chi
cago have It -street wh(-ro wealth , and
faahlon - may , take the air ,and ; srrert
frlemls. 1 ' '- 11 iijLh--.------
liui the' plan -suggested by Mrs. Pil-
mertontemplaleH even-more than the
aHishment - of -st- kromptiade.-- It- h
prnivnm d to selm:t.on artrrnoon In the
week. . mhidh tUe fashionable -will
drive In' J.iiicoln park boulowrd.and the
l.akw Btioie drive. On another- after
noon the" fashUmahle drive wpuld be in
Miehigsw arennearui, the other bou1
varite of the soutli pahr-synteni.
Just when tne Men will tuke concrete
fotm and sucleiy women twain their
afternoon walk or drive H yet .to be
decided on.t "While thus far the selec
tion of the 'promenade Is likewise unt.
elded, a sngtresttun for the walk has
been put forward. It M that the fash
ion leaders eanh. Hfterni'An walk "north
in , Miilunan irenue, from Congress
street rUiUy as. far on Monroe, then
turn westward to Wabash evenoe. and
outli In that street to the Andttorinm.
Thin would give a walk a mll long,
sufflelimt. lt la pcpted out. If One wishes
to .avoid .fnthrner nd not reqotiing- too
Biarh lime; .. .,. ' .-.
' Cliirs f Mil n't you consider the duke s
grxd bargain
iade-r-Whv. nv he was a little moi
than a remnant. iJfe, - -
ATTTK TatB WX7B-BXATBH, .
. I"rora th rhlMIli'ftimnli-l,
.A bill la pfn3lnar In the Mussachu
setts legislators which provldea a pen
alty - of -"laslies.on the hare bnuk" fur
Sny Male person who "bests, bruises, or
mutilates his wife of any other female
unless Hby -accident or In self-defense."
Boston ia. supposed to be the home of
refinement and culture, whether It.. Is"
or not, and the bare fact that the whip
ping post is seriously thought of there
shoiiflt encourage the Illinois Jeglslnture
to glvn us a similar Uw. Muny crimes
aa-alnst womnn . and - erery rorm of
liesttallty should be punished by laxhes
on the bare back. '. ;
Oregon Sideligkts
TJntmi- doesn't Uke Jlepressntattvs ic
Leod. . ',-. .- ' -i -... .,, ;
Nary a 'snowflake this winter at Port
OrfordV " . , ', .- " ' ' "
Reservoir for Lexington . waterworks
nearly completed. -
Blue mountains
time this winter.
white forlhe- first
-PortOrford has an athletic club-and
gymnasium good thing for boys and
young man.
According te'Hay Creek correspond
ence of the Madras Pioneer, dances are
all the "news there. '-.;
Waterfowl are gradually disappearing
from Klamath lakes-i-decrease of feed
and Inoreaso of shot. . . .. . .
Big Stlc-kf personal ' In Jacksonville
Santinel: v. C. Roberts Sundayed wrth
the" home "folks on Sticky.'
Half a dozen families have , bcett
obllgvd to live In tents all Vinter In Mad-
ras because no other shelter was avail
able. r .. , ; " ' - - " -
as. an excellenr quffrry has been -found
near that city. : ' , Y"
fitaylon is fortunate, 'says the Mail,
In having two embalmere. What great
luck it would be If-a-thtrd embalmer
should locate there.. r '
A sheepherder near Cougar mountnln
was fired at three times by a, -man who
aproached on -horseback, the third Shot
taking oft a thumb, -r .-
A Tennessee man who has, seen a' copy
of the Kcho News writes to that paper
that is ramiuoa or His neighborhood
want to coins to -Oregon. r" ..
The lho News thinks tmtt girls1-do-
siring employment could find It there in
families If they would algn contracts not
okeaf oouuBoa ssauiit,
T-Yom t'is New York Tribune. -s-The
frmWliitr charge that the degree
Lk, I. Is bestowed with too lavish
hsnd by colleges and - universities Is
likely to gain force from a' recent oc
etirrem. The 'iutlr Carolina college,
at Columbia,- oelebratlug" lu centenpiaT,
was moved by the. joy of the oreasion
to affix- the honorable letters to 36
men. It was not supposed tbnt there
wei-e three down persons of distinction
In the country whmn the Otlkr colleges
had not already, labeled, j,., bacbelors,' faulu
A candy drummer named Bradbury
and a. whisky drummer named StUbllng
always travel together through eastern
Oregvn. sud are-caned ."Rock and Rye."
'A white-headfd eugte measuring over
seven feet serosa Its wings pounced upon
a bljf e-noSe lo-" a flock, -on Applegate
creek, but waa shot before, it could .get
away with Its dinner, "v ;
" Th OleixUle school, has new .singing
books and the News tsars that "even the
smallest urchin now sings with a. vim
scarcely to be. equaled by the expansive
lungs f the Idrgcr boys, and the little
girls, they. tngewjeler than sver.
Imrteg -Oie-peet year - foujr- of. our
bell i's ' have beeik. captured, and ell by
outside gents, and prospects of Vtlirrs
soon. And yet our valley has a great
many young, middle and old bachelors
who have been waiting fop eight years
to give the la-lies a chnm, now will
likely wait year longer. Why not
persuade S -few from tho east .with a
large family of girts to locale here?
McMlnnvllr Telophftne-Rnglster.-.. ' We
haven't-a doubt, It. Is all the local
Ist spring tus-eltlsene of -the Sixth
WftTd".pf Lob Angeles bejame.very rtruch
dlaeatlsfled with their member of the
common council. J. IJ. Davenport. There
contract fe' city printing- toi the. Los
Angeles Times, a non-union paper, at a
great deal higher price than ethers had
bid; of his being In alliance wlthuthe
liquor Interests and serving tbe saloons;
of his telng paid for voting W perm rt su
offensive slaughter house to be mi lit. or
enlarged in a residence district. : It
looked, from til dtily papers, as if
these 1 charges - were true, - and events
proved that bis eonatltuents . believed
they-were."-"""" - - - -
The typographical -onion-first started
petition for his recall under this
amendment to the charter, . They got the
requisite- number of signatures and
the election was set for August It, put
th -petition . wee not properly signed
and waa carried Into the' courts and thus
thrown -out on. a technicality -Whereat
the Times editorially claims that the re'
call provision was knocked, out, saying:
"Because yttcrly false methods were
used In Stirring up unnecessary and Un
warranted trouble for-tfe-tmcllman Dav
enport, -the defect In' the movement was
fatal. It cannot properly be charged- to
any teehnicallty.'' . : .. t
of the ward.- and .Dr. . Houghton being
elected by h majority of 114 in a total
vote of ' S,20, ot 61 per' cent 'to Daven
port 'a ST per cent.. Chsrgns were made
that Davenport workers were buying
votes aud that-"bold attempts were mode
by the workers for the corporations to
vote -their men.' and It Is certain that
the whole party- machine waa behind
the -ousted Councilman, though- they
were ashamed of somof tits acts.' The
Times said that the--vota was Very light.
that "business men and men of property
kept strictly away from the polls," and
that Houghton got the votea of the So
cialists and labor unions, -who had pre
viously hud candidates of their" owu.
Also there were some threats . bt lejral
proceedings, .-but "these "toon ouleted
doiyi snd there was. a general acquis
reneft la the rwsult as being- the decision
of the people. -. v.". ,u
' Last winter a part of the people of
Oregon' petitioned for two' laws, and In
June au the Voters Of Oregon voted en
these laws, and a mslorttv enacted them
without the legislature or governor hav
ing any say in tne matter. This Sep
tember the voters Of a ward In Los An-
;Sf4es . discharged. thelr previously electr
ed councilman and choae another for the
unexpired -term of office.-- Both of these
are the first acts -of their kind on this
continent Both, show the growth of
resl demo ratio sentiment among the
people. As gnu glng '.thai demand of -the
people, to control their own affairs, to
hsve a government really by tbe people,
they are past the most Important "poliS
leal events of the year, yet we,' have
to wait for" the rns II. to- bring us the
news..-. The Associated- Press sends us
nothing. ' j-... -,y, r v ';. 1. --'. ',',
;- . - -1 '.''.
There was a suddeu change In the egg . -J'
market In. the past few days. Th re- ,
eelpts became larger with "the "milder
weather and for a time tho retullrs" .
did not care to buy. This caused priees T.
to drop! with a dull thud, and st-vt-ral
cents were cut off the quotations ot -
wholesale before there was any buying
Of consequence.-f The retail trUt ...i. " '
,1 buys eggs on a falling morkpl, ndM'u2I.
-1 time proved "no -exception to "the genora'f
ruie, u me retail-markets t hero was
a disposition to hold the price up for , . -few
daysln.order to see which Way the '
market. -Os-as going, but afterward prtces ; I
dropped 6 cents a dosen, "A conUiiusnoe--'
of the. prassot weather will help to hord -V
thef market - down. Receipts will ' be- -
n prices smaller. "" v ., v -
' quickens are not mt$ plentiful as t.isy.'
nay a wn, -put uisr Wat s vey-small
Increase in the receipts this Steele ' o ver 'r':. .
thoee of . the previous period.CUIckens .'
are now good properly, for they era'i.
laying eggs and farmers are loth to part' ;
with' them.: . -. ',' " ,'--i,-'.jtj
--Turkeys are mors jTeHllful,"buCtJiere' t
Is a very good demand and. -prices are ''
being held ' Up to the Very To notch, r "
Tame geese ond" ducks are-not wanted
and prices are weaken; the supplies sre
good., Qa mo is not very, plentiful ai'di"
prlees, although net advaneed,.at rirmer
with an upward , tendency. , -'. ,' s- v k '
DinkelspielV
Letter to tne Czar
gt-r?-
But this only stirred Up tne people the
more and another petition was at once
quickhr got The requisite namber of ais-
na tUMs. and wuitlltd with, - the clerkJlQ-VoauPopull.
and he certified It to the eouncil. who
(By George V. Hobart.) i '
(Coprrlf ht, . lsoo, kjr the A merles n-Jou rnil-
xsaibier.) .. . .. . - j . . .
f4Dls--JeWr vss-lletatloned some time
sgone to Nicholas Roanlngoff, der sar
of Jllder-Rooalans mlt a few eggeep-
tlons ven der Cossacks atna iookiiik.
hsf not, yet received der answer. .1
vunder yylf D. D.) lip'i
tT?w"Tdrk. Tresterday'. Dear BafT1" t
have - read It In au - der papers .anould.
der sltlvation in St.- Petersburg . und
from der vsy I understoot It der Iedls
rather .vaa crawling a.leedle farther
into der tall grass eferr time der vord
irbertyras' mentioned."" 1
i Mein- liber Nick. If you -rsa a lairst
class kink vy do yon glf such, a gout
imitation of der. four-spot 7
Mr Idea of a kink is man mlt a firm
und- unstiultK'hable heart, like der con
ductor .of street car Vlch vorks ooid
in der darkness all alone until he gets
der trolley on-vunce more and featorea
der light to his luffing subjects.
. Tou know, Nicholas, yust because
your family - name happens tq be
Roamlngoff dot Is no goot reasoriry
you shquld plck,..OUld ' "Back to der
voods" Tobs your vatclivoetsV veneter- a
crisis calls you up on der tellyfone.
Nick, listen a lecdle py your olt col-
laae chumo ; Dinky: glf - dent bum
relatives pf yours -der froxen ye und
make dera all mo to -vork for a living
Instead- of sitting around dor dining
room at der palace hanging medals on
delr tooxumsv' for -breaking der vodlds
lung distance., record In der matter of
eating caviare samvicnes. -
- Do a Hlberlad alderSten-"aysrTfrnnrJtl
grand diMiks; Itlckle, vnd listen . Icedle
then, called the- election, but Davenport
carried this"Mnto the courts. The same
Judge who had previously decided that
the former petition was technically In
correct decided in this case 'against him,
and- some -of the" "points- In-aHidge Ost
ler's decision are Both interesting and
In the preliminary bearing 'Judge
Ostler said, concerning the statement of
reosens for the removal of the council
man given n the petitloort-r:
"Is, as .argued for the plaintiff,-, this
statement, to be construed as the
charges on which a' man' is tried at
court-martial "or as a specification of
grounds when removal, IS nought or
made for cause? Is the council to con
sider ; whether ths charge's are true, or
false in calling the election, or are they
lo ' consider " whelher they " constitute
lesral sronnds fur -removal or "not? On
lh other band, nd as . I believe, this
general statement Is designed merely to
etdigtiteTi- s tlre-i Voters - similar to the
grounds fhe mayor Is j-eiuired to make
when ha vetoes an ordinance. - His veto
Is equally good whether his statement
be.. true or false and whether bis rea
sons 'ars good or otherwise." , ' '
- Hence the judge decided against the
plaintiff en this point," and It ts a very
Important, one, as It establishes that the
recall is not a judicial proceeding in
which the council could prevent an --election
on the ground of falsity or Insuf
ficiency of the charges, but A phioeedlng
by which a part bf the people say, -"We
do not want ,thl-Tnv for our servant,"
Several buildings will be erected In I 1,1, . ""v" -
Prtneville hlsprlng. some of stone, When-the Judge cams lo make the
main decision the first' Ipoint that he
had to pass on was that the recall was
not In agreement with oyr national con
stitution, and he said:
"But here counsel has not been help
ful, W the- court' To sSy thst an act Is
unconstitutional without pointing out
thn particular section Violated is practi
cally sn admission that there is nothing
in this suggestion.7
'Next the Judge. says: '
r JIt Is mildly suggested that plaintiff
has some kind, of property In the office,
snd therefore It ennnot be taken from
hlni without due process ef law. The au
thorities are practically without conflict
to ths effect that a public office Is not
property, but a mere agency which may
be terminated at any tlm bet the princi
pal, the sovereign people; thst the in.
eumbent holds office by no contract or
grant.-ttd aat he-hae -ae vested right
therein." . , "; ' ''..'.. ,
The other points In' the de-clklon are
Unimportant and ' were all decided
against -the plaintiff, .' but the .three
above "points - are - important and -the
Judge has made a, really great and Im
portant precedent in1 thN decision.
Then followed t)s.JCmpafgn. in which
CfW-Kxpress said of )avenport: .
'Tli;mn is por stuff,: utterly tt be
Intrusted -with the public affairs of the
fclxth ward. If not convicted -of wrong
doing in the- courts of Justice, he is
convicted by -his own acts In -the-eyes
of honest rneh." 1 . . - - '
And It said very truly ftf the - eam
palgii: , - j - -' ' - - .-.
"The KxpresS lias . ronb ndd that
DJlveiiport's personality ts of little Im
portance In. .the great fight for the. eat
tnbllshment of 'the recall." -
. The. Times, defended Davenport Ss a
prrisecuted man and attacked his -opponent,
tr. Houghton. ' All thn -other pa
pers wer against Davenport shd the
Times. The campaign was a very active
one, in which the whols city Was Inter
esldv - though, only ths-voters of-one
ward voted. If resulted In' Davenport
carrying only one of the It precincts
:.'--"'-". .'-. ("' ' ,' .-
, tlr u van said unit dona, Nick, It
vos olt Vox Popull dot has to dig' down
in der Jeans ven your salary days rolls
around, und It you keep on glflng him
dr royal elbow sooner-r later. Vox
vlll step up to -der feet of der throne
und hand yotf '" a complete lesson in
Jnnanese llu-iltsil.
pnftlueiit to tus Oeiiiuciatlu tftaiamrf MyTl(.eat"bri
of .the recall-- . . v. ,. -.--.ifr-trW,H,v mlt -der skepter In his right
hand, mlt der crown hanging raklshly
ofer dee left earr mlt a Sveet smile on
der klnkly lips und luff und compassion
In der klnkly heart for eferbody In der
vorld eggscept der 'dramatic critics.'.
It vas Impossible for. me to Imagine
a real kink mlt a red. sweats-, ofer hie
embonpoint und mlt ball-bearing snow-
shoes on der f eets hiking down der NaVa
Prospeckt Psrkskl, on und avay und
avay serosa dor barren steppes, yust
because 1. Tomovltc.h Sm.lthskl und
feteskl Jonasoff -called - at - ster;- family
entrahcej-1 -der-jpalsce tp ; present his
metchesty mlt a kjck agsmsv oer gas
company, : "-': " ... ": -'-
Remember,. Nick, vot It says In der
olt Oreek proverb. "A kink In der throne
ts worth two" In dep cellar," so eome on
ouid und begin to cuir-S-JeedlsJceci j
If you treat your loving subjects put
consideration. Nick, dey vlll soon learn
not to try to treat you mlt -dynamite
ef efy time you buckboardskt appears
on der speed vavvlteli..r..". '.j :; ' " '"
If you lead dem ofer to der chentle
path of fair play der bushy viskered
brigade vlll hot be so eager to lead you
ofer to der third rail und set file to
your spark arrester. ' '.
Der poet vss rlgIitTNic1t. ven he set
It, "Kind hearts jras mors den -coroners,
und slmpto faith den drawing blood."
. Tou cannot eggspectatlon your luffing
subjects to be. full mlt enthusluism ofer
your klnkly firevorks. und shout "Also
vitcht -Bomovltch! AhsklC' vlls a red
viskered Cosssck is picking flaws In der
short ribs mlt a bayonet. - . .
A kink mlt a .perpetual grouch Soon
finds himself in der dlscsrd. but a kink
rait a glad" heart Is aossv-i -..--'.--
. Dink It ofer, Nick, 'und. writs me ven
you get near ' postoff ice. "' ' ' ".
.' '- . Tours mit luf f.- '
. . --' ; 0. DINKELSP1EL,
CxzAjrzs buiioni.
If the De Beers"compsny. or ''diamond
trust." fails to secure control of the
newly discovered diamond mine, "the
price of diamonds may drop materially.
The possible -production of Bouth Af
rican diamonds - has long been much
largerlisn the- msrke-r"-would nbsortet
pVesent prices. ' The trust's policy ia to
restrict -output and advance prices.
. The Premier - mine, near Pretoria,
where the S.0S4 " carat - diamond was
found, Is ontsldo ths trust . It is turn
ing out all the diamonds it can mine
and marketing them at ths Jilgh prices
created by the trusU'' Last year It earned
over 800. per cent dividend, and Its stock
Is selling. at lit times par. , - ..
Kstlmates of the diamonds in the Pre
mier mine are that the total production-!
may lie Worth f 00,000,000. fnless the
trust can secure control of this produc
tion there will be competition and ths
price must fall '' .
. Oronad ef. Oomplalafc.
' Art KngMsh farmer, who was complain
ing terribly-of a pad harvest, met the
minister, of ths parish, -end. as usual,
proceeded lo hold forth on his favorite
topic. - : - r- . " e "- - -
s- "Ah. yes,. Farmer "Oileg," said the
KUlhjr person, "you have, I must con
fess, good cause to complain, hut -yon
must remember that, providence cares
for all, and that even ths birds of the
air. are provided for." '
-Ay.", said the old man. siasixicanuy.
"sff o' hiy cora." :
There Is war In the sugar market and'
consumers -may possibly get the tene-..y
fit of It." The liglit is between the Wests'. "
ern . Sugar ; Refining company f gan; ., '
Francisco and the Independent Sugar: ,''
planters pf ths llAwalltut Ishtnds. .The
Hawaiian planters some time, ago, or- ;
ganlsed . several lndepondentrellHertes;- '
and this. the Western Teflnory.dcen not ;?
liks.j Hence the wsr. ' Yesterday prices .'1
were; .cut.,JjO cents a hundred p-uw'a. u,
wholesale, - while the market conditions ,
demanded an Increase in the prlvo. -
Oranges areVswtw about as .chap as ' -they-
ever get. The.-:-QuaUty -r-ls : dret
Mass and very -good ones may beol-;,'
talned In th retail markets around. It '
and 10 cents a dosen. . x. - '-.,.
Columbia Hrer chlnock salmon Is ra,";.
trifle mors' plentlftH and prices Injhaii
markets are a fraction lower; . '-'' -. " - "
' The Supplies of Columbia river smelt - -have
fallen pn again on account -of the '
low water in the Cowllts and Columbia'. ;
rivers. ;and, prices are going upward. - '.-,
. In the fruit line there Is not Touch to-; :
pick fromionly"l)ananfts,'!lranges''ihd st?.
apples being In abundance. Price show. ,
no.clisngus In either of these articles.
It is not uhlikciy that fliers will soon
be a material advance la ths price vt
Hour' at retalC for wholesale nuotatlons 7 "
are. aroout to move upward . snd ths Itr
tailors will soon fsll to line. The higher
price of wheat Is the .cause. - ,1j .
Laa-K week 'it was thought that 'the' :
upward rsoveifieiit of tit creamery bu(-. '
ter market had Just begun," but receipts''1
from California In this -market are t
keeping ths prlcei from going too high". '
There Is a greater call how for country- . x
made butter, on account ef the Mgher -.
pries of creamery, and ths fair .tuie- etf
thd former. - . ..: s ..'-..? '.
'Qreen vegetables are Ih abundatse in '
kit ef tbs markets and prices nre about
the same as lass wek. ,
.The retail prices on various products
today are: . ' , '.. . t "
. Kgga, fresh pregoh, 'Mc pesdoien;
JB s 1 :rncuias.i org ge. ,i.,, n rnr
Ciiickens. 160 2c; turkeys, tic; taw u
ducks. 1 eachi tamgve"'-1 9ri ';
pound; . mallards, II. W pair; teaC-itie
pair; widgeon, to pair; Jarkrabblta,, , "
ian each. ,.":!- ' .;
Oranges, Ito up per dosen: tangerines,- -JSc;
bananas, JSj"0a doxen. '. Oispes. '
Malaga. 40c per pound. Apples, fancy '.
Spitsenbergs, $!. I.S per bus; Hold
wins, fl.60; RhiSle Island tireenlngs. -St.&o.
- rp rruiT, a ros -JicTJs) sey""-cranberries,-1
to quart ;' ,aA
' Steaks, I ll)o pounds 'niultdnchnps,
16n pound; veal cutlets, JOC 12S
pound;, "pork chops. 10t12Hc pounds; 4.
roasting beef. 11. It's ts 18c pound; loll- ,
Ing meats. ilc pound; pot roast, tit ,
10c pound; corn beef, SilOo . iouml;J J"'
hamj-lEc pound; boiled ham, SOo 'pound; X '
spareribs,. ST105 pound; pork tender
loin, 10q pound. - : t v
-'- Crabs,- two : for 15e; lobsters, 'ioc
pound; eastern f fffk legs, 0o dozen;'- '
shrimps, too pound; castern-prawnS, S0c : K
pint sal moil, - tWo-poumle,Sot-- Roys 1
vninooK, awe -iwiinii; -1 noufiiirrs. Liiru, 1
pound; rock cod, 11 He- pound: Cnlrfori. A
nla SoIeSjJSc, pound) perch, lac ptnind: J
Californiarstriped bass, l&o pound; 8nc- ';
ramettto Tihnd, two for 88c; smelt, :o
lnmbta river, 74C pound; Ptiget sound,
lOo pound: cattish, loe pound; bluck cod, ; '
two- pounds 26c; halibut. - two pounds .
26c; sturgeon, lSio pound. -J ' . 'S-l':,'
:,- ' .v,.- .':i"',':
New potatoes," four pounds' for 25c; v
radishps, turnips-and green milorts, two" '-..
bunches, iowatercress. Bo birhtli; let- ..'
tucs, fancy beads .three for I Of ; egg ,
plant I Ga, pound; tomatoes, 23o pound;'
huckleberries, loc pound; . rhubu, fca .
pound: sweet' potatoes, 10 pounds, ,2ic; '
walnuts, two pounds, 36c; others. 10c
pound; beans, string,, two pounds. - S 81-4
ifmas. green. ' two pounds. Jfio; nrtl--' "
chokes, small, three for 10c; luico, two.'..'
for f5c;- celeryj 6-lOc head;'; peppersy.i .
pound) calihage, 109160 head; cShIU.
flower. 1O19I&0 liesd; Oregon ' gardeij. .
'peas, three pounds for I0o; cucurnl)lr, . '
26c nnch; summer squasi), thrc for ic
bread fruit,' 15c each; mushrobmv 40c .
pound..-'- -'..;'' . it-.- ,''"'' ', ,'..' ,
Lewis' anJ Clarfe
-tn winter quarters r neat f Mandan,'
North Dakota. ' . .; A--, ,;t
- February lO.''A slight snow ellCirt
the course of the', night, the morning
was cloudy and th northwert wlnd'blrw . '
so high that although the tbefmoraol.
was IS degrees above. sero, the day -was ;' -cooler-than
yesterdayk when It was only-
10 degrefes abovs-lhe same point lU:.i.-
McKensie left us. and Chsboneau- n-'
turned with Information . that . Sur -,
horses, loaded ' with meat,1 were below. . ..'
but could no cross the lce not being -
shod.
virxsa uftxrs oh ibtobt.;
': From the Chicago Journal. . .
Klijnh's ravens had fed him so iller'
ally his stomach wenUlack on him.
'TH have ts go .southy: he reflected,'. .
"for my health." ' .
"But there are bo ravens In the south,'',;
objected Kllsha, always thoughtful.
1 "That cuts no Ice." rp turned Elijah. 'v
"Where I am going there will be plenty -of
gulls." ' ' i'- V ..
- Bo paying, he boarded lilspTIvat ear,
the "Chsriot f Flre,7 , . . . ;'
There was a sound of revelry by hUht, '
and Belgium's capital had gathered then '
her beauty and her chivalry; anil bright
ths lamps shone over. fair, women-, and 1
brave men. . - - - .
What'avths mstterr' inquired Becky ,
Sharp. ..'".. . . . '
."Cheese Jt!" snwe!evd Oniom-I 'vaw- -ley.
"The place Is pinched nn sccouut
of alt this dsnee hall gllulitu"' " .-
4And they fled togctuor, i
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