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FRIDAY, ' MAEC-f 17. UCJ. 1
PORTLAND, OREGON,
T H E O R E G
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C. S. JAC2CS0N
FaUtahad every avntdnf ( except Sunday ) and every Sunday morninf at , The ' Jounial Building, Fifth and Yamhill
' ." .....' -'. atreata,-Portland,. Oregon. . ,
" '. r ' ' - : OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND . ; .
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS MUST
..... REGISTER, ,
TH0 YOU WANT TO VOTE at the Democratic or
. . vlJ Republican primaries? If you do you must reg
'. ; T" ister your politics. If you dd not register your
' , 'politics you cannot vsteat the primaries even though you
Jafe registered to vote at the regular election in June.
'V There are-three classes which should register some
:ithne between March 15 and April, 14. They are:
' j First, those who have not registered and therefore can
not vote at the June election. V; ""
: rn Second, those who have changed their places, of resi
. dence and would thus be debarred from voting. - ' ;
.Third either Democrats, or Republicans who wish to
participate in the primary elections. ' " ;
' " Under the .direct primary Jaw there will be" no conven-
tion )held of either the Democratic oc. Republican parties.
Instead there will "be held primary elections at which
... nont but those registered, as members of one or the other
party may pole and-4hen-4heycan 1 only vote for th,e aft
didates of the party" under whose name they have regis
tercd.' - T; '.
The primaries will be of great Importance in the re
spect tht the' people, there nominate good or bad men
' ' for .the various places. If they want good men there is
- - only one way to get them and that is by going there, to
iCIOl If! IUI9 lkui V .v " " J ..wc IT
pointed if they fail to get what they want at theKrtection
' which follows. Every Democrat and Republican-should
register. ' ( . ' v '-' .. ' . . r";" " -1
ADDICKS TO BE CONSOLED.
11 i kciukicu irora nuningion mai iu uiuci iu
' get rid of J. Edward Addicks in Delaware, so that
r a Republican senator may be elected, the president
. wilf offer him, and he will accept, an appointment to a
. position abroad. This report may be denied; "we hope
it will be; yet certain actions of the president in the past
Li i . . i :t.: i it :. H,:u mA
to Addicks and his faction in Delaware illustrate a
curious phase in the president's character. 'Standing for
- and insistently, demanding i the. utmost - honesty and
' straightfdrwaYdness in official life, and as a rule. setting
an example himself for others, to follow, he has per
aistently and mischievously favored and supported' this
; malodorous rreature Addicks, a political pirate, a coarse
', boodler, an audacious corrupter, of voters and legislators,
an extreme type ot everytning .mat is vne ana vuiimous
in American politics and business life. Under Roose
J,.,.:...4!relt's lavor Addicks has controlled jthe federal patronage
of Delaware, and the administration evidently favored his
"l election Jothe senate.BuLJiowhatJLi8electioajL8cen
to be impossible, the president, not only to help get a
, senator lrom, Delaware eiectea out to console Booaier
- ' Addicks, proposes to give him a foreign appointment.
" Such- -dir ppomtment might be a good thing for poor
' little Delaware', btlfH 'would be a disgrace to the whole
stand this better than Theodore Roosevelt , - , 1
"z::j .a'.v. . . 1 a
i THE Washington Post, with its mild but clear Re
' 1 I publican eye peering into the future, discovers
' first a probable fact and then some consequences.
. Tho fart ta that "there ia tn Kr nn rarlv tariff rrviainn hv
v:.. congress. -The 'standpatters' are having their own way.
They have evidently, compelled the president to ac
' quiesce. in their' views,, and ill is now understood that an
" extra session of congress if called. to" meet next Oc
tober, will not consider tariff, reductionJLr . ...... ..,
' . "Neverthelesa." the Pout asserts, "the necessitv .for ft
rearrangement of the tariff schedules is none the less 1m-
perative.". It cites object lessons, and asks:, "How long
will the American people stand this imposition." And
-, then the ,rost begins to see consequences. "The men
, who enjoy the benefits of extreme protection," it de
OOL9S XaT
CTLOTMMk 1
... !' ,v From London Tmtb,
There Is no rest reason why knee
brcbes should not eventually bo rrn
erally worn. Men are not, after 'all, so
aittorlally conssrvattva as they used to
be- See bow they have, burst Into color
durlnc the last few years. Take their
ties alone.' For one man who ventured
upon a red tie 19 years ag-o thrre are
JH rK?res.ndaJLalih
pretty walslcoaU! Such varied . fa n -
tasy - as ' these now display was quite
unknown 1 years ago. Black or white
was their- oaly alternattve durina the SO
"years that paased since " embroidered
waistcoats .went out. ..Then one day a
smart man wore a tan-colored waistcoat.
Next day there "were two men with tan
colored walstcoa'O. Their ties were
either black or white or black and white.
'A week later a man In the park lounged
on the rail and seemed unconscious of
'the .'Observation he excited. He had 'a
blu It colored silk alpaca waistcoat and
a faintly blue tie. With his gray-blue
"eyes and ebestsut hair, these eolors har
'.montted so well that he waa greatly ad
, mired, and though many men despised
: Mm' for daring to Introduce such In
. novations they only pondered as to what
" color1 would suit themselves.
. And turn your' thoughts to colored
shirts. They In themselves spelled a
sartorial revolution. -
"WOTJXDirT TWJM JAB TOVf
-From the Railwsy. World.
- New Jersey may lag behind the west
ern states In developing a correct the
ory of railway valuation, but the stand
"of Its tax commission In advocating
equal aasessment. of all kinds of prop-
' erty. personal or corporate, Is a vast Im
provement over the confiscatory recom-
' mendatlonS of Some western commission.-.
AH' that the railroads ask at the
, hands of the tax authorities is equality
of treatment with other property-owners;
At presont they do not obtain thla
equality of treatment. Whether a meas
ure of Justice shall torn to prevail In
this matter depends quite as much upon
i tbe development of a correct under
standing Of the relation Of the railway
1o the state as upon the evolution of
systems of tax aatesiment and tax dls-
tnbutlon. ." ' " "r
VMiVWT TAXATTOK.
From the New Terk World,
v t'njuat taxation Is the root of civic
enrruptlon. Any system which makea
perjury a custom and tax evasion a
business necessity breeds, bribery, fav
srltlam and Injustice. By lowering the
: ttaadard f public honor "the way la
leered for the despoiling of the public
-reeourcea.. "".' ..'"-' '. '
Th problem of Just taxation is not
vea to New Terk. The conditions In
Chicago indicate systematlaed corrup
O N D A I L Y
- INDE PENDENT E WSF A
PUBLISHED - BY- JOURNAL PUBLISHING ca t- - "- jwo. t. camou.
V coast. It
only ever made on
Nearly a year aso
was that Feabody's
a year or more has
Uon. In other eltlea they Indicate cUfaer
laxneaa or corruption or a combination
of boh.
Whero tax' evasion has been moat
hla-bly-davtlopod the tax-rate la ao hla-h
aa to amount to the practical confisca
tionof property aaseaiied at 1t full
value. In. every cur the tax-rate la
higher - than - It -used - bo from- wealth
quail? taxed. Tba tax-rato rlaea In pro
portion to tha omlaalon f assessable
1 2? . J. 1. . X 1 1
To the.extent that any wealth la omit
ted or understated on the tax-roll, to
that extend every taxpayer la robbed as
literally as if his pocket were .picked.
And every rent-payer la a taxpayer Just
as much aa If he owned the property in
which he lives.
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From the Chicago Chronicle.
Come away, come- away, away,
From the piiaonlng walla of town
And' the structures that beetle and
frown,
To ' the reaches of plain and the wind
and the rain.
Where the glorious sun goes down.
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Come awsy. come away, aWay,
' Where the western grasses grow
And the boisterous breeses blow
And., the raesdow larks wing as they
joyously sing,
And the herd boys are crying "Oh, hoT
Come away,, come away. away.
Where the cranes and the curlews fly
-. And the wolves- and the coyotes cry
And the -gutter snakes glide and the
prairie dogs bide
' .And the cattle go thundering by.
Come away, come awsy. awsy,
"Where Ted-msn In days long ago
Went afar with his quiver and bow. '
But the red man has fled and aha aound
of hla tread . .
The prairies may nevermore know.
Come away, come away,, away.
where the buffalo gravepote lie '
And the sagebrush Is dusty and dry.
Where tho firewood burnt and the com
pass plant, turna 4 f
And tbe world Is a floor and a aky.
Twenty Tons of Klondike Oold.
From- the Detroit Tribune. '1
Twenty tons of gold have been pro
duced by 'the Klondike' proper, the dla
trlct within a radius -of SO mllea of Daw
son, sinew January t of thla year. In
other words, the output of the Klondike
alncs tha first, of-the year. Is t,!00.O0.
The royalty collected on the gold by the
Canadian government for the year la
$220,!so. The banner year In the camp
Waa In l6s. when the output was placed
at IJO.oee.OOo. Since that the cream of
tha rlcheat rlaima haa been taken, -and
lower grade areas are being worked.
J O U R N AL
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clares,, "may think that they can indefinitely continue to
add to their fortunes by this method, but they will meet
with a sudden awakening. The time will come when the
tariff burden, grown too heavy to be endured, will be
suddenly thrown aside. The "standpatters.' ana even me
advocates of moderate, revision, will find themselves in a
minority. The people, who have a habit in this country
of Occasionally going to extremes, will cause the tariff
pendulum to swing far in the direction of free trade. It
would'be wise for the extreme protectionists to read and
heed the handwriting on the wall." ' '
The extreme protectionists have had a very long rope,
and have used ft in pulling the people's legs for all it was
worth, and jt has been worth a great deal to the favored
few. The Republican majority in congress will not re
vise the tariff. There is no prospect or hope that the
majority will do more at any time than make a false pre
tense of such, a revision as Ought to be made. ' So, there is
hothingjor the people to do but to turn but the "stand
patters", and extreme protectionists as fast as possible
and elect men who will really revise the tariff by a rad
ical and general reduction of duties. . This will be done
sonie time, how soon depends somewhat on "times."
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WHERE PORTLAND LED THE LIST.
Till San Francisco Bulletin is one of the livest and
most enterprising, newspapers on the Pacific
is a newspaper with a large home xir-
culation and therefore strongly, appeals tq the discrim
inating advertiser. , It has just made a contract-with a
San Francisco department store for nearly half a million
lines' of advertising .to be used during the course of the
year. ' '. ' "
The Bulletin management is very much gratified over
thffTesultr as it should be, but it overstates the fact when
it claims that it is the biggest advertising contract not
the. Pacific coast but west of Chicago.
The Journal made an advertising con
tract with the big department house of Olds, Wortman
& King of Portland for 613480 lines of advertising to be
taken put in the course of a year. This, a. matter of fact,
was probably the biggest, advertising contract ever made
west of Chicago, but certainly the biggest in the facific
coast region. We wish to congratulate the Bulletin on
the proof of its advertising value thus presented, $ut at
the same time we are proud to call attention to the even
greater enterprise of One firm of Portland merchants in
their use of The Journal columns and we are happy to
add that the months of trial which have followed the
signing of the contract have completely justified the
shrewd business judgment which originally, led to its be
ing entered into. . : - " '
A DISGRACEFUL OUTCOME.
IF PEABODY retains his seat as the. putative gov
ernor of Colorado h? will do so by treachery added
to fraud. " There was fraud on both sides during the
election; there always is in Colorado, but when the final
result was. summed ui the original" fact, remained the
same, that Adams had received a plurality of the. votes
honestly cast. iThe report presented by the Republican
chairman of the contest committee and signed by three
other. Republican members is doubtless as fair a presen
tation of the tacts finally reached as could De made.
That report recommended the seating of Adams. .
Through a deal Peabody was nevertheless voted into
office by the legislative assembly. The basis of that deal
resignation was, to be made out and
filed so that he could immediately be succeeded by the
lieutenant governor who is also a Republican. A Re
publican majority could not otherwise be secured to vote
for Peabody which is a supreme-piof that he had no
honest basis for the claim which he set up for the office.
It is scarcely probable that Peabody will resign his office
to a man in no sense entitled to it. "
The solemnly expressed will of the people is, therefore,
set-at naught . and there will thus be presented to the
country the 'fitting climax, a reign of anarchy which for
disgraced American institutions.
aituininovnr bumxa.
From the Pall Marl Gasette.
' Taklngs-oflt are so managed In Rus
sia that the very chief of the third sec
tion has again and again proved unable
ta- protect - himself. Colonel Sudelkin,
who held office In tire late ease's time,
transacted a good deal of his business
on an upper floor, in an out-of-the-way
street, under a name as common as the
door locked. A visitor had to knock lb
a certain manner, and 'give a password
that waa changed every day. Tet one
day some one knocked, gave the pass
word, got' inside and opened Are. The
colonel waa badly hurt, but he killed
his man and reached the landing only
to be finished oft with, an' Iron bar there
by somebody else. Nowhere does the
unexpected happen ertener than In St
Peteraburg.
Weight of
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
"What do you suppose this hat
weighs" said the hatter, taking up a
fine IS top hat of silk.
"About a pound." the patron haaarded.
"Only a little ever a quarter of a
pound. Five ounces, to be precise. No
good hat." said the hatter, "runs over
tour or Ave ounces nowadays.
"Thla whits felt hat It la worth 125
weighs less than an ounce. This new
IS derby hat weighs four ounces. Straw
hsts run from two to four ounces in
weight. -
"It pays a man to make the weight
an Important consideration In the choos
ing of a hat. for a light' hat is a pre
vention of hesdache, and Its injurious
effect on the hair la reduced to a mini
mum." . . ,
StTFBBXB 1 OOUBT W XT - FBOPUi.
From tbe Springfield, Mass... Republican.
Twice within two - weeks" the United
States supreme court haa upheld the
validity of sweeping state ant I-trust
lawa. The Texaa law Is pronounced con
stitutional, following a similar judg
ment aa- to the Kansas anti-trust law.
Presumably the court haa not been In
fluenced In the slightest degree by the
popular clamor against" the trusts, but
Its judgments will nevertheless serve to
make the preaent uprising agalnat mo
nopolistic tendencies In Industry all the
more impressive.
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Yaried Bsaonsooo of Alaska,
From tha New Tork Tribune.
The sale of a mountain of cinnabar In
Alaska for ll.KOO.OOO, or nearly one
fourth of the original price paid for the
entire territory, if suggestive of many
re flection a, even to Americans of, today;
but what would Pliny, who held that eln
naber waa a mixture of the blood of the
dragon and the elepl.ant, have had. to
say had such a discovery been made In
his day? ,
Small Change
tesasaaa aSawienaaaaaJ,aaaasaaasaaanai
-The Mukden' door la open."
Independent voters are numerous, . '
The machine la still la the boneyard."
"Ready" la to be the word on June I.
The mayor Considers himself (I years
young..
Those Russian prisoners of war are
In luck.'. . r ,
Kuropatkln ba largely ' forgotten to
regret.'? . v . v . .. . ,.
What's your "politics t Tell the county
clerk, not ua..
Testimony of a handwriting expert la
to be received with much caution. .
; A Chicago' woman says she can, feed
a man an I cents a day. Husband, she
muat mean. .' ,
Zero Mart of Chicago "wants hla name
changed, it gives him. chill even In
sizsard times.
Who will be the next professor to
seek notoriety 'at tbe sacrifice of the
public's respect Tf c ; ., v .: : . '.
Togo, Is tired of waiting and la de
termined Togo forth. . 1 ;
Why 'does a perfect administration
need a ?v Indication r ' ;
Vermont baa voted for . prohibition
again, and drugstore proprietors are
happy, -, - - -'---- - - ; t
Who carea about the Santo Domingo
treaty when baseball teams are being
made upT ,1
Two things to-- celebrate St Pat
rick's birthday and the adjournment of
the senate. ,
Tbe esar may be glad to remember
that John Hay, U. 8. A- limited the
war aone to tanchuria.
Santo Domingo haa celebrated Its
17th anniversary, and should have been
chloroformed long ago.
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There is always something . to be
thankful for.. It Is announced that the
Cody divorce v trial la about ovr.
It must drive M. Wltte nearly out of
hla wits to know whether at any given
time he Is In or out of office. ,
Bertha M. Clay Is , in a Minnesota
prison. Justice has , overtaken that
woman at last, or can it be "anotherT"
The "hand maiden of protection" must
have been put out of sight in some
home for the wayward or feeble minded.
But the question will Inevitably arise:
Do the people want Jack. Matthews for
mayor, or In power behind a figurehead
msyort
Booker Washington aska the negroes
why -they do not ralae mora chickens.
And some of them are wondering what
he meant .
A California woman named Mrs. Qunn
shot a man who entered her room, and
killed hlra. He was drunk and so forgot
her name,
The president seemed to take It for
granted that the members of " tbe Con
gross of . Mothers , were all - really
motnera. .?.;);:,"
Seattle is also hsvlng a eleanlng-np
campaign. Let tbe war en filth and
nuisances spread and - become general
throughout the Pacific northwest.
Secretary Hay ' Sad Assistant Secre
tary Loomls have seriously disagreed.
Secretary Hay and Assistant Secretary
Loomls are In entire accord. Beta
even. j--,
Roads dry around Albany.
Let 'er rain, say the farmers.
.1 '
Plaoer miners look down In the mouth.
' Farmers-meenhgswlir benefit them.
-' No more (legal) salmon-flahing for a
montn.
rmatnla t-uutiti ueuple. are -TUStlTnT
for a county fair. .
New lumber mill at North Powder-
capacity 20,000 feet a day.
I The usual early spring weather in
Oregon seems to have been Lent,
A Umatilla man Is trying -to-hatch
eggs by placing them in the upper story
of beehives. . ;
A Sft-aere farm near Corvallls that waa
bought two years ago for $1,600 was
sold this week for 13.800.
Pilot Rock has a cobbler, without
whom, the Record 'says, a town is as
incomplete as a dog without a talU .
A Roseburg young man named Har
ness has written a beautiful poem. He
succeeded in harnessing the muse.
The dining room of the new hotel at
Irrlgon. was turned Into an "Opera
hounel Monday night and two sons and
a daughter of Ham gave what they
called .a minstrel show.
In a trlafof a youth for assault on
a child at Albany this week, of II
Jurors examined, all but one from the
country, only one stated that he had a
family of eight children; one other
atated he had four; a few hid two each,
and several one child each, while three
or four,- married men, had no children,
and a couple of Jurors were unmarried
though In middle sge. The entire 11
men had a progeny of less than 20.
This seems to be some evidence of
'.'rare suicide" not among the rich and
fashionable people In the cities, but
among the country people. . 1
Tbe question of establishing a deep
sea fishing Industry with headquarters
In Astoria is sgaln being . revived and
ss men hsvlng capital to Invest are said
to.be Investigating the mstter there iaJ
hope that the effort may be successful.
Deep-sea Ashing hss been engaged In
from that port at different times In
the peat but each time the result at
tained has been very unsatisfactory on
account of the ack of facilities for
handling the catch after t waa brought
ashore and the limited market In the
vicinity- But-owlng-i-ld storage
plants snd transportation facilities con
ditions sre now more fsvoxable, and It
Is believed that a 4arge and profitable
deep-sea fishing Industry can be built up.
. .
Oregon Sidelights
- Market Basket
Of late years It baa been practically
impossible to obtain! real freshly cooked
crabs In this market. The erabs were
caught on the sound one day, . were
cooked the next and shipped perhaps
the next day. This would make tha
freshest crabs In this market at that
time several days old. . Now Portland
will enjoy soms fresh craba. A local
wholesale fish man haa hit on the plan
of securing large, live, fresh craba on
Shoalwater bay, from which place- they
are shipped to this city every night As
soon as they arrive they are cooked
and the next morning they are on sale
at all the markets.. For some time the
crab as an article of diet has been go
ing out of style in this market' be
cause 'of the fact that atocka did not
arrive in a -proper condition. livery
month the sales became ..smaller, and
the crab business' Is very small. Now
that freshly cooked, stocks can be ob
tained in most of the markets there
will very likely be an 'Increase in con
sumption, prices remain the' same.
From the - outlook ' there will be a
drop in the price of creamery butter
within the next week or two.r The rains
havs freshened the grass 4n California,
and receipts from there are very heavy.
Ia this market there is as yet no notice
able Increase In production, but indica
tions now' point to big shipments soon.
On account of the very high price of
creamery butter- there has been a heavy
increase in the demand for country
butter, but receipts have not been very
heavy of late. -, (-
The egg market la going higher,-The
receipts of the week were quite liberal,
but moat of the atocka are going into
cold storage, and this causes a shortage
In supplies for immediate consumption.
Most of the dealers have advanced their
prices on tha fresh ranch stock to 22 la
and II cents a 'doaen. -
' Fresh fish waa scarce this week. The
catch of salmon along the Columbia haa
been small, and now the . season la
closed. From Sacramento tbe receipts
of salmon are quite small on account of
the. storms there. - Prices the same. -
The ruling prices on various products
today axe:
Kggs, fresh Oregon, SlttOlle per
doaen. V T
Chickens, 110 20c; turkeys, 25c; Urns
ducks; t each; tame geese, 1 (f zoc
pound; jackrabblta, 2 So each. '
Oranges, H02to per doaen; tanger
ines, lie; bananaa, 26030c per doaen.
Apples, fancy Spltaenberga. ! per box;
Rhode Island Oreenlnga. H0. Qrape
fruit 1 for 26c; Jersey craaberriesr lie
quart; Malaga grapes, too pound.
Steaks, 10 Tse pound;-mutton chops,
IOI60 pound-, jveal cutlets, 10M24jc
pound; chops, 10O12HC pound; roasting
beef, it, l2ttrlfto pound; boiling meats,
8c pound; pot-roast, lOloo pound;
corn beef, SOlOc pound; ham, lie sound;
boiled ham, too pound; aparerlba. IGlOc
pound; pork tenderloin, 20o pound.
Crabs, 2 for tic; lobsters, 20c pound;
eastern frog legs. lOo. doaen; shrimps,
toe pound; eastern prawns, toe . pint;
salmon, 2 pounds, -SOc; Royal Chinook,
tie pound; flounders, 10c pound; rock
eodL It Ho pound; California soles, lie
pound; perch, lOe - pound; - California
striped baas. - lie -pound; - Sacramento
shad, t for tie; smelt Columbia river,
te pound; Puget sound. 10c pound; cat
fish,1 10c pound; black cod.. 2 pounds,
tic; halibut t pounds, tic; sturgeon,
12Ho pound.
New potatoes, pounds for 25c; rad
ishes, turnips and . green . ..onions, t
bunches, tc; watercress. So bunch: let
tuce, fancy heads, a for 10c; egg plant
llo pound; tomatoes,, too pound) sweet
potatoes, I pounds, tie; walnuts, I
pounds, tic; others, too pound; beans,
string. . t pounds. ; llmaa. green, t
pounds, tic; artichokes, small, I for 25c;
large, t .for tfrc; celery, le bead; pep
pers, soc pound; cabbage, 100 lie head;
cauliflower, 100 lie head; peas, 12H0
llo pound; cucumbers, tie each; sum
mer squash. for 25c; mushrooms. 76c
pound; asparagus, lOo pound. -
IBB BOOK!
- From tho Chicago Reoord-Herald.
' ' Topeka, Kan. Oovernor Hoeh recently
sent a message to the legislature sug
gesting that Representative Trigg of
Anderson should "set em up for hav
ing tha same bill penned Twiee.
Senator Waggoner thoughtet 'em
up" was a queer expression for ths gov
ersor of a prohibition state to use, so
he hsd a resolution adopted asking the
governor to explain.
erervermrp Hoch sent ; the following
messsge explaining: .
"To the senate I am In receipt of
senate resolution No. 40, Introduced by
the senator from Atchison county, Re
questing me to explain what waa meant
by the term. 'set 'em up,' aa used la my
veto meaaaae of aanata bill No. 111.
Thla expression, used- playfully, and
without having any particular meaning,
and passibly hardly comporting with the
dignity of your body, seems to have had,
if not a good, at least an unexpected
effect, Jh that It haa caused-the emaci
ated corpse of the Kanssa Democracy
to take on tbe.semblance of life and sit
up and take notice. -
"The belief In miracles la here
strengthened by absolute proof showing
that the proper call will restore anima
tion to the dead. If tbe angel Gabriel,
standing with one, foot on land and one
on sea, were to blow such a blast from
his trumpet that the mouatalns should
rock to the bases, the Democratic party
would probably sleep on undisturbed, but
lr he were even to wnisper tne magic
worda, 'set 'em up,' the grave of thla
moribund organisation would give up. Its
dead, and from the entire aggregation,
headed by the talented and hsndaoms
senator from Atchison, would- come the
answer In swelling chorus: .
" 'We will take the same.
... "E. W. HOCH. Oovernor."
KXKlBOa! PXBSOWAX ' APTSABABCB
Front the New Tork Sun.' i
Hla majesty wore a curious robe,
strongly suggesting -middle ages and
mystery, with an upper wlde-aleeved
garment of heavy, white brocaded silk.
His voluminous trousers, of a souave
pattern, were of thick red silk. On his
head wss a round black rap of unique
design, decorated wltn a ribbon, of pure
gold it. waa said. - As -soos as he was
seated a screen wss drawn-behind and
to both aides not the daia. :
Hla majesty walked, er seemed to
wslk. with s slight stoop as he entered.
Whether this was due to the Imperfect
light snd his desire te see clearly or
waa natural waa hard to tell. On other
occasions when In his carrtegv or on
horseback the stoop wss not noticeable.
Tet It In no wise Impaired the dignity
of hla carriage.
His hair was coarse snd black aa the
msneof -aw-Orloff hoTsevexcepttng-a
lings of gray at the temples, and waa
brushed well up from a cafe au fall
forehead. JIIs noser large, the nostrils
full, the lips thick without being sensu
ous and tha under law heavy, eonveyed
aa impression of Iron determination and
tenacity of iron purpose. He was wear
ing a heavy mustaohe - and thin cbln
whiskers. ,
Last but not least-ware tha eyes, lus
trous,, dark, intelligent and of piercing
keenness.' They peered rortn tnrougn
almond slits-from under s high, threat
ening brow and were In their swiftly
changing, expression at once an 'nds
and a revelation of tha personal fly
shining through them. Had the Idea not
been preposterous one might have Imag
ined them tha ayes of a man bordering
on fenatloiam. Otharwlss be appeared
to be rn the best of physical and menuu
condition. .......
His disnltv had in it tha seeming con
sciousness of hla having in- his veins
tha bluest blood of any ruler on earth.
For bis dynasty runs back a direct de
scendant of. the Mikado Jtmmu, who
reigned, many hundred years before ' the
Christian era. One must consider a
moment to realise fully how tall the m
portal Japanese ancestral tree la.
Mutsuhito Is perhaps three Inches
taller than the average or ma euDjeete.
In foreign dress he even appears much
taller than his actual -1 . feet Inches.
Otherwise the tnlksdo In his fifty-third
year Is not ae handsome aa are many of
the Japanese royal princes. - v . ,
The Play
4ae"aS"sSas"SBassS
When Klrke LaShelle ' produced "The
Virginian" he placed a mighty obsUcle
In front of the critics of tbe book-made
play. , At least nine dramatisations fall
nowadaya where one succeeds, and to
have made the successful tenth was a
proud achievement Of . course, the
carpers knew It could not be done. When
they heard that Wlaters book was to be
a play, they could see only John Drew
In the lamented "Richard uarvei, ana
other dismal blots on the none too prom
ising borison. So,' with tbe galling Ink
of Innuendo, they seemed actually to
doubt La8helle's sanity.-
But lo! Nearly half a million nad
read the book, and the first thing any
body knew they were all trying to get
Into- the theatre at once, wesiaes, mere
had come another "Arlaona." The re
viewers were compelled to acknowledge
admirable qualities In the play and
greatness in the acting.
Since when "The Virginian" has been
on a triumphal march. Portland sat In
the reviewing stand last night and
added its cheers aa the pageant tarried.
.Four or Ave rare elements combined
to make thla stay what It la. Flrat
there waa the novelty of the story a
simple -theme of cowboy Ufa which a
necessity for ringing In the military did
.not occur. Where win you turn to an
otherT No gruff majors, stern colonels,
bad rantal na and wrongly accused lieu
tenant end no ml guided wives. Just
the love of a cowboy for a gin wno is
his mental superior and that girl Isn't
his employer's daughter! "
With this as a working basis, there
entered LaShelle's .keenness for stage
effects and that Ane ability to raise an
audience to high tension snd never
slacken tha Intensity ot the strain untif
the Anal certain. Then the pictures,
the life-like climaxes, without ths wild
melodramatic criea of the hero or the
shrieks of the - perseooted heroine.
From the book a tubful of comedy was
lifted. And Anally Dustln Fsrnura and
Frank Campesu were corraled to live
the leading roles. What more waa re
quired but an audience,..'. . -.
Tan mav have notiosd on -your pro
gram that the scene ia Wyoming In the
eighties. ' A time had to be fixed- to ex-
nl.ln tha nraaencs Of the VlgllSnta
And great aa haa seen tho amount of
attention paid to details which preserve
the atmosphere, we And the eow-pupch-ers
using slang expressions that belong
distinctly to tne twenuetn cemurjv an
an atmosphere play, vernacular Is ev
erything. ' To have thus slipped up In
the dialogue, Mr. Wlster committed his
nm breach of flnesse.
Duatln' Far num. In my humble esti
mation, is. the best lover on tne Ameri
can stage that is, the most lifelike.
u ia manlv to the last hair in his head.
handsome, aa actor of delicious voice
and delicate expression, auntragn it
took about two acts to entirely disasso
ciate him from Denton of "Arlsona," In
blue and brass buttons, so far as Mr.
Farnum's Interpretation of the Virginias
la conoerned, he might have, beeh , bom
In a saddle with his "chaps" on. He
was fprcad to a curtain speech last ftlgbt
and the way he did it without stepping
out of the picture was a positive Joy.
He spoke his piece exactly as a cowboy
might ' Said Farnum. twirling hla som
brero nervously. "I thank . you very
much " '' '
It Is worthy of note that the leading
aharactee , goes through - tno piay wuo
no other name than "The 'Virginian."
Maybe Mr. Wlster will,, some day tell
ua whether hie real name waa John.
Tom. Frank or Bill. It doesn't matter
much.. meanwhile.. He iS-from Virginia,
that's the main thing: and Farnum af
fects a perfect mixture of two aocents.
one from the other side or tne Mason
and Dixon line, the other from Cheyenne.
Frank Cam pea a has a congenial role.
What more need be saldt He Isn't a
"greaser." but he's quite as bed. Every
detail ot hla make-up and every gesture
and tone was that of an artist His
Trampas will rank well with any of his
previous creations. Rarely Is a com
pany more perfectly balanced than thla
one. . To give them all credit would be
to print the cast entire. But speclU
words are due Ouy Bates Post ss Steve,
the misled friend of - the hero, snd
Charles Mallea as "Spanish," the cow
ardly cattle rustler.
"The Virginian" will be repeated to
night and tomorrow afternoon. .
RACE WHITNgT. '
ooivxestra, m bxbbb scab.
From the BC Iuls Post-Dispatch.
It 'Is with surprise nothing short Of
painful that we receive the Information.
just dug up at oenoa, Italy, that Chris
topher Columbus received only MOO for
the Job of discovering America. .
' The sum of tie a month, at which rale
Mr. Columbus was paid, is not sufficient
ly dignified. In our estimation, to be
clsssed as salary. . Fifty , dollars a
month Is plain old wages. . Columbus
was nothing but a hired man. Queen
Isabella, according to her ledger, Juet
brought to light employed him to go
Out and discover a new continent Just
aa she would hire a new cook for the
royal household or pay 'a hobo a qusrter
of a peso for sweeping off the sidewalk
In front of the palace.-
It pains ua to think of Mr. Columbus
in this light We did not seek to he
discovered in the first place, bat If It
were Inevitable that, we should ba dis
covered, we would have much preferred,
that the Job .be done by an-admlral-bold-
am-I la full dreea, sweeping the horlson
with a big Aeld glaas from hla conning
tower, rather than by an Illiterate hired
hand, such as Columbus waa who had
no more respect for our feeling than to
land en us on Friday.
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Power of Bxasaple
' From the Boston Kxample.
-The performing ape at a Brooklyn
theatre chewed up - 1I--belonging to
his trainer laat week, but some of the
collateral, and evolved members of .his
tamiiy nave neen Known to - cnew up
1100,000 at a single dinner party, , .
' Mrs. .'r ;
Eddy Still L
Pleasant View, Concord. N. H. .
" ' Saturday.
- Editor New Tork Herald.' New York.
Dear Mr. Editor: A representative ot
the Herald called .'today to. Inform me.
of the rumor that I had deceased some
three months ago. This la an oft repeat
ed falsehood. I granted him a moment's '
Interview, hoping you would refute this
rumor, In the next edition of your pap'r. -I
am IA my usual good health, drive out '
every. day and attend to my regular bual
nesa. MART BAKER Q, EDDY.
In ths city directory ot Concord "Rev.
Mary Baker O. Eddy, founder of Chris- ,
tlan Science,", te recorded as. living it
2SI Pleasant street It la a Somewhat
sparsely settled section ot the city, tw
miles out from the business section.
Mrs. Eddy's house Is frame and of a
very light green in color,' with trimmings'
of white. It Is decidedly unpretentious,
yet more prepossessing than any of the
residences that are near by. ' t tho
sidewalk there la a pair of iron gates .
through which a carriage may be driven -'
to the porte-cochere at the front porclw
The carriage drive continues dowh to .
the left of the house to Is spacious barn
The entrance for those afoot Is between .
two granite columns that support an
Iron gate. Swung from column top tj
column top Is an arched piece of granite
healing -the name "Eddy," and directly
beneath the name, but In larger letters,
the name of the place, "Pleaaant View."
' The electric bell at the oaken ' front
door ia answered with considerable
prompltude by a white ela& - becapped
maid, who smilingly makes the usual
Inquiries as to whom the visitor wishes -to
see, etc. I asked for Mr. Frye. ,.
- "I do not-know that even I can see
him," the maid replied. "but I will sea"
A letter explaining my reason for call-,
lng and addressed to Mrs. Eddy wus
given to, the maid. . She ook It and
started to close the door. .
- "I would like an answer, please," I
said.' The girl's face expressed doubt
and again she said, "I do not know Out '
I can see Mr. Frye." She closed the
door and left, me to wait on the porch.
In a few minutes the door opened and"
an elderly- man. In clerical garb, bado
me enter. I entered the vestibule ant
then the hallway. It was bright and
cheerful and withal homelike -and com
fortable In Us oaken finishings. .
; I waa uahered Into tha cosily but not
extravagantly furnished parlor sit the
right My host invited me to be seated,
and, drawing up a chair, faced me. Us
did npt say so, but I knew he wanted to
know about my mission. No, J was. not.,
speaking with Mr. Frye. ,1. asked his .
unit, but It waa not given to ma ..
Then 1 1 explained the -persistency of .
the rumor of the death of Mrs. Eddy
and that the Herald had determined once -and
for all to either prove or disprove
ths truth of the report- - We were dls
eusslng tbe matter when another- man '
walked In unon us. ., It waa Mr. Frye,
a very pleasant faced man. with hair
slightly tinged with gray and with a
short . gray moustache. Delightful of
manners, easy and graceful. Mr. Frye
has a bright smiling eye. f v .
He greeted me eheerfully and said that
he had read my letter to Mrs. Eddy snd
that she would see as In her library for
a few minutes. It was stipulated that
there waa o be as .Intenvlew foe pabll
oatloa ,aa4 4 acquiesced, ler aAfew min
utes, possibly tares, .Mr, .Frya said Mrs.
Eddy seas ready ia see -me and ful-,
lowed .his up tha (rent stairs, -.where at
the left the library .door stoca apen. I
let Mr. Frye precede me to the door and
In a few seconds Mrs Eddy cam toward
ma aad extended her hand, la greet Ins.
Aa Mrs.. Eddy spoke her face, lighted
eweetly, a motherly expression. and. the :
brightness of the large,- full eyes, bo
spoke the owner's mental activity. - Her
tall figure waa exquisitely gowned In
black silk of becoming aad modish cut.
Her welcome 'waa oordlai. but withal I
could not but fsel that the exigencies
of my quest for facts had not been with
out their exactlona in thus, compelling
Mrs. Eddy to stand before me to prove
that she still lived. But her grace and
Charm softened the difficulty and hard
ship of that visit and I left Pleasant
Vlsw with a mind filled -with peculiar
thoughts. '"".' (.': 1 .-.
Mrs Eddy still lives 'and apparently
Is enjoying the normal health of one
of her years.
ewis aTid Clark;
'. March IT A windy but clear and pleas- '
ant day, the river rating a little and open
In severs! -Pisces, f Our Mlanetarea-: In
terpreter, Chaboneau. Whom we Intended
taking with us to the Pacific, had seme
days ago -been worked upon by the
British traders and aoDeared unwfllinr
to accompany-wa ntcept onTjertaJfl termg(T"
such as his not 'being subject to sur
orders, and do duty, or to return when
ever he choose As we saw clearly tha.
source of his hesitation, and knewthat It
was Intended as . sn obstacle to our
views, we told him that the terms were
Inadmlssable, and' that we could dis
pense with his Services; he had ac- .
cordingly left us with some displeasure.
Bin oe then he had made an advance
toward Joining us, which-we showed' no
anxiety to meet; but -this morning' he
sent aa apology for hla Improper con
duct and agreed to go with ua and per
form the same duties ss tho rest of ths
corps; we therefore took him "again lata
our service. .- ,
BBAT ftUCSY " . '
From the Baltimore Herald. "'
Insurance Commissioner R, E- Folk of
Tennessee was talking the other day
about the humor of the Insurance busi
ness "It Is a ghastly humor." he said, "be
cause it hinges on death. Nevertheless,
there Is a greet deal of It Every .in
surance agent haa some odd and new
story to relate.
."Oiva agent told me yesterday how ha
had met that morning a mend In. a
feeble condition, hla face pallid, hla
eyes dull and his figure shrunken.?- '. .
" What is the .matter with you,
Herbertr the agent eald.,; t-
" I'm in luck.' Herbert answered. Ily
boy, I an in great luck.'
"How so T asked the agent
""Why ssld the other, "your eom-
pany's medical examiner paased me only
two months ago, and my doctor tells
me I hava an incurable disease. How
Is that for luck?" ' . '
' Te Improve College Athletics. ' 1
From the Ban Francisco Chronicle. ' .
The only wsy to redeem college ath
letics from the evils which now beeet '
them is to abolish the professionalism
associated with them and throw open
tha grounds free -to the public In silt
exhibition games between the students
of stats Institutions .or those deriving
special privileges, from their respective
grounds. Whenever that le done eollego
athletics will be' ptsced- on rational '
grounds snd emancipated from all those
objectionable featurea -which now de
grade them, ,. . ,
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