The Oregon daily journal., March 21, 1905, Image 4

PORTLAND. OREGON,
tuecay. - makcii ci, 1:::. - -
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TH E.. O R E G
,C S. JACKSON
FnMtahad rtry eamng ( except 8unaay ) and every'' Sunday morning at
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RUSSIA'S FUTURE. ON THE PACIFIC
M
ANCHUrtIAS v International
ent the world has studied a
Vine. in the orient, its marvelous rise
ence noon human affairs; also the
feared by all nations for the century past Feats of war
; the deep intricacies of strategy, valor, alertness when
emergencies arise and evidence 01
v as against lethargy, lack of foresight
immobile courage, nave engaged me spectator. -; ; .
Until "Japan expelled, Russia from Manchuria, there
' was a definite defensive campaign before Oyama, which
every nation except Rnssia a immediate allies approved
4 This work was undertaken with the
7 safeguarding a nation from tbe aggressions of the world s
most voracious -land-grabber, .and the expressed pledge
of Japan was uppermost that Manchuria would be re
turned to China when the invader had
'- But now Orama i reaching the border of invaded Chi
'nese territory. ' His ensuing campaign will be on the land
' of the czar, the enemy. Time haa been witness since
- history dawned of reward of victory by heavy indemnity,
and when captured territory waa held
tttities-thta- haa-often been the - prtco
'. Before the peace dove finds a
: orieptj there is every assurance that
occupy Vladivostok and Harbin. : Consul H. B. Miller, in
his lecture-a few evenings ago,' expressed concenrthat
..'Russia should be deprived of all Pacific porta. He has
, breathed Japanese purposes and sentiments, and above
all others in America today is perhaps best able to an
ticlpate issues of the campaign being
. suggestion that Russia should not
'., Pacific porta,' considered with the hopeless situation of
'.Russian arms on land and sea and a quite natural result
of complete Japanese mastery on the Pacific when peace
negotiations .commence, should" make us pause, for . a
momentous question is presented.
- Justice before the international code
, Russia's Pacific possessions, if she wins them, which she
-can do. After the-mikado's empire was so grievously
- threatened, all through-wanton appetite for territory and
v power, high ethica would permit the
mulct their enemy in heavy measure,
tirely from the Pacific where he haa
turber of peace;. When Japanese existence was threat-
ned by the marauding power, Chinese integrity was vio
, lated in direct and unqueationed conflict with pledgee to
Japan and the world and weak-kneed
own commercial and political - prestige in the orient
. downtrodden by force, no dissenting voice waa raised.
Shame would seem sufficient to quiet the national throng
. now, when Japan's time has come, and ahe heroically
hurls back the enemy,
. In whatever light the issue maybe viewed, it is just
taking ita most serious aspect. It is time for diplomats
to begin regarding -Japan master in Asia, or commence
leaguing for a second arbitrary spoliation of victory's
" fmits. Japan plainly Intends to .kick the bear from the
racmc oe lore negotiating tor peace,
( , PERHAPS THE GREATEST
It ATEVER DETAILS of the
may be hereafter disclosed, it seems certain
that it 'was the greatest battle ofJtnodern
times,-if not of all times visible to
In point of numbers, time nsed and
ing equal to it has occurred aincc guns and gunpowder
came into use. It reminds one somewhat of those earlier
times when whole nations went out to fight for exist
ence,' and vae.. vietis was the rule
armies of the cast 'contended on
oTitarOTStFiiLacrTar'tiig' Bomfoion''
taa w vs w mvii a-aaw imj a isiw va .mimm imviivw wivi Vs v
all-conquering hosts led by the young Macedonian.
, '.'Then, the east came to the west to be slaughtered and
the remnants of ita armies hurled back and pursued into
their own domains; but now it is an Asiatic people that
drives the Europeans back with awful slaughter, and bids
them bide within, their own vast domains. .-r
, Not only wai thia the greatest of battles in the re
spects mentioned, but when it is fully understood and
(n4t if maw Kjl Jnwiwlt Ia Vim m ttaMl Sm ftrtitrli wn h
Vnw x Mill am Iha nrf lala sf am nana
part of the Japanese, generalijtgTeaLJnilitary skill andf
; science were displayed as in any great
If Orama planned it. he will certainly
v with Von Moltke and Grant, and above as well as below
Napoleon; for while Napoleon's military genius at times
' has never been equalled, he made some horrible, inex
cusable and inexplicable blunders as when he marched
A The war'j historians will find some" very interesting
msttriaf in thia desperate struggle, and the battle of
. Mukden 1s likely to. stand out for centuries as the great
est one of history, i .
iu fTMrnBTrtMiTB1 isnoron'mrroT if
iHE CZAR OV RUSSIA, according to a Berlin
paper, spends two hours a day
his knees nravincr for a channe
" warlj He,-hae instructed --two- prominent and. trusted
., r r -r .
' t trrrrtainnt for the una fiuroose. .Moreover, he wears a
; cross on nis nreasi nigni ana aay aa a
'assassination.. ' -
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eearl We make no criticism of his
:v . .t.w 1m u. .u.... ijk ......
1)11 ijvii, in wic auniiavi, wuuiu unci 1 1 J II 19
. or any other man's religion as such; but all human ex
; perience ahows such means, solely relied upon, to.be not
4 only) fruitless and futile, but indicative 'of practical in-
- or war ot uerun aiso comes me siorr. witn some sur-
face-indicia of verisimilitude, that thecrarina has be
come a veritable body aervant to the czar and the little
f heir; that she is cook; waitress, nurse and watcher; that
she constantly overlooks the servants, the bakers, con-
lectioners, ouicncrs, Daroera ana tailors; tnat she is the
soa xatxbto rem
rtom 'tha Kew Tork Bun.
.An.egf-Uylng contest baa just been
, concluded In London, England, under the
auspice ef the Utility Poultry club.
The coeteat " covered a period of IS
- weeka. . Tblrty-als peas ware entered.
' and aarb Ot theaa contained four pullets
3 hatched la 1SS4. Tba total number Of
" gge laid waa t.tSS, or an average of
'14S egga to each pan. A remarkable
feature of the eonteat waa the inferior
''tr of fancy feathered fowla aa layers,
4tne eight prlaa winning pane being
! aeraa trhlte and ana buff. They were
- a failawe - ' -,
v Klret. White foghorns. Mr. Chnatle.
Tamaorlh, 14 ggi eennnd.-White Iax
Hreasa, Mr. WMd, Pebmarah, t4S eggs;
third. White Wyandottaa, Mr. Watson.
Cambridge, , Ml eggs; fourth. White
O N .DAILY
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICIAL. PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
faithful, heavily -
whose services are
tragedy has just
needs of the heads,
ful bouehold.
hew force dereldp
and probable influ
decadence of a giant,
and the sacrifice,
protouna preparation
and dumb, stolid,
avowed purpose of
fate is a sad' one,
been driven forth.
THE
A
LEADING
stitutional,
at the close of nos
are too stronsr.
- of defeats
resting place in the
Marshal Oyama will
Germany and Italy
under no regime
waged. His mere
ually more and
be deprived of all
tern in Austria, this
small scale Russia
would be on a
would give Japan
little brown men to
no bulwark against
and drive him en
proved such a dis
western Europe
peoples.': ;:. :. .
r There is much
nations saw their
of, but guesses at
ple will not long
Therefore,"poor
is encompassed with dark and heavy clouds.
BATTLE
THE
battle of Mnkden
F A MAN is a
the historical eye.
to arrest mm
ger and here
area occupied, noth
of "war; when the
the plains of semi-
arrest him shoot
ef inv ymm-mtfi
trem-tf
tHAlt aI KaMra fha
out killing him? Is
cheap and is the
of unarmed men;
frjends-wha-will
battle of history.
apparently had no
and .demand
be enutled 4o-rank
countability.
in his chapel on
of fortune in the
body invent a short
pay for improving
.. .
preventive against
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arge towns. The
religion, his belief,
a - : a. u.L.
these roads, but they will learn, if they do not already
know, that they cannot possibly make better investment
of the money goo, roads cost, always ; providing the
money ia properly applied to that purpose.
a terror along the country roads, may scare a team oc
casionally and cause some damage which automobilists
should avoid as far ksposible or. cheerfully -pay. for
but the increase of automobiles and their increasingly
extended and varied use will help much in the work of
getting good roads. And for this much may be for
given them.
Wyasdottes. Mrs., Dawson, Tork. 117
ess; fifth. White Leghorns, Mr. Orlebar,
Wellingborough, 171 egga; sixth. White
Wyandottaa, Antrim C. C Poultry farm,
174 eggs? aeventh. Buff Orpingtons. Mr.
Wimble Kent. 17S aegs: eighth. White
Wyandottaa, Mr. Btevena, Essex. 114
egga. ;. y '
Tba birds were supplied with nine
pounds of food la tba morning, consist
ing of meat, brae, meal and vegeteblea
scalded over night; grain at midday and
oats being the stable diet at night All
the birds were fed exaetly alike while
,in tba laying houses, and When any
ehanga ef treatment was necessary they
were at ence removed. No epicea, eon
dlreents or patent foods were used. Only
one pen f Mlnoreaa waa entered, and
the Wyandottaa were found to require
the moat care and attention. ... ,
J O URN AL
JNO. P. CAWOU.
The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill
; ,.' ;. '..".'-' V ' ' ' '
heart - burdened spy upon everybody
required in ministering to the daily
father and son, of that unhappy, woe
JJuU - did ihe-lhinlt iu her ptoud young
princcssnooa tnsi tnc wouia come to uu, iu uo
to such a man. ; Womanlike, he may glory in the service
yet we mistrust that she has many a
time wished she had been born a commoner's daughter,
and become the wife of some , ordinary private citizen,
some clean, strong, worthy man, and could have gathered
her beloved brood about her at eventide and taught them
their aimple prayers and tucked them in their humble
beds, and alept the aweet, untroubled sleep of the com
moii, happy housewife and mother..
Poor, weak light-brained, irresolute and incompetent
czar.J But we pity the czarina more, for she has rpore
intelligence, and is capable- of suffering much more. Her
'"
PLIGHT OF RUSSIA.
RUSSIAN publicist arguea that a con
representative government in Kussia
is impossible, The centrifugal forces, he says,
forces historical, geographical ethnolog
tcalrrreligtbusT-hicatndTychologieali There: is
throughout Russia, this conservative thinker points out,
no possibility of such centripetal forces as have unified
under a constitutional government.
The national feeling in itrance was always strong, and
was there thought of dismemberment
Great Britain is becoming less an Jempire". jn-fact, the
tiea of her colonies to the mother country becoming grad
more relaxed. The-parliamentary ays
writer says, is a total failure, "an ut
ter impracticability" What Anstro-Hungary is on a
under a parliamentary government
large scale. Ruaatan acquisitions Fin
land, the Baltic provinces, 'Poland, the Caucasus and the
Central Asian regions are of recent origin, and have not
become assimilated with Russia proper, and do not desire
to become so. Under a parliamentary system the cen
trifugal, forces, would soon dismember, the empire and
reduce it to shattered fragments, and then there would be
the "yellow peril," the invasion of
by the hordes of yellow and brown
J s '. '
force in these statements. They present
elements of probable truths. Russia is too vast, and the
different peoples whom Russia haa subdued are not suf
ficiently nationalized, Russianized, to admit of a thor
oughly representative government being ' a success.
Therefore, this student concludes, an absolute monarchy,
an autocracy, is the only possible form of. government
for Russia! . ' - ' V: ' ;.
. But can the autocracy much longer maintain itself? If
a constitutional government would fail, is not the autoc
racy failing? ..The fire, after all, is no worse than the fry
ing pan. The autdcracy dares not fly to ills it knows sot
closely, yet it cannot bear, or the peo
bearf existing ills.-.. .. .. '
Russia. It faces great problems, and
SCHUMER MURDER.
recognized desperado, if in attempting
the life ol an otticer is in actual dan
is no other .way but of it, public
sentiment will justify a killing. ut when there is a
man to be arrested who has no particular, reputation as
a desperado, whose offense, at the very worst is not a
matter of life and death and two men who are sent to
him to death where admittedly there
ovocattoa, it-ja-ouita-avdilferent mat
ter and the public will properly so regard it. There was
not one officer but two who attempted to arrest Schumer.
Are they, confessedly incapable of handling one man with
human life in Portland to be held so
simple fact that a man wears a police
man's star to constitute his full warrant for the alaughter
, -
This is not a matter to be lightly passed over, for if it
is Schumer today it may be some one else tomorrow,
some one who, unlike the unfortunate Schumer, has
see thar-justicerTlone 1iim." Schumer
friends, there is none to stepjorward
that-Justlce'De" done and therefore it7sa
case to be hurried through with a farcicaijnvestigation
auch as' was hastily concluded last evening. This is not
aa it should be. Human life should be regarded as sa
cred and by whomsoever taken there should be rigid ac
AUTOMOBILES AND ROADS.
ET THE FARMERS not nurse , their wrath to
keep it warm, or being warm not let it boil over,
against the automobilists, until they have enter
tained this thought: The 'automobilists, as the cyclists
have done, will help the farmers to get good roada.
We do not know whether the automobilists (can't some
substitute for that word?) will help
roads os not. They should, "by
rights," and we believe most of them would be willing
to help; but they will use their concerted influence, more
and more, with legislatures, county, courts, and J else
where, to secure good roads within a long radius of all
farmers will have to help par for
The, rushing, puffing automobile may be somewhat of
.-.
' Oonamay tm I. end on. '
- Prom the Sydney Bulletin.
. London ia full of middlemen '
crammed full of him. Homettmea ha Is
English, bat most, af him is German.
Germans are everywhere. - In the streets
abutting on the sacred Weat, the stran
ger Bears mora Oerman spoken than
English. London la gradually becoming
a auburb of Berlin. Nearly ' all the
Ctirletmaa cards,, the pleture post-cards,
show-cards, and posters a boat London
are printed in Germany. Free trade la
all- right for the other nation. . ,
An Bvlaamoa af kttaaerlry.
Prom the Coeburn Va.y Ragle:
. Tba gal who will tear loose from the
loving embrace of bar mamy and run
through a barbed-wire fence with a
clothes line amund her neck to klaa her
lover, means it, Bbe means IU Boys.1
aae ooea. -r... ,.: , i:: :,.
I Small ; Change j
WUJUm acalnat ia aid. - '
r"rTio -has mora trouble thaii?o Day?
. -Perhapa Pnf. Lori and Kirbr gener
ally win. !.
How would "Kuropatkln" do tor the
nam 01 a raoenora. ,
Cennt ' Caaalnl will not aurrender ea
long as be Is 1,M0 in Ilea, away. '
.I Bs. patlaat .a. lltll-kmrh-hr but-
Dau season will ua with ua "anon."
.Now Maxloa la up In arms aaalnat the
poor. Impovarlahed, mucb-maUanad baef
trust. ;. , ; . ..- . : , .;: ,
' Mr. Brran aaya "tba Demoeratto fac
tiona nave got tof ether. Wbera ware
ua poiicaT ; w
Alva. Ada ma la likely to be rovernor
of Colorado rat. or. aomatiUns .bettaa.
Time pnnfs ravent-es.
8urljr 8L Johaa most' ba , arowlng
rapidly. Man for four, municipal ticketa
nave paen round there.
Perhaps Cornmlaatoner Oarfiald will
nnd that the Standard Of! company is
on tba verge of bankruptcy'
' Soma newspapers are trying to make
it out that tba ooat of living is decreas
ing, but boueckeapera won't believe IC
Tba United Stataa also haa a war on
ita heads to tba Philippine that
promises to eontlnua'for many yaara
xwuawi is io pa eongranuatad on
av. js. jp. HlU'a daeialon to remain
here. . - Man like hint are valuable in a
city. : - -
The eoat Of makinar and keening Port
land . olean and baautlfal. la trifling in
cnmianHa viia ui value or luch a
cooauiosv . s,-
It la aaJd that waap walats are com
ing In faahion again. A man can aaailv
gat around them, but - in certain easaS
nugnt pa stung. t ,
A Pennsrlvanla indn baa decided that
husband la master In' Ma own home."
Thia illustrate bow-widely apart law
ana zac sometimes are. . t .
' The Mlaaonrl leglalatora came out of
tne -aenatoriai eontaat wltb oonaldermhle
credit, after all; It. did not elect either
The eorreapondenta mliht wli
mass in number of man en rand in the
Mnkden battle a round million, bo that
wiu do easy to remember.
In anee women may wear tnmeara
in public by paying SIS a rear tax for
ina privilege, of course they nra not
taxed for wearing them at home.
When four man and a bev atxrt u4u
the Columbia rlvar, where it la a mile
and a half wide, in little leaky old
rowboat. and are Prevldentlallr
Juat aa they are about- to drown, they
ahoald bo voir thankful that nravM.n..
iDianun aDmaumaa in behalf of fool-1
n peopia, and otnera shouM
that provtdenoe doea not Invariahl i
Oregon SideKglits
Plaharmaa. getting anxloaa tor all-
looia oay.
.Spring snows in tha mountains' would
pi welcome.
Tan new residences will be built In
iuinr in ine near rutura.
Prairies of eastern Oregon are' ablush
witn countless wild flowers. .
xne eivie improvement movement - la
spreaaing tnroughout Oregon cities.
Nearly 109 sheep Jumped e-rer a cliff
oj tne wonn My river and were killed.
A McMlnmrflle merchant shipped 1,1S
aen eggs to Portland In four dava last
weea, . . .
A ataar In a band of SO sold hf Mora
weighed S.070 pounds, and if fad till
June would weigh -40 pounda mora.
Would make a good exhibit for the fair.
A tree felted near Kelleher cut one log
z xeet in lengtn. ana is is feet Ion.
The first log scaled nearly S.000 feet,
and tba tree 13,(00 feet of sound tlm-
or.
Drain Nonpareil: Tbta la tha veer for
Drain to celebrate tba tth of July in
rip-roaring style. April 1 ia none too
soon to commence making preparations
ior a great event.
Children of tba North Yamhill school
who looked out of the windows one dn
last weak saw a deer walklog acroaa a
field near tha achoolhouaa. .It la sup
posed it had been chaaed out of the bills
by aogs.
The editor Of the Kugene Register was
aaked by a preacher if ba waa a Chris
tain, and ha paid "yea," but when be re
flected a little be concluded that he was
not sure what a Christian la, and ha la
going to ask the preacher to tell him.
Malheur 'Gasette: A gentleman of this
elty has Informed us that he and two
others will "run the city a while. H This
looks like we're going to bare a "rough
town. Wa will kindly publish their
names next weak, with their permission.
-'Gold Hill News: Bear In mind that
wa cheerfully accept money on aubscrip
tion any time. Many of you are In ar
rears: kindly belp ua when you can;
we are forced to pay' our bills
promptly each month. The Newa means
to pi
Roaebure Plalndealeri Partners look
for a bumper crop la both fruit and
cereals this year. If you will take a
look around over the valley and foothills
you will see that eveTT Book and corner
on moat' of tha farma la being cultivated
thia year. Land which haa been allowed
to lie untouched for aeveral years Is In
grain or prepared for ether eropa. Tha
acreage In cereal eropa has doubled this
year. . ! ..' ,
ClaUkanle Chief: We wish to Inform
those young men of Nehalera that they
ar no one alsa can get apace In the thia
paper for a box of apples, nor can they
bull dose us We are not cheap Johna
Ilka they are as eveyone knows, If they
wish ta auarrel and fight, go at It, hut
don't try to get other mixed up vflfh
It. If they do not Ilka tha way wa run
thia paper -they can lea It alone, we
aak nothing from them, .,
Streams never ao low at this time
of year.
World's :.
Greatest Trust ,
"In Boston one X noticed a curious
little illustration of the power tba -trust
wields, over the r railroad companies,'
says Charles E. Russell in the .April
installment of "The Greatest Trust in
the World." la Everybody's .Magazine.
"The Armour agent In Boaton' got word
of aa intended shipment of potatoes to
Woburn, where there happened to ba a
good murkrt. H had a shipment of po
tatoes coming in from the weat, and ha
applied to tha Boaton at Maine railroad
to transfer bis shipment without charge
from, Boston to Woburn, Mr. Donovan,
the freight traffic manager of the Boaton
ec Maine, declined on tha ground that it
was absolutely against the strictest
ruiea ox his .company to do It for any.
body. .. Finding him immovable, the
agent wired tba situation to tha Armour
headquarter In Chicago. That after
noon Mr. Donovan called tba agent on
the telephone and humbly announoed
that It would give him great pleasure
to. transfer "those potatoes to Woburn
and without charge. . When,' would the
agent Ilka to have it done? The true'
had merely lifted a linger and tba whole
Boaton A Maine organisation waa In I
panic,. But what chance haa a eompet
itor against auch a tremendous power
aa that T And what - chance baa . the
publier .. -" . . . , ,
"On February I. 1103, the federal
court at Chicago enjoined the baef trust
from, doing certain things, . Every day
since men - it baa-dona the identical
thing it waa enjoined from doing. Prom
time to time spasmodic efforts are made
to discover why a federal oourt injunc
tion, binding on everybody else, la not
binding on tba beef trust. Tha demands
for an Investigation war particularly
urgent at the time of tba stock yards
strike last summer (about which I aha 11
nave a little story to tell hereafter!
and la August Mr. Garflald, chief of tha
ourwaui ot corporations at Washington,
aent some of bla men to Chicago to col
lect tba necessary evidence of tba law-
oraaaung. Ample . warning waa sent
from Washington, I do not know by
woeo, ana wneo ssr. uarneiorg man ar
rived In Chicago they vara met bv traet
datactlves who never let the Waahlnarton
men out of their sight by dsv or nlcht.
Tba course of the Investigation led nat
urally into tba railroad offices. When
ever one or. Mr. Garfield's events en.
tered auch a plaoa he waa followed with
in t boura by a confidential representa
tive of tba trust, who said to the rail-
roaa omoer:
"One of Garfield's men waa In bore
yesterday. What did you tell hlmT Did
you - tell him anything about our ar
rangements T"
"Theaa Questions ware not nnt tl1
but With a menace Of tone that ennvev.
to the railroad man what be might ex
pect if ba were Indiscreet. Naturall
enough Mr. Garfield gleaned no Informa-
wun irom uia raiiroaaa.
"Until January 1 of this. m ih
baef trust owned the Icing plant at Jer
sey City, and tha re-icing of every re
frigerator ear that paaaed waa in the
trust's bands. Knowing exactly what
cars were shipped by any. competitor, it
wae aoia a omit ica rrom encb cars and
Injure or ruin their contents. I know
or one Instance where it played this
pleasing game oa a oomDetltof and waa
BuosaquoMiy Toreed to pay -the entire
vatue or ana ampment." But that waa
where the omission waa detected and
proved. Nobody knows bow often tha
practice haa failed of detection, and
practically every refrigerator car tbat
goes through Jersey City bound east or
north muat ba re-load there. Theaa In
teresting facts war-developed at -the
interstate commerce hearing In Chicago.
They seemed likely to make people mad.
A representative of tba trust hastened
from tha bearing and speedily effected
the sale, real or nominal, of tba loing
piant to tne Pennsylvania railroad. Now
there la a mystery aa ta lust who daea
tne icing at jersey city, but the trust
representative are able to swear amor
ly tbat tha trust at least doea not own
the plant.
"That the Icing e barge, as applied by
the trust, la under all conditions utterly
preposterous and unreasonable, can ba
demonstrated by reference to on simple
tact mere are no icing charges on
dairy products.
"Unless yon are In the secret yon will
be pussled to Imagine why. Dairy prod
ucts require a much. Icing as most
fruits and vegetables; Ice in a dairy
procuci car eoata aa much as ice la. a
fruit car. and melts a fast.
"And here la tha reason: The trust la
an enormous shipper of dairy products
an Its own account to Ita own booses; it
la ateadlly engrossing . tba country's
trade In auch commodities. But it car
ries only Its own dairy products in ita
care; It doea not carry the dairy prod
ucta of other shippers. Hence It has
had no reason to enforce the 'Icing
charge' on dairy prod nets. But it doe
carry in Its cars the fruit and vegetables
of other shippers; hence en auch com
modities It enforces the 'icing charge.'
"J. D. Mead at Co No. at Clinton
street. Boston, received a carload of
peaches from Cumberland, Md., in which
there was an. Icing charge' of 1(4, indi
cating the use of about It tona of lea.
AS the Ice bankers in the ear hold only
four to six tons at a time, and the dis
tance from Cumberland to Boston la
not great enough to make more than
one re-Icing necessary, the fraud was
manifest. Mead A Co. objected So stren
uously that the railroad officers aeemed
somewhat abaabed and promised to look
Into the bill. -They said it had been
aent to them from New Tork for col
lection, and It waa a trial bill.'
" -What in the world la a "trial bill TV
aaked Mr. Mead,
" Try to eolleot,' said the manager la
conically.
"That Is to say. It waa merely an at
tempt ta tlufT the firm into paying a
baseless charge. .
The bill went back to New Tork
with an explanation of the firm's bellig
erent attitude, and whan It wa returned
It bad been cut down to lit a reduc
tion of 140. Thia was stilt In sxoeas of
a reasonable aharge, but the shipper de
clared be would rather pay It than en
dure the delaya and vexations of court
proceedings."
grOtrzA umnaOMmm. '
- Prom the Chicago Inter Ocean.
At the clone of the ' performance- in
the New Amsterdam theatre- New-York
City, crowds of women hurried to see
Mrs. George Gould leave" tha house.
When . Mrs, Gould and her - husband
reached -tba carriage way they, found
scores of these women awaiting them.
- Now, there waa no Intention on the
part of any of theae women to be offen
sive, Few of them probably ware ex
cited by a desire to do homage to wealth.
All war moved by tha natural and by
no means deplorable passion for a eight
of tba moat recent novelty in feminine
apparel, namely, Mrs. , Oould'a suspen
ders. . .;.. . .
Mrs. Oculd. we are told. Wore a "black
Jetted net," made with a high girdle and
suspender straps, a white IseeHruffled
guLrapa, with elbow aleevaa, long whit
gloveeand a black Jet turban with
airgratta. completed bar ooetume.
Man will ha interested onlv in a I
Ing way Imth high, girdle, the gulmpe.
and the - airarrette. - His : mind will be
conoentrated. hnmtr. an the suspe
ders. for tbaaa will serve to remind. Mm
tbat woman baa left hint little or noth
ing to wear that be can now claim ex
clualvely aa bla own. - -
Lena- aan aha reached for his thick'
soled, blgh-heeled oboes, and al though
aha haa nuns' them aside tamporaruy,
ahe ia likely to pick them up again at
any minute. The she bifurcated bar
skirts. Then she took up hla waistooat
Than aha put on his shirt. Then ahe
appropriated hla stand Ins collar. Finally,
having donned hla derby bat,- stie saun
tered forth after new ad ventures. And
now, Judging from her interest In Mrs.
Gould'a experiment, aba la going to put
on hla suspendera. -
Not by confiscating bis elothas atone
haa woman In theae latter daye exhib
ited a disposition to rob man- ot bla
birthright., Tbey tell ua that in acme
carta of tha'eountrv she Is using bla
slang and emoklne- hla clears, Bba baa
anatched from him bla exclusive right
to club life: aba takea hla Job away from
him if aha wants to, and aha elbows bim
in the walk or life in which he was
foolish" enough to think, at one time he
waa supreme.
What la there left for him. now that
she baS captured hla suspenders! Very
little. If she could .only leant to atap
forward when getting aff a street ear,
man'a Inferiority to her -would a
tabllabed forever. .
- By Ambrose Blare.'
(Cbpyrlght, . MOB, by
' - gxaanasr.)
' Tha German crown- prince la said to
have sent bla cook to Cannea to atudy
the taatea and-favorite dlabes of the
Duchess Cecilia, whom be Is going to
marry. Clearly, b does not bauova the
hoary dictum propounded by tha gastro
nomes of Assyria, that "Women don't
care a clam what they eat," ' But be la
very young.
A "movement" Is afoot In Delaware to
abolish the stocks and pillory, but the
sacred wblpplng-pcat la Inaccessible to
protestation. As punishment for crime
they are needle, for Delaware baa
something "equally good," and apparent,
ly will have It forever. They call It Ad
dick.' ' .' -
We are' learning a little from the war
In '" Ifanshnrta . fo An -thin that tha
day of the bayonet haa not paaaed. Our
new army nne, witn its vestigial too
bayonet," will undoubtedly be refitted
wltb a "blade" weapon tbat will spilt a
man Ilk a f lah. But how ' about tba
hand-grenade, . which seams to be uaad
with charming effect In the Inflghttngf
Thst is something of a revival; fort
many years it ha cut no figure In war.l
Ita chief use being found In depopula
tion of the ditches of fortifications when
packed with luckless storming partlea
But' now hand-grenades charged with
high explosives are freely exchanged be
tween lines of infantry in tba open. Our
arsenals have probably none to speak
or. It ia to b hoped that General Cro
sler and his board win not overlook this
Ingenious device - for preserving the
eaoa.... : .
Traveler In , Ctrvasia What! Are
those 'women tba celebrated Circassian
baautleat I never aaw so ugly a lot!
His Russian Courier Ah. excellency.
you should have seen them before the
political troubles. Tbey are on atrjk.
Hare la something for Dr. Osier, refat
ing his assertion that old man are good
for nothing. A western man engaged In
farming and borWb reed ing In a very,
large way has aa aged father, of whom
be epoke to a ruest as his assistant
"Why." said the guest, "what can the
old gentleman dor He seems very
creoit." . .
"yes. In is," was Hie reply, "an TgTve
Mm light employment just to max bim
forget bla disabilities. Hla Job ia to
shoot the old, worn-out horse." '
It la pleasing to. observe a distinct
Improvement In. the "eulogies" on de
ceased colleagues by members of con
gress. It uaad frequently to happen
that three or four of the "Impassioned
orators" would quota to the bitter end
(from the bitter beginning) a favorite
poem, applying It to the same decedent.
Now the eulogist lay their heada to
gether and block out a better method.
Tha - favorite poem - ia divided among
them, a stanaa or two allotted to each.
. This division of -labor la true econ
amy. attended by the happiest results.
Competition Is a thing ot the peat, and
the dead man makes but one revolution
ia hla grave. . .. . , ,.. . ; ;
The Rev. Dr. Newman haa been lec
turing here on Browning, whom he de
scribe as -an . incurable optimist." I
think he waa cured he died. .. .
The Play
Go to the Cotumbla theatre thia week
and see Thelma." There is every rea
son why you should. It marks the end.
for the present, of big stock productions
in Portland. It doe more. It says
farewell to the best stock company we
have had in the history of Portland.
And well may we ask, "Whence cornea
there such anothert" It will not be
until we' are awakened to tha opportuni
ties lost In allowing this splendid or
ganisation to fail.
The sudden development of yesterday
Manager Ballard's announcement that
the company would eloee next Sunday
caused consternation among the players
and It was reflected somewhat In their
work last evening. But now the t the
smoke baa cleared away. .:Thelma" will
be an excellent "tag" for the favorites
and a' good thing by which to remember
True, this Is not the greatest stage
version of Marie Corelll'a powerful Nor
wegian romance. It Js fsr from identical
with tba book, and Ita weakness crop
out In unnatural efforts for eomedy and
"talky scenes as time consumers. Tet
there are scenes of Intensity and true
literary value, well adapted to the abili
ties of the Columbia company, while aa a
scenic - production and an -example-of
modern costuming, "Thelma ' may be
called as gorgeous.
Miss Counties plays the title rote ef
The Views .of
One lii-L
fectively to Mr, Gould's sven rendition
of the manly husband. Mr. Bernard re
enters the cast as the polished villein.
The eomedy carta fall to Mr. Bowlea and
Mr. Dills. Mr. Berrell appeal as tha
Olef Ooldmar.' Mr. Bloomqueet makea
his farewell In the unhappy character of
the poetic dwarf. Mr. Beaton does S
nice bit aa Wlnsletglw. Miss Wall see Is
happily east ss Brltt. - Lauretta Allen's
revengeful Lovlaa la capital, and aa the
two society leaders, Blanche 'Douglas
snd Roy Bernard complete the richly
colored picture). -- - . ;
' "Thelma" , wilt be played all week and
next Sunday afternoon and evening.
. , v AACB WHITNBT,
. ' s 1 ". i v
Letters ;Froo;t!i
reopie
: f.: . .:. ' 9owa With the Venee! ' :Su: .
Portland, Or,, March to. To the
Editor of The Journal Tba people of '
tna city or fort lend are mucn inaeotaa
to ypur valuable paper for tbe crusades :
and campaigns Inaugurated and prose
cuted for the benefit of our city and
the recent arguments presented against
tbe ugly billboards and unsightly ap
pearances of certain front yards and
other spots, in localities of Portland
that- are capable of at leaat being im
proved, it not actually ' beautified.' are
Indeed well taken.- believe you should
continue to ahow up theae aore places
until the owners or leasees thereof are
moved to correct the evils and Improve
their lota and property to a point at
leaat past criticism, by the Visitor who
Is looking over our fair elty with a view -to
easting bla lot among ua." . "-
' But-I think you' should go' a step
farther and call attention to tbe fact
that Portland ia far behind other
fmetropoliUn cities In the' abolition of
fences. True, a large majority of the.
beat homes In Portland are not marred
by the old street fence or even the -Una
fence between lota. ' but some of eur
people are very reluctant to give up the ;
old fence In front, notwithstanding the
fact tbat theirs la perhaps the only
fence in the block.' Boms people have f
an idea that a fence is a necessity in a
eity and tbat It adda to the appearance
ot ins nuuB it .ui iuuuui mmi n frvunu
it encloses: - - Borne peopia, I concede, -ought
to ' have a well around their
premises which would be an unmistak
able, line and ever Baying to tbe neigh-
bonr children. So far ahalt thou go and
no farther." Aa a matter of fact -tbe
very reason for fences from the stand
point of necessity baa been eliminated
since Portland became a city, and the
cows of the neighborhoods were for
bidden by town law and elty ordinance
to run at i large within the . corporate
limits. There wa a time when fences
were necessary to keep one family safe
against barm from wild animals or In
truders, and sometimes actual stockades
of posts were built to keep the Indiana
ouU When the dangers were no more
to be guarded against tba stockade gave
way to the seven-foot board fence, which
at best waa to abut out the gas cf a
warring neighbor. - After a. time came
tbe - four-foot board fence with the'
picket fence in front, wblcb eaid to the '
stranger, "No trespassing Pn thea-
premise" ,
Pew fences add to the appearance or '
the property tbey enclose, no matter
how ornamental the design may be. In
a e Ingle locality. in this city. one. may
see half a dosen styles ot fencing, one
high the other low. here the picket kind.
there the Iron design or a hedge, and
on the whole -serving no purpose save 1
to disfigure the surroundings of the
modern home, concrete walk and gTeen
oarpated lawn; - and to. make appear
narrower the already too narrow street.
which defect alone will call forth suffi
cient unfavorable comment from- the
easterner. If we muat mark our lot
lines In front and between neighbor, let
us do it with a row of rose atalka,
which wUl breathe forth new blessing
ta humanity each - morning. - By all
ns tear away tba front fence and
our streets will look wider, lawns snore
uniform, the humblest -cottage sacra- like
a borne, and' the -whole elty. aa.-though,
oar people were piugi s l re and awake,
and-dwelt In peace and hauncmryt Pence
are for farma. and net far city lota. .
ARTHUR JLANQdUTH. '
An OasaivsVS -
Portland. Or.. March li. To the Edi
tor' of The Journal Permit me to call ,
your attention to a matter which to roe '
look like a low-lived trick tm the part
of the Lewis snd Clark -ex position of
ficials. I am frequently In receipt of '
letters front the east asking for matter
pertaining to the fair and I nave for
months sent out a great deal cf such
asking for descriptive matter . from a
party who has an opportunity ta spread
a large, lot ef Information. I went to '
the exposition grounds ' for literature
(my stock on band being exhausted).
and to my astonishment found I could
not reach the officials except by paying
entrance fee to the grounds. It struck
i st once aa a wrong, ss X have been
advertising tbe fair ever ainca tts Incep
tion, and now to be held up by the man- .
agement for the aake of the few dlmea
they will get I deem an outrage on
everybody who ba business to transact
on the s rounds, and on people who want ;
Information to aead to friends in tna ,
east- I do not care for the ten cents
I had to pay to see the secretary, net the
principle -la entirely wrong.
' ;.. .' . -utieisn v c-zt. ,
'- ' A Versa! Bcheol uaween. 1
Albany. Or.. March IS. To the Editor
ef The Journal Anent all of thia agita
tion (and rightly so) In reference to nor-
il school appropriations, it seems to
ma if we retain aay normal scnooi it
UI be a source of contention aa to
which shsll be retained and will be an
other avenue of our wise legislators to
traffic In at some , ensuing session.
Would It not be far lees burdensome on '
the taxpayers of the etate and at tha -same
time Improve the efficiency of
tbe teaching eorp to make room for auch
Instruction to be given at one of our
state institutions, either at Corvallls
or Eugene. I believe tbat such a move
would enlarge the seope of instruction to
be given and the state would be taxed
leea for such maintenance.
- FRED LAWBON.
Lewis- and Glark
March 21. Tha remaining perioguea
were hauled to the same place, and all
the men except three, who were left to
watch them, returned to the fort. On
his way down, which was about . aix
miles. Captain Clark paaaed along the
points of the high hills, where he Saw
large quantities cf pumiceston -on the
foot.' sides and tops of the hills, which
had ' every appearance of having been
at aeme period on -fire. He collected
specimens of the - stone Itself, the
pumices tone, and the hard earth, and on
being put Into , the furnace the hard
earth melted and glued, the pumice
stone melted, and tha hard stone became
pumlcestone glased.
r-i;1
eS-xUok-Qulok Scheme Pram Iowa. -
Prom the Indianapolis News.' '.
Nat only haa an Iowa woman been
feedlnc each member of her family for '
a year on an average of cents e day,
but aha points with considerable 'pride
to the feet that not one or tnem le ar- .
fllcted with the gout. .
. .-: Making- a Baay OcaqmesV
Prom the Houston Post
Isn't this a bird of a bonnet r aaked
she. -...... .
It la Tnore than that" reolled the .
young men; "It.ls the bonnet ef a bird." , .
After which the course of trie love
ran smoothly, ' , - ,. -
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