it THE ;0 R EGO N D A I L Y 1 ' :;(hfirv:.y-,. r Wrlh AM... IWDBPSHPBHT N E W 8 P A ft g: jackson ,.pablkbd tv7 evening ( except Sunday and every-' Sandar morninf f' 7' 'V-.' .' -r'v.' I.- i V:'-'."r.'--'.'i' s Portl Orgo. .THE SEA DQQS WAJTJNG TQ HINA sea is lata in ringing most dramatic naval affair aneee .war. - An imDatient ; expectation.;; Russia a first bold challenge on the sea is being accented with arreater deliberation than the world exoected of even deliberate.. Japan. caution fiat marked all Japanese military and naval Op t eration ao distinctively that the preliminaries have in variably excited criticism from experts, ' out result . have with' equal certalritjrtiecessitated revision of first conclusions, -and Japan 'finished with "- mendationior its strategy. a-VvW.N ' i : Togo is no doubt executing; the profound plan of a -" "strategy board at present -Hi ia thopportunity to wait and thoose. Neither' Japan nor the, world doubt tTogo'tbility o. demolislt-tbenemy but it u apparent that. this tame result is being sought with the least prospect of penalty. 'theatre, for a deep game -just now. V ' oriental i playing his best cards. If ; with , Rojestvensky as ' effectually Makaroff.and his successors, - there naval strength left to meet whatever additional sacrifice " Russia1 care, to place upon the Pacific altar, But if Toko lost heavily now, Russia might be able to' recruit sufficient strength to jeopardize , the. sea.v.-;-' .. - ; ' v Japan .yet has a heavy stake for which to play, but .wonld no "doubt be as judicions if the issue were not so far-reaching. 'This pugnacious people revel in exerei i ing their aeur-bora power of the mind. They would not V glory in k victory that was won by sheer weight of ves sels,, but must give it " the artistic touches of higher achievement, in which cunning ingenuity traps a dull enemy and wins, with no sacrifice. If Rojestvensky traverses the haunted sea -with immunity from all save the growing Russian fear, - and - reaches an apparent ' haven at Vladivostok or elsewhere, experts will expect' a mcu-e calamitous finish for his squadron than if an open "aea engagement occurred. ' '.. And what of France in this' emergency? - Will it or Jdare it Permit its neutral port in the for the open advantage of the Russian fleets r Already mattering are being heard in Franca that that country has been used a a convenience for the Northern Bear, which stretches friendship to the breaking point in it "demands while, when it has money to spend for war .ships, it spends it elsewhere.,;!. France involved might in yolve Britain under the terms of its treaty with Japan. There are other complication in prospect beside those Involved in the meeting of the two fleets which give an added piquancy to the far eastern situation and entitles it once again to the interested-attention of the civilized jworld above any other question now before iL i r i : V :- , 3 . .; ..:,,!,.', V P. CASE IN A NEIOHBORINQ TOWN. : FOR MANY YEARS the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , was the "only" paper of that city., It occupied a . similar position, there to that occupie4 by. the ' Oregonian here.. It elaimej to, have ot wM supposed to ,' have a monopoly-of telegraphic new. In politics and other matters it became arbitrary autocratic and dic tatorial. It wanted to run the politic and most pther af fairs of the city ami. sUte and its idea and opinions were expressed in a manner' offensive to a large propor tion, of it clientele, whom it soughf to dominate and drive, rather than advise and enlighten. V. v , ' , "Then a new figure appeared on the scene in the per son of a man from Minnesota, who with very little cap ital but much practical ability . and abundance of grit started an evening paper called the Time. The new paper was ridiculed, and it proprietor attacked, by the V. L, but he and his paper throve, the people liked its wide-awake and liberal style, even if its editorials were rtot so heavy and turgid. It got the news, treated, all ' people fairly, hit criminality ' and odious vices hard blowv 7oicedheommOfl""people'i"entiments.'-"and'BO grew rapidly and steadily into a . great newspaper, now far outranking, its ancient and .scolding contemporary in circulation and prestige. -.v :-,'' The moral of this brief and simple (ale lies in the application of it " NEED OF FIRE ESCAPES. NONE of the many costly "improvements recently ; made in the Portland hotel ha appealed more - t strongly to the traveling or local public, than the fine system of fire escapes which now mark its east rent exterior., ,sThee have been put up at eonaiderable ' .expense and no return can be expected from the outlay except that which comes from the consciousness that - . everything possible has been done to make safe the live ,of the guests who there abide. !, ..' v -V The fire which yesterday threatened to end so disas trously has given added impetus to the agitation -which : ,'has been going on for some time in favor of fire escapes on all the big buildings of the city; They should be ' considered, as a matter of course,'. par, of the neces 'j ssry equipment-of all big building. No step could be v. akea that, would evoke -wider spread public approval ' .than thia and the city officials could render no better ' v service to the public than insisting upon this work being .v.tione..!'..' , " "; .. Harriman, Rc- maKcror ivaiiroaasi : A iImp:of a man of thought ' !wU of action'' la' given In Rufua ' Rockwell Wilson's ' sketch of Edwirt .K. Bafiitnan la Public Opinion, April S. Mr. Harrlmaa now oootrols'llve railroad . Systew the Union Pacific and Oregon . lines, the Southern pacific and Central , Faetne, too San Pedro rout; the Atchi son, Topcka Santa Pe, and the North ern PaclBo aggregating SO.Itg miles of .track. .'. 1 '-. ' v' . ' ; Tble Is is truth a lordly empire, and iLIlmnen rule It with aa Iron hand. Ho la preMohTiroT.,'Srfly Vt the ' Union Paclno kbd Souther Pacific, but ef all of . their suboldlary companies. Me . Is president la aet.a-wll aa In tani and esaeutlv . eoaamKtoas and boards of directors moat only to record their approval of hla plana and pur I neea, Teer in and year out - la his .Ace at It Broadway, with a map of ' Is entire railroad eyatem before him. ..e toils with the entiling energy of aa inetiio dyaamo. . He- living man lea tor rapid thinker declakm aad actios 9 hand In hand; end" ho will diapoee I 11 hour bf ar maaa of report a and corre ndnne that another could not mneter 1 a day. Indeed, his stenographers tr In relays, aad then , find It "It to keoa pace with him. . And . i-axs the snaa at tae hala feoio- PUBLISHED ; BY JOURNAL pUBUSHINO CO, a pMETOQETHER. no the curtain on the HOUGH, the of the Rosso-Jap audience ts in hourly land,' for this was rThia measure Of good.. Whether unanimous com' ':ir.--ti-v v-?-. they can at least eating, as baseball matched. , Baseball is a American game in in direct assault. still peculiarly an to become widely China sea is the In which the wily it is possible to deal as Togo ' handled will be abundant tvaSr tamaiNAil ata-a affile.' brains and Japan's command of victory over ball team in, action spectacle. ' ; Baseball is a dom any petty or far east to be used I stimulates hundred keep their bodies f. Meanwhile the over. ' For, after upward tejr taken Ing large or small ascaplng his watch ful eye. Phvalcally this eaar of railroads is a email . man. alight IS build, narrow cheated, and delicate in appearance." He la simple in ma taaioa ana piain in ra attire, his business dreee invariably onslstlng of a sack ault, all of tb asm material. a low turnover collar. and a small black bow. Ilia town resi dence la one of the block of houses on Madison avenue built by the lata Henry Vlllard.-and hla next-door neighbor Is Whltelaw Raid, editor of the New Tork Tribune: but he Uvea most of tb time on hla great country estau hear Arden, in Orange county, where he finds A much delight In the rearing of Una stock and horses as does Mr. Morgan In yachting, Mr. Carnegie la golfing, or Mr, Hill In the collection of pictures. ' Hla wife, who was a Miss AverUl, could command by reason of her own family associations a high social place tn New Irt. but for-aoclaldf )ightapf them selves Mr. Harrlmaa - cares - adthlngr Nor has the building of his railway em pire left him any time for them.. ' . ax roa ." Prom the Washington Post. ' ' Secretary Hay's letter accepting the decoration f the grand arose? of the Legion of Honor, conferred on him by Prance. . beeamo - publle - yesterday through Porelga Relations, the Ameri ca diplomatic red book, ad ran re abeeta of which have been printed. The cor respondence shows that the decoration was conferred not only en account of Mr. Hay's "merit as a statesman and scholar, but also ef the serW , ren dered by. you (Mr.. Hay) daring' your administration, la direct log jovj( effort JOU R N A L P R jno. r. CAKsau. The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill ; THE BASEBALL SEASON OPENED, team accredited to Portland suffered another- defeat yesterday, - and was banded i , goose-egg at that, it wa a great day in Port the first game of the season here, and people who don't take a lively interest in baseball are a small minority of our citizens. The season is only fairly begun7and the mightly-muscled Giants have a Jong spell of time ahead in which to exorcise the hoodoo and make they can or not, it is to be hoped that score enough to make the games inter games always are of teams are fairly i i.'V. ; "".- fine game, -and ' though not the only the sense it waaJS or 20 years ago. is American game. : It was the first sport popular in this country, art'ha al- A swa. f In ' ma la at b .- ' ( se-a wrssa. w v mamvw av 1 4 fv WHS iiv - vthui 1 uvf VUSIUIU stale" popular intcresrirt it. ' Britons have tried to play ft, but with no suui eclaf and success as attend the Americans' games,; .It. is such a swift and strenuous game a only American can playjwelL And fine fellows mot of the players are. f With "nervous systems keyed up to concert pitch, with perceptions keen and, bodies limbs nimble 'as Itchtnmar. a rreat audience of intensely interested spectators, and glorious well-matched foes to achieve, a good base is a very 'interesting , and enjoyable .. v l-'.;.:.:-:.. .:. -:h.,T good, wholesome, honest sort of sport Let rough than football and more energetic than golf, it far excels them both as a healthy scientific species of recreation. Football is mainly a college game and golf is a game for fashionable folk who can afford it, but baseball is democratic 7 It "is everybody's game. And less than almost any other game has it been contam inated by the gambling spirit. '. - . VV:;. i ; Baseball js a clean, manly, vigorous game, combining physical and mental exercise and capacities. . The keen strife to excel is in itself commendable, and there is sel r vindictive . gloating ' over the van- quished. who,,,tomorrow may be the victors. Baseball 1 of thousands of boys and youth to vigorous, their limbs well-muscled and their minds clear and alert . The very fact that it is ex clusively aa outdoor sport, lasting throughout half a year, or more, renders' if valuable both, to players and patrons. JzxJ .v y'.-i ;v'4 v...., Rain may interfere with the games at Portland on some days, but as rule they must go on, and should be well attended and appreciated. ' Here's hoping the scores will become, evened up o as to make .the games 'more interesting as the season advances. ' Play belli ; THE . BEEP TRUST 1 AND . OTHERS." i HE PRICE JOF BEEF, at .least in ' eastern , cities, has mbved fharpty. up again, and the big packers nf they fhad -nothing to -do, with it, but that wicked combines of stocV..ajseri art the taase.- -As to this the, helpless .meat -consuming - public may - entertain whatever opinion it pleases, but people are not likely to consider the beef trust's assertion a the final and con clusive truth ': ;.. v- 6V.'iV -r government fs making 'some; snowing of prosecution' of member of the combine, some of the lesser lights or hired men of which have been indicted, and some have taken refuge in Canada. The really big and responsible men of the combine' 'evidently -fear noth ing; the investigation may cost -them .something, but they, easily make the-public pay this cost, many times all, ;. whatever .the . legal proceeding show, nobody doubts that a lew firms in Chicago prac tically control ths price of ) meats ' consumed by many millions of people. ,;.And few expect that the govern ment will succeed in breaking up the trust ' If the president fo in desd earnest about breaking up lhend'ppresrvenlllaw-aefyingtrosts,HieHmght-how that by strongly recommending the removal of the pro tection which is the chief . foundation and bulwark of most of the trusts.'. But ihiaJie failed to do last winter, and it is not expected that he will make any such recom mendation next fall He is inconsistent if not insincere in thus attacking or making a feint of attacking the rob ber trusts, while making no motion to remove, the prin cipal means by which the trusts live, move and have their being..) :.. , , , -'"'; And besides, why do we hear no more about private car-lines and :, discriminations and - terminal . abuses, gainst which the president inveighed ao vigorously in his message of last December? A the New York World remarks, there is bigger game to be hunted than Colo rado's wilds can show. - - ' - , -'--x -vt . . . ; ' f 1 . ' . ; ' Members of the council who treat with flippancy the efforts of the women of Portland who arc now endeavor ing to bring about better and cleaner conditions in the handling of food supplies are extremely shortsighted. The sentiment back of this movement is an extremely powerful one for it enters every home in the city and strikes at the very citadel of its public health. Every in that direction is a distinct and ap preciated service rendered to all the people -and the members of the council who think otherwise. .will sooner or later experience a rude awakening.- -'tt ' 1 ' to the maintenance of tb peace of the world." ". ' . ! Mr. Hay, on the day the tender was received, telegraphed; la part as follows to js.- ues fortes, the Irene . charge d'affaires In this country! . . - ... ."Waiving all Individual con ltd era -tions, I sincerely appreciate the senti ment -which has moved your govern ment to take' this signal method of tes tifying in my person its appreciation of the efforts which, la the name of my country - end - ae the --epnen -of -the earnest wishes of the president and of my fellow-cltlsens - In behalf of peace. It has been my duty and privilege to exert In furtherance . of 4 international concord and good wilt- v v' r . "I . shall .take . Immediate occasion ' to Instruct the American ambassador . Paris to advise the government of the republic of the gratitude with which I accept this honor, subject to . the su perior sanction of congress, as pre- ll'l'iueu uy our constitution of aad 6t my high sens, of this tribute to the endeavors of the American govern ment ahd people to promote the ends ef pesos, . . -.i .. v Congress failed to paas the resolu tion authorising Mr. Hay to accept the decoration...' .- , . : V ' roollars ts Sava Ooavtem. v , " Prom the Chios re Journal. . Mrs. Balllngtoa Booth is asking 100 men to - pledge themselves for tl a month each for one year, to be devoted to the forwarding of her rescue work among convicts and ex -convicts. There are few men who can hear bar simple, unaffected and desperately earnest ap peal without belog moved if beeamo ene si tae S.VV. . ... ;Sn,airChan.:-j Juna 1, rain or shine. ' - Still, Togo has no soy's play on band. Chko werkassst to he Mook on iriaos utat zau. ;w,i .-. . . v . . Tfco oaxlv imported atrawberrloa look neuer aa taay.xaatew. mo avaraa or , aarrioa life la ti roars. , uut u soon longor to on. The mayor will oh im fully aeeont any oinor roaianaiioa or witnarawaia. . If Bmit Jim puU Portland la novel, ow of ua will evor nad it out Per contra, a-, law to make you .work ovor 19 noura a aay wouia be invalid. Porhap Vacle 8am will eonerod that It la tmpoaalble for Castre- to Jnaalt Togo aad Rojestvensky retire into the background, the baseball aeasoi opened. ' -. ' . - y:-, ..'.:. . t No doubt Secretary Taft would rather be sitting on a Hd than chasing worvae aaa aaarev - - , ; . Mayor Dunn baa already discovered that mayo ring la much mora strenuous tnaa muging. " V- , -- v;-. Tongues are coming eo tn ' flufnst and voicing the Indlaraatloa of their neighbor, Nose, , . ; Tom Lswebn says one ef hla eeemlaa Is a dodolttlcapolla. : But lwsou might not be able to prove it. - . : - , If the president can and wtll get a good grip on soma of the trust wolves, it will he mors important,' The sugar "trust did net have even the excuse of a government Investigation for. making Its last raise In price. A 'snaa1 named Umburger ts mixed un with the Nan Patterson case. Tb law yer scented some testimony about him. It looks aa if the Republican candi date for mayor would Te one nominated by rather small minority of the party. If "th Rocky mountain bears read the election reports last fail, they must realise that they have no ebaae of out running Roosevelt. . , . "Bine tt has been tastfflsaj In court that sausages are- made of putrid meata, the popular prejudice against that kind of, meat food la not likely to decrease. The United States supreme court has decided that Indian-landowners can buy and drink whisky , the same as whit men. But if they do they won't be landowners vary long. :. . ' Policemen want mora pay.' Tbev are not overpaid, certainly. If capable of ficers, yet hundreds of men perhaps equally capable would Jump at tb joba If they bad the chance. . p .. EHd any of' the1 Jefferson ay eratora remember that the great author of the Declaration of fndewsndenue died broke 7 And this 'being" remembered. Shouldn't all Democrats do likewise T . ' Johahn Hoeh la also on trial, but wfQ not be tb recipient of aa much sym pathy at least on the part of men. as Nan Patterson. But soma woman 'may reel ratner tanoeny to warn mm. . Oreonj Si Jcliglits j Kd vacant houses In McMlmrvtlle. Many new hop yarda around Amity. Many Morrow county farmers live in tOWnSO. , ' : ! . . ; r . : I J Jona model considers its water system a -' Eastern ' Oregon dipping vets.--,. - more ' public f- A saah and doo factory Is needed In Klamath county. Amity woman' auxiliary numbers ever e members. :;..,.:( .; r An Increase of nearly 0 per eew it in bop acreage, some soy. .: Almost everybody in Oregon is com ing to the fair, of course. t . .; sy .- ' ' Plenty of trout in Trout creek. Klam ath county. They should be plentiful la a ereex taua named. - Several Pendleton women have been swindled by a woman who sold them a tapestry waking outfit for fl.lt. -;f . Klamath Palla think that the 'pro posed rival town, "Whitelak City.- is all on paper and a fake. Its newspaper is published In Seattle, v. , St Helens Mt! W. P. Keady ts On of the dealers in Portland e new deal Re publican club. The players will do well to eee that the revenue stamp baa. not beea steamed. - 4 . ... ' Old structures that have outlived thrtr usefulness in. More are being rased or moved oft to make room for modern, substantial structures of brick, stone. iron land glass,-., -. ;.'r. ;; - Buttevllle eorrerpondence Aurora Ba- real la: -Last Sunday waa a very quiet day in our burg. The saloons were closed and -a-man- had -to get at- permtt from the city mayor to get a cigar, y, , - Toledo Leader: While monkeying with an axe George Hall out a deep gash in his tight foot. As he denlee that lie was cutting stove wood. the accident causes more pain than embarrassment Mitohell Sentinel! Practical .Sokes sometimes go too far when It comes to getting a young M. D. to crawl around uses 1 in the night huntina for a dead man. - It Is going too far with the jok---Bharne boys r, ;.; A Linn, county man has a "ditcher with which one man and four horses can dig a ditch three feet deep and one mile In length la a day. The dirt la elevated as high as s man's bead and carried five or six feet from the ditch. The machine COet 110. i V - v'.-.y... 1 Union correspondence Aurora Boreal!: Herman took her out riding last Sunday. If Billy keepe on going to aee her three times a week it I a ' poaltlvely sure thing that not a blade ef grass will have an opportunity to grow Jn the path h travels. Pishing is the present excite- afore woolen mills are'needoa In Ore gon., v r, ., v - -; needs ' -' :;t wb ia uus imru. , ( '', A Lwi:-of New ; . , Jv '.y f ', ,'v' The Journal la printing a synopsis of all the laws paased by the last legis lature, which those Interested would do erell tA ra. nut roe rnM! " ::. '. Paotae Dalverstty Btreobess. .' -' 8. B. 121 Tualatin academy and Pa. olflo university shall be managed bjrT tnsmseivee aa a board, consisting of aot less than tl aad not to exceed n mem bers, who era divided into six classes. to serve six-year tena. Approved Feb ruary IS.. '..: V :..:(. XHstrls Ataoraey'a Salary. S. B. lf Tk salaries of the prose cuting attorneys in the first and second juuicuu cistricts is nxed at I J, eve a year. ; , . '. ..- 1 - Aportloalar at Sakaot Paads. a. B. its The sum of ttltse overpaid to school dlstrleta In Wheeler county rrom funds belonging to Oil liana In lit, and it 1 provided that me same snail ne returned. BaUaf for Mrs. B. B. t The sum Of tit waa an- proprlated, being principal and interest au en a bona issued to refund the In dlaa war debt of 187. - srstMtsja Sal eg waaaa.'.r. S..B. 7T It Is made unlawful for any on to sell or offer for sale, barter or exchange, or have in possession for the purpose ef semes- or bertertns-. or to ship or causa to be ahlnoed bevoad the boundaries of the state, for sal or Darter, except for eclentlno or broedlne purposes, any animal or fowl game -of mis stste. ., . ,'-.. Ifturlom Treaaaiei's Salary. S. B.'. Its The county treasurer ef atarion county shall receive salary of $1.10 year, and- bis bond shall be siee, a year. . .,!( -:.-. :, w TDesuUsur' Tsialaslliai 11 " v- ' S. & Its H 'any male naraon Over tb age of II -years carnally, know any female, not hla wife, over tr sad under IS years of age, of arevlous chaste character. In a manner not coming un der the term rape, he shall be guilty of fornication, aad subject ' to fin of not leas than 1 5 aad not to exceed iOS, or to Imprisonment in tha county Jail for not less than one month nor more than year, or by Imprisonment in the penitentiary not leas than one year nor mors man nv,, Approved Tebruary II. ; . Ooos Ooaaty snAtbiv ' " -t .' 8. B.- Ill Coos county la authorised to set aside 11,00 or less sum to make aa exhibit at the Lewia, and Clark fair, Thla law took offset aa aa emergency measure.. Approved February Is. "''.' Raps Hag ffrhirrl fniflilTSB ' ,'::. 8.' B, Its Where the' census of a school elerk shows aa increase of 10 cent or more in the number or school children, -over the previous ' re port, h shall notify the school super. intanuent immeuiateiy 01 the fact -and this count ahalt be the basis for appor tionment ef funds. 7 Approved Febru ary 11, , ; - Suspaadrng Blstriot AMosasy. ... . 8. B. Ill If the district attohav fail to attend any oourt at which he is required to be, or baa a blood or mar rtag relationship to aay defendant, or ia ia any manner nnano.aily Interested in a case- psadlBg. the povtr may 4rder another attoraey to prosecute the ease, wnen u iacts are presented on aa. davit.' r TfW'i'-n'Ty.i'l f H. B. lis All pereona desiring f 0 1 pracuce pnarmacy ' snail secure a. 11. 1 eons rrom tns boara 01 pharmacy. Any persep selling poison without labeling it so and giving the name of the polspo and vendor to subject to .a fine of ti to ISO. No person can travel through th state to peddle any drug, nostrum, ointment or , application of any kind until paying to the Oregon board., of pnarmacy zve ror an annual license, the penalty for violation of thla law being a fine of 20 to ISO. ' Approved y-ebruary . si. . . ,y ,, -. stostfay Stock Rieedara. ' H. B. ITS It la unlawful to shin cat tle -or- horses . from . oaa count; other or from the state without flrat having tb Sams Inspected la the county whence they are being shipped, snd ob taining, the certificate of this county stock Inspector. ' Approved February J L '. - Oaso of tae tssaae. . -. H. B. 17s Insane persons must be given examination by pbyalclsns desig nated by th county ludgs when proper application ts made showing the ap parent mental condition. . in transmit ting Insane to. the asylum, attendant at the latter institution are to go after patients whsn notified, and a woman at tendant muat .be provided for all fe male patients. .Approved February !L ProtscUas" Bee '')..-. H. B. lit Th open season for buck deer in-all part ofthe state save in Grant Harney, Baker and Malheur counties la Tram Auguat IS to Novem ber 1, and for female deer la the same region. September 1 to November I. It la unlawful to kiu user in tn state from on hour, after sunset to a. half hour before sunrise, or to bunt deer 1th dogs, or for one person to kill more than Bv deer in. an open -season. - ' . - Ree-aJsTrag Soboot bevlea. H. B. 17 Counties., cities, ' acbool dlstrleta and other corporatlona vested with power to levy school taxes, are re quired to make the levy in even mill or , on ' tenth fraction - thereof.41 ' Ap proved February !....,.,' i, , .,- Xjaaut cwuntsr aianse. r H. B. Ml The eounty Judge of Lane county ehall receive 11. MS a year, and treasurer i,ioe. - Approves reoruary Oolambla Ooartkoase. H. B. fit The eounty court of Co lumbia eounty is empowered to levy -a special tax of not to exceed s mills a year on the dollar of . all assessable property for erection of a courthouse. ; , Paying Bequests and PSbta. H.. B. 14 Personal property is to be sold first- by executors and administra tors to satisfy 1 legacies, debts and other claims against an estate,-unless there is special , reason ' why realty should be disposed of first, or unless realty ha been indicated for such ssle. Approved February tl. . '', ' .? , . , . Blstriot Attoraey' Salaries.' , H H. 'its The district attorney ef tha third Judicial district shall receive 11,6(0 a year, and be allowed five depu ties, one In Marlon-county at a yeaA-ona ln.X4lnn.aUl(?n one In Tllla-. mook st 120. one in ramnin at ioo and one In Polk at J50. The district attorney for the fourth district shall be allowed 14.000 a year and, three deputies, two of the latter being paid 11,100 a year each and one 11.100. All thes salaries are to be paid out of the state treasury. ' Approved February, tl. . ' : ' : .-'. r ., .- f .l.,,. . Bistrkrt Sehool XJsrarle. - H. B. 110 County court of counties having less than' 100,000 population are required to levy a tax of not leas than 10 cents for every school child of th eounty between 4 and 10 years ot age, which Shall constitute a school library, fund for use of school Th flrat Mon day In July county treasurers are re autred to -certify te the county, school .... .-...-'- . -. '. ' - . . .- .. I . . .. .'.-v -.' ' ,'' a ' ,. L.tendant tn amount of such fund Wit to aj-norrlonment, and - the su 1.. te: nt is required to apportion the fund aecordlnr to the numoer school cMldrea reurts4 te. him accord. Ing to law. Eetweea the flrat Ltonday la July and the first Monday In 'August school I 'rectors are reautred to certuy to t& Cr -n library commission sush books s t..y Sf. j-e for taeir district, the price not exoee. am the a 'portion- men t. end choice to be made from the list fiii-nlrhel by the library commis sion. Ap; ova February .11. ThjVis XST3 O try AJsaoaer rieaoe.) :r, , Orsat Brltaln a chancellor of the ex Chaouer "poin with pride' to a de creased eonsuaiptlon of beer and spirits la the United IQnrdom aad -says that the people have changed their habits. No; their habits have enanged thorn; the diligent consumers are mostly dead. Vven If -the Panama canal ia never made the operation of the Panama rail road and its steamers by th govern ment will toe worth some money wasted on the ditch.'. Under private ownership the trade of western ; South r America was diverted, to, Europe by prohibitive freight rates en - goods ' consigned te New York. This -thug Is now being amended, if sane, safe and conservative gentlemen please. Aa a result let them close their eyes very tightly and per haps there will be none. . .- Let. the-Kuropeaa publle regain It tranquility; the disquieting rumor of great battle In the United mates baa no other foundation than the fact that dur ing tha last three, months of 1104 the railways 01 (nis country auiea ana wounded-1171 persons. That Is hot battle; It ia an incident of travel r h -rf ,C- .,. 1 l v-- -i- f " The terrible earthcniake ht' India sup plies enotaer handy text to the auatere critics f . British, misrule. , In the up roar of falling walls they permit us to forget for a little while the incessant thunder .of, guns blowing from their measles the luckless Sepoy ' maflneera. Even tha cries of Indta'a famishing millions are for tb moment unnoted tn the superior tpranny or opening chasms ana mountataa, that will not sta put . - Btaadard OIL 'poor- thing, does . not know of any such - trims aa axaetlng railroad rebates. That la what It says. What It m-nrne Is that jot knew I that It Is crime. Eludes laoartot My brethren, her are IS pieces of silver to assist you ia eon verting the Romans to our faith. ' Flrat Apostle How aid you get tnemTi Beoond, Aposue They ere tain tea. Roman Caauiat Gentlemen, you can not -afford to trace the pedigree of every denartua that come to you. ,. Take' th money. . , ,,'' .-. SOmehow It doe aot took as If con stitutional . liberty would come much nearer to the Russian people through the expIoelonjf a bomb In a publle eobool during prayora.. r.-x, " v The Paelflo states r growing rest less under. Japanese immigration, and the Pactflo states must b reckoned with. They "must have their way. a they 'bad It In the matter of Chinese Immigration against - the . sentiment of the rest, of tb country. But our Im perious methods ' of dealing with ye terday China will not do in dealing with tomorrow's '- Japan. Bh' I far j more likely to demand abrogation of our exclusion treaty wiut aer auy uaa h assent to a similar convention wun ner eeir. we may una - sis.-ier ui Asiatics" an inadequate expression - of bey asptrattona, bad for our Intereels aa that dictum ' undoubtedly is. The American who base any strong hope of a continuing peace with -that snergetla snd headlong People upon official assur sncee or popular sympathies knows nothing snout Japanese character, little . Amen can. sua none too - mucs tb actual forces determining the of nations. . Jt looks now sa If t dangerous fo to America st that ha arisen in two genera waa that gallant and loyal gentle- the . late commoaore . Matthew Iwis and Clark Ion to now en rente - up burl river from Port 1 Mandan for the headwaters la the ml untalna.) . . 1 . t We set off about T o'clock. nearly one of tbe canoes a ahore by the falling in. of patt or; the nana. xne, wina. too, -becamc again so strong that we could scarcely make on mile an hour. aa the audderl squalls were so dangerous to th small tjoat that W atopped tee th night among some willows on the north, not bclrW able to advance more thaa six, and eThalf mile. In walking through th neighboring plain we found a ftn-, fertile cl. covered with cotton- Wood, some boxleldar, ash, rod elm and an undergrowth of willow, rose bushes, honey suckle, red willow, gooseberry, currant, and aervloe berries, and along the foot of the htlle great quantities oi byoop. ;"- . 5 - '- "'- v Our hunters procured elk and deer, which are now lean, and six beaver, which, are fatter and. more palatable. Along tha plain thor were also some In dlan esmnat .near I one of these waa a scaffold about seven feet high, on which were two- sled with their harness and under it tb body ot a female, carefully wrapped In several buffalo skins;-near It lay a bag made Of buffalo skin, con taining a pair of trtoocaslns, some red and blue paint beavers nails, scrapers for dressing hides, some dried roots, sev eral plaits of sweet grass and a small quantity . of - Mandan tobacco. ; Thee things, as well ae t body Itself, had probably fallen down accident as the on tha scaffold. the body of a custom is to place 1 tb At a little distance wi doc. not yet decayed. ho had met bis reward for having dra red thus far la hla mistress, te the sled th corps of whom, according to til .Indian usage. be bad been sacrificed. 1 . . j orwooui From Th Dalles Chronicle. - If a carload ef sawlogA ware shipped from eastern Oregon to bet worked up in a. aswmlUat .PhlladeiphliL jiot a few would think 11 a great loa..aa freight would have to be psld on (the sawdust and slabs. Tet ws ship wool from sa st ern Oregon to the eastern Vrallls, which surely . represent a. great iloas. It Is stated that 10 ears of w wool is equsl to about three ' and a i k-slf oars -of washed wool, Thla being, the csse'the eastern mills pay freight on II per esnt of wast. The raw luaierlaf Is here' end th wool should be worked tip here and can be don cheaper than In the eaat : rked tip here nan In) the eaa awwaw, ka Capital . . - Oraas Ott Is Prom tbs Topeka Occasionally there le a neiw Joke. Th proposition to christen tha Kansas with water .from some sprtjig orfit of which John Brown drank la en ox them. ; "Cv. Ci3 t" -s.C-: t r :,-- .''' Portland. Or.(Ur! 11. lo thctJItot Of The Journal a -s ear leau of April if appeara a eorw ntlon dated To- T -ledo. Or., and a' - ..ed -Oj' and Inasmuch . aa it in part d with coruin reported , ytterancea emanating from my pulpit'i v and referring te the recent, revival cam paign in thla city, and. moreover eon- v tain 'unjust ' erltlciaras and, disi lays ' a perturbed mind, in the Interest of truth and a fair dealing with the Issues In- , volved, 1 ask space to reply.- . . I venture to presume that "C." from , some thing in hi letter, I a "believer." ' Hence I wish to remind him or her) that It would have been only iuet (never .". mind geosroslty now) for him t have assumed - that th. aawsnaper report of -i ', my word may have made sa aay aomc thing I did not say. . Ualasu'th report of -a publlo speaker's - worda be steao- . graphic. It ia quits likely that what h says will -be altered, sometimes to, the -:' confusion of many who read, and to the ;'. '; dlstnrbiBa- nt hla n Mara ef mlnil It 1 is thus with respect to my dlscoarse on the Cbapmaa meetings; statements were ' attributed to' me that l did not utter. And it is precisely these ' statements upon which your- Toledo correspondent bases his unfair-snd unklpd . remark.-' For lntnoe,'"C 1 deeply grieved that -I should have remarked that I didn't be lieve th even gel lata believed what they declared, especially with, referme to an ' endless bell." thus making them -out to be "inrrs and hypocrites." I may assure C" that it is no- pleasure - to be mad ponsor for something no .just person would say. and 'sine C' criticism of that atatement will go aa -far aa-Th Journal goes, for simple decency's sake , I would Ilk this t go fter lt--1 did not make the statement already mentioned- I made It precise reverse, - X : said X believed they Were -honest. ; a in cere, oourageou. and I, admired them for declaring their conviction ao fore- ibiy aa they did. The exact statement' I . mad waa that I doubted. U many, ef - it ha Portland preachers who sst on the paatiorraa with tno evangelists -tor . many of the laymen), believed the lurid . assertions of the revival lata; or. If they did believe them, they were and are fre quently guilty of dodging.- evading s.nd- modifyrer sormueb so as to lend sup- port to. tha common 1 prejudice .that; preacher do not believe what they 1 preach and do not preach what they be--llv.r:rr mad that statement deliber ately, adviaedly aad am ready to sus- in, It .2- - ,' ' f - . Another-reference wf ."CT-eelle'Tof' tkHaf eMtmlriare.4!AR-. tta eniAtea an utter bm fkf mini "whir. An rwmA . ami ' ,,r muat go and tha majority of the' hu- map race." This refers to th teaching' of endless hell; and "C" wants Igr know if X can give him th nam of "any man, anywhere, wbo ever made such a state ment in any pulpit". Of course I can. XT' will find hla name at the bottom? of this letter. But I do not make any on else responetbie for; that form of' word. It to quit evident that "C" doea not understand that many things may be Implied; aad surely, if anything we Implied tea much of tb teachings of th f A recent campaign, it waa that-wntcn - ess sed in words quit ilke th broken sentence be quotes. It ke also quit evi dent 10 at -C to totally unfamlnaO with - ins events or-om-crina wkdihi iit nv - PrOtssUnt churches 61. today; - for.' 4 so fa aC-thcre l.ny posltfv teaObing; re garding human' destiny, the- burden - of that teaching 1 that alTwbo dhr ut ; of Christ" are lost Tb aeaortlon that ' "half the bc diein. Infancy and so are saved and safe" -la a miserable, 'Insult ing evasion. , What' kind' of a notion , would that be to carry to tbe -"untutored pagan' that becsuae hla child has died, in Its tender years, it baa gone te heaven, while he will not Unless he "ao ospu Christ?" "If be wsr any eorb of a maa he would -scorn aucn a qogma ' . I want to assure "C that I 'had ampU baala for saying' whkt -I did. Th speaker esld that "all who go Christ! from thl world, go doomed .and -damned": another said that "Christ wa th first one to open th pearly gt-Of- I eaven.7 Will "C" not th implication beret Another said; - "The doctrine of th universal fatherhood of God Is an. Infamous doctrine.- .Will "C" note th logical bearing of thla upon hla atsle ment about half the race dying In In fancy T I may aay that I did not depend, i on newepaper reporte. I attended, tnese meetings,, and beard these things, and much mors of a Ilka sort- Rogardtag "Ca" questions eoacerning tb teaching of' the church which X represent. I may only aay that thla is no piece to aiacuss. that matter; now. If he had algned hla full name I would have sent hlra soma -. literature bearing on that for It 1 quits evident that he bad In hi mind, the . tupld slander so frequently urged against the Unlverssllst church,,- - .- - - "C Shews nimseix unaote or unwiu-. . Ing to discriminate between attacking a neroon and criticising th person teachings. Had "C" beep t ell disposed ; te be fair h could very readily hav , noted 'that I spoke very highly of the members of th Chapman . band; - and also commended ,th certain beneficial result, besides venturing te criticise "' some ot it dogma, aa unsound and ' hurtful.' .-The fear that uch criticism h may hurt th faith of aom week on hows a lamentable want of conlldenca -'. the power and beneficence of truth. and la as puerile as a grown'' man can ; urge. - oucn an oujtoiwn raigni, tie uipa asalnst-soma thlncs that Jeaus said and did; or 1 Luther, ' or Wesley, or Roger Wlllama, or Horace-Buennell, or-any ; other - lover of truth, anq: rreedom' th , world ha yf known. ' : la aonolualon. let me remind CM (hat until he bumbles i Himself In th pres ence of hi Maker Vnd seeks forgiveness J for. th bitter, unkind end vicious slan der, Involved in what be saya f bout th devil using various agencies to auy th . truth, ' he would better' refrain from saying anything In the columns of The" journal. or anywuere viae, , snout 'charity." ... !LMALUr ir ST ARB ARB ' on ASTORIA. - Prom-th Astoria Statesman. ' '. Knowing that they ere violating th ordinance of the city; .knowing that they ar attempting to do something that .the people of Astoria do not want and will not tolerate, the Standard Dil eoropany 1 sneaking-Into Astoria and has commenced .building 'a foundation .' for en oil tank at the foot of Fifth : Streetr Theydwn't eveu hare-the honor--or principle to epply to the common '' council for, a building permit, knowing that it would not be granted, but have a force of men at work building a fire- ' trap In the heart of tha city, eomethfng that would not be tolerated In any ' other city In the world. - ..-,-) f ' '! .'..Blffercat, . , . " Prom the Detroit Pre Press , - -Mr.. Duff Tou aay you never ued Cross words to your first husband? I - Mr. Duff Never! - , v . - r,,-; ' j '' Mr. Duff X suppos It Is because tI alone Inspire them? n- t. , . ; Mr. Duff Nay- Indeed! tt because . my first buaband wouldn't atand 7 for- J.