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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1CC5,
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StdSrwyVrwiijif -( except ' Sunday sad -everr- - 8unday- morninf -at-The-Journal Pufidlaj,-Ifth;ilymhia
LlJU-Uis Rose etty -right-
Yin mayor J Ott thr def enslve.-
TTPXRALLEL THAT MESH" PARALLEL.
- - - rTT IS George H.WilHams ReWmer-wlth a- big R. It
" H - i I J is Me' jind Roosevelt.. It is. a case of the Twin
' J ; i . Reformers," Roosevelt in Washington and Williams
. ,.. jbere, one with mighty heaving jarring loose the graft
w ;fand .th.every.-4a. -national. adminkUalicuUlhEJth?r. witl
herculean efforts sending the forcesrisin.a4rfeB'es
if shrieking in to theouUdarlrneTrrThey ftretch across
kItha-4ettgflTa"nirireadth of - the broad continent to clasp
, .hands and exchange words of friendly greeting It is a
.;ilL'i.Rl'at day for Washington but it is a still greater day for
, ... J'ortland, n C!ty-ofrrosrwh4 so-aooalQ burst forth
' in all the glory of Lewis ami Clark expositio
: j . At least that ts whtjiiad-rTeT Wur informant is
. ....', 'the jviraoii70rfgonian. It tells tie that we are in the
ruidst of an ra Of reform in all public affairs and of gen
' (eral improvement in the public service. Roosevelt finds
'.. something wrong in the postoffice department and he
Y jumps on it with both feet. Ie discovers, something
. wrv i the intecioLdepartment and . straightway the
Y U Ljhteves and crooka-break.fW the tall tirobcf"toJr$cap hisj
vengeance. An4MfJt iJere, .there jandeverywherj
.,.....- And it really is. ;. .,.i-.4ir-T :; - . . j
. ; . . Bui the ether or Williams end of the parallel line is not
."fuite so. self-evident. True, there is much the same fur-1
'.. : .jmoil .and. travail among officeholders,,-ex-officetiolders
Y "7"'Tand fonjtractors in the Williams, administration as there
" '"'"xis "in tbej Roosevelf administration. But while Rppsevelt
' ihas stood like a stone wall back of these investigations.
i while he has forced them to an issue and .while be up-
' holds them wifh his whole power and strength, all the
scandals which marked and mafred the present city ad-
, .. ; i miuistratioa have escaped into outer notice not because
' -but in spite of Mayor WilliamsrIit a literal sense be has
.,' . (Sat on the lid, defending, explaining, giving character to
' those who sorely needed it, throwing cold water upon all
J attempts at investigation, refusing to beFieve the evidence
of his own senses wherf the facts Were laid before him,
, There have been Scandals in the national adminis'tra-
- ti'on and there have been scandals' in the municipal ad'
:lz. ministrationbuL.with thii radical difference, that while
'- Roosevelt has gone after them with all the fqree, poWer
r and Authority at his command, the mayor has failed to
seeJhnvJiasdefended, upheld ami fought for them.
."i," .:n . i u.r.. I . . j-t r i. .t.
r A.TCIJUUI; wilt givc lllfc CIC UCCU VBIIUjllS 111 UUIH
, .administrations buHhere .wil! be hearty and heartfelt dis
::ifmcnwtt1' ' JA.Q.'-'B'onianpostnlatejhat Jlooserelt
.Jand Williams.are Ltwjo reformers andeach labu sphere
. ,,is entitled to credit for reforms and for precisely, the
. .7anie reason and on tUe -same grounds,
back of it. the forces that' put it through, were the forces
that received the concessions-, from the administration
and thus showed themselves ready to perpetuate the very
evils of which the public had so strenuously complained.
. Therefore the fight is against the administration.
Mayor Williajns "in 43 bat itnrtattdr fOrTwiniout reference
to rhjsJadmdtralify or what he has stood for in the past.
A STRANGE SITUATION.
15 RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S appointment jot Mt.
t Paul Moitaaa aecretary . of the navy was
rrran3still is a curious circumstance. Morton, as
the. potential manager oftbe Santa" Fe railroad.-vioiated f
the law intended to regulate railroads nd thus wronged
and injured a great number of people, both In a general
and in a specific sense: ' MrrMorre-n In btnesiifhoniTiri"
certain case acknowledged this. .Yet the president,
who stands for and urges and preaches strict and thor
ough, observance of law, selected Mr. Morton as .one of
his important and promkientradvlsers and assistants in
th conduct of the government".""" . : ' .
Irrhirtesttmorry-Mn Mortbrr admitted ta'the interstate
commerce commission that the contract between, the
banta H and the Colorado rnel & Iron company was il
legal,- and that the Santa Je-company knewlt was il
legal when ij .wai'WdrtteTTraMrfed"liTso thafrebates
in violation of law bad been given by the railroads to the
beef trusf.
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NOT A MANrBUT A PRINCIPLfe
HEN Mayor Williams waa . nominated The
Journal was necessarily found in opposition
-to him. The opposition was in. no sense per-
" ponal. It was based simply a n d solely tipon the idjrriiri;
J isffafion of wETch he wa-thehead and front. That ad
jninistratioo believed in open gambiing.It believed that
the municipality fofthe purpose of rejreAue eh,ouldgO
? - ,int j)artership-wklrhe-gambling yndicate-and irr re
; turn for so much money paid into, the city treasury in
' to-called fine's should guarantee that syndicate a monflft;
1 out' The gamblers formed the most compact political
w-. power iri the commupity. - They Idictated', men to be
nominated and they indicated the men who were not to
7V be no.minated. The test wth, them was pot what quality
of public aervice these men , might 1 render; but the
WT-j:haracter of service yhirhTjv"iiil(1 rrnrltr t tin
1 ' gambkis. '.TWl aHrrudewaS' takeSMsVilMaii
-in the face of his election upon a reform platform and
J distinct, .pledges made by him before and after election
;: i that public gambling would not be permitted. . y
j-t There are certain laws and certain ordinances for the
" government of men in the liquor business. Laws and
ordinances are rigidly applied to citizens in other walka
",.. of fife but they were givenVno enforcement so far as the'y
related to the keepers -fvlrothetr-xndaens of viceT
J '. There are saloonkeepers and saloonkeepers ;Thre are
"men engaged in the business who do not need to culti
vate the police or the city officials. They conducMtheir
business strictly within the lines of the law and tbeydO
not need either to bow low or to pay tribute.Itis riot
."' f toese men, and there are a number of them in Port
land, but to the keepers of the low dives that we refer-V-;
the keepers of combination housea and hurdy gurdies in
g---which men- are given knockout drops, and robbedland
.women are used tor unmentionaoie purposes, it was
Last February Attorney-General Moody, with, a flour
ish of Rooseveltian trumpets, ' announced the ; appoint
ment of two distinguished and eminent lawyers as special
counsel and that the case -against the Santa Fe railroad
.would be puahed-vigorouslyf-yet after some weeks the
country was informed that Jhese lawyers would throw up
their high-priced job because. they were not supported in
their work by the government, particularly by the at
torney-generat , .. . r,..,t -
' At the rrfeeting of the international railway congress
week before, last Secretary Morton,' speaking supposedly
for' the president, discussed the evils of rebates and dis
criminations, and voiced the determination of the presi
dent that impartial justice should be -dealt out 16 the
public and the railroads. -
- But howcanlht people depend upon Mr. Morton to
do'justice in this respect, when they have his confessed
record before them?! llis addresSjjton
cumstanceswas chieTly significant in exposing th glarr
ing inconsistency of his and the president's position in
this matter.i.The people bave had and we may; aajr still
have much confidence in the president's integrity and
sincerity, but hi appointment andretention of Morton
and the failure to press the case against the Santa Fe
railroad are -singular if not inexplicable. As the In
dianapolis J5tar remarks:,, "The public Js universally
aware that a specific, admitted, confessed case-of viola
tion of the anti-rebate law exists. Until that case is in
sons and politics, Ihe administration will not have gained
th absolute, eonfideticef the-people as to ltneartess
ness and good fhh." rer- j -.
SMALL" CHANGE
iANGE f y )
, The new laws go Into effect today. "
yen mora paint mjaht ba well fUA.
Roosevelt haa not aant a den to Castro
yet.
- Rlnar waa fotind guilty, but othaca are
utler. ' , x -
Tha eltlsens' ticket la. out and will
run wall.
In Portland rosea don't wait till Jane
to bloom. ,- , , ,-r
The extreme high protectldnlita are
worrying. . . -. ' . -,
June 1 'will ba a aort of Fourth ot
July In Portland. - "
Why doesn't' Mayor Dunne aaad for
General Sherman Bell? ; ' .
, And still Togo and Roeitvenaky keep
tha alratcglata-gueaalna. :; v''- J - .'
ha liquor daalara hava their-riahta.
buKhey cannot runtha town. ,
Kahaaa wants 40.000 men to work In
the wheat field. But it la not vary safe
nr ea.v wnrk--ln K.n...
A man has been acnt to tall In Phil
adelphia for ataaltnt aolf ball. It la
W5taUiaJLrJedJyo
crauo uoKCb ,
"The owners of diyes who were favored, who received the
loving attention of the police, who might keep open after
hours and receive extraordinary immunities and conces
sions whichwere-denied'even to their more respectable
brethren "in the saTbon business.
The people bave seer! favoritism practiced in the police
cpa rl in e nt, t h eyl havescen men. wBiotBad -Johelbelr
plain duty publicly degraded and sent away from the dis
'trict in which their services were valuable, to cool their
"t heels in the far outside districts. They, have aeert the
- .--civil service law violatedVaaloonS forced on residence
' district tagainsf'their will and a perfect cluster of. sa-
"TT loons placed at the very entrance to the Lewis and Clark
i fair whereTwe' have invited the attendance of the world
"r" and wheTe for every reason,, moral and otherwise,' we
t hoped for the warm approval -ef every visitor. J -f, .
.;" There has been the Tanner creek sewer, where the
v scandal was so outrageous .that it would not down, and
' " there have been other scandals in bridges and fills, some
of them forcibly: suppressed, all of them belittled and
: many of them defended by the mavor.- There have been
investigations by private and public.jodieithere-bave I 1 the-shame-ol-heuig Jruledby oincers under indict-
been inquiries by- the grand juriea and there bave been 1 -ment.hd by covertfelons whonretattening on
indictment sr trials ajid tonvictionij all b outgrowth -of Uicialppcutunities-'-Xut government -ia now r-
- farmed out to bioodsuciters, like tne tax collect ;
ing of a Turkish vilayet.- It is Siamesed with bood
lers and bums. Let us cut the ligament by doing
.our cjvic duty. . .
ISe rhefhods or the present cltv administration, not by
exposures made through efforts ofl'the part of the ad-
;,,iriinistration. ; , ' ,
!"".'' Then when the ticket came to be nominated the men
THE GREAT AMERICAN PROBLEMS.'
TVT RTTAIRFAXWIIEELAN,'an'educator of good
i Y I "repute: aald f edefltl 1ft in address: "If We are
T", going to make America free we will have to
make over our cities If you would Tceep the nation
aArlW vAti mnt Iteen vrviir ritie worth vmWe them
tighteaiia temples of stlf-gimlmiieiit. .''!BbJhlIe.nI!oLt!
tnriay ari tha rttrfftTrTrriomnrrnw. What will you do
withthrm In rlnfTHftTr1 1I1 1 1 t-nir pfffiptfr rim rear
ihildren?" , '. -
Municipal government is recognized by all students of
political economy and sociology as the main problem in
American life. ' Cities in other countries are aa a rule lar
bejterg.cyrerned than are American cities. - City officials
are less corrupt-and unreliable ir CermanyoxSpolTand
or Belgium or perhaps even in southern Europe than in
America. Americans are fully as competent as the peo
ple of any country, surely; yet they do not manage mu
nicipal affairs so well. . ,
The disease runs all through the municipal body politic
irrthis c6ufltrylMherja4rraf
common school education, as is too often the case, how
can we expect even the school teachers to instruct youth
properly and potently in virtue and good conduct And civic
righteousness? 1 lie schools are certainly freer from
thieverjrndascality than any other department of pub-
lie affairs, but why should not the police business, the fire
business, the sewer and street business, the park business,
the water stud light and garbage business, and all. the
affairs of the people who constitute a city, be as cleanly
and boneathjrandTjnscientiously'Tnanaged asthrtchodls?
It is important to educate children, but it is also un
people In tha vlAlhttjr ot-Trufta, Wal
lowa county, have expended 11.000 In
building; a road along tha aide ot Saddle
(.mountain. ; , ,
The new bridge which waa put across
tha Malheur river two yearn ao, two
mllaa north of Ontario. . and wracked
by the flood "of February, 104, will ba
rebuilt at Watklns' Ford, three miles
north bf Ontario.
Malheur Oaaatte; Portland held -thetr
raamlav An ihnw liiaft week. Wa htv, .
doc ahow In Vala every day in the week.
portant,' and concurrently and' eonneetedryaoTtq edpearejea vr"affjaeTnricndlesar varletH
thetq first and foremost in Honesty right -action roward
and among others. Commenting on Fairfax Wheelan's
address on this subject the San Francisco Call makes
some observations that are timely and pertinent now and
here, as follows; i;
In the coming election there is only one issue:
Make the city government decent by putting it in the
hands of decent men. When it is made decent all
proper things will be done. The enemies of decency
will propose novel thfngs and profess zeal for many r.
things;, They will hinder and try to divide and balk 7
and bar at the determined host which inscribes the
.one issue on its standard.; But we have faith that
decency will pretaiLaJid-San- Francisco will cast of:
WV.OLS CTTT H KOTUTO.
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v '" From tha New Tork world.
. Tha Inhabitant of Silver City, on
. of the larceat and moat proiperoua
towns bf New Mexico, hava determined
-, : to move tha town, and tha work la well
atonf at .htrent tlnw r
Bllrer Cltf waa built In a wide can
. yon. but the heavy ralna f that aectloh
brine 00 wn too touch water, and two or
'Ihraa times each year tha entire bust
naaa portion of tha city haa been
flooded. Three years aco tha water cut
'a channel SO feet" ideep hroorh" the
principal aireek of tha town, and It con-
tlnuea to -t4away tha bank, deaplta
the expenditure -of thouial of dollars.
Last fall tha. principal, iiotela had aa
average of four feet of water on tha
lower floors, and one of tha largest and
finest hotel in the territory was ab
solutely eat off from the reat of the
town, except for foot paaaencers. The
j, hotel closed, and . the immense, atruo
f tura la now belna; torn down. --i
After tha experience of laat fall-many
of the buelnete men determined to move
tha city to htcher ground. and-tHt la
Juat what tha entire populatlen ia now
- rlolna:..Bulne blnrka are being erected
00 the hlfhar ground, oa the flats and
on the mountain' side,, and as far aa
completed are : being occupied. New
realdences are also aolnc up, although
the residence part wlH not bo ao much
affected. Tha Santa Fe railroad ia . to
be jxit on higher ground.
Stiver City i v-Properoua "place of I and feel perfectlysafa-fJom.-harm, and
etwe-n "J,009 and 4,000 inhabitant and
the trade center Of the rlrheat mining
sectlona of the territory. The bulldlnn
were all of brick and atone, at the -new
will be. . -
CAT XeOT-gZBf, SVXUDOOB. j
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1 From the Mew Tork American.
Moat every animal lover la able to
tell one or more Interesting stories about
hi favorltea, either as-to their intelH
llgenca, affection or sagacity. A strik
ing atory of tiulta recant occurrence la
an Inetance qf a Philadelphia .cat be
coming the mother of aeverat French
bulldogs. . the j combination constituting
a moat happy .family. The daga name
were Ml en on and Richelieu II, reapact
Ively, and. thtr adoption took place
when they were one week old.
" Their fonter another - la named .'Lady
dray, by the fftftly oienlns; tha-ani-mala.
LllUe'lUanoa and her, brother
have no recollection of their dog mother,
and they loyally protect -their footer
mother when Ignorant doga on the etreet
bark at them. Under such clroura
atancea I.ady Gray walka contentedly
between her -two big roter children,
doesn't even raise a hair at aaucy, bark
Ing doga. jr
When Mlgnon and ' her brother were a
week .old tbelr'ljioUier died. " The owners
were anxlbua about tha raising of tha
little puppies.' o they? went to the dog
pound and trlfcd to get a atray dog-to
care for them. But there .waa-no dog
to be had, and. at tha suggestldn of the
poundmaater, the owners - took - home
Iady Gray and Lady Gray's one kitten.
Billy, to act ia nure to tha pup. Since
that day the four have been Inseparable.
. r.i. '. . .
' . Xada't lean tke Change. .
rri.J from the' Chicago News. '
"Pa," eald the .farmer's boy who had
been studying astronomy at collage,
"have you heard about Mare changing
eolorT" " ' " "
"Oosh, no! exclaimed the ;ld men.
In startled tonea. "rthe hadn't changed
color when I saw her out ia the barn
yard fire minutes agO. '
."Our. liquor - bill ia 1 1,000,000. 000 T
year, say tha Savannah Press. That's
entirely too much for any one editor
to epona -for- boose. : r.
The following opinion of the Wasco
Newa -4a a common one in the state
press: It eeema that the gin mllla Ira
to remain at the entrance of tha Lewis
and. Clark fair, a whole raft of them.
Portland and Oregon will puffer as a
reault, but ' what does that matter ae
long as the dear onea of tha city graft
are looked after. The decent people of
roruand should see to It that no man
who in any war aided or abetted the
lloehalng of these aaloona, should ever
hold office in city or etate again. --;
wr,rg.'ir.ii
A-RATHERtCLEVfiRz:!
BUNKO GAME
"OREGON SIDEUGHTS , j
- Vo .vacant buildings In Brownsville.
Medford ts to have a street carnl-
vaU.i..' :.,.A.:..,., :
a water users' association has been
formed ln..Lakerlfw. .
tea Ja lroanerlng, but assda means
of protection against fire. .
The-f Irst shipment of Milton straw
A- Wetottman sold four CJydeadala
mares to 1 neighboring , farmer "for
vTh-ITinslll. viinv fhnr.t p...
lntendant is urging directors-to hire
teachers early. , , -' . r
' Roeeburg's copulation is anout l.Mll "J1,.
rtOper cent In five years. l"" "
the Review. claims.
While waatarn-Oragon, ia ahort-of rain,
regpn have had
more rain than usua
Every hotel ' and lodging house- In
Waaeo Is crowded to Its limit and have
been for the last two months or more. ,
schools, lodges, church and aoclal or
ganisations, besides having one of the
moat noted hotels In the state. . . - .-'i
Ketchum gang of train robbers' in New
Mexico recalled an unusual , experience
or mine three or four years ago, - said
a lawyer today who la known all ovet
Oklahoma, v . , , . -. .v
.iAtaU. slender, roan,, whom I . took ,to
be an Inexperienced farmer, came to tar
otnee ena day with a letter from! a man
In Outhrleaakingina-4o advise the
stranger in a divorce, suit that had been
uiea againet mm by his wire, . who-had
asked for. alimony. A tha msn waa
leaving my office he turned and aald
that he wanted to consult me about an
other matter that was giving lilro
trouble. He eat down-and began:
Tou have heard - doubtleaa of the
Ketchum gang of outlawa that robbed a
Texas V Pactrte train- several years ago
and got away with about .171,090 belong
Ing to the federal government. At the
Mme-Tcwned a. TanchhrTeaae anoTth
Ketcham IxTys stopped frequently at ray
Place aa they traveled through the coun
try. After the . robbery . two of the
Ketchum .came to my ranch with $64,"-
000, moat in -currency, and left it with
me .'for -safe I keeping. - They went to
new Mexico, held up another train, and.
in a fight with' officers on of the
Ketchums waa killed and the other waa
shot and captured. He died while In
ouatody.- Another-, brother who knew
that I had the money came to my ranch
andwes-tnsdw an qrutttrmvlalfiiiJit Jti
'About 12,000 of ray share was In
coin, which bad been discolored -by
dynamite when lha exm-eas aafa waa
Tifown 'open, t polished theae eolne and
passed them without difficulty. But I
am afraid to o(fer the Currency.- Many
of the bills are dlaoolored and. further
more, X believe that the -numbers bave
been registered, and that appear
ance of any of the bills would start
officers .on my trail, t was Indicted, in
Texaa Hot complicity In the robbery,
but there ' was no evidence to convict
me and I was dlasharged.. I am post'
tive. however, that detectives of the
Paclflo Express company are keeping
track of .me. An unknown man 'la
shadowing me now. and haa been for
weeke. What T want Is to find some
man who wll give me new money and
accept half of the $10,000 aa hla fee.'
"I told him-that I. wasnot,lnthe
train-robbing business .and that Tdld
not care to ' dlaeuss such v aa arrange
ment with him. I warnet1ilm o( the
danger, and suggestdlbat ih best
thing he could do would be to negotiate
with the express company for the re--turn
of the -money. In -fact, the -cora-pany
might ba-willing to gtre him m
substantial reward -for doing it He
declined to consider euch a proposition.
He- saked for the name of a lawyer who
would advise him, and I. told him of
one In -- adjoining county. - He found
the lawyer, and from what I afterwards
learned..- they seemingly . reached -- an'
agreement. . '
The money waa alleged to be.burled
The muxniary," reservolrTcertstn valvee
are moved, communication is inareor
reatoied between train pipe and euxtllarjr
reservoir, the piston ia foroad to Ita
normal position, the air eacapes from
the braka oylinder;. and the auxiliary
reservoir is recharged through the train
pipe. . - - ,- - i
When dhe train breaks in two or
hoae-pjpe enn"rtqn la ibroh"'' u h" tpa
From- the- Kansas Mty ttar. r- '
Outhrie, a. T. "A etory 1ft the Kansas
City Btar -"f-'- .....J-J. --1"1'" .
ipTure of the last member f the ., 1- tr.in r,iM
tlon ot the pressure In the train pipe.
the aame as though the engineer bad
made an' emergency, application. ; The
sudden reduction of pressure also 4pene
supplementary, valvaa. which Increaaee
the' . pressure upon the brake cylinder
aibout- $0 par -een.- Tha-braka-shoes are
attached to rods which are In turn at
tached to .. tha . platon - la auch - manneri
inai wnen trie air from, the -auxiliary
reservoir forces - the latter out a pull
ing force is exerted on the crakes.
HIS COLLAPSE DUE TO
From-tho Now ' TorkAmerlcai.
" M. Paderewskl's audden colls ps after
playing at i concert in London,. Ontario,
haa come aa no surprise to Hugo Oorlits,
who for nine, yeare waa the famous
pianist'"" manager, and conducted - aev
eral of ht touxa in America;
-"The-present attack," ssld Mr. Qorlltx,
"la A recurrence in an aggravated' Trom
of a trouble which arose during hla first
American tour in'ISSU In the course of
11 7 days he played in no fewer than 10T
concerts,-- and attended aa many as ft
dinner parties, the result being that he
Tiafr a serious nervous, breakdown.
The navy has had authority since 1137 -
to enlist boys between the ages of 1
-A- every concert subeequentTyTh-fn 4S ysara, but. U was- not until UH ,
mat any systematic eirort waa maae ror
nerves at the, back of hi neck and at
the top of his shoulder blades- -would
rise up In great knots, and be would
frequently suffer great agony. : It was
always my custom at the conclusion of
a performance to massace hla neck.'
To attain fame In the musical world.
whether a a r amgemrar an tnstrumen.
tallst. Involves a great physical. s wall
aa a great mental strain. - A regular
eouree of training ie almost as nee-
sary; In fact, for a famous musician as
for a famous footballer or cricketer.
Here, for inetanco, are some of the
maladies to which various kinds of
musicians are liable If they. are, not In
roouat neaiins . .
f lanisiBwonen nanae ..ana .arms;
sortenlnr of tha Drain.
Violinist and harpist Paralyilr of
tbeflnger muscles. - . s.
Binger-IaryngltlSi..-
Trombone-and comet player Eye and
lung dlaease: paralysis of Up muscles.
Drummer -Heart ataeaae ana nerve
dpmplalnta. . , . '-' -,-
'Cellolst Spinal dlaease and swollen
Shoulders.
jar. Dousa nas several curious experi
ences of accident due ' to musical
strain. T remember1 he said" recently.
When conducting my band at Detroit:
f French tenor -who- was suddenly
seised with what I suppose was paraly
sis of the vocsd chords
TKe wae Just about to reach 'a high C
when ' an extraordinary ; change came
fln ,a farm, balonglnaj to- Hie-man
Droiner in Pottawatomie county. Tha
altered Texas rancher and hla attorney
louna memseives shadowed by the sup-;
wiovur, jse appeared . wimout
warning at unexpected place, and tha
man withthe. burled money was unwill
ing that any attempt ahould be made
to dig it on so lons-as-lhs supposed di. Il
tiiT waa in me neianDornooo. He
-plover hla face. He gaapad and gssped.lv
and not a-eound came forth. The chords
were, paralysed. -and for the rese-of the
seaaon he bad to retire.
"Another- osse waa one of my trom
bone players whose - HPS becanoe
paralysed at . a concert. ..and- who has
never oeen acia, to piay again.- t
the money they would be arrested and
the money confiscated. .. , .
"One dey'a man representing himself
10 ne tn9 "f a . -r
lvorce ault had been filed appeared
appear and pay -his wife $1,600 allmonv.
Wg'Tiio'hlS'y," Tnd' Induced the
grant three or four days'
Olendale haa ,grown from s, . little
riA r.mn unttftt ! a nfnA rnwn wlfh
numerbue buaInesshousei publloTa or."rr?ra, 10 to th
dlggliHi up
sheriff to
time for . the appearance of his client.
No opportunity came to dig up the
buried money, however,' as the 1 sup
posed detective remained close t lantl.
Tha sheriff returned In about week
with an alleged .court, order -requiring
the rancher to appear and ahow cauae
why ha ahould not be punlahed for con
tempt.. Rather that) let the rancher
get beyond hie 'reach, the lawyer ad
vanced" the $1,600 and the sheriff -de
parted. v That waa where the . lawyer,
made the fatal mistake The rancher
disappeared and . the .lawyer says he
never heard of p Ira again or his $1,800.
I have always believed this to be
the cleverest swindle I ever eaw. The
lawyer was bound hand and foot, aa he
isifrom a7x poodle to crosses between
the- jackrabblt, coyote and wildcat.
The heaviest train that ever pulled out
of Olendale left there 'last Monday In
charge of Conductor Blckett. V It con
elated of S3 loaded cars, wetgning x.os,
000 pounds all told, not counting weight
of engine and cabeoae. It was hauled
hy four engines, . y . -
. " - . -
Olen - correspondence of Toledo Re
porter: The tent caterpillar 1. with ue
in abundance. He haa his tent and vora
cious sppetlte In painful evidence.- Some
effective method of ridding the country
fif thl pest should '1 tr
are becoming -very destructive.
Phoenix: la threatened ' with. Jh loss
of. Its railroad , depot: that no . on
win be empioyea tnere nerearir . to
sell tickets or receive and distribute
freight.. . This will be a great incon
verilence to the ctttsens1 of that pros
perous little town and Its vicinity, and
steps will be taken to -avert ,it, If pee-
albie, - . '-T,';.i. . -
Morro Observer: Spanish gulch mine
ere working day and night ahlft. These
mine were diecovered by w. 8. Fall
ing, Pete. Taylor -and others, of Port
land, the fall of Ull. and 30 people
wer 4ot- that winter,. I rose to death
and killed by Indiana. An Indian from
Warm Springs rescued Falling and Tay
lor j .'. -. .1.
Each city phone -orr the Lebanon In
dependent exchange peya a monthly fee
of it rente to cover switching expenses
and each rural subscriber It rents. In
Brownsville ; the' Pioneer Mutual com
pany wants: the bualnesa me to pay
4 cents, the residences 16 cents and
the farmera SS.eents per month. Why
such a difference In pries T ssks the
Time. -.. . .. ", : '' '..? ' 1
The past winter end spring have been
the moat' remarkable In Malheur county
tor the peat 10-yetr. trackmen met
with no losses to speak of. many- of
whom wintered their atock on . tha
range without feeding.; Th gross Is
better than it haa been for yea ra, and
the ranchers report the alfalfa and
.rain field to be ia fine condition. - .
without disclosing ths nature of hla
contract with the man who had de
ceived him. I suspect that the man and
hi wife were professional divorcees,
and the 'detective Sf confederate. rln
the last two years on., the printed dock-
eta of two courts In Indian Territory
nrave readlhe application dfihe"enme'
Mr. Blank against the same Mr-Blank
for divorce, .and have been curious to
know. whether or hot the same detective
and- the earns story of burled treaaure
led to the fleecing of some unsuspecting
lawyer.!' - '
. The eourt records of the county where
the first suit for divorce was filed ehowe
that the caae Ss still pending, although
the principals have long since left the
country. The sheriff then lit-off Ice de
nies that he ever served any papers for
altnotrr-or-doa the record dleclos
that alimony; was allowed. : - "'t
II:
From the Chicago .Record-Herald."
Everyone ha beard Of the air brake,
and inferences to it are sure to be made
whn: the. subject of protection against
railroad accidents la under discussion,
but,' like many conventions Jaa-eammon
use, It la more or less of a mystery for
which sn explanation Is demanded from
tme to time. , , . . t ' 1
The-modern air brake consist of 11
parts,, among which are ths air pump,
which -eomprease the air; a, main re
ervotr. In which the air ie stored; the en
gineer' brake valve, regulating the flow
of air; the train pipe, which connects
the brake valve with the triple valvee
unaer escn car; ins quicn-accion triple
(-Valve-, eontrolltnar thwrtow of sir to and
from the auxiliary reservoir, and the
broke cylinder piston rod, which Is
forced ..outward,' -thereby applying the
brake. ' ' 1 ' , ,
The theory of the air brake la', the
equalisation of pressures, i When 1 the
brakes sre not in action the pressure 4n
the train pipe la made such to prevent
ah escape Vf air from the auxiliary res
ervoir When the engineer desires to
make an application of. brakes he. turns
hi brake vslve ao that there la a mod
erate, reduction of tre" pressure In the
train pipe.' .This cauaea the greater
preasure 4n the" auxiliary reservoir to
force air Into the brake cylinder, forcing
the piston out and applying the brakes,,
When - It is desired tq - release the
hrakea th engineer .turn hla. valve In
the epAslte direction, permitting the air
to flew from the main reaervolr, located
on the engine. Into the train pipe. When
the pressure, thus' restored In tha trsln
$lfi 1 Increased above, the pressure In
LEWIS AND
"CLAUK j
En route tin the Missouri river from
Jwt. Mandau (neaf the present site of
Bismarck. North DakotaJjq the Rocky
mountalna.
from the west, but by raeana of the
towllne we were able to- make 1$ miles,
the sandbar being nowfew in number.
the river narrow and the current gentle
tno willow naa in a great measure ais. 1 uuyl et igwiTlbe ehl
years at the same par. "
appeared, and everrtbe cotton wood, al
most the only timber remaining, hrt
growing scarce. At 11H miles we came
to -creek on - the north.', which wae
perfectly dry.- We encamped on the
south, opposite the lower ' point xf an
Island. - - - . , -
! svoirooiT Bmzscn.
and lowly, beggaf and
Proud
Over the bridge they go; -Rage
and velvet, fetter and sword,
Poverty, pomp and twotT v
Laughing, -weeping.- hurrying ever,
I Hour by hour 4ey crowd alon.
While, below, the mighty river,
Sings them all a mocking son
lord.
' " ' '
Hurry along, .
Sorrow and song.
AHr ts-vairlty-neth the
. Velvet and rags, 1
An tttm mirtrXA win.
Until the river no more ehall run.
: - ' " .
Dainty, painted, powdered "and gay,
Roileth my lady by;;
Rage-and-tattere over the way, .
Carrie a heart a high, .
Flowers and dreams from, country mead-
owe,
tlust and dlnr-througa city 'fcle,"i
OM men creeping with their ehsdow,
. Children with their, sunny eye
Hurry along; . ''.a ..
Sorrow and ong, , .1 .: . :.'
All In vanity 'neath the sun; ; ' . .
Velvet and rag, "
3o the world wag. . ';'
Until th river ao more ahait ruj
Storm and eunshln. peace and strife.
Over tne bridge they got
Floating on In, the tide bf llfe, ; ?i 7
- Whither no man shall know.. - ,
Who will mlaa them there tomorrow.
Waifs that drift to the shads nr sun.
Gone away With their aonga and aorrow;'
wniy me river sini now on.
Hurry along,.-1 ''. '"'- . .. ; , . '. .,: . ."'
Sorrow and ong, r , "
All In vanity 'neath the lun;.. , -
..velvet ana rage, . f .t
80 the world wage, -
JJnttl the river no more shall run. -'
rreaerica iawara weatheriy.
' "- SaXr-Cent Ootna.1 -Y '"
7T -t- Fronr th-Savannahrewa. j.
There has been a revival of the prop
osition to Call -Into exletence. the half,
cent -or five-mill, copper piece. ..Five
or lx year ago .a, bill with that pur
pose In arlew waa Introduced into con
gress, but it seems) to have died of in.
anltlon. ' The call .for the half-cent
come 'Strbngeit from Chicago. Boston,
New . Tork and other large cities In
which there are greet department -stores,
though It la quite likely that in all other
cities the advent of the new money piece
would be welcomed. "There wee a time
when the copper cent was despised, but
that time haa long since been passed.
The mlacalled "penny" la now ae cere
fully looked efter as the "nickel ". wee
or II years age. I..;- 'v.-
: . Jwrt XJke tev ' '
-- From th New Tortf American;
Vnrle Sam' debt 1 now about 1910.
000.000. The figure look Ilk a report
of John W, Oat' loa In May. wbeaty
JACKIES TO BE TRAINED
-: 'BY.'FAST SYSTEM
From ..the MsW.Tt
imsTPBMBs 1 I .
about to put Into, practice a new sya
tem of training seamen for Its navy.
The new method, Ho which Preaident.' .
Roosevelt ha Just givn his spproval,
la ia reality a consolidation of the two
distinct aystems ' heretofore employed,
and. IncldenUUy, It Is a decided Im
provement upon both of .them." One of"
the most Ini portant errseta: of the. sew
scheme will be to amalgamate all L'ncJ
flam's facllltlee for teaching young,
Jackles the rudlrasnte - of -naval: ea
manshlp." . .,.7. . t.". " i.i--;--.
; Heretofore there have been shore sta
tions at Newport, Rhode Island, and San
Franclact snd a. fleet of training ahlpa
for the Instruction of "apprentices' In "
the nava) and other training ship for.
the tutoring of ' tha - "landamsfn.e.-i Now--these
separate establishments will be
merged into one and it is certain that
thts canbemdrntnlBteretrifra. tittef aifJ
more economical manner than the duaf
lnetltutton. ; ' '' '
The present move to modernise the .
I'nlted State navsf training system ha
been- induced - bye growing realisation -
that the eld eyetem Is antiquated. It '
has become -out of date, - not so much
through any defects, in Its character aa -by
reason of the changing conditions ,.
Which govern naval warfare. -- The old'
system hss . been' in vogue sine 1 $75.
tba education and tnatrnctlon -of the
new recruits, and, indeed. It wee not .
until HSO that the training system sp -proached
latter day standards.
In ths quarter of a century which baa
Intervened ' since that time,; however.
sail power haa virtually dlaappearod In '.
the navy, and it has become more snd .
mors apparent that the special training - '
in the handling of ehtps .under sail, .
while of undoubted value in cultivating
steadiness of nerve and eye, 1 of uf-
flclently practical value to Justify the '
time which has been devptad to it under -the
old system.
Another factor which has . exerted .
powerful Influence In bringing about a,
new order of things la found In the
tendency to makr more and more com- '
plicated the mechanisms among modern -war
vessels. Incidentally liTvjeaslng the ..
igM -of ordnance, ammunition, etc
A -heavier -ordnances - and appliance
have made Ihelr ppearanee,nft hss' been
found-less- possible-to us, light . and--!
Immature boye on shipboard. . and. In- -
deed, during .ihe. laat. few -years-naval
offlcera -have found that there has been
a distinct loss In carrying . boys of 15 '
and H yearshsrverageage f-n-
prentice until they reached an age ,
when they could be of -real-jalstsjie 'r.
In the. worl;; of .the-ahlp.. , -
On the other hand. It wis diacovereil V
that the landsmen older boys wer ot .
Tf almost from tne
minute they, stepped aboard snip. . ins .
naval authorities first attempted -to --.
remedy the troublesome stste of affair.
by increaalng the age of enlistment for
apprentice-' to . 17 yeara, but. It - wa . y
found that boy would nut en list aa a---prentlcee
at 17 on a salary -of only.) -a
mpnth,iwheraaj by .waiting wily one' ,
year they could enlist at l a lands'
men at a salary of $14 a month. In d- .
Itlon, of eourso, to food and clothing.
nder the circumstances, .there, was
nothing to do but take the bull by the
T11 1 r ' 11
and this hss been done. , -
tinder the new status the -ratings, "apv
prentice" snd . "landsman will be abol
ished and all new recruits will be known
aa "apprentice eamen." Boy Will b"
enlisted at thTay of $1 rnnrmthr f i nin -the
age of 17 yeara.. ThoaeUnder the
age of 11 will be ssaulred,o.-lavethe-conaent
of parents ' or ' gdardtana and
will be enlisted until that are $1, while
listed for. four
In order that no inluatlee may ba
done to the ll apprentices-and 1,011 ,
landsmen now under - training In th
navy, and who; of eouree, entered under,
the eld conditions, all will be-granted
aa much salary ae-lf they -. enlisted
under the new plen, Thia will also
mesn promotion for many of the.ap-
prentices now In the service to the
rating of "seaman" br . "ordinary ea-
IS
Aa a result of the observation msd
by nsval authorities preparatory to cle-,-
g the newTrairimriariqsmen I or is
month, gave, for all practical purposes.
result quit satisfactory - ae tne
training of apprentlcee for three yeara.
Accordingly, the shorter time limit haa
been adopted -In-mapprngr not the 'new
plan of instruction.. This shortening of -
the time devoted to making i.mm
war' mtnihd the economics of time
which will be - possible to secure A 1 -msrked
Increase-4n the number-
trained -see men that -can - be -graduated
for use on the ships of the navy within
a given time. , ' '. - f
Under the new training system, ss
under the old. the young recruit will '
not be sent immediately upon enlist-r.'
ment aboard a training ahlp. Instead,
hi flrst months of service will ba spent ,
t a shore, station, where he will learn '
to care for hla person and hi clothing
and receive Instruction along a variety '.
of lines, including lnf entry and email - -
arm drill and the loading and aiming. ,
of four-Inch 'and five-inch - dummy
charge being Jimploy4in- these -o pern-
tlone. While at the snore atations tne
hoys, will-also msk -trips In tugs ot
yachts,- upon which they-wllt be uughl
to ateer. to heave tne lead, to get uneei
wayjandto anchor.- ; J - " - "
When they have mastered thfe .porltpnYl
of ths instructions the ' boys will be
transferred to training ships for what
might be called ' their . poet-graduate
eourse. The embryo sailor speedily
learns to go aloft and make and furl "
sail, and ia given a preliminary course':
In seamanship. Including knowledge- of
all the different kind and . parts of
boats, how, to exercise boat under aall
and oars, all about lighthouses, buoys,
running lights, fog signals, 'rule of the .
road at sea. construction and boxing the
oompss. study or tide nd other thing ,
literally too nuraeroua to mention. ..
.. .n n .... wHI.h - l..hai Ihe vnimv a . .
man not only how to shoot straight with
any place of ordnence eh the vessel, tut '
also how to repair it with the facllltlee '
at hand in caae otV'aecldent. ';
An Immense fleet ot trsinlng ahlpa I
available for the Instruction of the na- '
tlon . sew apprentice aeamen. This .
fleet Include - the veaaele Buffalo, ,
Ptxle, Yankee. Prairie. Alliance, Hart- '
ford. Monongahela. Columbia, Mlnne-,
polls. Alert, Mohican and, Adama.
Theae ships represent upward of IS per
cent of the total tonnage of the navy
now la commission, and . nearly one .,
fourth of the entire enlisted lore will
be attached to them. Most of. these , :;
vessels will be continuously in servloo
en ths Atlantic coast, In aummer-they
rendesvous in Long Island eetrnrt. sprtVig
nd fall finds them in Chesapeake bayv
nd In winter they are off th riorJkU
coast, i r., ... . ; - -i .
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