Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1905)
Soffit 4- ge of 1 I 1 POkTLAND.r OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1905., T E'ditorial , ....... Pa "THE tor " JN C . JACKSON Published every rnlnr -4 except- gtmdsy fr-and-every- Sundays morninrj 13-rroirrEnnrrREADY - FOR r--vnrv; : -MOVEMENT? i HERE JS PRINTED in tjfiis paper. cailcJ the Liberal. It claim to oe ana teUiallyliTtTie "orrcfaTfgairotrtie'fifewer' and Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association o,f Oregon." A mere cursory glance through it advertiytng; pages bring on - a. uuld-outoxicatuin iu : tboiinaccinitd-tQ " rHiictiveTnfluenees ai Red Eve. for it -to stem with'a glorification if HfcwiJs Ut "WcTgooa;''. roWrTo(Ia to Sock and fronv Lithia water to absinthe, j ,As might naturally be expected it is in earnest, not to ' say obstreperous, advocate of fhe reflection of Mayor H Williams and a stout champion iof the' particular species - of reform administration of which lie-in J li e a d vnc a tc and exemplar. T7""'"" " i . . :''"'.'; ;"' tV-. ----V'-r--i J A might alscTbe expected it 1$ not 'favorably inclined "! toward the real reform movement, which has been in pro- fc'tesa toe-the pawl few yeami It wot only gloats uvu' thf defeat of : Mr-. Albee and Mr. Thomas but tikes that to , . mean that-the reform movement has now' subsided and , the voters jre looking forward with ' palpitating . eager ness to June, 1906, when they will et the guillotine in IT" motion and decapitate the political carcass of the present j sheriff .of MultnmahcounjtylrrV'ord. -T-' - Heifir-weBel a glimpseqf the program on foot The first evidence of it appeared during the primaries when the Liberal issued its little cards "of "instruction to voters!! pnntecTTn red ink, The allied liquor night and day (together whh coin or the realm) to whip into fine everybody that wujdbe-reached-tp yotefor Willianjsr The registration roll were padded and the repeater .wasnot inactive tp help, accomplish the result. What they were after and what they are after is not their Tights under th-law but Special pTrvilegesr-ln their be half the law has been nullified and the police have been instructed to -wink the other eye. In spite of the mayor's administration some progress has beeii made in the direc tion of public decency. -The merchandise slot machines have been retired from business and the last legal barrier to the removal of the saloon boxes has vanished. into thin air. There is a well-defined purpose rtronbraatiOT-cvuserandlo drive the tions of rice into the backgrounds There is also a de l termination to keep Jhe Jivea within the spirit and letter , l ,1.-1 I . . . . ft,, i ;k.,.i t, :t t . . ...j imuc u ciccica iirescjfnjygs win '.jji be carried out; it realrzeron the other hand (hat the elec . ftion of Williams hot only means their continuance but that th lwt and ordinances will bejiullified inutheir be-:X-?rhlf as they have been heretofore.. In that election It trnly-sees a full return to the bid methd,-a paralyring setback to the- prog i ess toward deeenc and resnect for the law and the possible defeat of Shejtiff Word, whose onlyxrime has been his strict and intelligent observance , of the law and his oath of office. ; . ; And soTt is that the- Liberat reioioes and "Wen if may, ' for if its hopes are realized its wishes mav he fnlfilW -and things may tome out very much This is the issnereiehledIlR'nalced frankness to tne good people Of fortland THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDjATE. Tl K. HARRY LANE, the people'jrr candidate for I I I. CO ...... t J li: L J ! - 1 mayor, is 50 years old. H ewaV"born in Oregon ' anf ha, 1 'rrA 1t U '.Cm 17.'- , -" .jtvm aiviv . Alls tils. ' Alls ICWHJ J jH open book. No one has or can bring forwaf Janything to retiect upon his character aa man, his integrity as a citizen or his loyalty, intelligence or efficiency as ahof ficial. He is a man without pretense, a plain, everyday citizen, who has friends, acquaintances, and associates in all walks bf life. He knows this communitv and he . knows its people. He knows what' is needed to give it "7"smd them- a good,-safe, honest and decent administration. He will have no other and every one who knows him ' knows that. ,', t . ; .Dr. Lane is a man of simple tastes and-simple char acter. He is tactful and considerate, a good listener, a - fman who will not set up his own judgment against the judgment of a whole community. He is not a man to act , one thing and to be another. He apes nobody and as sumes to be nothing'Other than he is. - Whatever he says , he will do that he will perform. He cannot be pulled and hauled and he. cannot under any circumstances or with ' ' whatever, promise of benefit to himself be made to oledtre himself to any course inimical to Iiis detrimental tu the puuhcinterestsrH tricky; he is a fighter but not pugnacious ; he is without pretense of superior virtue butjieasji-defincd and unshakable principles. ' No one ever has any doubt where he stands and no one who knows him ever hss any doubt -tnat ne always means what hejays, There never was a Lane." said a ; today who is likewise a native of Oregon, "who ever de . batiched his office or went back on, his word." , ; ; Harry. Lane, the people's candidate, would make an r ideal mayor of Portland during the next two years, for under his administration there would be no grafting and ' the laws would be enforced and obeyed. THE TWO HORNS OF A N' OW WE ARE TO HAVE a ing to considei ai- initiative , ordinance revoking the' licenses rr m-a-certam- district -of considerable are tirtbe "vicinity ! of the fair grounds. If the council, being by thisjneans obliged to consider thie subject. and act on it-one way of the other, should pass'the ordinance petitioned for, a, LEWIS AND CLARK En route up, the Mlnsourf rlrer from - t Tort Mandan near the present aite.f Blsmark. N. V.) to the Rocky Jnoun- , -talns; . - ,: ,j!iMay U The water Jn the kettiTs froze n eighth ot an Inch during the-rrtxht; thtrlte appears along- the mnrKln of the river, and the cottonwooZTtreva, . which 111-haYeJt'-nesxlyailhelr-4ev-y--the , frost, are putting forth other bud. ,We .. prsoseded. with the line principally, till about T o'clock, whim a. fine breese fPtUIia up Jrora the txwitheext en4 -e-ablcd u to snll very well. no'tlUtaml ' '.til the rapidity of the current. At one mile ahd a hair' I a large creek 30 yards " ' wide and rontalnina; sunn water, whk'h ft empties on th north side over a STsVelly Bed Intermixed with some atone. A man whr was sent up to explore the . country-Tetwrned in the erenlngttier '.'""rl havhia; -oha miles directly' toward the --rdi of mountains to the north, which ' Is the source of this as well at of Teapot - ereek. v . The air nf these highlands la so pure . that objects appear much nearer thas - tbey reaHr are.. . that althouah our man -went 10 miles -without thinking , himself .Jtny means half wiy to-the , mountains., they -do not from the river ' appear mere tbaa It amps dUUat; this ego n :i A i lVy "INDEPEND kwt'we w a PAP&R- PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. a .backward , - r town's -weekly news is filled from stent "Hrr"on theiother licenses and it may. be a question whether it can do so legally-we shall have the deplorable and disgraceful spectacle of all these saloons within a short distance of the entrance to theJFair grounds, and along streets which visT&rsZtoustIis''- a 'disgr"ae"eli-Portland -in the eyes of tens of thousands of eastern visitors,lwho!from this circumstance will greatly misjudge the city and state. -These are the' two horns of the dilemma. Revocation of-the licenses would undoubtedly be the lesser evil, but elements spent Ipyor mni?""! powers and therefore unusual rcsponsk to wipe out the coarser manifesta the-may j .i -"Mayor 1 Two-year term. Appoints one police commla aloner, one fire commlaaloner and " two " members . of the board of public" as it predicts. Iri ' hoi FeHponRima lifts -no authority - Jver lies or Are commlMtnnerR. board tiof BUbljeZJKOrksjjiL water commute. H ap points superintendent : of streets;: harbormaster a b1 health officer; Has little au- ixhoaw over Th administration- of Even under the JtlTeTTTre"fflay75rT;l)cr fiad a drsTrncf7vepoTicy and who lie was uuauic iv Judging irom a gonian, which is a ulated indignation Rumelin 'seems to peasable thirst for own self-respect or mitted against -the tns-smarti)ut-not citizen of Portland outcome. District Attorney he is delving into DILEMMA. meriting and should special council meet petition for-an of saloons with- stream we called Northmountaln creek. Two and one half miles higher Is creek on "the south which Is 15 yards wide, but without any water, and to Which we gave the name' of lattledos; creek, frVim a village bf burrowing ,sn.tiirre1s opposite to -Ms entrance, that being the name given by the French watermen, to these animals. Three mUea -from. -this . a- small creek enters on the north, five beyond which Is an; Island a Quarter of a mile tn length arid two miles farther a small river; this falls In to the south. Is 44 yards wide and discharges a handsome Stream. -owater--ilai-JdrocJcy-wlth gravel and sand1 and the- batiks high; we railed H flouthmountnln creek, as from lta direction It seemed to rlae In a range of mountains s bou tR0 or 60 miles to the ""southwest nOu tiitrklica. The low grounds are narrow arid with out timber, the country high and broken; a.large portion of black rock and brown sand rock appears In the face of the hills, the tops of which are covered with scattering pine, sprue and dwarf cedar: the soil Is generally poor, aandy near the tops of the hllla anO--howher producing much grass, the low. grounds being covered with little els tnsn the hyssop, or southern wood, and the pulpy leafed thorn. Game In more scarce, . particularly beaver, of which we ha ye. .seen .but . few for several flays, and 'fTio abuhflauce pr scarcity of which seems tn depend on the greater or lorn quantity of timber. - At ii miles-' w resetted a point ( jou r n-a.l JMO. P, tARKOU. at-TflCTTouiiiirHBufldljiaVr ffaftlC n4yamhiU considerable number of saloonmen, presumably doing a legitimate buinessvoTthcix kind, will have; been 'injured, hot to say bunkoed. They' will get their license, money back, uf course, but they have expended much -money iu other ways, and made investments, on the strength of secUruTgrandijdcDtnding on these licenses, which . the coun.cil granted readily , and without opposuion, aiunhe maVor mad no objection to. ' There will be a wrong to those people witliout j rf,e"'cdyA dto the, coiitrari wise action o? therQuncil--X-' '. " .- hand the council refuses. to revoke the why was this troublesome situation permitted to. come into existence? ils-an administration that" brought the city and the fair into this perplexing predicament immune from severe criticism? And should not voters, rather than heed appeals to partisanship.'; endeator-at the-nexf elrctionto"iut'mert in office who would avoid such a troublesonie blunder? ' " ' ; y ' PRJPLEAJNDEED AYOR WILLIAMS presumes upon theperetMity of the people at-fortland wnen ne tries ro mane it appear that all the blame for the policy of licensing the gambling houses, as well as for other act Of his adminrstration;1ie not at his own door but at the door of the executive board,:' Under, the presentchartcT Mayor Williams is the. responsible head of the city gov ernment, and he is vested - with extraordinary powers. The executive aboard is app6inted"ky hint and the nfem bers are removable at his pleasure.-It was the purpose of the freeholders who framed the eharter.to give to. the bility. Itas tneirtneorx tnat Dy vesting in mm u authority extending pver- all departments of the. city government and by bestowing upon him a lar,ge appoint ive power, he would become accountable i to .the jjeopldas e-en-Hlcr-ncerenacxrTT This idea was clearly brought forth in the-exblanatory note officiaily preparedty the charter ioard when the mstnrment-was -to be submitted to: the -people, for the purpose of bringing distinctly before the voters the pbint of difference between the new! and the old-charters, In parallel-'eolumns, the provisions of-the-two charters in trotrtotheayorweTcerfcml.7art6Ttows: 2 OLD CIJABTEIC -J - NEW CHARTER. : MsyBiTwo-year term.. Appoints and can remove all members of boardB, and be eomeir the reponlble head of trie ctty. Hresldeji over the council and la chairman -o alt boards and -commit- works. He xor an - ths po. Blona,---Sec41oiia Hi 4o-16t axaclitlva the - clty. restricted powers of the old charter exercised a powerful and controlling intiuence upon tne administration the city's affairs. But Mayor Williams, though vested, with a power far greater than that of any of his predecessors in office, casts upon his executive board all the blame and all The responsibility for those things in his administration which have excited public J . ' A ...nil mnirrUt t Vl n. Afc 1 A .n 1H thaf vny win ins uin.jr unaust Kn me uf- i position ot nis caDinei. inticopie 01 roriiana are sui ficiently familiar with the new charter to appreciate the shallowness of the mayor's excuse. -- letter ptlblished in this mornrng's Ore curious admixture of heat, well sim and misstatement of factv Councilman have suddenly developed an unap information about those who have ac cused him of offenses which he is alleged to Jiave com criminal law. - Considering the fact that the district attorney. fr" watranted from the facts in his possession in filing an indictment against Mr. RTtnicTiit andthafc the'jttry which tried the case and heard the evi dence didliot acquit hinfhis tliirsf seclns-insatTabTeT However, before the matter is finally settled even he may find hi mself satisfied if not perfectly conte nt-withth e Manning is making an enviable rec ord for himself because of the vigorous manner in which the scandals which have disgraced our public affairs. There is a well-defined feeling that the time has comewhen a halfhoul.d.ecallcdandthe -offenders not only held up to public execration but given the punishment which the law calhrfor id cases of con viction. Mr. Manning by his courageous course is receive the cordial endorsement of all those 'citizens who believe that public officers a public-trust and that all who violate ..that trust should be vigorously prosecuted. ' j Speaking about unprofitable newspapers, yfien a shin ing example is sought the Evening Echo should not be overlooked.' 5 ' -v-,- . ' . ; woodland on the south, where we- ob served that the trees had no leaves and encamped for the nlaht. The hlrh ronn. tr? through which we have' passed for aom days, antl -Where w now are, we suppose to be a continuation of what the French traders called the "Cote Nolr, or Black hills. 1 The country thus , de nominated oonelsts-ofhlgh, broken, lr regular. hills and short chains "Of moun tains. Sometimes 120 miles In width, sometimes narrower, but always much higher than the country on either shin. They commence about, the bead pf the Kansas-,-whpnrTthey diverge, the first ridge going westward along the northern shpre of the Arkansaw; the second ap proaches the Rocky mountains obliquely. In a course a little to the wept of north wesC aflnrTtTrer-imsirtng-ths-ptnttr above lis forks and Intersecting" the Yellow stone- near-4he tllghvnd. crosses the Mis sourt at thlsplace arid probably swell the country as far aa tha Baskashawan, though as they are represented much smaller, here than to the south they- may not reach. that river. ' J ' .. lens of amor. ' - From the, London, Academy. ' - Every man of woman born believes that, whatever . Other quality he may lack or possess, he is endowed with an unfailing judgment ss to what Is the proper object of laughter, what Is really funny; but he Is convinced that tfhls int erring sens of htrinor Is granted to. very few Indeed beslda himself,' , SMALL CHANGE Sara old berry-bogt Jokes yo wlfcbeater flogged yst- . Pot your supply of -campaigrTneiMaU TO wrwtr find out what wu under the lid? v. : 1: Oyama and Llnlevitch are faking a long rt e . , May Is nisktnar; Op Bhaw's, though. th diflclt not Wfii-kefell.e .nrt KflrHflS glf" ,""n be paving a truce. '.' , r . . . Justice Is not so blind but sh can sea some wrong- things. Owners of lawns consider tha dande lion the real yellow peril, J -TL It cannot be denied that the mayor Is still able to.make a long speech. -.. t " Mr, Bryan Hi . going for a Jong; tour abroad, but will be back by 1908. An- era of railroad building in , and toward th Taenia northwest - is com- Ing. ';. ,.-. . . Lwsoh is warming-up again though he;nasriT"been " very'-cold any of th lima. ; '" ,,r .. -. , I T'he candidate, who, can get' the votes of - those who attend the fair on June 1 will be elected. " -,- . lll-r'Savag-enough to wish that active warfare In the-far east -would proceed, . ' . - i-Th mayor thinks his policy ot 'fin ing" gamblers was excusable. But many people da not . . - . The woman who ,1s aulng for t!Sl,000 allmorty must have kept .close tab on her ' husband's wealth. ' V. ---.' - - - The glHlees telephone may come-.Into vogue, but the girlies typewriter never, wtth aom btrslnesg mert I j ' Baclt oftbaTiitirThe state. tiacTc of th state the nation," Is a phrase of President Roosevelt's that will last. But tt-hoopshli IS -CUltlB Jntd ifashlon again, how-wllt th modem, young man manage to get close to his best girl? v Secretary Taft. by getting onto the other end bf the tariff teeter-board, has thrown a lot of standpatters Into. the air. : """"The wbolmen. th stockmen, th hop- men, the frultmw.- th dairymen all th farmers - can a f falf.,.,. - A Kanras City girl has bean expelled from school for playing baseball. - But Lietlisiis the i eat usrjn 1 WHS. that sne could nQt play any better thaa- the I Clan Ambassador Reld receives. a.aalary of $17,500 a year and pays ISO.Onfl a year rent tof a house. Moral:' Don'- come ambassador to England unless you haAreaae-yMii- :.A 'girl -whn In her lettera-te-her lover signed herself '"Tour Easter Egg" hssben-tven , llt,0(WLifiamages fot breach of. promise. -She --was an ex pensive. Easter .egg. to. him... ; OREGON SIDELIGHTS n debt, Most of the wheat around lone Is look ing flne. ., l.Klamath Talis business men will close fin Sundays. OH boring plant In Malheur county Is-idle, though soma aay prospects for oil are good. Four persons have paid $i00 In' fines to Bentoh county for violation Of the prohibition law. ATrilislflerahle number of people bare left Tillamook, but some of them are - Tillamook City, the Headlight says, has remalnedstatlonsry In population .ns five years or more. ' The Grants Pass Herald Is urging In itiative petitions for a law requiring the Southern Pacific to sell Its lands. The tTnlon Scout says there Is room for only one paper In that town, and of" fers Its contemporarv-ta give or take, - Morrow county now has four incorpo rated towns, the latest being Hsrdman, near the mountains, with 400 population. B. I Eddy, for some years the most prominent figure In Tillamook, will leave there soon. He may be appointed register of the Roseburg land office. - b7 a Perdue (Douglas . eounty)-man, by a Psrdue, Doitglas county, man, whoa little dog discovered It ,Just outside th garden fence and gs,ve chase. . ' How would you like to pay for a yard of cloth and get only 30 Inches for measure? Fill up the berry boxes, de mands, th Boseburg Plalndealer.1 If. they knew what a good country It Is and la going to be, more homeseekers would make their', way over to Tilla mook county the banner dairying eounty of the atata. ....... The Bnd railroad situation, says the Bulletin.'' seems to have arrived , at. a stage-Where two or three companies are watchln eaefc others each, ready to spring When it detects signs r 'Teal activity on the part tof. any other 'and each trying to conceal its designs from th other. , 'A rAn-1rrlgatlnn illteh is -being con. structed In Douglas county, Oregon whlcji wiU irrigate several thousand acre of land. While most of the valley Isnd of Douglas county produces large crops without Irrigation, there la much of It upon which the annual production can bo doubled, In value byJrrlgtlon. A man wh-has Just returned from a trip through 71 stales x and territories snd Mexico, tells. the Klamath Fall Re publics n thafhe-found no place with as bright prospects sa Klamath county.- "Pb peopl all over th country have heard of Klamath county- snd as soon aa they learned where he. wss from ha was kept busy answering questions about the country by peopl who were coming west STORY OF YOUNG MR." HYDE WmTam - K. lurtls 1ft ljnjfa8KcPBra- tieroia. Nw York. Jamee Ilasen Hyde. frj-oung vice-president .of th KqultaW LUerTAsairanxiaJocieiy, Who ' has " been" occupying' public attention so. much. rornt4y and la likely to be an obJef of interest for some time to come. Is by no -means a bad young man. From, what 1 can gather among his friends and acquaint ancespeople-who have known1 him from childhood and see him every usy he lssuperlpr both jntelectually and morally to the averasa-oung--nau trtr-s6nd:coIidftlon lit Mfe. . It H i serious matter to be a rich man's son. Moat young men would be willing to accept th responsibility because of the advartages t bat go with It. buj; never theless there-- is more happiness and peace of mind in' the possession of a few thousands than many mllilona and -the eW-end'-tribulairona that: go with them. . ., ... Young" Mr." Hyde was horn In thls city in 187, the son of Henry B. Hyde, a Boston man with a lQng Puritan pedi gree, who cam Ho New York when he was of as and obtained a position as clerk In th offlc of th Mutual Life Insurance company at a salary of 11.600 a year. : He belonged to an insurance famll.. Four generatloiis nefnr .mm hadeeTTlirTthat buattiess, and all of them bor- the nam of Henry. The first. Henry "was a solicitor, of Insur ance, in Boston, tn secona was iot many years New England manager of the Mutual .Life-insurance company pi New York, and h was therefore able to obtain a favoVabl position lor hla son, th third H,enry, in the home Office. Th-voun man- was promoted rspldly toeaause he was a faithful and valuuble servant, and within flv years Decame the en shier of tfib company at a snlrfry of IS.OOOr-which was very large pay tn thos days, : - --"' In 1R5S "he concluded to organise a com parry of his own, and got a eharter from the legislature. H took 61 shares of stock for himself, so that he could control the management, and sold- 49 hares anions a dosen or more business mew whose confidence he naa aeoureo. . He Induced "William C. Alexander, one lot 4h-leader-of 4h New-York bar,44 become president - of A the tieW-eoneern, and a son of thst gentleman, Jsmes Alexander Hyde.-a roan very near hla owa ftgewas-ttkeainJUUBeiDJdfljrH" Is now the Equitable president. From ttmt-ttme he-elder Mrryde-added to -his holdings untlt he obtained 63 shares, or two thinrds or.me.sioca i the- company. Bv hla able and careful management th business grew &it praentpropor' tlons and. Mt-Hyda-knew. every detail of it--He-wore -hlmlf out by hard work, long hours and close attention le his duties, and when he died In 189S he left a record for ability, tndusUy and Uf tegrlty unsurpassed among-Amerlean business men... In the mesntlme h hal gained an enormous fortune. variously estimated from $5,006,800 to $1.000,000. Insurance business. Hla icharter pro- . . . .k,,i per cent profit from th earnings, ot tne company, which was 13,350 a year. He received a salary of $100,000, .however. forjnanaglng th .business, anawas Interested In several very profitable en- t Jfcaafll wvjsrs'r aa u iuvi Mr. Hyd had. twochlldren, a son. James Haien, and a daughtsr, who mar ried" Sidney "Dillon Ripley a grandson of th famous railway man. - Mr. Ripley died two-rears-agorand bis widow Jrves with Mrs. fiyae her moiner. ana ner brother in a'rvery- unpretentious nous on Fortieth street near Fifth avenue, The son was educated with great .care and graduated at Harvard in the-class of 189S. - During hla boyhood and , hla college' vacations he spent bnsleVrable time In Franc and became infatuated with Frenoh customs and manners. I'n- 1 Ik most -rich young men, he did not plunge Into tha dissipations afforded by th gay French capital. He aought the aoclety of poets, artists and social lions, and devoted himself to the study Of the arte, archaeology, literature and poli tics. Probably no man In the United States Is more familiar with French art literature, history and politics than he, and he has by far the beat French 11-brary-ln this -country He has . a . per sonal acquaintance with th ablest writ ers, thinkers and artists ot France, la highly regarded by them andcorre sponds regularly with several of them. II Is aa well known In Paris aa In New York, particularly among the serious element of the population French fashions became a fad to Mr. Hyde and he cultivated them until his Imitations"'-became-"-fiuTfuToTlS. "" He dressed in a most conspicuous French manner; hla clothIngwas mad Paris, always of the most extreme styles, and ha wore a silk hat with a flat brim such as you can see nowhere ex cept in the Latin quarter or on the boulevard of Paris. He was "Frenchler" than any Frenchman In France, and be ing tall always attracted much atten tion wherever he went. His friends f re quently tried to persuade him td modify his costumes, but he refused to do so, until, recently. At present he dresses In a more conventional manner. Mr. Hyde's other hobby Is horses. Next to Mr. Billings of Chicago he has the finest stable In New York and It Is fitted up and furnished like a palace. He has never engaged In racing, none of his horses has ever been on the track ajid he Is seldom seen, at a race course. But he Is a strong competitor at every horse show and Is regarded as the most skill ful eoachdiiver la "New York.'' zttz-j- - For two years he drove a coach between Holland House and Philadelphia . and afterward te Lakewood, charging $10 fare for the round trip. In the i Engllah style. He once made th round trip of 224 miles to Philadelphia and return In 1!H hours, with six - chsngesiUjf horses. ' He made Lakaweed 7$ miles, m nine hours and a half. In order to make the' journey as much like those of "Olde England" as possible, he remodeled a country tavern at New Brunswick .Into. the style pf an old-fashlonsd English Inn and served luncheon, ' there to hhr- pas- gengers. - Miv liyde hs been a promlnent-flKUre In th swagger of society of New York ever sine be graduated' from college: and, being one of the most eligible young bachelors in tne city, witn weaitn,.-poi tlon and - soclaraccompllhmenta, hna ben-4ha.obJtct.Qfrouch .aUenUAn-JBut ha has. never been devoted -to- any- par ticular . woman, excepting the ; famous, French' actress, Rejane, who la . old enough to be his mother and has a daughter but a few day's younger than he. There has been S good deal of talk about his relation' with the aotrass, but even his severest crttlqs do .not accuse him of anything more .than! a silly in fatuation wlch has manifested itself In presents of flowers aad other luxuries.. ' A- scene which-occurred at -a "fancy' dress ball given by Mr. Hyde at Sherry's oiirthe evening of January 81, last, In which Rejane was Indirectly the central figure, provoked the present scsndsL In th Equitable company. She la alleged to have danced a can-can on top of a table, but a gentleman who Was present and aaw It all asaurea m that th pub- llshed reports weregTCTttyiexgtgratgjLi: As th ball waa breaking up at a latt hour In th morning. Rejane was-Induced ta-raclta eevtial Fienctt vefaea, and, In order that her audience could see and Tiear:-wrt.'ai lltieoaixrtaa or a ramr After two or three recitation which she emphasised by. graceful posturing snd gesture, she was permitted to return to her hotel. , My Informant says that ne I1' pttma Waa-yqryj Frerichy" . and that the madame "recited IF for alt It-was worth"; but he declares that even. she did not violate the proprieties, and eould have -repeated the performance In any drawing-room In New York without criti cism. This Is th only scandal In which Mr. Hyde hss been Involved. '-.'. The newspapers, of rojjrse, made tha mwitpoislblo of it andserisatlonal ac counts snd descriptions were telegraphed all over .the country. . The entertainment waa described as . tha moat sumptuous, extravagant and ekpenalv ever given If the United States, and It i said to have cost $100,009. which, I ami Jold. Is about five times the actual figure. - The bill for flowers, which Is said to hav been $10,- m, was but $,sV. , . ,: - - TTheae publications naturally injured the credit and reputation of, the great company of which , Mr. Hyd is vice president Many policy holders became alarmed and made protests to 4 the local agents throughout the country. These protests were forwarded to headquarters at New York from every direction and fell Into Ilia JLinds of -Gage HrTarbetlTa vice-president of -th company, who had charge of agencies. . Mr, Tarbell .Is a Chicago man, and was the general agent Of th Equitable In that city for many years.: Ho la regarded ss on of- th ablest Insurance men Irt th country,. but his management of this particular case is severely criticised and he Is accused of - responslbllltjr-foT'the acandal thai has shaken the Insurance world. - I Mr. -Tarbell buried th president of the company In-protests, remonstrances and cnitlctsms of, the conduct of Mr. Hyde coming from every Part of the country. The " strongest reports " con cerning the Injury his frivolity and ex travagance had don to the company came from the most reliable and. con servative of lta Bgents, and. after several conference over th matter, Mr. Alex ander and Mr. Tarbell decided that the young man must go. Hyde s rrlendssay that he knew nothing about-ther dls- .AHofaotion of tha nolle v holders. He did net com lit contact with tha agents, and their reports and remonstrances were withheld from him. -Th first h knew of, any trouble-was when he was conrrfihlcJoT'wItH a demand W M 4anatloni-wHh the astounding-pi Hh-he-astounding-proposVfi"-H tlon that he must give up the life career his father had marked out for him, re linquish hla - lnhsrltanca-abandon-- his vested rights and retire from th com pany hiaether- had founded -and bullt un When-be went home-to his- mother andlilatecitoeywoutd, not bellevthat such a demand hadt-beeo made upon mm. Thev -would not belter 1hat Mr.j Alex- anrter swrald -participate ttmnrti a trans action. ' Th'l0 net bellev It yet Disinterested nersons. whe Sire famil iar with Inside events. blameMr.Aiex 5r,i.r foe , lack nar'and Judgmeiit He -stands iw a- peeunsr reianon w . Hvrte. e has been Ms guardlan-and is tha tmste.e of his estate.- He. owes J every thnto-the young man's father, who was hi" most Intimate friend fojt ' Mr; Atsxanderrtherforerhd . ft,r.Mt well ss a legal and moral! responsimnry ror "-"""" - - aA rtA should nSV urgieuvru alii. from scandal and -gosiprnd -tried -te -up." nstd of. att.mpt-tbe.ide. straighten him -up. Inatead of aiieropv Ing to compel him to relinquish his legal rights in the company. - Hyde has been whit they ; call a "lightweight": he Is vain , and easily Influenced, and -i..,i.i v.., Hn under Mr. Alexander s eyes and guardianahtp ever since his father s oeaxn. i that Mr. Alexander has mvor attempted err-tse anv social innum. him. anS hns-permltted hlns-to tnak a fool Of himself Without lnvenern.s. j Mr.'' Alexander Is described as a man of ordinary sbllltleebutrHhinusual talent for handling details snd one of the-most-thorough-andeonscientious insurance-men In the ceAptry. If h had possessed a strong character he would have controlled. Hyde, and if h had possessed tact he rould hav taken the young man quietly ssld and people think h could have convinced him that his frivolous conduct was injuring the company. Hyde is ssld to be extremely sensitive about his- father's -reputatloii and th responsibilities h has Inherited. The Equitable company la a fetish wor shipped bylUm and his mother and his P),t.,, .nd his Intimate friends say that he would have cnangea im-"" of his life entirely if he hsd been con- viricedr"lhariirTnteresS-1srHiater most surely bvertsfceTTbe wTTotS a ,1 . AiAvatiier aia nui suimi jto-that side ef his eharacter. but tried to force the young man oui oi m com pany, and th latter, much-to his sur prise, put up a strong fight. . People on the inside blame Mr. Tar bell. They ssy thst Alexsnder hss been guided by his advice against his own Judgment. Tarbell Is accused of having an ambition to be at th head of the eompanyrH ham the .upport-ot-h agent, throughout tha country almost to a man, and he Is charged with a do slre to mutuallse the company through a quarrel among its officers, with the hope and expectation of being placed at the head of the Institution, through the proxies which would ba-obtained by the agents from policy holders. In other words, Mr. Tsrbell Is accused of conspiracy r or -encouraging - a, quarrel between Alexander snd llyutt that would result in-taking ihe relntlon8 of both and leave him to reorganise the company on a mutual basis. . It is dif ficult to bellev that of Mr. Tarbell. but at any rate. It Is true that he I. responsible for the fatal mistake which was mad in demanding Mr. Hyde's res- Ignatlon. As on ot tne oirecior. e- prvflsca, ji - -. . . "Tafbell convinced Alexander that the boy was week as well as vain and would throw up both hands and quit. But Timmi. .Ililn't antra worth a cent. He i-haa-put up the biggest kind of a fight and both Alexander ana urmii win leave the country before ha doe.. Hyd Is willing to right any wrong he has dono. He hss already turned In a rheck; fur" every dollar he has been accused ot making out of the company, but he will not relinquish his legal rights because bs believes tt will blest his whole life and b an act of disloyalty -to bis father. Hi. mother and sisters both austain. him In ill Is attitude." - ' -. Everybody realises that theEqiiltSWS company will be mutuallsed'beforS.. mid summer, and that there will b a gen eral reorganisation and a new set of of ficers. Alexander and Tarbell will have to go. but It Is believed that Hyd will b allowed to remalnla- an honorable, position snd b given an opportunity to recover his prestige! because no court In the world win deny his rights t6 vote 3 per cent ot". th Stock of the company and board of director, can be elected without Its -support. . It Is also believed that congress will tske up the subject at It. next session snd thst the Equitable end all other Insurance companies will be placed under federal Jurisdiction. I have heard a good man -LETJERSf FROMirTHBrt '7 PEOPLE saae.-.A - s - "waW""Wwfff" -Portland. May 13. To th Editor of Th Journal With regard to the pro posed annexation of th territory lying between the city and Mount Tabor, the are many Important reasons wh tfi the district Is thickly settled, but ia without street Improvements or sld walks. ' The residents all have . tlielr buainesa In the city, but cannot make . Improvements that are badly needed he. causa there Is no,wayO.stablfslt' street"" it sa ess wniie tH tns city T Umits.; This district Is muoh closer " to th business center than a araat deal - of the . land now Jn the cltyjnd. as It la 1. wiirmy sniuea, snouia oe . annexed -before the next city census Is taken. The people living-, this district sr all Interested in Portland. and Jt. will ?.n!Xb a hQrt.tlma whenthay niwt-- com into th city, ao why delay when a. large "majority of .the-resldents wliri to coma tost th next city election? It would not put thay city to any expense, ss tho improvements that are so badly1, needed would be a direct tax oi) tha home benesf Ited. . .- The) clt la growing, and growing rapidly, and it jgijld- be -an Injusrtr- to leave unfa populous section and ' hold it back when It Is clamoring for admission. -- 1 : OEORQE KNIOHT CLARK. ' ' . f favorable to Annsxatloa. Fortland. May 32. To the. Editor-Jf.-The Journal It has been currently r ported that the resident-property holders' of, Mount Tabor are rather Indifferent concerning the matter of annexation to the city. This . assumption la entirely raise, and It can safely be estimated that at least 80 per cent of the cltlsens of this, section are not only favorable to, but extremely-anxious for" snnexatlonlA- small minority sr opposed to the mess ure, but their objections are wholly per soiial, and not because of any Interest' In the good of the community. ' - Many people are misinformed ii h i the .boundary of the section -to be ad- " Unltted, thlnklnghentlred)strlct nf . -. wnst-rranown as Mount Tabor with its . largo srea .pfUnlmproved land lslner cludcd"Iwtthtn-tlie- proposedprovlalon,w This Impression is wrong,- as only- the -thickly-populated portion west from- West svenue to the present city- limit -" uded. The adilUlim in qles(lon Is the east to the western base of Mount Tabor proper -. j. - f, :. i -'The. statement .has been made that to annex this section, .would rplail a heavy -j expense to the city. There are no brlle to moke and no filling to b done JV hat . streets,, wlllbe lrnproyc(LwHk bo.S kUlSji expense of the persons benefited. A law abiding,-- resident people. - poHernr-r-r wlH-bo-the minimum. " Tlie act presrrlb-: ing the change makes provision thst th . .. schools ahsll remain and be maintained ' . as at present. Some may ask. then why seek admission? Two reason are af- . C116H- Wltfl the resht sewer system at Sunnyslde snd to obtsln Bull Run-water-Th present supply ot water -swholty-.nadeituaitianit-Uulessi. relief .be "obtained -no Injprpvements will be, made and property must depreciate. tn value. Persons; ln the city who oppose"ths wveaswre snd-ewn property t Mwmt -T-- bor sr standing In their own light and work ing-a ga Inst r their- w n Interests; -th. city will - In "-yf-" suburbs. Water consumed will make a paying investment for th outlsy. The soil being springy, the water l near th aurface. and In the wet season. ditches tall find an outlet to the sewers at "Sunnyslde; then why not permit at taching to these sewers and prevent th danger that comes from unsanitary sur- - face-drainage? - v A large' majority of. the people com prised In the addition asking to be ad- . mitted own their own homes and. ap preciating -the high -rat-or taxation, will not ask for anything likely to In crease - thlrown-burdns;-besldes. as -j they are an intelligent people, they are thoroughly familiar with city financial conditions. , There Is eearcety" a' house hold that Is not, by some member, closely Identified with city Interests. Molc. important-however than water Is the matter of Bewersge. Any family living here a number of yeara his two or three vaults already filled," and tha number la rapidly Ineresslngi - One- epU demlc of typhoid fever would be. more expense to city tsXpayers In one year than all the additional taxation would be for a decade; and under present on- mtia fhla difficulty will sooner nr . east side. ssy thttt Commissioner .Osrfleld had better drop th Stsndard Oil investiga. tlon in Kanaas and look Into tl man agement, of the insurance companies, because many. more fleopln are Involved In them and greater Interests sre at stake. r WIO II TO BiAJni? Portland Editorial Correspondence of he Halnm Journal. There is a great urVroar-ln theOre gonlan about the saloons at the eu- . trance to tha Lawla and Clark fair, and the llcenae committee of th city eouno- ell Is ripped up and asked to cancel th ' licenses.-: The aame paper, attacka ..and .J csrtoons the license committee uf the city council for licensing saloons neof th. school houses and shows llttlejj;lill- dren having to witness sights llmt or onl seen .In the tenderloin. As th . licenses are issued by a Republican city , -council -and under the William, admin- - lstratton, it la an open question wnemer the criticism, are not hurting the Wll- n.m. MmDBiKnMayor Williams Is al- ready supposed to be solid with th SM innna anrt tenderloin - district, - but- the - parade of the array ot-jrmrnrat the en trsnce ot the Lewjs lid darjt fair Is Inclined to drlv away th timid, sup porters Of the Republican candidate for.-, mayor, and ha ha. nothing" to go on as a candidate. Unless his campaign de velops strength as it goes on, he Is a -defeated man. If the election were held today- Lan would -probably-b-msd-mayor. v ;"' . ' i ' ' poUs of War. From the Japan Times. Toklo.- The following animal, and bird, taken by our army from the Russians at tha f ront-arrivad-Jit Bhimba.hlj, andj.werf at ' once presented to th lmprlarfamll)'t Tt . the" . mperor, two . Mapchurlait ',' . horses, 0n rabbit, one. dog. orfe hawk, end on qualt Ty tk-awwn ptlnt syaj'Tr - ' The World XSBetaat, . . - Fronv-tha Vienna Zlefung. The World await. In breathless "expec tation th forthcoming battle ,. between Rojeatvensky's squadron and the Japsn ese -fleet. Should - th 'Japanese rmce more Issue vlrtorlnti. the wsr wilt b over no matter "how mnch-'LlnlevItch snd Kuropatkln may praise the aplei)rittt besTlng ot thf troops in telegramalq th caar. . . . -:-. ! --- .-.--', ' t ' 5 r
