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PORTLAND, OREGON
THURSDAY MAY " 25, 1 W;"
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T H E Q R E
. : - AN,-1NDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER v j. .
ACKSON
, Published every evenj
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COUNCILMAN RUMELIN'S LIBEL SUIT , AGAINST THE JOURNAL!
ItT-yT JS WITJ1 TlvELTXGS of WgW arnusement indr
I
amazement that' the' people of
. th aVibelsiiitJia-ii-iTistltinea
pany in which- he-ask tW heavy damage because of al
leged defamation of character through the printing of
certain proceedings of the grand jury Tn wjiich -he was
more or lest intimately concerned. "-' y '."' " '
During he past' two years or more. The Journal has
; been enaged-in-the-FefT6uT undertaking of atfernpting
-tmpro-vehcun
t; . ; joo mat lias Deen Jong overdue and rendered the more
difficult because
- --tmderTaeTrwTtiS heartiness and sincerity.' . This paper
has been after no man as such,- it has been after no in
stitution or combination as' such, but "whereyer it be-
Sieved it found crooked work" afoot it has not hesitated
:Tt0"talce its readers itit Its' corifiddnce and "jtf has minced
.". .no words in rnaking clear either its meaning or the state
of facts. Readcsa-of this newspaper need not be told
jjj 'that it"is"uhajterabi;y opposed to grafting in the public
, t- service and 4hat.itrhis.fcertain well-defiiied principles
.r from which it 'has riot and -will not deviate ye do not
'JbiJtietnyt.kontty! t -tit, purpose has ever
been questioned except by those
PuJ)Ji?4irU)"'rve "llet ''s
and public rebuke.' On this score we think no further
evidence will be required than itsjfcat and substantial
"Iwthdulrtngtheime-itrhas-beerf" undef-itspresent
management and the many public and private testimonials
it has received from men and institutions-who-stand
for all that is jbeet and highest In our public life.;-
Z In the following -out-Qf 'irTnhtir P'Tyi the value"pf
.1 'bicfc tp citiaens, taxpayers' and
aplyderoonstratsd by the grand
county and state and the manyjndictments. nd criminal
""prosecutions which have' legally and logically followed,
it has been inevitable that those undersuspicion should
"Zj1-ayS-Du'":Vr rPT'yately .denounced -this newspaper
'usTunwittirigiy paying to it rthenhTghTst tributrwhich a
reputable japeiLjcouldZhope-to-secure. The thcof y-thes
JoHowedj tobepf publicenefitjicottld not havt-Jjeen
" conducted upon general or pure!yaca d emi2gro u h ds. Tt i
was necessary that jledge-hammer blowspshouldTiave
been dealt,thatlndividuals as well as institutions, should
have " beehi"exposed: ind .2 that 7 crookedness and crime
thould have been laid opep 4n hehaKTd-rasirplankTnovement
- that campaign, for the public good The Journal has
.1 never-ialtereLiJtoM-,,w-believe, everybodywill
concede hs been courageous; thatiaoejrertriedjo
fit a crimMa-aMqr-jijtlci
r-lf-found themammd .fifhim, we f eel. assured evsry
"rWderf thianewgpapefknowsandappreclatesXBack
of all this we know that no ma has been pursued . for
private, revengeful or sinister Tnotives and jthejeourt
' records will amply-fibow Jail the proof which . any dis
interested man should require ' to justify the general
course we nave followed. t ' '
i-litJave'aa'd that the public has viewed the .institu-
MAYOR WILLIAMS', STRONGEST DENUNCIATION OF HIS OWN-
R. HARRY LANE is something
partisan candidate for mayor. He is the repre
ntitivi nf an id fa., of a new era' in our mu
nicipal life, ofa period when the old days of political
Kraft,, chicanery, and irresponsibility are passing, we hope
for good. It ii a mistake to say that the outcome; of the
campaign is in any but a restricted sense purely personal
to him.- He simply, stands forward as the champion of
-ideas fof-whkh-t he teople have fought nd hirlection
would be r triumphror the-caase of. good government
: The. naked issue is not Harry Lane. - Democrat, vs.
George H. Williams, Republican,, but the issue between
good and bad or indifferent government, between the rule
of right and decency and the ascendency and domination
t'f elti me 11 ttt 111 Iny'comrnunity.which seek not the pro
AfS t hniit the I' hlt special rivilegeannrlr r the art-
ministration to which no man or class
titled.
We '-have been much edified in the
which Mayor WiniamsTmadelrTIay, 1896. At that time
; the regular Republican nominee for mayor was D. Solis
1 Cohen; the Democratic nominee was Governor Pen-
noyer, while the bolting candidate was General BeeWe.
Mayor Williams supported the bolting ndminee, General
Jleebe, and the address to which we refer is peculiarly;
rotable because of its application to present, conditions
1 and Mayor Williams' own present case., J t :
- "He happily introduces his subject by saying :'-"Thomas j
Jefferson in his first inaugural address, to introduce the
era of good feelinff after his election said, as yo. will re-;
-"member,' thatVi'e-areall-RepnbliCaris and we are all
'ederaliaW-fAnd tr 1 -say. to you tonight as to the com-'
, j ing city election: We are all Democrats and we arre all j
Republicans All "of us fc(Jnd 6r profess to stand upo)i
- the same plat form,-nd there is -but out ,pWk in that;
tilatform'. namclv. trood. Eoverhment in the city of Port
land and freedom from ring rulej v
tion ot Air. conen upon ine grouna inai nis nomination
is the direct and legitimate fruit of the dishonest and cor
rupt practices of the Republican party. I expect rou all
. know that I am a Republican; 1 respect the principles and
--fxlicie jof "my, parryhut" nlyZIobligations to honesty,
decency and truth are higher than my obligation ' toi
partyv;: I am not finding any fault with thoie( genrte-
men that bavebolted thatnonwnaton ih-nomination
fnf Mr. Cohen.) This is a good year for bolting and wV
, are all bolters together and we are all, or most of us
Viwho are riot blinded and bound by our party obligations,
are trying to do the-very best thing
try and we are trying to rise above those rules and reg-;
illations which tthe party bosses impose tipon us, and.. dp
'., that whicli isgood for the whole country,- .
' All 'ot thisr is expressed with neatness and pxefiision
, and the Sentiments find a ready echo at this tim when'
L the, application ff them fits so neatly.But there is much
mo-Air OArmoucB zw m v. u.
' From Success Magatlne. . -
The Roman Cathollo population of the
' i t'nlled State and Its dependent-lea la
'ttomitlUm.- This fact Is brought out. by.
1 ' a comparison between the statiatlrs In
4 -3 the .Reman Cshllc ,dlrtory for ,105,
' and thoao relating I othr church
bodijaj which have been compiled by
G OjNzDAIL - Y -
: PUBLIskED BY JOURNALJ
and everY Sunday morning at -
sweets, r-oruana, prcgnn
Portland have
knowa-charatterjn
ournarFubllshTng com
straits, seek him
Porllaoartf is
lic business is not
who, hayjngfailed-in-j genuTnemenace
hands with exposure
good government is
deserve.
jury iiiuidrTftts
engineer--The case
coineaalthe aurfjce
marked ouf 'municipal history fof the past year.
imprudently has
erously allow him
holler wtjen he is
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ADMINISTRATION.
more than a mere
the promises which
that they are what
A 1 II UKI L ,VJ ,V, llH
js legitimately en
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I intend to vote
perusal oj a speech I
Irofpose the-elec1.
inee,
ludne Williams
we. can for.our coun-J
the Rev. H. K'. Carrolt. The whole num
ber of Roman Catholics under the pro
tection ef tha United States, flag Is 22,
137.3f4. Of these. 7,05l.9 are In f he
Philippines, 1.67I.SS2 in Cuba,' I'.eoO.OSrt
in Porta Rico and 15,000. In the Sand
wich Island. It .would obviously bs
misleading, to Include the Roman Cath
olfrslnr the dependencies In a considera
tion "f the comparative strength of the
religious denominations la the 1,'nUed
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. J O U R-KA L
JNO. P. CARROU.
The Jo fl Building, Fifth' and Vamht
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a
tion of these procFdingO'jrhifccliMgs-mittgledfflu
TiieiiLl
-yt fT Rumelin is a tQJgrabJy well
this community. ; lie-is known in and
about the city hall,. and he is particularly yeU knpwnia
ihcsjtmployes ofthe 'ity n county.he clerks, the
firemen and policemen, who. happening to be in-financial
and in consideration of a trifling-ad
vance to bridge theni over, have a strangle hold takeh on
their future earnings which practically peonizes- them.
The pursuit of the nimble dollar is not a fad with Mr.
RumclinT- irts- a mania - H-i : accujsjLjvend4s
thrifty--He-WrmftTvoreus-and anything from ex-handles
up go'es with Rumelin; when the,lut'tteres him. Against
Mr,-.Ruroelin as an-individual we have had and have no
quarrefc We confess we do not warm up to his type nor
admire the quality of his methods and we cannot pretend
to any enthusiasm when we contemplate the means he
lias adopted to. rapidly get along in the w"orld. But
except as it involves thje public or comes within the
purview of the law-all of this is doubtless Rtrrnelmt: ewn
concern. -But with Rumelin as a public official and car
rying out a publfc trust it is n Entirely different affair
and the introduction of historivate. methods into the pub
on1yjrMttex-f-p-oflceTrrtrut of
and alarm. Mr. Rumelin ia popularly
credited with certain gilts ot adroitness; ne is dciicvco 19
be a man who knows howi a handyjndividual to" nego
tiate to juccessZdeliMtendlakingsJV'hiclLda jnotprer.
clsettreWfcUyvTheribavebeett.M
rumors about Rumelin ia hi private capacitylsTcouncil
man. Some of them have reached the grand jury room
and it is' reported have attracted therejheserious atten-
ton-ni-pamstakingnveatigationrhatnheyeemea
The district attorney saw fit to indict him on
thearge thathcniaiTaUcmptedtobribe a former city
has been tried -in the "courts,
pt..U '
elin. may have been guiltless of the offense, over.en
thusiasnvin a good cause may, have 'shifted thepojse of
hisr usuallywell-balanced- judgment - he - may have in
tended to do no wrong but simply slopped over, yet out
ef twelve men-whertried the case tmdenoath there were
five who could not be made -to believe that his childlike
innocence! had been demonstrated to a hairsbreadth even
by gifted counsel and adroit handling of the evidence
That Rumelin should' have heen " annoyed becausejof
tiTss "perhaps lnotsurprising but thathe should by a
reeky heayy-daffiages for alTegeordeTama-
tion of character by a newspaper when he has not yet
been Jtbbr-tcr secure vindication of a charge of bribery
through I the courts.' is perhaps . a remvkableif ..not
through. thehurlyburly of spectacular events, that nave
Perf ectly conscious of the rectitude . ot its own motives
The Journal' cheerfully' andlxonfidently takes up the
challenge which Rumelin so defiantly and, as we believe,
thrown t down -to us and it will gen
to, be the judge of who should first
hurt , -
more In the same line. Here is a more extended excerpt:
"I know from my own experience, and it is not limited,
that it is a very easy thing for candidates to make prom
ises before election and the most unscrupulous politicians
who run lor office are the men who make the most prom
ises and WHS' when they are elected most readily forget
they have made. You must judge ofl
these people by the records they have made.,- ion must
judge them when you find them in public Life f font "what
you know of them in private-life-and-if your acquaint
ance with them, and if thejriecqrds as officials, of those,
who have beTenTiTbTficial life, is such" as tT satisfy-you
they claim to be, then theyjougbt-t l
be"suppctediJ.utjf- yoture-of" ST ditferent conclusion
then you ought to oppose their nomination. While
r 1 n A..r',nrr tVt m l.f trt f ati tirlrat At-,BAk,f
IHViVViyiJ,tMlili . " .
part of-both tickets, perhapsall the
ffekets, and whether my advice 'is good or not I submit
that the best thing we can all do this year when we are
all bolters is to select our of these candidates the very
best men we can find, no matter to what party they be
long or by Whom they have been nominated, and elect
them to office and see if we. cannot get into office men
upon whom we can rely and who will legislate and act
not for any selfish interest or purpose, not to promote
the interests of anyparty or clique, but who will under
take to discharge their duties in the interest of all the
people of, this city,l? ?Why jdon't we throw off these
party ties and obligations; they amount- to-nothings this
ycat-nobdy-is-payitigTany attention to them.Whd
cares for the candidate because he is the regular nominee,
who cares Tor the candidate because he is. said to be a
Republican' or a Democsat, so far. as the City officers are
concerned? There is. nothing involved in the city gov
ernment but an honest administration,-an honest dis
bursement of public money. r flieadministratibn"6f a man
who is free from the condemnation of any eyarty, 'ing,
clique or faction. 1 leave it to you, to say when you
go to the polls whether or not you will stand by the repu
tation and best interests, the' prosperity and good name
Of the city or whether ydti-will stand by some man. that
you despise aiid dislike because he is your party nom
has stated the whole .question with
clearness andJorce-lle has left nothing to be said on
the patriotic duty of citizens in a municipal election and
he has admirably defined the character arid quality of the
man who should be elected to filj4hj office ,of mayor.
His general conclusions are sound and' must Jse admitted
Once admitted they make plain the duty from, the stand
point of public obligation and selt interest to elect Or.
JIarry Lane who admirably meets -every requirement so
judiciously laid down in the speechmade by tayor Wil
liams in 1896 when -fie Was. ,lhe"chlef bolter against the
regular Republican, nominee for mayor ot Portland. "
States. Eliminating' them . altogether,
the Roman Catholics ef the country
atlll number 12,4(2,711, while the next
lamest church body, 4he Methodists,
have S,25S,7J members. The liaptlsts
'follow with 6. 150,81k, then come the
Lutherans with 1.7tl,7. the Preahy
teriatis were l.f 7,7l, the Rplacnpallane
with! ' S07.IJ2, the Cnngregatlnnallara
with (ST.SSt, the Unitarians with 71.000,
the Christian Scientists with. t,o::,
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SMALL "CHANGE , j
Jjarmony, (entleraen ot the exposition
no explanations wll
odor f Tanner creek sewer,
. Chicago employers ars becoming more
unreasonable tnan the strlk
Jndar nttmrnt eunarnsBs no railroad
at t.ornexLiitioul4p appointed rederal
juaga. . .
TounB Rockefeller -sa jra fears - ha
liuve to quit. woravMost. pf us
rear we never can. . .
' That raportcd boom for Blnaar iter
nann for renomlnatlon has not yet ai
sumed very large proportions.. si ..
1 -
A New Jersey murderer claims a dual
peraonallty. The law will be satisfied
with electrocuting one of him.
J Jwimi'i einimrlo"nAm their homes
ug-ivata th Mora Obsnrvrr. Soma of
theirt should tlx tnem up first.
A successor to ex-Oeoeral - -Manager
Worthtngton.-'ls expected to arrlye In a
rew-flays, ana stay a raw days.
Tea. New York and Philadelphia are
ruled by party machines through the
partisanship or voters but how ruled.!
Senator Fairbanks Is also schedule!
to deliver a Fourth of July speech
emewrrtrr ln-jnaiana. He may, get
to be quits an oratpr yet
The parliament of that new. "wild and
woolly country England should come
ovrjgnd..i"ra, ef the eoniTeisTirstald
old America how to behave. - -
Weot up, hope up, wheat up. tlrestock
up, lumber up, rents up, clothing up.
food up and yet many people will leave
the country and coma to town.
The decision of-the supreme -court in
the Xarlfa, .Fallnr case . was eminently
lust. A woman with her spirit should
bs thankful for life and liberty.
The mayor of Philadelphia. If he 4n
tends to rfrm-the-potHicothlevery ef
that town, has a harder Job on his hand's
than Judge' Dunne of Chicago.
Portland Is now so well supplied with
I noiciSi-Tooimng-ftouaea, restaurants-ana
much chance for
a vwaaaiv v a.iivev will liv S w
'extortion" If any one
attempts It. . (
tr-Therer-l -nothing that "make"y8trTpT
richer than a good hearty laugh It
doeant make -any difference-whether
you- have -anything tn -your pocket-or
nou xuinjieaiMjiia irioune. nease-glve
the tec1pe"for getting the lauxh
nnaer those circumstances.
Senator Depewsats that IfBryan
had been president and done exactly as
Roosevelt . haa done, - there -would have
been the greateat panic -the country hal
ever seen. - And - Mr. Depew knows,
though he did not aay. who would havl
been the . principal' panto producers.
- . .
The people of Oregon '" will give' a
properwclcome' to Vlce-PresldenCFalr-banks
- for what- he -is - himself, r Mis
blnr-ttierestdent's,?preiaentatlve will
not add to his luster. Salem StaTtenman,
Borne , of . the Statesman's -particular
friends have been removed from office
or Indicted, ttz. ' ' " ,
pOREGON SIDELIGHTS
Salmon In the Santlamj '. .' -
"AmItyDoafdrer"trade"urglng ;i "cleaner
town. -
Peaches
all right around Browns-
vllle.
Lively times among stockmen In east
ern Oregon. . '- "
'Olvlng awavH llauor In CorvaUla la
unprofitable, .
Klamath county la getting a wide and
favorable reputation.
Many homeseekara- arrlvlnr -'in tha
Grand Ronde valley. .
Condon's tsn.ono of per cent bonds
aold for. JJ.185 premium.
New eher-dtpplng vita doing " a big
business in tieppner.
I May M will be devote! t-t th rti'rlt
I nf- Amtt Vtfi'pTa.h7n g nn th tAn.
I r - .
To Inculcate a love of flowers, Cor
vallls Presbyterian ladles gave a flower
fair.
The. Amity Advance man Is happy be
cause ot being feasted by farmers on
cherries and berries. ,
- Deer are being unlawfully killed in
southern Oregon, and the killers should
be severely punished. . ' -
A Columbia county man thoroughly
Improved the road In front of his farm.
NowJt ell fanners" -would do" that!
" Irrigation In the Willamette valley Is
something happening that would have
been regarded as lunacy a few years
ago. ' . ;
A Umatilla county deputy assessor
has been taken by women, of course
for a book agent, a steel range man,
and even & yegg man looking for a
handout. '
s - - , v .-- r
Coos Bay News,'" There . hss been a
large run of shad In North Cooa river
for several days past, but few are being
caught, .the demand on the bay for this
variety of fish being very limited. '
One man, three boy sad two-dogs
hauling a camping outfit1' Weighing. 250
pounds arrived In Pilot Rock Tuesday
night from-Yaqulna Bay; Oregon, having
walked all the way. The man was still
looking for a Job. " ' .. -. '
, -Alncaln,eouhtyman rejuetdV.!he
tnscher In his district not to teach his
children physical - geography from the
text books. He told her that the Bible
rave attune Information about - this
woldthtl!L as jiecaaaary ntiknowr I
- The people of Tolk county, says the
Observer., should.be .careful about -Admitting
certain classes of , peddlers to
their houses. Some of these men belong
to the hobo element, . and are the ad
vance agents of an organised gang nf
housebreakers.1!.
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- The Houston Register alludes tn a
Columbia .county contemporary as a
hebdomadal misfit, a tlckv paper greatly
resembling the neglected and unlann
dered' saddle-hUnhet f Apache Jn
dlan. devoted to .paendolngy and the din
scm Instinit of Its editor's plentiful lack
, ot gens v ; )'... .
I t I im in I ii ii 1 1 1 1 1
I I I illlllll III
I- VlUUiU W I I IJIali m U
YORK AND BOSTON
el Ilomt
Journal.. April. 104.
luutxlvanla rallroaa nan-
Asum hotel adjdcll tu mm
uquara.
How muchr I asked, as I alighted.
"ElahiV-five de'hta.' said the driver.
I took out the schedule or fares "which
I had borrowed .frent-the Inside of the
"hansom." ir
"Twenty-fliiesBt - for -the fare." I
read off; '10 cents for a valise carried
on top : ' -T- -:
I gav the driver IS nta. i
rt want Into a Broadway florlt'S lhop
and pelted him bow much for a bunch ot
100 violets.
"Eight dollars." be said.
1 told htm to flx It up. and then asksd
to sea the proprietor,
The. proprietor came and verified his
saleaman s price. 1 . '
r eiplalned to mm That I knew from
whom he got his violets and how much
ha paid fur. them S for the hundred.
I argued I would allow him 11 as bis.
pront and SI for' his rent;-the' bo in
which he put them, which cost him. 10
cents, and the ribbon with which he
tied the flowers, which cost him about
i cents, " Four dollars would- represent
a profit to him of ISO per cent
Take them," ha said. "Tou rs In the
business, I guess.
I paid him St.
'-'Not- sea 4eft, said the-man Itf ths
box office of the theatre, "except what
you can get from' the speculators out
side."
1 called the manager. " "
Within three mnuteulJiad-two-sete
lair.ectiy on tne center aisie. eigni rows
from the stage the choicest . seats In
the auditorium. ' " ' .
The next day a friend asked me" to
lunch with him In what Is known as a
very "swell" restaurant.
I ordered a, bowl ox milk and crackera.
I wanted to see what would happen. -
It happened! . It took the combined
efforts of two waftera and the head
waiter to get my simple order straight,
and then all three stood In a row full
of Interestto e what Iwaa going to
Ido-wHh a strange order. o -far brck
Lis the childhood of the average New
York waiter. .
AVhen the cheek earns my almpl
order coat SO cam
lcalled. the manager and asked him
to point out on the bill of fare how the
prlue was arrived at. He-studied and
then figured , out that l. had- had the
eaulvalent . of a pint of milk and my
crackers -numbered exactly eight.
"Change that check to. 2 cents" hs
satd. ' '. 1 - :
I-begged-my. frlendto.ailow.-ma- to
pay the check. 1 bad a special reason.
I dlS so, and gave tne waiter iv centf
as a fee,
He looked at the dime, flipped the coin
In the air and put It into his pocket
without a word of thanks. .
I aaked him to let me see the coin for
a moments. He did so. J put it In. my
pocket and strode out. ,
I can still - see tne look en that
waiter's face. It was a study In ex
pression. - """"''.'.."-'
1 went Into an "antique" (!) shop, and
saw an old Dutch plate. '. . .
Seventy-flve dollars," said the smil
ing salesgirl.
"And this Delft ahoel" I asked.-
'Ten dollars." - - 1
-Reat Delft. I suppose TT asked. .,
"Oh. yes, sir," she replied. . ..; . . ':
"From Delft in Holland V , ' '
"Yes, air; we Imported It direct from
there." , .
1 asked to see the proprietor. He veri
fied ail his salesgirl had said. Then I
poke Dutch to him.
"Is thts shoe from ueiriT" x aaaea.
It had, of course, never seen Delft or
Holland. It waa like so much of onr
so-called Delft made to - Oermany
And the 175 plate waa offered me for
! - . .' . " .
X treated myself to a nair-cut ana
shampoo.-
When the -"artist" naa - iinianea nis
work I handed him $1.
Thank you, air," he said, and ven
tured no change.
My changer' I asked.
ChangeT' ha queried in superb aston
ishment. "Tou gave me SI, sir.' Fifty
cents for hair-cut; tne aame lor a
shampoo."
I hsppened to know this "tonsonai
parlor." For answer I-stepped across
to the opposite sine ana puuea up m
teamahip "hanger," revealing a. aign:
Halr-ouU. St eenta; shampoo, 2t cents."
I received 49 cents change.--
I wanted two trunks to go across the
rlt fram the Grand Central depot to
the Pennsylvania Railroad ferryitJhe
HtT"'m''''T:rn - iit'''Ti'
1 l mnlA mn nhllrlnr Orand Central "POr-
footof -West Twenty-tnira street.
It," said an obliging Grand central -por
fr.". - -i : - -
He did. 1 . t- . T-
"How muchr I isked.
"Mere are vour i checks." he Bald, "I
had great trouble in getting the trunks
out and finding a wagon to take them."
(He' had conaumed Juat rive minutes.
'One dollar and bo cents ipr an, pint.
I went Into the express booth and ex
plained what had been done for me.
s-iffr renta."- uld the attendant.
A Tew Bay U Soetoa.
By Edward Bok. In the Ladlee Home
Journal, Mayr lS0S.-r"-:
' -nrk.n h hell ho v at the Hotel Tour-
atne ahowed me to my room he turned
to me and said: ' ' . ', "
"Shall I bring you up anooa. sin i
"A what, did yoi sayr I asked.
"A book, sir," he repeated ffere le a
catalogue of our library."
''A book?" I mechanically repeated.
Then as I recovered from the shock I
addedr'Tear suppose you - brlngme
Klpllng'a last book. I've forgotten the
title. And. 1 baa jor me momoni, ev
erything had left my mind but that
bor- : ' .: 'Itr...
Tou. mean Tramcs sua uncori,
slrr' smote upon me next. . -.
Te-es." I feebly muttered as i atooa
mutely gaping after the boy.
Surely I was in Boatoni ,
"That's a very pretty Idea," I said to
one of the head waiters la the dining
room as I left, "placing a vase -of ear-
nations on each table.- uecoraies ins
room." - - . .
Thank you, slr,"i politely returned tne
man. "Glad you nxe it. .
And an hour afterward, wnen l re
turned to my room, there stood.- huge
vase filled with some 80 carnation
blooms. - . ' ' '
The next morning I was busy writing
in my room - while - the chambermaid
bustled about, dusting. Suddenly I was
conscious of the fact of the soft scratch
ing of a penciu.-"l runiveiy ionra
around to find the pencil In the hand of
the maid. , Almost, simultaneously she
looked , up, - colored and etelalmed: - "I
beg 'your pardon, sir. I waa. -merely
copying the title of pne of your books."
I wslked over to the book:'; It was
W. J. Henderson's "Modern Musical
Drift." " 'f
"Are you Interested In music TK I
asfced. " - . - '".
"A little, sir," came the simple, reply.
"In whst fir, please." T persisted.
"Why, slri I go to cur symphony con
certs .and" .the- lecUaiA-'.ia. much : aa 1
"And are you fond of reading about
muslcr I next aSked. -
"Yea. air. I had not heard; of thla
book, slrr and so I thought I would copy
the title." , . -
TLara was one beak shnnt miialR. Ihtn
she had not heard of!
Musical . chambermaids and literary
bellboysl I
wj-y What aiU
' I StenDed- lnto a decorator'a ahon an
asked if they had -eny objection to Ull
ing me how they had mixed a certain
stain flnlsh on some wood I had admired.
I explained that I lived In Pennsylvania;
that there was, therefore, no job In It
for them but I wanted to duplicate the
lain. V ' -
- "Certainly air." came the reply. "Iet
us make up a piece ot the wood for
yT- Thev.riM and, the nt day I
went arouna to settle with them.
"Nothing at all. air: nothing at all."
was the assurance; "glad to do It."' And
thsn, not satlsAed with a job that, as t
rouna out afterward. ' had called for
three hours' werk ot one of their hlsh-
csisiartei-nisnersrtne wood was sent
to my home by express, with the charges
irnpai. .-.. .. . : . '.- -
And with the full knowledge that no
commission could. Come to them from
the request . :
"There's something else than cold 1ua.
Iness In the world," said the decorator
as I thanked, him and he let me out of
nis snop.
The next day I 'went into Mataultl'a
Japanese store,' where I am rather fond
of fussing around. I wanted a bartloui
lar Japanese print one Of . those aoft-
low-toned prints that the Japanese know
so well how to produce. '
"It is IS," said Mr. Matsukl. In reply
to my question as to the price.
I asked tbat the print be sent-1 Tnvt
iiuifii ana- gave my name. : . -
Oh!" said the gentlemanly Japanese.
as he read the name, excuse me, but we
allow a. special - price to- professional
people. -This will be IS SO: rrot IS."
Yet I have known the knowledge of
names to have quite different effect
upon prices 1-
. . .... ... .
Now, George," I said to the cabman
at the Boaton North station. "It Is 12:40
by my watch. I want to get-my trunk,
get ' to the Terminal, check my trunk
there, and catch the 1 o'clock train for
New Tork. Can ymi Att HV
'I don t know, sir," came the respect
ful reply, "at least I'll try.'t, vs.- ,
And -the tiprsewas whlpped.-UPxoi
to the baggageroom, the trunk was found
and dragged - to the carriage, we went
across- -thSTJltyy-the trunk wss checked
at the Terminal, and. wiping hla perapir
Ing brow, the cabman said to me Jn Lrl-
urapn; "Ana nve-minutee to spare, sir.
let me carry your bag to the gate!'
And how mucb'TI kaked. when we
reached" tha gate. -r-:-
i'Twenty-flve .cents.
'But how about tha trunk T" I aaked.
'Oh, that'was good balaat," came the
jolly reply.
And as I slipped something Into his
hand, and slipped myself through -tho
gate.- I - looked back to see a smiling
"cabby" waving y.s hat at me through
the iron railing, ana i neara:
. "Thank you very much, air." .
LEWIS AND CLARK
n route up the Missouri river from
Fort Mandan (near the cite or Bismarck,
North Dakota,) to- the Rocky moun
tains. - - . : .
May 28. Two canoes whloh were left
behind yesterday to bring on the game
did not Join ua till S o'clock thla morn
ing, when we set out with the towllno.
the use of which the banks permitted.
The wind was, however, ahead, the
current strong, particularly round the
points against- which It happened, to set.
and the gullies from the hills having
brought down quantities of stone, these
projected into the river, forming barriers
for 40 and 6 feet around, wnich It was
very dlffcult to pass. At the distance
ef - two and - three -quarter-miles - we
passed a small Island In adeep bend on
the south, and on the same side a creek
20 yards wide, but - with no running
water. About a mile farther Is an
island between two and three miles In
length, separated from the northern
shore by a narrow channel. In which la
a sand Island at tha distance of half a
mile from Us lower extremity. " To this
large Island we gave the name of Teapot
taland, two mllea above which la an Isl
and a mile long, and situated on the
south. At three and a half miles is an
other Island, and one mile beyond It a
second, three quarters of . a mile In
length, on the north side. - I a. the middle
of the river two miles above this Is an
Island -with nor:t1mbernA-Othe--eaine-
ntinl i. ihla last , . .
The countryon. eacft - aide ' Is high,
broken and rocky, the rock being either
a aof t brown sandstone, covered with aj
thin stratum of limestone or else a
hard, black rugged granite, both usually
in horlxontal stra.Ua, and the sand rock
Overlaying the other. : Salts and quarts,
as well as some coal and pttmlcestons,
still appear; the bars of the river are
composed principally of gravel; the river
low grounds are narrow and afford
scarcely any timber, nor -is there much
pine on the hills. ' The buffalo have
now became scarce; we saw a polecat
this evening, which was- the first for
several days; in the course of the day
we also saw several herds of the big-
horned animals among the steep cliffs
on the north, and killed several of them.
At the dlstsnee of II miles we encamped
on the south. . - . I
m
Tn A-rpi.ara wastb or rata.
From the New York World.
One - thousand million dollars. ' said
President Washbur of the board, of
fire underwriters at Its meeting la this
city. Is the country's loss by fire In six
years. The loas for ISOt surpassed all
previous records, reaching 1229,000,000,
of which 180,000,000 disappeared in the
Baltimore blase. --- --"
But that is not the real total of de
struction. It does not Include all lone
ly, uninsured farm houses ef . small
value burned. - It doee not fully coverJ
the Josses of- bousenoia gooas in gen
eral less adequately Insured than build
ings. It takes no note or forest fires,
the moat Irreparable of alt calamities.
The 'figures might almost., be doubled
without exaggeration. . The true annual
Ore tax -of the nation ia doubtless S2
per family. ' -
No other civilised nation knowe such
an appalling waste. uEven la the Under
end-paper Japanese cities fire losses
are comparatively slight, since building
le cheap and family valuables are kept
In fireproof "go-downs," or storehouses.
Ours Is a prospering nation; but can
it much longer afford a fire tax of SO
cents week for every1 family?
Solos aa Bemloolras.
; '"'Front .the Chicago Tribune. .
Solon had promulgated another law.
"The i reeson why - my laws always
stick," he eburkled. "le because I never
tut. any "sVmVolons In 'em." ,-
Herein we e that the real art which
lies In simplicity wss not altogether
unknown te the ancients.
LETTERS FROM , THE
PEOPLE , -
A BepabUoaa's Tiew ef the Mayor.
Portland, May IS. To the. Editor of
The Journal I have lived In Portland -I
j ia Tyeara . ana nave -Vgttft the ,etmgiit
TKepubllcan tigkuV-and supporTed our"
v i,ijrvr. a - Tnif-nmn con
sidered him a good, conscientious man .
who would do his duty and work for
the Interest of our town. I have lost
all faith In him. If tha -Republicans
wish to e!ecta mayor-Jet -thenx select "
a man who haa the interest of our city
st heart' - Portland has money enough
to run the munlclpl business without
depending upon gamblers. - Other towns
Can , do ao and-they are not trnnhlurl ' I
with beggars and people who cannot
support themselves. ...,-
j. am. surprised at tne remaraa that
the mayor made about ourpreacheiV
I am sure no--manwh(T had any self
respect or respect for our churches and
the members would make use-ot suoh
remarks. I am sure that there la hot a,
gambler or a aaloon-keeper who . would
cll.oucpre.achers liars and .scoundrels,
but when the mayor of the town, who Is
supposed to work for the moral-Interest, I
makes such remarks I think it advisable
for his friends . to have him examined
before a medical board. "As a Republic -can
I don't think -that we are compelled
to elect a man whom we have no confi
dence in. I hope that every good Re-'
publican will, and all man who wiah
good government,, will do as I Intend.
That la vote for Drr H. Lane for mayor. "
. . . -A WORKING MAN.
BepablVxsi Absolve
--IJ-thrdlto- of the Journal When
Williams waa a candidate for the-office
of mayor of tha city of Portland,, he
publicly promised the people that if he
waa elected he would execute all lawa
that he. aa aa executive officer, waa by
law required to enforce. Upon this.
promise, I, an old-time Republican; freely
voted tor nim. Having .received a ma--.
Jorlty -of votea cast he waa declared -duly
elected. Whereupon, he, before .
high heaven, voluntarily took upon him
self the obligation of an oath to execute
the lawa relating to 6ur city. Sad the
fact that he haa failed te keep good bia
oromlae. and haa openly violated the--' I
obligation of -his omelet" oath, making
himself " the Judge of the "lawTatner-
than its executive. .
, - a a m ettiae,-I-de not feel -freer:
to again vote for him for, ae a man.
he haa not only broken hie publicly
niaae promise to tne people, out aa
mayor of Our city he haa disregarded .
much, of ..hla . a wom-to. official- duties--:
Surely he Is old enough to know trutn
from falsehood; honor frotn dishonor.
lug in Buiuuienuy learnea liiiuetiri j-
of law to know-the-dlfference between;.
sn executive duty and a Judicial ouln
Ion, aa well aa the nature of an Official
oath. - -
Having failed, .after . belng-.adm.on..
pahed, to keep his word good and his
official oath Inviolate, he. In 'honors
realm. . Is Judging by hie ' record - as -
mayor no longer, worthy to- be -the
chief executive of our city, and is not
a creditable nominee- of the . party of
Lincoln and Roosevelt, and all honor- -
loving Republicans are -absolved from
voting for him. H. Z. 8IMPSTO.N.
KUltary Drill f ot Police.
- Portland. Mar 22. To the Editor of :.-
The Journal When ChletHunfc, :."ec l
corainf to a,-iuirmoni in jour paprr
last Saturday, " told - the "new policemen
that soldier do-not make the best etffl-
cers. he certainly apoke the truth.. This..
being the fact why so much military.
nonsense luu-the police " aepertmentT
Gloves, red stripes, military capes, mil-
Itary drill. "etc., 'are all very much, dls-
liked by every policeman, as' all such"
humbug Is a hindrance to the officers
in performing their duties on their beats.
The police force Is a civil, not a military
organisation. Had this been under taoU
there would be far more sympathy for
the present administration than is the
esse, at present Why not do awey with
all military fakes in the police depart
ment? ' : A. V M.
TO PUTIVT TBAXST WBDO-S.
Governor George 1C Chamberlain. In
a, letter to Ieslle'e Magastne. declsres
for a national law establishing the block
system of running railroad trains. Her
writes: " , ' '
"1 heartily annrdve of the fight which"
your magaslne has been making for the
passage of a federst law requiring the
gradual adoption of the block system on
American railroads...
"It ia my opinion that the time has'
come when nothing short of a strong
federal law upon hls -subJeet-wilHiavs
tmssenferbUslnee. T.lie..rstabllhment
of this system .would necessartlyhava-.
the effect of greatly reducing the num
ber of railroad accidents In the United
States. From the latest statistical re-
port-i hve-ef the Interstate Commerce 1
commission, It appears that during tne
year 102 2.S t employes ef .railroad
companies In the United States were
killed, while 60.(24 were Injured. Dur
ing the same year, 45 paaaengers were
killed and 8,883 Injured, whilst the
total number of all persons killed wis .
8.SSI 'and. 14.(82 Injured. This makes a
frightful showing and can only.be ac-CLM
counted for by the failure or transpor
tation companies to properly (safeguard
the lives and limbs of employes and the"
traveling public.
Some of the better managed toads
ars voluntarily adopting thevblok ay ex
tern, the better -to guard against acci
dent but there are othera that are not
doing anything at all In this direction.
and It Is safe to aay never win, ninirsa . 4
compelled to do mo by a most stringent- ,
federal statute, -jne sooner ine con-
gresa of the United States carries out - I
the recommendations or tne interstate
Commerce ' commission In this regard
the sooner will be ssved from sacrifice
Innumerable lives of those who are com- '
. . . , J M- I . L. . . t , - .
peiiea w. irevei aim lauiuui vmiiiuyri j
wno are xorcea w wui a iur mnr "a",x..
Dread uaing sum aniiquai.ru appliances
as the tranaportatton companies seeTlt
to adopt. . -
Vet Sntirely Vselese. "''
From Harper's .Weekly..
Dr. Frltdjof Nansen, the explorer' who..
should Norway become Independent bids
fslr to become hie country's president.
toldvan American visitor an amusing,
story'of a Norwegian glrl'who came to
tha t'nlt.W Rlataa. ' ,
fThle girl," said Dr. Nsnsea "lour-i?
neyed to the United States In seArch of T
employment She-ws 'takerr-wte" a"
household ae a cook, but failed to give"
atlafaction.- Nearly everything she un- -dertook
ended in failure, and finally the -
lady cf the. houae aaked desperately: t -
"Nore. Is there enythlng you can dor
l,Yees,"1'responded Nora, with a grin.
1 can milk reindeer.
Poor Ontloek for Wheat Corner. ,
From the New Tork Tribune.
With a coming wheat crop of 21.78 J.
000 acres, or 2,861,000 more acres than
Wens' sown last year, arid condition re
ported at 12.1 "m May 1, the prospect
rou-ei wheat corner Is not allurlne. en- 1
elally te those whe tried that cperatlo ' s
rarantlv. -- . .. ... .. . - ,
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