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PORTLAND. OREGON.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1SC5.
THE OREG
AN
a a. Acuoa
Published every evening ( except Sunday ) and vry Sunday morning at
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f A SERIOUS SITUATION. iyZ:'
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T WILL SERVE no good purpose Wblink the fsct
that Oregon, and the whole Columbia river region,
face a serious situation with reference to the further
improvement of the river. The
deeneniii the channel there1 is about exhausted, and
without sufficient appropriations; in
carry on the work necessary yet to be done, the money
recently expended will be to a large extent wasted, as
Itas happened before, ; If Oregon bad a full, strong dele
gation.in congress there would be brighter prospect of
securing an early appropriation for this very important
fcnd necessary work, but unfortunately the state will ap
parently be only naif represented tn the senate ana not
at all in the house, and this at a.time when there is a
(disposition among' influential and 'controlling members
of congress and the administration to cut down or elim
inate river, and harbor .appropriations. Representative
Burton, chairman of the committee on rivers and harbors,
is known to be opposed to large appropriations of this
nature; is Speaker-Cannon; and it. is reported that
' Secretary Taft is of the same opinion. Unless sufficient
pressure can be brought to bear upon these, and Other
men of influence and power, no appropriation will. be
secured until what has been accomplished, at the mouth
f the Hvef will be again "undone, on
completeness, by wind and wave. ' . j
,' Under these circumstance no possible effort should be
spared to showthe powers that be that a eteady con
tinuation of this work is of vast importance, and that it
is an emergency situation that is presented here.-. Un
less congress- going to abandon the work, and such is
riot supposed to be the case, considerations of true econ
omy require art early and a liberal appropriation for this
work.'.' '.:"'.-'-, ..'-... - -,.".,""'-.'
..Tt- Religious fanaticism and hatred is the most malignant
kind, in the world. ' Americans Should not cease to be
, Ithankful for religious tSlerationin th
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LANDS KEPT OFF THfi
HILE IT IS PROBABLY
tp compejjjie. -Southern Pacific and other cor
porations to sell their lands in Oregon until
K thcy get ready or at prices other, than they please, to
ask, yet the public sentiment in favor of the sales of such
lands that finds expression in many state newspapers is
(entirely justified and may not be i entTrelywTthourinfru-
ence. - And-possibly something" effective-could- be ac
complished by the next legislature, or by assessors with
out legislative action.in the direction of higher taxation
of such lands, though -in this limits of reasonableness
must be observed. f ; ; '
-iiIt iasaid lhat there are some 2,000,00a icreslorisM
Jn Oregon held by railroad Vhd otfieF c6rporjtfem)i,-which
Cannot be settled upon and cultivated or cleared because
the owners refuse to put them upon the market, waiting,
f course, for them to b increased in value by the grad
,v"uaT development of surrouhiig Jaaiesor the advance
in the value of timber. Much if not most of these lands
should be settled upon and brought Vinto nse. ill timber
r4aiwl,-they-shonld "be. logged off, CxcepLjyherefore8t j
preservation m deemed necessary, and farms should be
feintq take the place of. the wilderness. Placing these
lands' on the market at reasonable pricWwould' grea,tly
stimulate the .-development that we are so anxious to
bring about .'Some of these corporations will probably
put their lands on the market before long, in their own
interest, and to aid in supplying traffic to contemplated
railroads.", ;' ? ,'.:-.'..''''..,..':...: ;' ,..'' . .- . .
v About $2,000,000 real estate sales in October, the
highest record ever made, clearly 'indicate Portland's
business prosperity- and bright prospects. ' "Men ef
-means and good judgment have unquestioning faith in
Portland's growth and future greatness. ' ' .
V GRAFTING BOSSES MUST GO. J
SEVERAL OF'thE GRAFTING BOSSES are en
countering rather rocky roads. Murphy in New
, York may retain his grip for awhile longer, but
. bis grafting operations will not be so safe or insolently
. carried on as in the T past Boss Cox toOhiorwithra-Jiori
mal party majority of 100,000 or.more behind him,. is in
straits, and may suffer at least partial .defeat tomorrow.
Boss Durham of Philadelphia is already hors du combat,
.. with slight chance of ever regaining his former grafting
power. Gorman is losing his grip in Maryland. In New
York i?og8esPlatt and Odell- are-in -ill odor among the
rank 'and file ot their party! In San Francisco Mayor"
Schmidt, if defeated, will be largely so because his ad
ministration is aid to be run by a boss, Ruef.
- There will yet be leaders in politics, men who will be
prominent in affairs and hold offices which will give
them large influence.- This is inevitable in a represent
. , ative form of government But the grafting boss, the
v Novel Fresh Every Hour.,' ,
' ' ' ".'.' By Wex-Jonee. . !
To be a aucces a novel must be
tip'to-date. i The. world move teo fast
'" nowadays . for - last : season's ' novet" to
"- tm bought this seaaon. The herolne'a
clothe would b hopelessly out of
etyle. . Realising this fact the great
. fiction publishing . house of Wunk
, Fagnal'a, ' the principal factor . in , the
'literary uplift, are arranging to. issue
' '' their next scorcher. 'Iady Betty Wet
. feet," in a aeriea of. speahUl and extry
edltlone. - The flret chapter from, the
Ureater New Torlj edition of October
zt will be aa follows:
"look out ther you chump." cried
, Lady Betty as aha bumped Into a care
, leaa policeman On Broadway,, one bright.
' sunny afternoon with a fall tang In the
liv' -.. . . '' '
"Thinking of how to vote, I euppoae,"
- she eneered la deep voice of Indeacrib.
' able timbre. Careleaaly throwing the
man a prlceleaa pmme de terra from
. the richly embvoldered paaseparteut
which- ahe carried, Lady Betty tripped
.. . merrily down the Rue de Forty-two.
By cooperation Nrltb, the weather
bureau. -Void Weather Specials" will be
iaaued as follow
Blinding snow prevented Lady Betty
from seeing a policeman In her path.
"Look out Mt or It'll be St for you re."
Kh cried with chattering teeth, brushing
at tb aaroe time the pltllea flake of
View from hr rich eablea.
- . Hat--tha..gallant policeman was frosen
stiff, dead at hi poet ot duty.
The November I edition will be the
"Xmii Bpoclsl." and will begin:
1 iter trtni filled with parcels and en
ena'llc em lie upon her lovely face. Ledy
P'ttf ' aped' down Broadway: ' ' She' wa
thinking of Little Willie, Llaale and
huh at home In her apartment. c. She
knew they could not b In mischief, since
when all three Wore together hey were
wedged too tightly to move,
. A gigantic traffic policeman burled
. bark a heavy team of tiorae to mak
room for a tiny cripple about to croas
the ulreet. On of th home Stepped
Idy Htye; toe and ehe dropped on
f her percela, A naughty word sprang
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ON DAILY
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
- PUBUSHED BY , JOURNAL PUBLISHING Ca
-streets, j-ortiano. uregon. , ...
type of leader who
plunder the people
public affairs, is
as. he has had.
money available tor
the near future to
the effort of the
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New York ia'pf
showing a rising,
account of its in
Philadelnhia and
tent the nature of
xroum
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MARKET.
"impossible legally
delphia. : :
iJThe.czatdof sn't
would know how
of a prize
the best
to carry out such
thelesl be applied
There are several
jholdefs here pay
otherwise perhaps
The new city
rect than last summers alleged census. '
Hearst has. 'em
to her llpa, but . she remembered Jt was
the - time, of the bleated Christmas,
rtsafffully ahe ignored the, bottle of
Scotch which lay broken and ebbing
upon the aaphalt. -J - -. ,
"Take tht," ah aatd to the police,
man, giving him a cut little doll. Then,
with a smile of true Chrltmaa Joy upon
her face. Lady Betty atralghtened her
hat, readjusted her fala teeth and went
her way... ,.
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"Cool" Burgess Dead.
t'. " From the " New York Time.'
. "Cool" Burgee, the well-known -minstrel,
died yesterday morning' In the
General hoapltal at Toronto, where he
had been for averal month. He wa
about ' year old,' and a native of
Toronto. : Burgee . was a Canadian
favorite in hie time and toured. Canada
at the head of hi own company. He
was popular in the united State, ap
peering with Piimro - aV West and
other minstrel troupe. He wa the
original elnger of "Nlcodemu John
on," and the flrat 'long-aho dancer.
Where Copperfield Spent Hia Penny.
Froaj. the London Telegraph.
The old ahop at the corner of Dover
Market aquare, which is associated with
liickana a the place on the step of
which David Copperfield aat down, foot
ore and .weary, after- hi walk from
London, end In which h bought hi
penny loaf, la being demolished to mak
room for modern business premise.
One Striking Difference.
From the Ohloago Reehrd-Herald. 1
.."Pa. what' the difference between a
profeaalon and a trader'
"The man who works at a trad quit
when hi eight hour are up. The man
who follow a profeaalon ha to keep
on until hi work t done."
A Possible ReMon for It
From th Philadelphia Ledger?
HarrlmaK'a train went 0 miles an
hour. Anxiety to testify before the In
eurunee committee may be th reaaon.
J O.URNAL
no. y. aAi&ou
Th Journal BuOdinc, Fifth and Yamhill
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usespolitics anT party machinery to.
ami corrupt -the administration of
;not going to have so; easy a time ol-tt
The people are rising against mm, as
some of tomorrows returns are liable to show..
Closed saloons on Sunday may yet; become the reg
ular order in American cities. Minneapolis has how fol
lowed the exaniple of St. Louis. z . . ; ''.
' v TOMORROWS ELECTIONS.
SEVERAL state andmunicipal elections that will
be held tomorrow are of unusual interest. In
nhln. dominated bv a boss named Cox, there is
hope, among the opposition that the reform candidate
for governor may be elected, though this result seems
improbable. - In Maryland interest centers in proposed
tifrnrhirment amendment to the constitution and In
Gorman organization to secure abso-
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lute control of the machinery ot elections, ruunc in
terest isnot much aroused - in. the contests Jn other
ctaa thnnirh the. election of members of assembly tn
interest because of the possibility 6f
opposition in the KepuDiican party 10
Boss Piatt and other leaders. . - '
Rut it is in the municipal elections in New York City,
San ' Francisco - that - interest -chiefly
centers. In. Philadelphia the fight Is clearly defined, it
being- squarely one between, the Republican machine and
the long plundered and long supine but now aroused
people. .In New York Hearst is making a splendid fight
against the Tammany machine, with some prospect, it
seems, of success.; He is the candidate of the municipal
ownershia organisation. whose title indicates to some ex
the contest. ,It is not intended by this
organization to secure control of street railroads, as was
the case in Chicago( at least not immediately, or soon,
but rather of eras and some other necessaries, for which
trusts and Tammany have been, greatly overcharging the
people." Ivins, the Republican candidate, also favors
municipal ownership to this extent, with some reserva
tions, and even McClellan does not speak out clearly in
opposition. It, is, 'however, -a fight on the part of
Hearst's supporters against Tammany and all that Tam
many 'in its double role of politics and business stands
for. . In San Francisco a fusion ' of Republicans and
Democrats is. trying to beat Mayor. Schmidt, and partic
ularly his chief jtdviser and managerRueVwhoiia xeprfc!
sented as an unscrupulous boss. - V . , ; ; ;
- There will be less interesting contests in other cities,
the.results of which may to some extent indicate the
present trend of political thoughtbiit' the eyes of the
country will be centered chiefly on New York and Phila
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know what -te-dornor if he
did
to do it. . "' ,; . :
A SUGGESTION.
; PENDLETON MAN offers $S0 a the beginning
fund to be 'given to those who make
showing in lawn improvement with -a
reasonable expenditure of money." While it is impossible
an idea m a large city jt.may never-
with line" Teiults ; to sections ot it,
parts of Portland where the residents
all people of moderate means, pride themselves on the
way in which their lawns are maintained. ' If they should
organize a neighborhood improvement society and offer
prizes, notjieeessaruy money, xney womp greany siim
vilate the interest in such matters and the results would
prove extraordinarily gratifying. Thedea of beautify
ing the home surrounding has not been carried nearly
so far in Portland as in some other cities. This is not
to say that the surroundings of the more elegant homes
are not carefully looked after but that the average house-
less attention to such matters than the
average jiousenoiaer.in piner cities wnicn acservcaiy en
joy a fine reputation for beauty. -
v In few cities anywhere can more be done with a little
expenditure of effort anfl money than in Portland. Na
ture gives lavish, results for very little work here and
where flowers will grow in such bewildering variety there
irno excuse-for shabby surroundings. The suburb or
addition to Portland which, most seriously takes up this
question is the one that will .most largely profit not only
in the delightful appearance of thing! and the pleasure
which goes with it but in the distinct advance which will
be made in prices as compared with neighboring sections
equally favored.
directory contains a number of names
that serve as a basis to show that the population of Port
land is 161,205. This is certainly a go6d deal nearer cor
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scared, anyway,
Lord BeacoHHeld's Maxima.
(From a Collection Just Published by
Humphrey. London.)
Existence Is a pleasure and the great
est, but there I always something to
worry you. , It comes as regularly as
sueriae. . -
Reel assured you must go through
every trial that Is peculiar to men of
your organisation.
Every one love power, even if they
ao not know -what to do with It
Very few people reach poaterlty. Pos
terity 1 a moat limited aaaembly. Aa
a general rule, nobody has money, who
ougni to nave 11. - -
: Next to knowing when to seise an. op
portunity tn most important thing In
lire is to know when to forego an ad
vantage. Alway have diRtlngulahad ' friends,
Never have fool for friend; they are
or no u.
To be king of your company la, a poor
ambltton. yet homage la homage; and
moke 1 emoke, whether It come out
of th chimney of a palac or of
workhoti. '
To govern men you must either1 excel
them In their accomplishment or de-
pla them.
To rule men we muat'b men. Our
wladom muat be concealed under folly
and our constancy under caprice.
Talk to women aa much a you Cart.
This I tb way to gain fluency, because
you need not ear what you aay, and
had better nor b sensible.
Religion I civilisation,.. highest; It
Is a reclamation of man from savage-
nea by th Almighty.
Th divine right of king may have
been a plea for feebl tyrant, but th
dlvin right of government ,1a th key-
atone o; numan progreaa. , ...
The flrat great duty of a monarch f
to know hqw to bow skillfully, a royal
bow 'may- often quail a rebellion and
sometime crush a conspiracy.
' A Horrible Possibility.
From h" New York ' World.
There Is a well-defined apprehension
that this trip may result in coon song
to we ru i iJ ouj e . , ,
'small change
Mountnlna are beainnlns; to Band down
murmurs of winter.
. No reslamatlona today up to the time
or coing to preaa.
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RooMvelt and Fulton In ItOI la an Im
probable ticket, i
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Be good to tha' Thanksgiving tur-
aey.-
. May the bast men win. ' ".;''
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Many' ballot' battles tomorrow;
The time will aural y come, and ttmt
before long, when Willamette valley
lectno nnea will be aometblng more
man not air. ,, . t -
Many people coming Oreeonwarda,
thouah jtia lair is over. .
Good parcela of real eatate brine more
now than ever, which provea conclusive
ly that there has been no "slump."
Toe many early crowing rooatere In
reatdence dlatricta. . ,
market.
'Willamette valley towna will entertain
the Portland 'excursionists nicely. .
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Names of atreets ahould be called out
by streetcar conductors, after - dark at
leaat Even old realdenta cannot tell
"where they ; are aCaometlmea4n go
ing home or coming down town.
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Like Bummer yesterday; like winter
next Sunday, maybe. -
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Public policies should not be discussed
from a standpoint of private Spite or
spleen. ;
The "Willamette - valley needs both
drainage and Irrigation.. - , . ,
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, See that the boys are kept In school.
A tolerably hard winter is better than
a very mild one.. -1 - - --- - -
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The - Kearet- peoplo-mlghi-havo been
even stronger If they had indorsed Je
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Fulton lan't under Indictment Ma
President T- " "
Oregonn one reepeet Is hoeing a hard
row of stumps Just now, but ehe will
get tnem gruDDea out a iter awnue. :-
Sz-8nator Wellington of Maryland
seya Senator Depew ought to be In the
penitentiary. - But .Uncle fihaunnay might
retort that .Wellington ought to be In an
aaylum . "t-'-t - -
Light up the streetcar letters.
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-A New -Yorknewspaper eays McClel
lan la the beat mayor that city ever had.
Then New York City ha been for a long
time to-be pitied.. ... .
Machine partlaanahip haa fallen Into
th er and yellow leaf.
So far. as th experiment of working
prlsonere on the highway In Oregon
haa been tried It haa apparently proved
a aucce. Why not enlarge th experi
ment 7
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.-Now.. r th hillside glorious. .
Dallas library ' prospering.
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Foreat Grove Times: . Captain Barnes
received a few days ago the acorn and
leaf from the ree In Sherwood forest
under which Robin Hood used to sleep
more than 00 yer ago. . They ar
now on display In his front window.
The acorn will be planted and If pos
sible a tree raised from it fcere.r- r-
Fine crops around Ballaton.
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Bcholl Correspondence Forest Grove
Times: An aggregation of "coon tal
ent"" atruok the town .Thursday night
and gave a plantation ong and dance
snow wnn'ir wag said 'to lie first-class.
In connection therewith, a young dry
goods clerk here Is cogitating when
certain leather-colored damsel - of th
firm-will return his standing . collar,
loanea ner ror tne special occasion,
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- Salem Journal: A woman wearing
two shades of blond hair in her switch
was noticed on Commercial street this
forenoon. ,
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Chehalera velley mill being enlarged.
Newbergere ar anxious for a ehanaa
in the arrival of the evening train. - It
would certainly be mor convenient If
th train would leave Portland . two
hours earlier now that th fair 1 over.
Almost avery Oregon town growing.
Drain Nonpareil: The' series of lec
tures and entertainments given before
the achool I arousing an excellent in
tercet In' th student snd th demand
will b met by having th leading, men
of the tat with us soon.
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Lot of plowing yet -
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Higher ' aahtrlee are being paid the
Pendleton teacher thl year than laat
or during any other year In the paat
An examination of the payroll In the
office ot the county - superintendent
how that on an average of It a month
mor I being paid ' to teachers than
ver before. :, -
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Old-time revival at Independence. t
e
Gambling game still running in Pen
dleton, and gamblers going there every
day. i i -
Joeephlne county cattl are being
brought In -from th - htll in large
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Vol. I. N. I, TVestsm Oregon," Cot-
tag Grov.
W. 8. Goodman, a Hirdad-Bey (Vma-
Ulla eountv) farmer. wlUell 100 head
of thoroughbred Shorthocq cattle at auc
tion, , .
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Ewes sold for $4.80 and ordinary
bucks for lit In Grant county.. . ,
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,The Graa Valley Journal haa entered
upon .Its ninth year, under the earn
management and is a creditable local
newspaper,- :.-'
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
CENERAV JAKE SMITIi
-1 LOAFER ; .
; ' From the NWYork Sun.
'General Jacob Hurd Smith Hell
Itoarlng Jak went abroad for i two
yaara", atay aftr Ma retirement -from
the United Statee army. He came back
to America laat June. He haa been
visiting all over the country, and now
he's In New York on his way to Europe,
because, he aaya. he' a scientific loafer
now and be cant find any one In the
United BUte to loaf with. When asked
to explain. General Smith said:
"I'm going to tell you a little atory,
wnicn in oeen leinn mj in.nu. wuwni
.,. ..b m. .h. I .inn-t atav at horn.
f mn ta vinit a friend. I droo Into
hi office In the middle of the morning,
because hi office. God know. 1 the
only place where you're euro of finding
htm. . . ; -
"Wkr hnv a von do.- BmlthT eavs
h,' 'Bleea your soul, I'm rlad to see
you. I've got a. great ruah on .thla
morning. Her' th paper. Jut mak
yourself comfortable, will you. and wa ll
have a great old vialt In a few minute.'
"Well. In about an hour I finish tno
paper, and I sit looking reproaenruuy
at Oscar. He see m looking up. Th
office boy hag Juat dumped down a
basketful of paper nerore mm. -
"'Sorry as I ean b. Jane, say ne.
'something new has come up.. Walt half
an hour, will you, and we'll go to lunch.'
I wait, we rush to a restaurant, tie
order pork anoMeana, a plc of pie,
giaa oi miiB. a onr iowi uuuu.-
my time of life I owe It to my atom
ch. and besldee I'm a loafer now. In
10 minutes he's through. I'm- . jusr
started. - . i. -.-.-:. ; .
"Excuse me. won't you, Jakef eaye
he. "Got to rush back. Take your time
and drift In on me again. I'm going to
have more time thia afternoon and we'll
have a great talk.' - He I gone. I finish
eating and loaf back. Oacar Is talking
at the telephone.
"Dearborn 411.' saye he.? 'Tea. get it
quick. Hello. Jakel - Say, old man. I m
meetlng-ln half an hour. Don't know
v.... t,. . hn. -tii
you what you do. .111 give you a era
to a man I. know, and he u enow youioi uiaca mcu on nw n muc uum
the Maaonio Temple hello, ye thl la our cmp. Her we were overtaken by
Oacar. I aay the Maaonio temple be-1 the Indians from the two tents we
cause we re playing thl 1 cnicago,
When he' through telephoning be scrlb -
bias some hieroglyphic on hi card.
" Take that to the office or th tnt -
pie,' he aay. and they'll show you a
good time. And come back at 4:30, I'll
have a carriage here and we'll take a
lone drive around theclty.JTou wouldn't
know the place, lt'a growing o!'
1 to to tne Maaonio irapw. i
man in charge I vry polite, very en-
tertainlng. H show me tn ra twn
room, the Mystic nnnnera room, iiun innr heinw vhich tm m. am.iisr
view 6f th city from th tower. 1
njoy myself wth htm. Btlll, h ln f
njO4 .friend.- ' . . " '
At 4:30 T goackT-Therca-ar-carT
of occarV offlc.I atop-and liitrvlw
"7 w'"t ".V""... I
the coachman. I ay: - . --
Doe Oacar have th carriage down
to the office very oftenr - . -
" "Oh, yes air,' says he, wvery day, but
he hardly ever uses It Host generally
keep it waiting until s. and he come
ent end tell me that I ean go and tell
Mr. Oacar. he very buy ahd can't
be home to dinner.'
"Hm-hum' juva Tr end T walk In on
Oscar, again, -i , r- -- - ---- -- - :-r -r l
. " -Jcka.' nva h. . tthl 1 about the 1
worst run of luck -I ever had. There's
another directors' meeting right away. J
Nsw matter came up In the trust com-1
nanr. Yon lust hop Into the carriage, I
and John will drive you around. - He I
know th city better then I - ever
dreamed of. knowing It. Tell him to land
you at my houae about 7, and you ana
Mollle and I will haa dinner together.'
Moll!' hi wlf;. -
"The army In me kind of rlsee up
right there.
"Oacar." I say, 1 cam to see you,
and -not Chicago or John. I'm going to
go to the hotel. I'm going to put on
my dinner cloth, end I'm going to din
with Mollis, whether you show me up
or no. Mollle' probably nailed down
where I can reach her.' I do aa I say.
Mollle Is glad to see me.' I've known
her ever emce we used, to dance to- (
aether at army hops. We've been Mol-1
He' and 'Jake' to each other elnc be- J
fore you were born, young man. . ' I
- W have a good time. At .7-we alt J
down .to dinner. Mouie explains that l
It's nvr any ua to wait for Oscar. I
He la so busyi Alter mnner l smoke
and she embroiders, and we both talk.
At 10 o Clock, ana no new rrom uacar,
I bid her good-nlgnt ana go back to
the hotel. . I
"Mere oe-4evilment than anything t
else, I see Oscar again In the morning,
xjt jore, j. w"
fMwruw, "ra
tn. telephone, .von t anow wnen 1 ve
Iiaa "ucu m u. ,
-Oscar.' I say. you aren't lying tot
an old friend. You're Just deceiving
uu,..,,.. " j iUUI.
chasing the dollar, Oscar, until your
head's a money bag.' That's .the end of
tha,t,",1.t- . Pr0c,,a 10 th town
and duplicate It
"I'm a loafer. Who are my friend
in America? ; , Busy lawyers, business
men, doctors, dltors. My army friend
Chlckamauga and Hollo, or retired N
a 1 B uiuBtir vttiioi wui iiu ueiwDeii i
fleers like myself, hiking over the world
tr.i t ,m. nn. i.e .i.i,
Lerdl the loef Is coming - to me . I
earned It by 45 yeers in the army.
"In Paris last year I met Judge Maxl
of San Antonio. - Now,' there wa a
great grand loafer in Pari. My loaf
ing la merely scientific.' HI was posl
tlvely artistic W had six bully week
together h. Mrs. Smith, whom I am
educating In doing nothing, and I..
"On my swing west I came to San
Antonio and looked up Judge Maxle.
He .was trylng'a case. He saw me en
tar the courtroom, sent for me, had me
up on the bench beald him. I listened
for two hours to a lot of talk about re-bat-er
hog or something.- At last,
In a pause, 1 whispered to him:
"Judge, this lacks thrill end exolte-
ment on th one hand, and on the other
hand It la deficient In polee, repose and
calm. I'll not conceal it from yon
I n do red
Jake,' aaya he. this Is the greatest
land the sun shine on "so long as you
keep working, but it's no atmosphere to
loar in.'. - ' ' - - -
So Mrs. Smith and I are wolne back
for a while to Europe, where there are
plenty of other gentleman of Inherited
and acquired leisure whose onlr.. object I
in ii r is to toar oomiortably and ewnu m juriune wnicn ngnt
rencly. . I tully belong to the Uaughtir. , Her
No, I can't tell you my Itinerary. I
-wouldn't be a loafer if I could. But
I'm headed for Sicily first I under-1
rand that th Sicilian ar th moat I
rtlatlo loafers on the face of the I
globe."
How Fog Strains the Eyes.
From th, Boston Tranacript
Many of th officer of tmshlpf
running in this port are afflicted with
a new d I , which for want ef a
better nam aom of them call the "fog
eye." It Is an Inflammatloa caused by
peering Into th fog, and while pulnfu)
it aoon pa4 away..- ' -- -
Captain Hlgglna and th officer ol
th United Urate Fruit company pa.
. aenaer and mall teamer Admiral Ham
eon. which arrived at Long Wharf thl
morning after a good run from Jamal
can port, ware among tboae whose eyes
were affected by tn 'log. itunning
tbrouah foc and trying to distinguish
object when it Is aimoet impossini te
ee a vessel length away I a Heavy
train on the eyer-and th log, com.
blned with the hat, produce a smart
Ing sensation.
th rnwllta
On the Columbia. paaing th Cowllta
I river and Mount Coffin,
November . t"he morning wae cool,
I wet end rainy. We proceeded at an
I early hour between the high hill on both
laldea of the Hver, till at thedlaUnee of
I four miles wa came to two tents pi in
dlans in a small plain on the lert, wnere
the hill on the right recede a few mile
from th river, and- a long narrow Island
stretches along the right shore. Behind
this Island is th mouth of a large river,
1 160 yards wide, caled by tn jnqiana
icowellake. W halted for dinner on tne
island, but the redwood and green
I brier are so Interwoven with pine, alder.
i aan. a specie of beech and other tree,
that the woods form a thicket , which
Dur hnntera could not nenetratei Below'
I jj,, m0uth of the Coweliake a very re-
l.ri,.Ki. irnnK ri... rrnm the water1
U(jgl t0 tne height of 80 feet being 100
i p.ce, ar0und the baae (Mount uoxnn)
ae it 1 in a low part of th laland. at
om dlaUnc from th high grounaa, us
kppearanc la very singular,
- On setting out after dinner we over
took two canoe going down to traae.
On of th Indiana, who apok a few
word In English, mentioned that the
principal person who traded with them
wae a Mr. Haley, and he showed a bow
of Iron and several other things, which
he eld Mr. Haley had given him. Nine
mile below the river le e-oreek on-th
same aide, and between them are two
smaller ialands, ene" on the left shore.
the other about the middle of the river,
I and a third near the lower end of the
lonrnarrow-lland.-oppolte a high ellff
i paaaea ini morning, irom . wnom we
1 now purchased wapatoo root, salmon,
j trout and two beaver skin. for-whlch
1 last we gave five small riahhooaa , . At
these cliffs the mountains, which had
continued high and rugged on the left
retired from the river, and aa the hills,
on. the other aide, had left . the water
Jat tb Cpwelleke. a beautiful extenlve
nialn now oreaented Iteelf before ua.
For a few mile w passed alongside
, island a mile, iri widths and three
1 isletnd. Mere . the high rugged - hills,
I thickly covered with timber, border the
rleht bank of the river and terminate
rT 1-.T.- .--.-.r u.
with common rushes, grasa and nettles
in tne molster parte with the bulrushes
and. flags, and along the water's edge
with willow. Here also were two an
cient village,' now abandoned by their
Inhabitant, of whom no veatlge -remain.
Pt two . .mail dogs '. almost Btaryed,
end a prodigious quantity of fleas. After
crossing th' plain and - making" five
mil, we proceeded through the hills
for-elght -mU.jTh Hver 1 about a
mn in wwm, ana in nine are o tep
that we could not for several miles find
a plac sufficiently flat te suffer us to
Bleep in a level position; at length "by
removing some large stone, we cleared
a place fit for' our purpose1 above the
reach of the tide, and after a Journey of
to miles slept among the smaller atonee
under the mountain to the light The
weather wae rainy during the whole day;
I ws therefore made large fire to dry
lour bedding and te kill the fleas, which
have accumulated upon us at every old
village we have passed.
- While It mey not be the best of th
eerles of burlesques now being lire-
sen ted at the Baker, the bill of the Tiger
Lille has many features on which It
may be recommended.. To begin -with.
th chorus I on of tall, graceful airls,
wearing oostum of a dassllng order
end einglng with exceptional vim.
There 1 a Dutch comedian Rich y Craig
who Introduce a distinct novelty, a
talking machine, a hi fellow cor vera
Mortal 1st; and a team of muecular giant,
- teeli and Cruas, give anacttha rTf
the beet of He kind to be found eny
ceuent dancer ana earn jssier give
fc drunken scene from the Bowery that
ts WOrth a look. - ... v. , .
Rut th. nerformanr i.. if. .1,.-
backs In neither of th travestl pre-
aentad ja there a voice capable of mak-
.h. .nin. ttra.tiv.- v. "
whll, K WM fri,n(Jiy xrom th begins
lng and frequently enthu.ed wildly.
failed to encore some , of the pretty
number wnicn tn vocaiut found be
yond their reach. Th company should
b strngthend in this respect
Th first of th sketchee 1 called "A
LTM.. V'S
tr..L..j ii .Ta i ...
IT - fA . . 1 i. -1 1 :!
Idea of a woman ambltlou to gj on the
tag, who uncle ha promised her
fortune if he find her married. fh
pease -off- the Janitor aa her husband
to get th money. Th second burlesque
is "King or tne uorree Fiends." , it in
troducee Alex Crr, a Hebrew Imper
sonator, and la, as a whole, t ore rails-
factory than It running mat,
It I th olio, however, and the chorue
that make the Tiger Lille successful.
The Baker sojd out twice yesterday.
eg usual, ine 0111 win run en week.
. "A Human Slave."
Th sensational scene -around which
"A Human Slave" 1 written Is a strike
in the Iron works, and tloubt'ess wa
suggested by the old-timer, ' "The Los:
farac.iae. in auinor :iaa invented a
scene of Intense realism and for sev
eral minute after the rpomlonus me-
ehlnary wae set in motio yesterda af
ternoon a houseful of the-- Empire's
patromt cheered lustily, it' Is an at
traction beyond the orjlmiry run and
should do exceptionally well thl wk.
"A Human Slave" Is a atory - of
girl east --off by her wealthy father
through the effort of a Assigning cousin
trurt" witn poverty le the basis of il
P't and only now and than th Kmplr
clientele wltneaee a meloJrama o well
constructed.
Richard Atherton, the hero, 1 played
capitally by Duncan Pen warden. He Is
a manly young fellow and th house
showered many trlbutee on him grad
ually he undid -the direful work of ti
villain and won the girl. Dorolhy Orey
le th Mildred heroin " usually ar
named Mildred who euffor so much
until tb end. She enact th part quit
satisfactorily." As Toby, Lauis King
le the typical factory girl sort of
LEWIS ANDr CLARK
. THE aAY:ij
RISE AND FALL 'OF THE
.CZAR'S EVIL GENIUS'
From the Chicago Tribune. '.' :'
There was not room In all Russia for
liberty and Constantino Petrovltch Po
bledonoBUeft The-esar -promised - th 7
Russians liberty, end Pobiedonostseff, ;
who had alwaya denied that th paopl
were entitled to liberty, effaced Jilm
seir , .. .. . -v. ....
For more than half a century Pobled
onoataeff wae the evil genius of the
csars of Rusala. H w the Incarnation -of
abaolutlam. , lla Relieved In th u- ,
tocracy of the caar. He did not bellove
In th right of the people to any form
of "elf-government. He did not oelleve
In freef apeech, nor In a free prees He '-'
waa equally opposed to freedom of con-
science, h did not believe In edu
cating the maaaea. He believed In the1"'
csar and the orthodox church end In
nothing else.N. -
" Pobladonotitaefra .nrr.i. A
clared that his ruthless fanaticism has
broken up thousand of families, -ruined
counties men of the noblest character '-.-
nd driven untold thousand into Sibe
rian exile: -tht his lon- nr. - h.nji -
devoted to working evil, unredeemed by
one single act of charity or .nobility;
that hi hand are stained with the :
blood-of massacred Jew, knouted neon. 1
ants and bludgeoned students. , ' ..... .,l
j wnetner theae chargea ar true or
false, or partly true and nartlv r.iu '
Pobiedonostseff Is th moat hated n an
in Russia today: . And yt his bitterest
enemies gladly testify to his sincerity
and hi .absolute . purity of character.
Money ha never aolled hi hand. His
name haa never been connected with '
scandal.- although his fierce denuaiU
tlon of the immorality of even uies.lilgh,
In Russia's society sting like the whin-' .
of a scorpion, and intenalflej the al
ready burning hatred felt for him. ' V
It 1 admitted, too. without dlanutK . -
that Pobledonoetaeff I totally without
personal ambition. His - enemies, who
peak of htm as bigoted, fanat'cal. and
eruel, admit that he I actuated in ell
hie policies and plan ty a devout end v
fervent Ideal. Slngle-mlndedneao. aim-
pllcltjr.- purlty,-lntenlty and deter .
mlnatlon that I fanatical thea are the
elemente of Pobiedonostseff c hi ran
ter, v - .. . - ; . '
Pobledonoteff bom In Umrm
In MlT, nd since ISts h has been a-
part of Russia's official life, for in that
year, after completing his education- In
the higher law school of -Russia; he -was
appointed by Csar Nicholas I aa
an official of the senate. From, 185
until 18i he was professor of civil lw-i.
at the Moscow - univernl4yr' end during
these years he waa the tutor, of -the
csars eon, Alexander. It we a Poble- ,
donoataeff'a aaanrletln. with . F.
vltch for nearly 10 year-that gave him-"-i
uca an innuence over tne young man
who afterward became Alexander. III.
and alao with Alexander. II. in 18(
he waa created "a senator and in j 871
a member of the Imperial council
ttwa In these growing years of hie
career that Pobledonoetaeff formulated
hi peculiarly Russian principle of po
litical economy and lntllled them Into
th mind, end -heart of Alexander It.
Alexander III end Nicholas It Th
baais of hi political creed waa: , "The
csar alone rule, the church 1 omnipo
tent and the principle of the sovereignty
of the people 1 the. falsest of all doc
trines." " -
Pobledonoetaeff ruled .Alexander "it
Only Intermittently.' It wa Pobledo
noetaeff who led' th reactionary oppo
sition to Alexander Il'a naturally liberal
tendencies. Only once did a political
enemy triumph over PobledonoaUeff.
In the closing year of the rela-n of
Alexander II Lorl Mellkoff formulated
conatitution and prevailed upon th
csar to sign It But Pobiedonostseff
triumphed after alt for an aasaaam
killed Alexander II, and hts son, i Alex
ander III the pipll of Pobiedonostseff
mounted the throne.. Alexander III
tore up the conatitution hie father had
signed and Inaugurated "the -terror", in
Russia. , In those awful years of fierce
warfare between absolutism and nihil
ism year In which thousand, of
liberal Russian went to the acaffold.
to prison or to Siberia Pobiedonostseff
wse the power behind the throne. v
The csar ruled Russia, but Pobledon
oetaeff ruled the csar. The csar mede
him procurator of tha hnlv mmnA .nrf
thereafter Pobiedonostseff ruled "th
church aa well aa th csar. HI .reign
continued until Alexander III died and
the present exar, Nicholas It mounted
the throne. - ,
From thl period hie Influence in atate
affair grew rapidly. He became a
member Of the council of. lh mints'
Justice, a prvvy councilor, a senator, a
secretary of tat. a minister snd flnallv -
chief procurator of ' the holy synod, i
Since the death of the Csar Liberator
Alexander It he has been unquestionably
the moat powerful man in Russia. II
ha been a voluminous writer on Juris
prudence and politics, and his "Course .
of Civil Lsw" haa a European reputation. 1
Personally he Is exceedingly interesting,
a little frigid In his manner, but a bril
liant talker and a not ungenial host
Nicholas II I a man of natural liberal
tendencies, but he has been held secur
In a strait-Jacket of ansolutlsm put upon
him by th reactionary party th grand
dukes, the chief of the bureaucracy of
whom Pobiedonostseff wae - the ruling
spirit. Nicholas II decreed the. end of .
exile to Siberia for political enemies-
and Pobledonoatseff nullified the decree
by his Influence over the bureaucratic .
chiefs, to whom tb enforcement of the
decree wa Intrusted.' The csar decreed
more privilege for the sematvos and
Pobledonostsef f's Influence prevented th
decree from going Into effect - Nichols
II a year ago promised the people wider
liberties, and th same day b sighed :
ukss. ald to have been written by
Pobledonoatseff, who aroee from a lck .
bed to go to the palace at midnight, .
nullifying everything he had promised.
But all thing come, to an end. The
Russian people, aroused And terribly In
earnest,' enforced their' demands for
liberty,- and the Sar, aenertea py the ,
grand dukes,- abandoned by his' fright
ened bureaucratlo chief, warned by. th .
assassination of Bobrlkoff, Von Plehv
and Serglus, yielded. He promised th
people a constitutional form of. govern,
ment, and Pobiedonostseff, true to his)
principles to the last, gave up his office .
of procurator of the holy synod. ' ,
" . No Harm Done. ' ' ;.
. From the Prlnevllle Review,-' .' ...
The Oregonlan announce its Implmfc
able determination to expose eny and
all kinds of grafting, national or fhu- -
nlclpal, and the paper is rlgTit The fsct
that IL W. 8. Is a grafter of the first -
magnitude doesn't excuae his humble '
Imitators In the least end It la un
loubtedly for the best Interests of the
state when they are exposed. J , t '
3
"Cinder." In which role Maude Adam
made, on of her earl lee t hit. With
Dan MacMlllan as a partner. Mis King
provided a good deal of comedy to n
liven the dark tory,
Th company will pass wlthmit suae ...
Uotw- ame bUl all week. '- -,-
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