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ma TUESDAY. NOVEMDZIl IV 1CC5. TOHTLAND. OREGON. ' THE OREGON DAILY "AM Public every evening (except Sunday) and Bund,y mornln at - . . - streets. Partial. Oregon. - SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS. - . : SsWSSWSaW, ' 1',.'', ' rt I,1 HEM EETING at McMInnville Wat particularly I significant in showing that th people of Oregon m- arc init4 -in their determination to get what is coming to thenC Subjects hitherto considered "dry" are now being discussed with the greatest interest and draw audiences of the roost representative character. When Oregonians really become interested everything that concern Oregon, when th,c people take live personal interest in the common good even though they them selves may receive no direct benefit from a' particular movement, as they now do, $he beginning of a better day has dawned for the state.' 'V. -"'v Indeed no wore gratifying indication of the advance of things in the . right direction can be shown than ;in the-attention excited at these meetings, the recognition of the mutuality of the interests of the various sections and the determination back of them to carry through to success a line of action .calculated to benefit the state at large.. .The time has gone by when section could be set against section and the energy of. the people frittered away in squabbling with each other instead of concen trating their efforts .in advancing the public interest in all parts of the state. - ' ti ...'.; . Being president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company wai a nice soft snap for John R. Hegeman, who in addition to a comfortable salary-of $100,000 a year, loaned . the company's money to himself and - others inintlr. bv which he made large profits, during obH period his side income from this source was $48,500, while his partner in the loan gained $16,000 and this off policy-holders' money.' Men of as high moral prin ciples are in every penitentiary in the, country;' " ' BURTON NEEDS BUDGING AGAIN. REPRESENTATIVE BURTON is - reported to have come out strong against any appropriations . for rivers and harbors such as will be necessary to carry on .the work next year at the mouth of the Co lumbia rivers This is not especially and newly disap pointing, for -it was known that- the chairman of the house committeemen river and harbors was in that at titude.,. The statement is only a repetition of what was already known. '. : :v But Mr. Burton may be induced to change his' mind. On this possibility rests our hopes. AVhat a man ha done once he may do again. It witl be remembered that Mr. Burton ..waaverjMeeHedlyTihJTirmly opposed to "Ifie'appropriation asked for the : Celilo canal, arid it seemed for a time as if he could not be budged from that position, but he was; he listened to argument, to reason, to figures,, to the showing made, and especially to Jthc plea including the expenditures made by the state of . Orciron in behalf of an open river above The Dalles. When he considered what Oregon had " "loiVgc'fTesiSCT- T , ' ... I 7 "' - vi Rnrinn wlttu thnwn this winter what the Port of Portland ha! done in deepening lower river it Las spent over a million and a quarter lollars and that argument ought to impress him some what. He must be shown what an on this work, and that cessation of it suit. in .srreat loss to the government, Senator Fulton and the delegation from the ehambe'f" of commerce will, of course,' say all that should and can be said, and we must remain hopeful that it will be effective; ? : ;V-: ' -; f 1 . i. I ' -J Burton must be budged! . ' ", - , . ' ' ,,58-.: One bf the most gratifying featurea of the large sub scriptions being raised to aid the Russian Jews is the response being voluntarily made by all classes of the people; without regard to creed or condition. v Portland irr this respect is setting a gratifying example to all its neighbors. Few citiei of its size in the country will make a better showing. , i - , THE PRESIDENT AND THE TARIFF, v i r--.-- 'V"V, ' ""'"'" '''""'"'". ,. '. ',' ; T T IS AGAIN 'REPORTED though not officially of I course, that the president1 will make no recom- '"mendation for tariff revision in his annual message. I ti is generally understood that he favora revision, and a reduction of some of the excessively high duties, es pecially those by the ,aid of which trusts are built up m44 iwaiwtainedi-bwt-he considers rattwaytetregnlaforr the more important matter, and wishes to concentrate his efforts in that direction, fearing that an effort to re vise the tariff would result jn .strengthening the oppo sition to the railroad measure. ' ' ' - . y ' .The president may be right in considering railroad legislation more immediately important than tariff r fof m, and it may be politic to let the latter lie in abey ance next winter; yet this course, if he shall pursue it, will be much of a disappointment, to. many of his friends and fcupporters who have regarded him as a model of moral courage who would not, even thus negatively, do evil that good might come. Assuming that he believea and knows thaUthe tariff ought to be revised; that it is sheltering some of the most reprehensible of the trusts; and that through it the American people arc being held . up to the extent of millions a month," should he not frankly and squarely declare himself on this issue also? But the president doubtless feels that two reforms at a time from that body are more thin he can expect, and that he can pull one through is very doubtful, r .""Independence of thought coupled with unity of party 1 actibn," is phrase -used by BcwtGormari"ln,a speech delivered just before the late election. And be imagines, or did then, that he can fool people&jtn Such palpable contradictions, juch Pharisaical sophistries:, ' -. ' -. , Point! From Paragraphers, ; Philadelphia &eord - Yes; we are all .tirvd of the word "sraff " Toledo Tlmea: . Philadelphia lost IS. 000. 000 through graft In three public improvement. Tbt ahowa that, the saner worked while the town slept. .. Philadelphia Pre:. 'If - theyi" want William H. ' Andrews flown.. In New Mexico they .era - entirely 'welcome. Pennsylvania has sot through with him. New Tort World: purine; September, Ho4 there were defalcation and em- becilements to the Km mint of 11.S7S.- , 4T. Onlv a third was from tMnka. Philadelphia Ledger: "All In. the dny e work-.wae the remrrk of a New Vork .fireman who had risked his life - tr nihera. His medal ehould make merwion of modexty aa well rs heVolam. Philadelphia Inquirer: J There I aieot demand for. . boxes st the New Voi k , home ' ehow teyue Admiral Prime Loula Sf Battenbers is expected in he there, lx they think the admiral la hnree marine? . .. t'lil.-imo News: One great sdvsntags a rpnul.ilo hae over a country like nji,',H la that when the cltlsene of a iri.iibr.o set tired of a boas, all they liave t. do la to go to the poll In aur-1 mt numbers to outvote the dead men l on the polling llata, . iallas : If ilr. Kooaevelt were' tHPlUNDKWT NEW1PAPKR -PUBLISHED BY JOURNA L WBLISHINU COL" T scene than synagogue sian Jews, brothers those being slaughtered in Russia, contributed to the fund for the. relief orthe aurvivingx sufferers in that troublous land." . , i' X ,. ? Most of these people here are poor. They have but little themselves, but every one who had anything to give gave. ? Doubtless hcre are many families who will submit to unusual privations and some pinching for days, if not for weeks, on account of their contributions, yet they gave cheerfully, and would not have a penny back. Thn whn mre rich" or well-to-do have given liberally, but it is these poor peoplewhose earnings are but little if any more than enough to support themselves, who make the greatest, sacrifices, , who really gave . most. They are not Christians, and yet they are; for what the founder of Christianity taught tney oia. Thmiffh nmr. these oeoole may well be and doubtless are thankful that opportunity instead they are not starving, nor ireezing. . inouijn ywr, wtj are hot persecuted; they are in no danger of rnnrder or assault. Their women and children are safe from vio lence, and the young ones are growing up in a land of great opportunities, and may become wealthy and suc cessful men and matrons.. -:"" When they hear of the horrors in Russia their hearts bleed, they weep, they give; then they go to their humble homes and thank God that poor as they are they live. W America, not Russia. ; '.- 'ziLi '"' . I' tC '. '' "' The Oreconian many corporations ing so much moneym tne city, ii .iney arc, common sense would .dictate, mat-' iney are ibuiwh. tv deal at lea!t to the extent which they deserve it ; . , i IT WAS REPORTED the other day from Chicago that many manufacturing establishment! were leav- inir or contemplated leaving that city and seeking locations elsewhere on account of the frequency of strikes ft,- and the interruption of and injury to business re sulting therefrom. another employing 1,500, and others employing many hundreds in the aggregate, had already moved away for the reassn-stated, and-others were casting about lor de sirable locations, where they-would be less likely to be harassed and damaged" by labor wars.. . , Whether this is an exaggerated statement or not we do not know, but it is certain that Chicago has gained a very unenviable reputation as a strike center. Strikes appear to be sometimes jiecosiiaD4aMJUfiabler4uit most ofthe recent Chicago strikes have hotbeen so. After done, he could no t week! of fierce strife, thechannel of the 1 plovcri and YrnrVingrnrn, they utterly faiUd,i-4anM festly deserved to empire is depending This exodus of large employer! from Chicago ought to !erv ai a useful lesson bothto workingmen and em ployers, not only of that city but, of other cities, ,' There should be no, strike except for good and sufficient rea sons. : And there being such reasons, employers should decently vleld. There ought to be mutual concessions, for a year will re the worst kind of and these failing -to effect;! Yompromisey arbitration. Large employen will escajfe from and 'avoid a atrike center, and without employers laborer! must move also or be idle.1 A city should ear a prolonged strike as it ? -V S )' ' j -;"r 4 would a pestilence. will be welcomed all and delighted will doubtless be of much and mutual benefit CUTTING. UP LARGE FARMS. to imitate. What off two thirds or develop Oregon.. ' are likely to by depending on the snorts. campaigning he could . not make It stronger. -' - ' New York . Herald: . Art crltle aays In England feminine sngels are the rule rn statues." Ours are alive! Philadelphia Ledger: Orask Dukes In Russia were surprised to note that they could-be abated as summarily as other dangerous nulaancea. . New- Terk Tribune: Vnder the first Nicholas autocracy reached Its consum mate flowering. L'nder the second Nicholas It gathers Its overripe fruit. Washington Poet: "Bull" Andrews seems to have labored under the 1m preaalon that his railroad had ths fight of way through Jthe PnnylvanJsJtate treaaury. ' ( Detroit . Journal: With" Mr. Wte premier of . Ruaata. the. work, ef the American newepaper reporters who "did" the Portemouth conferencs aeems to be'juet about complete. Wilmington (N. C Meaaengeri.'What does Becretsry Wllaon want out of the Kentucklanst He haa announced that Jcpra la becoming too valuable to be ued ss food for livestock." " Britsin's Courtships. from New York Publlo Opinion. Greet Britain. la paring aaeiduous I rnurt to Canada now. for the erown and Its miniaters percaivs a u jjis re . . i .1. ... JOURNAL mrwrvMMmnx Tha Journal uOding. Fift Yamhifl . - . - - - h, . - -: THEY OAVE AND THANKED GOD. TlF.RK i nni 'nftrn i more pleasing and instructive that Sunday in the Talmud Thora in this city,, when hundreds of Rus and aisters in ttiiT HidTCiigion oi they live in this" land' of liberty and of in darkest Russia.. Though poor, is congratulating 7 Portland'that . so are busy here and that they are spend LARGE EMPLOYERS LEAVING CHICAGO. T WAS REPORTED the other day from Chicago K)ne concern. employing people, 1 csusing immense, loss, both to em- fail, for most of. the strikers had no " The Portland business men'! excursion through the Willamette. Umpaua and Rogue rive valleys is toff, and at all points, and will be interested in with much that they see. The trip ACCORDING! to . the Carlton Observer, the me,n who .own farms, adjacent to that town have de cided to divide' their property into small tracts, nH ftne. five and ten-aere pieces can be obtained in al most any direction desired from the business part of town at a very reasonable figure. The growthjn pro esiTTicrarvrttrTIsrTyncrease atyTTJopuhUK rapidly, says the Observer, "but will -develop the country as well, and the big farms' will be converted into neat, well worked and prosperous little homes. -There isTno htti land anvwhere for fruits and berries than around Carlton and ten acres put out to these will turruii much , . en - -. i t -i.Hj M.:i1 money in !n averagp year as ?v i inu ... ' Thia is a very lensible move,, and one. that it would he well for owners of Isrge farms close' to Other towns the Carlton Observer 'saya of oppor tunities and result! there U true of land around many r,her Willamette valley towns. Many a farmer can sell three fourths of his place, in five 10 or 20-acre tracts, and in a few yean what he retain! -will be madeworih as much as his whole farm is now. . ,. Besides, he builds up the little town, so that it will have better schools, stores, churches, newspaper!, streets. He helps, not only .that community, but the- county and state.' He helps to bring etectricrailroads and to in crease taxable property. ' He doe something tangible' to ,; - Perhaos if a lot:of the hop growers who have not yet helped out thcshorti by idling their, hopi at about half price would make a pooj arm imp aireci to wew ior, they might get more money in their purses than they markable growth, of ths western prov- Inoei continues, aa indications sre thst It will, Canada in a few decades will be able to supply Great Britain with all her foodstuffs and make ths Engllah na tion Independent ot all others for her subsistence. . r -i.. Anglo-American Relations. . " From Neus Frels Preaae, Vienna. However little love England feela fof Germany."-It does .not feel inclined to be dragged' Into s war with Germany which has been plotted by others, The Engllah people do not wlab any war whatever, and would a weep sway any government through which It. had bee embroiled. In one.-- The heavy war clouds -ars'-dtsalpated, but whst re main la the ehock efter It hss. been demonstrated how little Is wsnted t endanger peace, .i . - . . ' - " - , Nature's ' Impartiality. t . From the London-Magaslne. - , Our human conceit la such that we really fancy that we are of pa remount Importance In the unKeraa People have got to get the Idea Into their beads that nature caree as much for s tuber culosis or an anthrax beetllua as she does for a cash grocer or a popular soy elieU . ' i' -,. . SMALL CILA.NGS Whether h win tor not, Hearst haJ sood run tor hla money. . IdlenM 'makes , women- danreroua, ays Mra. Rutaelt Be. . Tet K 1 the woman In action that men are generally afraid of. '.. '. ' .The most difficult job of eittlns on a lid a. man ever had i being perform) these daya by Count Wltte. . -' "'Xllhe rich Tneh krvflhe same advic to poor youns- men; ' Vork hard and emVe your money." ,The first part I Ltasy noush. -but how caa the seoond be dona If one pays ula "e aayar - .. e e .. ' ' . " No doubt mora car are needed on both team and electrlo roada, and they must b provided. . - ' " ' ' Booaevelt could probably be elected tn 1908 on the Popullat or Prohibition ticket. . : : - : v-i " . v . : . . ' . The East Oregon I an tblnka that Tam many la a aalnt compared to ward range and county and atate central commit tees of both Republican and Democratic parties In other atatea than New fork, and that we need not look ouUlde pf Oregon to find something equally bad aa Tammany, i ; . . w ' - -- . ' -' - . .'People are alt ready. In the towns up the valley and In southern Oregon. , : ,r".0...... . . XHvlde - up .' the . big farms near . the railroads. 5 - . Are 'you using only Ore son-made goodsf 1 - . - .-; .i.-..v.". -. - !" Hops are looking upward. Jeffersos Review. - No Other way to loos. r . 'That horrible "ptmmn" already, , ror one man who rode on a train from Ooble to. Portland a platol was as rood as a pass. Now yon know how you can travel though broke maybe. The kaiser ts bound to butt la some where. After the Christmas holidays the col rter t: let will devote the time to educational matters until the'baaeball seaaon opens, remarks the Salem -Journal. - electrlo road. Next year, maybe. e ' e - - Washington, has lust been found guilty or breacn of promise and . flo.OOO damasea awarded a youns; lady there. Put bin out. Albany Democrat.- But tan't, he "out" nous;h? .: " .r Xt ws hops. that too many railroads won't be built all at once. , .-;-,.. , e .. .- r- -The Chlcaso chief of police thinks aH trods tlrnres should l-dined-h reform chiej ror you. ; , Zi.:. it t.lk will dolllha jromen will win. nnveraAr Oeew 1e. renorted as aaylna) that "the factional fish t in the Republi can party la over." This is sooa twws, and-obviatee the neeaeUy of raising a big campaign fund, i '.. sr A lSOO.oOO sawmUl, with 1(W,W feet a day capacity, for Elgin. ; Astoria Republicans can find nobody who will run for mayor. . , . Fine, fat cattle only til or til In Wheeler county. , - . No vacant houses in Echo, snd people are In line In real estate aeaiera- ornces, waiting for vacant rooms. , .. - j - .... e e.. i - . : Two Junetfon City , men fined 1100 each for violating the local prohibition lsw. It doesn't pay. ; N v ' e ,e t , Corvallia Imports . seed Wheat from eastern uregon. . ...... t Maybe. Coal mines In Benton county. ' A plsn Is on foot for the shipment of a carload of apples from Benton county to Deflsnce, Ohio, where- spples sre scarce. The car will also carry 1,000 pounds vi anea pruun. . " . . . -. e e . . ' ,'.' ' Much new land la being broken up isJ the Powder river valley and next year a largely increased amount of gram wm ha raised... .. . .. ' e e s ' Da Ilea Jail empty, the first time In . There is a young 'fellow living near Free water, says the Times, who gave hie sweethesrt a pair of silk garters with silver buckles on for. a birthday preeent recently, and ho hasn't seen them since. Astoria still needs a new, big. hotel; ssy the local papers. j ,: . :-' - e m" ... I V, - 1 . gorlngfleld, these days. Is ths seen! of much activity along lines of Improve ment, says the News. Everybody Is busy from early till late. No-town in the Willamette valley la having the rapid growth either in the business ot reeidence nortion ss Springfield Is now having and has hSd during the psst year. New houses are belag built In every portion of our little jiity, store building an ahnna are dotted here and there and the whole town sRwws signs Of pros perlty. .: . ,; v J,- ' u;;,Vj ' Bpl'te of the dry sesaon, a fsrmer nesr Westoinralaed li sscss or potatoes to 1H acrea of land. ; ' x Weston man received" fin tobacco bos by mell froan hla father tlrCallfor- nia and on ooenins It xouna tnerein horned toad. . repoalng upon' d, bed of cotton snd, sleepily blinking Its beady eyes. ' ; , " V '.- ' -' - . . , . . r - . ... Trsvel over Coos bay sUgs lins heavy, .A mile of new pUnk road at, Needy. The neighborhood wss needy tor it e . e . ... , ... According to the Fossil Star, the bones of "a male white man" hays been found nesr Condon, Vsrlous items of correspondence In Aurora Borealla: Potato hauling la now In full blast. . H. H. Bmlth Is busy digging' potatoes. Boys, get your, tin cans and cow bells resdy, for Otis is getting serious. . Some people aim oat break their necks trying to find out things thst srs not worth' knowing. ' , . ,. . -. '- 1 - 1 . . ' - luckleberrvln vet in southern Ore 0B . ;. . '. ,: OREGON SIDELIGHTS LETTERS FROM . THE V- PEOPLE . ' TkS 0ad8ts Tight. " ' . Fortland, Nov. 1J. To ths Edlto of Ths Journal I aay punish - all' the people that went to see ths 'fight well ss thS parties that fought the priae fight, for the benefit of the rlnlng generation. H- It. IIIGLEir, U' A Wlas.''j v' Portland. Nov, 14. T ths Editor of Thf Journal Please decide ths follow ing wager. A bets B that aeveral yenra I nee ths Oregonlan sjid Evening Tele gram were published under the manager ment and - ownership of the former, ualng same news 1 service, press work snd editorial staff, ths Oregonlan giv ing allegiance to Republican prlnctplea, the Telegram sustaining Democratic re lations.. B ssys no, ,wn winar ' OLD TIMER., aaaaM . " t A Kansas Tlsw of Xt,.' Oregon City. Nov. U.To the Editor of The Journal--In regard to the pu gillstio feats of the , Nsval academy boya, would say that the man If he get well should be sent to the penitentiary for murder tn the fourth degree;- not lees than that, snd ths men who wit nessed ths fight ought to be sent alo, for aocojnplicea in the tragedy, for the space Of time of not lesa than three years. We don't allow them to fight In Kansas. J. A. SMITH. - "v. Waais ts Beetif y. - ")' ' Portland. Nov. . To the Editor of The Journal 8lri I wish you would rec tify something published In your psper concerning David Lamors, of Odarah, Wisconsin, and J. H. Myers snd 'wife, namely. I did not threaten vengeance on Larnora other than the law and I did not say that he was still writing to by wife, for he Is not, snd I did not ssy - that I had spent all my money clothing my family. I said I spent It all getting my family back. My Wife went to Calumet, Michigan, on a vlalt, 1 said, not to Kscanaba. Ths way It waa publlahed Would give ths publlo causa, to think-1 threatened to do him bodily harm, which 1 did not. He wrecked my family, whloh la true, but I do not intend to Isy myself liable to the law. for my family Is everything to me and I do not want to be deprived of them. ' f i J: v, , Kindly .rectify thsTitera and oblige. ' j, il MYERS. '' aV afoaumeat ef the BsvU. Portland, Nov. 1J. To the Editor of The 'Journal Mr. Mans of Detroit, Michigan, says h does nol beHevs On 4 word of ths Bible; the devil is his best friend and be erects him a monument. By erecting it he admit at least one word to be true, "ths devil," for from what other source could he obtain In formation of his, friend than from ths Bible t Seen hint perhaps snd obtained material proof of hi great friendship. Mr. Mans la evidently a man of wealth; he-has handled millions of dollars bear ing the inscription "In God. we. trust," aud'lf "ever a country "waa blessed by God It is this great... glorious country of freedom with victory as Its crown. Kverything-that- tssuss-fortnfr9m Ihls land brings success.' . . , Could Mr. Mans take a little child and hold It up to the Image hs has created of himself and say thia Is your tamers nest rriendr If so. he would be Mr. Mans. Monstrosity of Evil 'mansion, Hellslds sddltlon to Destruction. V - ' A ... . . A READER, . yieased With The JoaraaL .', ... v Klamath' Falls. Or.. Nov. 10 To ths jMiitor or The journal I sm much pleased with ths progress of Ths Jour- ii snd . will do everything In - my power to send you as fsr ahead of your competitor as your honest snd "square-' deal" policy merits. Muoh of ths se curity capitalists feel towsrd Portland is dus to The Journal, and being a Re publican. I know what I am talking about when I say that ths citisens " of Oregon will prefer to have In office a Democrat, encouraged in ths right and condemned In ths wrong, to .a Renub. lican who Is week enough, to lean on tne oregonlan, which deals with moral Issues on a commercial basis I am so pleased with results In flhlv Pennsylvania snd Nsw York, all of which proves that there is hops for moss wno navs ths courses to. do right regardless of ths bosses. I rotked for ten years with ths people who defeated Herrick and Cox. who hsvs too lone been defeating the wishes of the people, ahdat Is st hsvs gone down deservedly. anq i rejoice. . . W. O. '. The ratal riga a! Aaaaajoha. Portland. Orl Nov. 11 To the Kditoi ot The Journal la Friday evening's paper you aaaea zor opinions aa to whether Midshipman Meriwether should or should not be punished for the death of Midshipman Branch. . , - I do not pose as a Captain Mahan or a Benjamin Parkham, but I have read and atudled on the life at the United Ststes naval academy and therefore take the liberty or writing you on this subject. - ----- -- '-- . - Mr. Branch Was a third-classman or "yearlhig."' and was, therefore, superior to Mr. - Meriwether, who Is a fourth classman or "pleb." ' , , , Ths hatred that exists between the "sophomores" snd "freshmen" In all f, our large colleges snd universities Is well known to all people and Annapolis ana weei roint sre not exceptions, it is even, mors noticeable, I think, on account or the importance that la at tsched to an appointment to ths nsvsl scsdemy In . most of our towns and cities. The young msn goes to Annap olis (the same ts trus st West Point) with ths Idea thst ths world .belongs to him, especially If he mads s good rec ord In hla "prep." school or received a wrlteup in his home dally. It therefore falls to ths thlrd-clsseman (the second snd first-classmen being too buay and alao too dignified), to .make the plebs feel that' they are of absolutely no Im portance and that the world would. In fact, be greatly benefited by their ab sence. . , You can plainly see that there Is a natural hatred between the men of the two classes. It is, therefore,- not to be wondered st thst they often meet in Individual combat and, as ths 'American ssllor and - eqjdler Is a lover of fair play, they always conduct their contests sccordlng to regular, rules of boxlug matches. A striking difference Is thst ths audience Is very select snd seems to lack enthusiasm, but they .have long since learned that they can settls their disputes just ss well In ths moonlight in silence ss surrounded by glaring lights and a howling mob. . The offlcsrs seldom "happen" around during such an encounter because they can sll remem ber when they went through ths same mill." ' . Wam thnaai inna- Idle months and years between His and 11(0 we hsvs records or quits a nnmoer or oueia with revolvers between officers, mostly midshipmen, of our service, and It Is sad to relate thst a "number, or tem proved- fatal, but sccordlng to the ar rangement of ths "cods of honor" mi thst tlms sn officer wss better deed thsn alive snd have It psssed shout that hs wss s coward. Tntvlng refused a chal lenge. Such is ths esse today,, though to a Jesser degree st ths naval academy. If a "middle" should refuse a ohallense he would be shunned by all, claaamatea and officers silks." ' ' ,' . , Id cases whero,th duel Resulted in th dath of ons party it wss conald. ered very unfortunate, but the survivor wss said to have acted in self-defense, which 1 think hs did.1 v j t As we do not 'know the detslls, ws cannot Judgs too severely, but in thja case, ss I undersUnd It, It sppears td me that "neither could or ehould be ' ' responsible because they were act in feif-defenae. It, waa not a fight ath by srrsngeroent,- for I do not i Mr, Meriwether entertslned the bility of the fight resulting in Mra itch's. 4eatlw -' '," ..... l.-- -a ...... for rhsllensins v f n unu a "' v " - - - . Mr. Branch, but. as Mr. BrancH accept ed, and as far ss.ws know willingly. I think from that time they were on the samS footing, t e., .self-defenss. . Mr. Brsnch's death was purely seel dental, though It waa Indirectly cauaed by the beating he received at the hands of Mr. Meriwether. For that resaon. and because- of precedents, I "do iot think Mr. Meriwether should be prose cuted in court. There Is no doubt In my mind thst hs feels a great deal worse now .than any court, civil or naval, could 'make hrm fseL ' .- . He will probably be, dlamieaed from the nsvsl scademy, aa there Is a very rigid rule regsrding fighting, but sfter that I think ths matter should , be dropped.. . .: J'.. ;. I must say in cioaing n iu hatred seldom lasts after ths "pleb . . .'ni.h.'- man and id predate what has been dons for them py the upper ciassmen classmen see thf good . polntalri the "plebs"" chsrsoters. 1 C. W, W.. (A Tieno or ine imira d.i . v This is ths last week of Whi'ts Whit tlesey's -engagement with ths Belssco stock company. , Hs Is presenting "Ths First Violin," ons of ths prettiest piays in modern English, and hs who falls to see him will deprive himself of a gen uine pleasure. Jessie FotherglU's novsl Is "more Ya mlllar than ths slay. .True. Mansfield featured It for a season or two, but hs held It as sn appetiser, using tne piay only now snd then with the object e-f creating a demand which would mani fest itself In. later seasons. But some how a dramatic agency secursa we .lkl. l, nHulitlnn Tt was ro lessed for stock, and Belasoo Mayer were among ths nrat to recogniae ma opportuniry-wbich-lti!ontBlne4 J$Of isvortts star. , . - "Ths First Violin" Is the story of a young ana unsopnisticatea girt wnv ia sent nroaa to stuay music, nm is nuv hm.a ihA mn," nf travel and finds hsr- elf in a aerlous nredloamant - with neither ticket nor money in a railway h..i.iu.u aha. la Mltaved , bv a tranaer. a violinist, who Is traveling In ths same direction, lis oves ths maid and she loves mm, oui untu ne afterward saves r her-rfrom drowning thara la some hues tion In her mind as to the nronrletv of her course.- It snds ,mnHi nr-Niru.'tnA 't ha. character of Eugene courvoisisr ana siay waanar- bura may be stamped at once aamong the most likable on .the stag' "i - Held, ta assuming a great task,, but be played the role last night well enough to receive nearly a score of curtain calls Hs exercised a quiet, repressea xorce, Unususl evsn In him., and his makeup ik. e a ' n.nnAA , aj-tlat wss admir able and a little different from any Pic ture ne naa oerors maae ox nuoaui, ,. Miss Lawrence's May was another niana nt work. There was no occasion for Intensity In ths role, nor wss It rtcn Wltn comeay, dui an raiseo It to a higher level- than readers Of the luwik wmuM antlr.lna.ta. ' Ths othsr roles were well done. Fred Bjumnar waa at his best ss the' dear n E..na Mr. ainntslne was In- joysbls as ths superartlstlo soul with a pencnant lor suiciae, neginua nasva played two small parts crsaitaoiy, ana .u. n r.r tha annnArt , were uni formly enjoyable, with a special word coming to Laura Adsms, ins , iypica Iraanar nt lodainaa ' " '.. ' . .Th. SHral Violin" Will i bs ' OB . ' all week, and, as before stated, will close Mr. Whittlesey's local engagement. . a nrs xi'trtrn -VT TJ af '.Sl'. , 7 aaai-swaWMaaaajaSaawaa-awwaas " ' :"x Minatrel at Marquam. it inn has hem believed that a negro tt feast funny whan lie makes the effort f to be so. The ueorgia minaireia, now ..... tn niaaaa an audience at the Marquam Grand last night. It was a minstrel snow, sna tna ic w. u A .ill aha hmiaa. - While tha r.iwu.i. .v .... . -" - . . .. . .. quality of the attraction may b qnss tloned. It contained several enjoyable features, notably ths rendition of old plantation songs and ths work of Clar ence Powell, ths featured comedian. The sngsgement wss for ons night only. , Real Glass Housea Now Being Built That living in glass houses Is not sn idle dream is shown by Frank C Per kins, in his srtlcls on "Modern Ameri can Glass Houses" In ths December Technical World Megasins. Mr. Per kins describes soms -recent structures of this character in Dei Moines, ss fol lows: .... ' : .: "These" buildings were designed by C E. Eastman, a well-known .architect of Dee Moines, lows, whose Idea of glass-wall construction Includes ths uns of milk-white, opalescent wire glass Inch thick securely fixed In two steel verticsl divisions, which sre parallel and laced together for ths purpose of stiffening. These divisions srs sup ported at ths floors by brackets riveted to the steel channels of ths floor' con struction. The wall thua consists of two glased screens separated by s foot of dead sir space, which sffords Insula, tion sgalnat best, cold, or sound to ss great an extent as. would a solid brick wall of ths same thickness. Tha double vertical divisions are spaced about four feet apart. Ths two glass screens srs translucent to any ' degree desired, .so that. In esses, where windows srs- riot necessary for viewing the ' landscape, they msy bs dlspenaed With altogether, provided the building would warrant ths Installation of mechanical ventila tion and heating.. The exterior effect Is -that of a marble wall with or with out windows." i ,, ... " . . Th Editor's Lms. From ths, Greensboro' (Ala.) Beacon. . The editor has tost his pocketbook and would have advertised for It sooner, but he hoped he might recover It Without publlotty. This pocketbook Contained S number of railroad 'passes Issued to H. . G. Banners, editor of th Beacon, which have been ordered Canceled, and are now worthless; two checks for 12 each, which were psyabls to H. O. Bon nsrs, and worthless to any ons else, and sundry other such thing and no money. Ths day hs lost It he went to Buckaport Beat ind back with the tax assessor, Friday, October , snd ths pocketbook may have fallen out of his pocket on tha way. Finder oleaas return snd re ceive our thanks. ' . ;'-V4' THE PLAY SEPTEMBER EARNINGS :" OF HARRIMAN LINES Ifrw''.- a.,a. a.,,y From ths Wsll Street Journal. ' s For the month of September the earn ings of the Harriraan lines still show great Increases over l0t. - Southern Pa oifio gross Increased 'approximately t per cent, and that of Union Pacific 14.4 per cent, whtls net Increased, respective ly, l.t per cent and 17.1 per cent. - For the three months ending Septem ber 10. the rcaults were even more re markable. The net has been augmented by the actual caah amount of l,t73,3i In the caae of Southern- Psclfle, and tl.Sl,27 In that, at . Union Pacific These are Increases of 17 per -cent snd l.7 per cent, respectively, , . i Tne snowing of these roads In net alnce January of this year Is as fol lows: ' ' " .,' . i - ;. v v Soothers PaclSe. rnVon Pacific - ' N't't. lucreaae. Kat. - Incraaaa. aa...tl.M).ai0 S m.tMia S3 n-ju.vts a am b... l,Mm,2-M , Ine.JiiJ l.MiS.KSH M B7T Uarrh. l.KiO.XK April.. J.,H..3.4.a May... 3,T!i7,;tJ une.. S.iKtA.ar.T 8IK.II4T S.Ki.'l.Toa Ma.mi a.f"i-.w s4.uhi. a.of,a.2.w ei,Rrti 1,819. Sh HWl.ltKl i.HTIl.WH) T.4.HT Sl.l.lwi lining 4MHT July,.. a.Mi2.5 ' 4M.&OT aHS,- l.STT,1Ht tol.tl Sept.. 3,303,00! ' ' ' $0,148,611 '. ' I2.B74.430 This fins record Is. due to the. fact that In. ths past few years these two roads hsvs been gradually .and persist- . qntly brought tip to . a high standard of "'efficiency, while at ths sama time sll- ppeelbie has been 4on ta develop - both local and through nraffic. , . Ths mainstay of both roads is, the enormoua through ' traffic In goods for . the orient that hss fallen tributary to 1 these two lines. , Ths Ruaso-Jupaheas wsr worked up a movement In this di rection which hss not as yet subsided nor is It probable that tt will greatly ' fall off. While undoubtedly Japan must faoe for a time a period of retrar hment -In many llnea,. still she must alao do much development, and ehs will look . upon this country for many tons- of sup plies for this purpose. Besides, ths whols orient, has been greatly effected by the war snd It Is probsble .that mors trade than ever before will flow across ' ths Pacific to meet an Increased de mand. Naturally, It la to be sxpected thst the great - transcontinental t road will benefit about In proportion as this . tisds grows, because the bulk of it must bs-oarried from ths eastern and csntrsl ststes. f v-" : ' . LEWIS -AND CLARK Point Elllc rounded,' ,' ,:' i : .'". , November It It rained without Inter mission during last night; today the. wind, too, ts very high, and ons of our canoes waa much Injured ' by being dsshed against rocks. .' Flvs Indians from below cam to us In a canoe, and -threw of them, having landed, Informed us that;; fhey. had seen ths. men sent . down yesterday.-? At this moment ons of them (Colter) srrived, and informed u that theseMndlans had stolen his gig and basket. W therefore ordered the two women 'who .remained in the canoe to restore them; 'but this they refused, till ws : threatened to shoot, when they gave, back tha articles, - and 1 ws then ordered them to lesvs ua ,,They were of. ths Wahktacum station. Ths , man (Coltsr) now informed us that thsy had gons round ths point as far as ths high seal would suffer thsm In ths ca- -noe, and thsy landed; that In tha night hs had separated from his companions, ' who bad gone further down, and at no . great distance ' from where ws are Is a beautiful ssnd beach and a good harbor. Captain Lewis concluded , to , examine mors minutely the lower part of tha bay (Halegs); taking on of ths large canoes hs was landed at the point -tEl -Hoe), whence hs proceeded by land with four men (Drewyer, J. and K. Field! ' and Fraslsr), and when they returned ths canoe was nearly filled with wstsr. v." Chicago' Msn -of Letters, - "From ths Nsw fork Herald. 1 ? Chicago posses sea two of ths great men of letters of America. They are Bperopansgrotts Pappatbeodorkoutnmou ntourgeotopoulos and James Jdhn Pap- , pathsodorokoummountourgsotopoulos, of 421! Halstead street. Th first named takes prlds in th. collection of tl let ters tn his full nams, while his fellow sufferer hss only six less. When they sign hraTOesoglrmersrequIrss ths formation of !! letters. Ths men are Oreek merchants. V - Whin they established themselves la business soms tlms sgo It wss suggested by one that a sign bearing ths . firm nams' be, procured. A slga palntsr was sent for snd ths following waa submit ted to him for an estimate of cost: - "Psppathsodorokoummauntourgeolop oulos Pappatheodorokoummountoure geotopouloa." . -,-. The painter threw up his hands. . So ths plsn wss hit upon that only ths nams of ons partner should b used. Ths choice fell to James J., snd .ths nams now sppears on the ctorders of an awning 10 feet wide. Even at thst ths painter found . It necessary to cut ths Christian names down to ons letter, and ths sign starts off with' ths Initial let ter "J." - , ,-....,'...-....: . James J.- early In hi sxpsrienee In America found his long nams Impeding his crosi-ess.'.. lis could find, no bank 'checks long enough to contslft It; hotel clerks glowered at him when ns sign en It and told him not to get gay. He had troubles with court clerks snd sxpress companies, snd his mall wss delayed un til postal clerks held a conference over ths array ef letters.. So he changed his "business name," Ss he said today, snd wss naturalised as James J. Catsaros. This nsms Is used for business purposes where his signature Is required. r. Roosevelt on Football Brutality. 'l have no sympathy whatever with th overwrought sentiment which would keep , a young msn in cotton wool, snd t have a lisarty contempt for him If he counts . a broken arm or collarbone ss of serious consequence- when balanced against th chnnoe of showing that be poasesnee -hardihood, physical address snd courage. 'But when these injuries are innicti-o by others, either wantonly or of set de sign. We sre confronted by ths question, hot of damage to ons man's body, but of damage to the other man's character. . Brutality In flaying a gams should . awsken ths heartiest snd mof plainly shown contempt for ths plsysr guilty of . ' 1t. sspwelsily if this brutality 1s couplod -with a low cunning In committing it without getting caught by the umpires.' I hope to see both, graduate and under- -graduate opinion come t acorn such a man as ons guilty of base and dishonor., abls action, who has no place tn the rs- ' gard of gallant and upright men." , - - A if niveria! Comfort. " I "-" From- the New fork Tribune.' The Abyssinian envoy haa made ths . acquaintance of the American Irocktail and ''found hint pleasnt" " The'"hla.m leea Ethiopians" of Homer's day would probably bars, relished It also. 1 .: A