The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 25, 1906, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, OREGON. ."-'AW ft i.tXHI Published every evening (except ... i, .'.'i' tHZ ; MAYOR AND .THE 'ITU THE RED TICKET., breasts, iwith their refusal to. revoke : tha 1 license-of dives and deadfalls fresh in tha wibHc. memory. : with an. official,' ' thejriunalterabIeopppitionto anordinaneebanishing ""," boxes from saloons, and restaurants that had already ' received the sanction of the circuit and supreme courts, ' - ; the majority of the city council waddle before the bar of public opinion like a stnjgoJJLnieuckaThy rj(rawrweiraa any'otner class of public officials that : the peopleBf -Pomand harr-dniatidedcexrain.mora Worffisr-Ther trnow af WMrifom 1 r- f t ...;n . ' ..r 1 it. r T. orbeliig carried out, even by tha 'had lost and merited to lose public confidence. They know that a sheriff and mayor had been elected on i tbesa issues against" a . usual partisan majority of two K -i" ' to ti. : With this knowledge they went into office determined nevertheless to do everything within their . power to subvert the will of the people. , Following' the 1 '' behest of the,' red ticket brigade, in whose interests thev had pledged themselves befoftLthe election, their wholcoM HV Jr- gr xm,Bummtw mm v a- w w . s - statu. Saloon licenses were granted with unusual free dom and protests, almost unanimous, as in the case of some South Portland saloons, received no attention, as !: wai douBtles to be expected. : '',- ' V - fhed the Bruin affair was seiteefbpon and after weeks '.of waiting hat' resulted in tha pettifogging .Malarkey report to tha city council, in which the civil service commission, composed of a . majority 'of Republicans, ii so scandalously and unjustly attacked. la the-' midst of it all threata of impeachment (God save the mark) of the mayor, whose chief offense was that he stood , like bulwark in favor of good government nd could not be rendered "amenable" in the flood of application! for franchises already springing up and promising such juicy pickings for the thrifty and forehanded. But that ' idiotle move w not attempted.- Instead we have a resolulioh of censure because the mayor had the nerve to take the public into, his confidence and ,how up the . council's Shortcomings in the kichards case. ' . The mayor has one great advantage J C . ia. t . mJ - t , . mis inu He is ngi lurccu 10 go uetorc inc. puoiio o prove his Own honesty. That is ' something that the public which has known him to half a century takes . for granted., : He has one other advantage,-and - that is, the public is with him heart and soul in his cour ageous ftght to improve the civic Condition! of the city, whkh the council just as strenuously but Much more underhartdedly oppose. . : ' - -'i- : JHSHILL1R0AD, AND THE TT IS NOT FOR A EVVSPAPBR 1 ruler tot 4hi cooftf, rior even, cases, to make criticisma or suggestions, for it is Important that th courts be hld in very higbrre - gard, and in csteefn Mvofrng of reverence) but the quel- tJott of the Hill road getting into Portland Is tin ex vtreihe case; It Is One of inimehse importance; In which . the interests of 99 out of 100 people are all n one aide, that of encouraging and aiding th advent here and the .'completion of the Portland A Seattle road, and lt Is not too muth to say, and it.otfght to be Mid, that alt -opposition based oft. -.legal techrficilltles and' fine-ipun, hair-plftting theories as to the authority of - active agents,: or -otherwise,' ought M b ho loss Of time ,nd no prolonged exhibition pf judicial I battle, and Will hate tCLiitfhl-hardtowinuMrBryart oatience. ' .. rL! i : rtaBSeotorteM Parker. auonorted half-heirtedlv; no Patience. i m ucuvie auuuii unanimously wani building of it into this city will be the most important and beneficial etent ' that has happened , here for 50 yean In eoniequehte of k, directly and indirectly, not ' only Portland but the rest of Oregon Is witnessing and , in the immediate future will witness . greater develop . tnent than they have witnessed In any 20 year of their history. The matter Is of the highest importance, and ! the people f Portland have a right to and should make ( their wishes and demands in the matter clearly and plainly known. - - i - - A 6fne one has tuggetted. this city would If faeces ary have given Mr. Hill a large bonu and procured for him a right of way ia order to aecure this road) he . asked neither,, nor any special favor or privileges, and yet from, present prospects it will be months before he will be allowed to get across the peninsula and river to tha only available, terminal points. This would be an incalculable injury to thi! city and to a vast region of country,' ahd is intolerable to contemplate. The people in some emphatic manner should Speak out and 4 demand that these obstructive-tactic and delay shall be limited to the briefest possible time, and that beyond - any doubt the Portland & Seattle road shall in the very I near future be granted the ingress to this city that it ; desires. - - -7 :' . ': , , . . . .v VICTIMS OF. THE. VALENCIA WRECk. J NUMBERLESS have been the aofrowful and trsgi - - cat atoriet of the suffering and death of those Who "go down to the sea in ships," and one of ' theae'more than usually sad is that of the people, nunv . beting nearly 100, left in helpless despair to perish as . tha pitilei sea gradually broke, the steamer Valencia to pieces and mercilessly engulfed them in its cold and . raging waters. A iudden death by drowning is not so ' heartrending to contetnplate, for there is in such a death ; but a few minutes of terror and suffering, but to pasi . Many hour ort wrecked ship, that cannot very long withstand tha fury of the elements, and with scarcely a ry of hope of deliverance, the furiou sea all around 'beating . upon a - precipitous and Inaccessible , bluff of , rock, is to suffer the terrors of a hundred sudden death. 1 Faint hope may have buoyed most of them; there, may have been those who with philosophic calmness resigned 7 thee1vea tcTtheir late; yet lifewtr 'diaFloTfiem and ft would be a hard heart indeed that did not pity those - PreidemrTaof rduthcrn' EoTtorT . Knosvilfa tipateh In New York Times. . It falls to- tha lot of few men to be - appointed t a feieeal poolUen wUKottt -ha-vlag ailU4 foe tt, but tMs ts what happened to Captain William Rule of Unesvuie, editor at the Dally Journal and Tribune of that Pity, who haa been appointed by President Roooevelt pen ion agent at Knoiville for tho next four years, on-the auggeatlon of Con areoemaa K. W, Hals Of , tha Seeoad -Tenneesvo dlatrtot ' - Captal Rule learned hi first leaaon in aewspaper making at the knee of th famoua "Fighting Parson" - Brewnlow of Civil. war daya, who some ymim pre rloue to the outbreak of the war had removed hia ; hewspapef plant from JoiMMhorouah,- Temeae, to Xnoavllle, . and - waa found fighting to kerp Ten neaaeo In tha Union- eoiutos When th war broke out The strong word of th parson- against secession are known la nearly every student of American hia- ' tnty. He ran hi paper until th city fell Into the hands of th confodarttea, kH aa wm feroed te tie ta tne asauax tHDtPlNDBNT NBWfPAPIIt PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. Sunday) and every; Sunday morning, at . i . Mil Btreeta. Portland, Oregon, COUNCIL. people in their syinpathiie keenly blazing on 'their , There ia peril record proclaiming diatelv north of. The list "of ships" would exeJ-ci-4 ha that - deadly coast, wre trt-prc ' .-7 .. n. r t last ' council,, which" warnings on record aa to machinery murderoul atretch MR. I R'nomR BRYAN clina the but it is'certain that in the Democratic and that he would be regarded with less disfavor by many Republicans. While he has not changed his atti tude materially, except as event have altered conditions and Issue, he will no doubt be a good deal wiser and to that , extent a "safer" man in 1908 than he was in 1896 or even in 1900, , The Cleveland if any showing in 1908,' for if Is universally acknowl edged that for the -present -and the,- immediate future, at least, . the lilver. question, is buried entirely out of sight It seems, to be quite generally agreed also that the United States must hang on tothe Philippines for awhile, with intent- -to- give them self-government in the future' Th Jrjpciph isuee in l.1908 then will b restriction of the power and profits of the trusts, con trol of railways, tariff Mfortn, arid a progressive move ment In the direction of publie ownership of -utilities. Tkm. ailtn hd Mrf ii T)inrrata but who . are in a contest of u ... . . , I . . ' opposed to these reforms wiil vote for the Republican candidate, if he should be' a "Mfe" Man IfVe Shaw. df Fairbanksr while as-against auch a man a. host of pro gressive, Roosevelt Republicans would vote .for Bryan. The Chicago Journal says: - , . r "Undoubtedly Mr. Is a man of ability, ceased to interest PBOPLtt. country thought when, you have once come up with a man'a limitations, as Emerson says, it ia. all over with him. 'Infinitely alluring and attractive as he was to you yesterday, a to lay down any eacept in eatfeme great hope, a sea to twim in; now, ydil have found his ihbres,' found it rpond, and you are not If yenr never see it again.' ' That was the country's attitude . toward Bryan after his second defeat for the presidency. But his Conduct and action! ince then ihoW this Was In- astic. ' He. ha be appat-ent. ' He ha refused to be led astray by the eraiv Socialists and anarchists who cry with a loud voice today that they - He ha! kept hi man, he is certainly very sensible- man. Republican must understand that next time fhey wilt face a real brushed iside' witH mis road. The self-advertising millionaire, depending upon hia money; but a foeman worthy armory." t . ' RICH AND I enced in the past few year! a gratifyingiy rapid and solid growth, which from present prospect will, eon tinue in an Increased degree. ' . ' ' Idaho Wst first tettled a! long gd a 1S44, at Fdrt Hall, but had but few white Inhabitant! for many year! thereafter, It 'was segregated from Oregon and organ iaed as a territory in 1863, and admitted a a state in erected at lapwai, In 1R30 . ; .,. cedent grams ana grasses, but many kind of fruits, including grapes.- - ' ' " ". , Ai the Lewiiton Tribune remark "All the element! that make for human welfare seem to be here, lacking only modern trade route wkhout which a due " and competitive part -cannot b taken in the world' prog ress and achievement. These, however, are how coming fast, and With their quickening touch vast distance will disappear and thf mountains and the canyon be brought to a common IwekiThejfMJ.o nean ana sirengtnen every arm , to play-a purposeful part In the making of this great tte' ; . tlJar??ty4. HwaacaiihJUJIm prlaoned, and finally released, to cross the Ohio and WHte tfid lecture against iW.ef edttr andJUl Jeadsra- . He is notnly the oideat jiawapaper editor In Tennessee In point of aervloa, but la years, and tha paper which he edit make th elalm, and ba don So since lit, of belflg the only Repub lican dally paper printed outh of th Ohio river. .. . , , : - tf Captain Rut were asked td detail hi most intereatlng peraonal eaperleno aa an editor, he probably would say that it waa tha duel he didn't fight or at leaat didn't fight In th accepted man. ner, although he waa regarded a th winner f th controversy, It happened lit December, 1171. Th refusal of Cap. tain Rule t arrept a challenge to fight Major M. J. Wick, a Memphis man, on tb ground that dueling was a-barbarous custom and mora an evidence of cowardice than bravery, caused univer sally favorable Comment and marked th rAaalng In th United Stat f th cod of honor as a rcgnlsd man M .a ill.- ai. sj kTVtUMIgf Mf HW4 , . ;f o. r. oassou The Journal Building, Fifth and Yam. ',. . iV ' -,: -'S -' C- terrible and ago'nizihg predicament and with thefr lorrowtng lammes, reia always in sea voyages, though no more, eofdine" to mariners, in that, stretch of .coast immt the entrance to Juad d.Fuci aUait wrecked there is a long one, the num ber of people swallowed up by tne sea tnere is great, whence it would seem that navigators in dirty weather greateit possibla care-in-approacliiag and , that the Canadian autnorities wouldjrovide an ample number 01 ligothouses. . . : - if -W-Wonorf- th machinerir of the- Valencia wind and wave, then the officers could, by no means have avoided the. catastrophe, but with so many awful -there should be greater care both and navigation of ships traversing that of sea. BRYAN. IN 1908. MAY NOT be the Democratic 'or president tn"l908r he rhtgh nomination if it were offered to him; he would meet with less opposition party than he did in .-1896 or 1900, and as such would command more confidence and respect ........ - Wing of the party will make but little Bryan Must bd reckoned witn. He and he is growing ail- the time - He the country,' for awhile, because the It had found . hia .linutattons. . And Outgrown the limitation! that used to are the only Simon-pure Democrats. balance, and, If he la not a very wise of the best steel In the Republican ' ': ; . . :: 1. 1 z RESOURCEFUL IDAHO. DAHO,4, large portion of which Is eloeely connected' with . Portland commercially,-and whose develop V Went is of direct interest to this city, has experi 1890. Its estimated population is 250,000, and its as sessed valuation Is $75,000,000. The area Is about 84,600 square miles, of which- 20,000,000 acre are 'designated as timber land, 20,000,000 pasture land, 11,000,000 agri cultural land, and the remainder mineral land. Its sur plus wheat crop last year wis 5,000,000 bushel,' and its wool clip over 20,000,000 pound.- It! mlheral output is estimated by !0Me ' a high as $25,000,000; it ha 400,000 head of cattle, 300,000 head of hore and 3,000, 000 head tf Sheep.' It leads' in lead production, yielding more than half the lead produced in the United States, about 21,000,000 pounds last year. The state flower is the iyringa., -'m -v.., The same year that Fort Hal! 'was established in southern ' Idahd ' the Spaulding missionary post wai where Henry H. Spaulding was born v . - . - i .-.,. It la claimed that )daho is the greatest water-power state in the union, and except Oregon has the largest and finest bodies of timber. It produce not .only ex Carnegie Wanta th Melon Patch; 1 From th New Tork Times; ' I Andrew Carnegie ha tender memorle mi nm uaa vi nil Doynooa and his Asart Is 'yearning for th old melon patches along th Ohio. In a recent letter to OoorgaC. 81mm of Beat Llverpool. Ohlo, he says: ... '.. - , .. ' "I am delighted to har from pod tht th library 1 a decided success and greatly appreciated. Toa ar quit right, ror several years by two-week holiday each year wa spent witn tny dear uncle, Squlr Morii.' , Rowing on th Ohio and excur sions to th melon patches on th other side of tb river were chief ovroc of Joy, aa I remembor, to m and my cous ins and th boy who accompanied ma. . "Paaalng through Kaat I.IVerpeol re cently, t wa Impreeeed with th great change that hav taken place, apeeial ly with th bridge aero th river, and I think a second I contemplated. How th melon patch must suffer now eo easy of aeceem wub I wr a boy again among tteaav .- -.. - . , fcejW SMALL CHANGE Tha Banat Blta' entllTman"'ta headline la a at Paul paper. But it be arets tha pitchfork into aotion properly tne huh may a giaa to get up again. Railroad Preaident Btlcknay advlaea Bt. raul ana Mlnneapolla to oonaolldat. But it ta feared that .It would not be lone; till either Paul by Jinaa -would i- ' . ' e e Chicago lr ta a atata af . anarch. declares the Journal that oity. - Well. Chicago ought, to be used to It by this Judxe tleual asema ' to have 'dana dual pualnesa. . ' . , , nator Pulton's fame ta Ineraaatngi Florida manufacturer' haa named a . . elga tha "Senator Pulton.Nowwtch "if mrnmtt Of course Hermann will be "rentier ana uocne. , ., , ....,., -r -.,.- ' j-e .,' ,i : : ;..". A" Connecticut womaa with IT eh IV dren baa eloped. Can' blame her tnuoa. ,Vi , . w , If you ara really anxlou tot somk winter weatner put. on summer eietnea. Tha Washington - representative In eongreaa are among the "Insurgents. Taxation of franchises should be eon atdered without any reference to or eon nection witn petty partisan politics. The president will apparently have mucups to nia neart a content. Town Tonica alaA e?ot a lot of the Equitable policy-holders' money, in ex change for puff for . Jimmy Haaen Hyde. .... .. ' , ; - , - ... A bull that tried to butt a runnlna locomotive off the track did not quits u creed, but died comparatively haDDV In having punched a hole in the boiler and aUUed tha train. This wa Hot great achievement for which to make so great aaerinea, but it la on a par with those of a good manv people who butt Into engines of progress.. A Chicago attorney named Propper Is In trouble for kissing a young woman client. But he can prove that it was a Propper kiss. - -u ; Tha St Paul Dliroatch srlntS a bie- tttre Of "William B. Oearin. the Kew Oregon Senator. 'Thla la tha flrat inti mation We have Bed that Senator John It. Oearin had ohanged hia name. ' '. '' : a te . - -- The preaidrat is probably preparing eome bump-the-bumps for certain mem. bar of congress. ;. . e- e. , . v ,, r ' One da-r laat week tne ehanlala nf the Perfneylvania houee ofrepresentatlvea maoo too following prayer:- "I thank thee. O lord, for the superb, brotherly, manly, magnanimous address of the honored speaker of the house, - which has kindled tha rtrea of patriotism irt fay. heart And now, O txird. help theee men, for, they are all reformer, to get down to work, for the man who refuses to Indorso the acta 6t reform will be Consigned to political v oblivion next Novombev. May theao ref ormere - be busaed and may every man who atanda by reform be returned to tha legisla ture." And ail the people said "Amon." tTnitM State datrtet Attorney jrfor- rieon ef Chicago Hays 1K defense of -the beef trust I "all claptrap." Doubtleea, but Isn't such a - defense ' Idbked upon with great -f arot by aome courtet' OREGON SIDELIGHTS Perdue correspondence Of Canyoavili Hehof A Whirlwind Wa seen to blow a nheet af river water a hundred feet Into th air Thursday. Much tlntbev la be ing blown damvj, ,- , , .. Springtleld will Ism tlMI bonds for a new aohoolhoaa. ' , -i. - e ; -.'-'. .-, ' Th lAurelWood Induatrial achool, lo cated four miles from Qaaton, Washing ton county, on a farm Of II acree, 1 .aid to be in a very proaperoua condi tio, it ia conducted in a four-room aohoolhouse, ha a girls' dormitory, god barrt and other building. Th Indus trial Idea la made prominent hd ail Students dd three hur of manual wrk each day, in addition ..to th mental WOrlC. . .', ; t - -.. . - y . . - - "4 '- ' e ' V.-.,. i y Several, hundred Back of . potato! shipped rrom xyrti point brought U-26 pr ntaL - - , , , ' e . .-'- . - y -- - ' A North Union man ha bought thr IheUbatof and will try decrees th demand. far cold storage". - ...-'-',' : - : ,; , Th Marsnrtfld council has passed aa ordinance which prohibit th Issuahc of a saloon license to th keeper or promoter of a bawdy house, gambling nous of disorderly house. . . . - ': ' Mor anew in John Day valley than for 1 year. , .. ... '.'' ' - - """ v r: ."'"".'' -"'. '-' Much mining development 1 promised this year around Prairie City. .,. ., - . v ; . " . Grant county waa never before o prosperous. -',,-:.'. -. Twelve earloada of .horses pa seed through -Huntlngtort Sunday from east ern polnta en route to th Philippine islands for us of the United State troops. ; ' :. , ' . .i-J- .:-rr. ...:.:'; Th Albany Demoerat aaya Wlllam 4itTe valley people drees in . th latest atylee..; , ... ?. - DrV Frh c0!l:fL"Po',d"c I?n IPre-J claimer: T Tom" Colllver" ia baohlng on hi homestead. " Tom says he will hav a eook be for, next year if he haa t kill aom good man to got hi wldaw, ' ' e ' 1 i A"-Sasta-reaeer ia-Tbredr'r fin fowle. Bandon - may bat another ahlngl mill. :,' -.,,':.. -J.. , ,"v ... : ....... e ,-!' ... ,- ... i.L ' O. A. Hover In Med ford Mall: ' "How did 1 d last season T Will, I cleared up tl.eo on my llttl lace--and last year,- aa you know, waa a shy on for fruit- Ordinarily I would hav mad vary much -mor - Apple, of course, thi- 'wrs non last eaen. I have acree of bearing orchard when It bears, and acre of a yoUnf orchard. The varieties ef fruit are peaches, pears, apples and prunes. Th prun Is, . In my estimation, a good crop to tie to. I know lots of fell owe who do not flgur on any fruit blng of much soeount that len t an apple or -paar, but I will, man age, one yenr with another, to mak a good cash. : thowing from any prune orchard." v. A PEN: PICTURE OF ; ALCECIRAS -v--'- Ffom tha tlgara " Algeclre! I Uttle fancied when long ago l visited that tiny Spanish elty that It would ever become historic. And th haven Innkeeper I solemnly Saw puff Ing their pa pellt oa on their doorstep a llltla Imagined that all Europe would on day com hither to t debate th charm of their chamber and the merit of their table d'hote. Th year juat pat wa a veritabl pear of glorlea for th Spanish Innkeepers. ' Th of Bur go had th ecrlpe and th oonvehtlon of aatranomers. They littered Europe with their illustrated proapeatua rep reaecUng lh hlterl manuuienta of th Burgoa the tomb of Cld, tb cathedral and th monastery of M.lnafT0rs--whll tne poaaua mea boaated or the aeiigntmi drivel md snourilons that, migh. mak up for ei dieappolnUng eollpee U l sun wa too covered with oleud td per mit ot astronomic observation. -. i. Algaclras Innkeeper to put forth their Own prospectusea. Though they .haven't any oeltpa to offer, they can never thelee Invito all Europe ta cam ta them. For this tim Europe ha no in tention of - peeping through th tele scope, but plana Instead td dlaous tna little whit patch- that can be seen on clear day from tha head of the bay of corner of Africa which ha long mad a tremendous nelse - In th ' world and bears th nam of Tangier. . "Tanger- danger" I called it a few month ago; "th other Tanger" th kaier called tt only yesterday. . " : ' Burgos had It savant, but for a while it seemed that Algeclraa was to miss getting It diplomats.' Accordingly th Innkeeper got together and held a -congress of their ewn. They protested loud and long. People wer afraid of their hotels, but they Insisted that their delightful Inn were quite worthy of hollering th great men 6t Europe. surely, if Europe dreaded thoae fond Europe waa hard, to pleas. , Tor this Is in truth a most entranolrtg nook of Spain, this Uttl Andaiusian city. It 1 no longer a European cityi it ha already become quit characUrla tlcally African. Blistered byt th n- shlne. it haa soarcelV a glim of th ea aa it look out from th Inner re-. cease of its bay. A hug rock hang over tt and almost hide lt-the Rock of Qlkraltar, which thruata out Its prom ontory into th blue Mediterranean. Gibraltar live In nr memory Ilk a dream, I arrived by sea at night In front at that huge granite bloci. All at one th ship stopped. A fantaetlo Illu mination rae against 'th black. It emed to m that counties light wr twinkling unon the atena of an Immanaa ladder that stretched up toward heaven. cheer rang out from tha dock of a bat tleship: they- wer teheet of Bnallah ssllora aalutlng their elty their elUdel elty OJbraltafT It Is hollow, th Rock f niDraltar. ft s ilk an Immena win cellar, whar the-bottle are projectile. - Everywhere long gallerle brisU'With cannon, the cannon whK-h Spain Calls "th aid lady teeth." GlbralUr also reeembles a Vast anthill, whose anta kr soldier. And these interminable gaiieMe i are filled with gunpowder and eoaL- At th foot of the rock beneath all this bid den llf. rnonkey ar pldylng about th eactusea.) One of them I chained at th door of a powder-houa and mak face at paaaerby. Resld hint ttand a British oidlr M khattl uhlfoTtn wear ing th - colonial helmet In us In th tndlfcn arm. " " " - What : ah ; Intmeaaurabld dlstkne seems to aparate one fromKuropln thl military city, which seems to hav been, canto red only yesterday. Wneh night falls a cannon-shot announce that tha citadel la closed, and that ho one may how enter the -elty.. And khaki oidiera with a band or mualo at their head march " through th trt with their fenfare and drive be for them a Swarthy, mottled, plotureaqu and many Colored throng whom they herd ilk a flock of Sheep. "Mov n" thy ry, )ust aa ttckna' policeman cried to tit tie Jo. - For the ar the peopl of AJseclraa who hav eotrid her to wofk. and who must now be aent horn across the ba to Spain. . : Then anbthi eHarmina vision floats befor any tnirt. Algeclraa is an x- qulslt city Uttl corner . of Spain rarely visited by touriat and never fr' quented by Cook's caravana-w-th Spain ef th olden times, th Spain of th bal lad and legend f Victor Hugo and Theophll OaUtler city all Whit and blue, with it qualati lowbullt houoeq, it wrougnt-lron baicenle and Ita laurel and rose bushes a-bloeeom be fore .it green-hadd Window. The street ar etill and mournful and tb grass peeps Up from .between the Cobble stone of the pavement - All Is silent a in a Sun-baked city of tb orient. I com and go In thl strange solitude. Through th half -dosed door I get a glimpse of delicious patio. Inner court adorned with fountain and asulejos, and with broad-leaved banana tree, laurel, rose and orange tree. A fra grance of flowers and rip fruit hangs over an this drowsy town. . ' - Now and then m whit hand lift a green window shade, and through this grating I see th face of bedutlfW woman. The young girls f Algeclraa ar th handaomeat in Spain, Often of mixed Spanish, and English blood, their mother being dark-skinned Andaluin and their fathers blond -officer of Gibraltar, they add Andalualan grace te British chartn- carfnen piua Ophelia. Penalv face, blaeh lock and blue aye appear among th flower In th win dows and look out Into th th silent street. It ts a perfect vision de theatre, and I look sharp to sea if it Isn't merely a lovely tga aet for Sae omdy t Lop' or Calderon's. . .-.. .t : , - A bell rlhae out. . And thus called ab ruptly bsek td realities, t See th church la lta little open equar attrrou nded by tree and adorned with atone bench, where aged mea alt smoking In alienee. What la e-ntnM AMY Th, wnMM .re .at pray etThey war . mourning. .They groan aa they pray, and their tear rsltt down upon their rosaries, wny are they weeping Because they are vldaw and bereaved mothers, who huaband and in Cuba, that ialandr an f ar, ae very -far, awayi Others, more fortunate, returned only yesterday repatriated aoldlera of Bpalfl. And so upon this charming stage with Ita plotureaqu setting there Is war! in ' tha highest of high spirits, those soldier boys Invade' th wlneroom of Algeclrss and drink deep ot th pel golden Amontillado. Their cap and guna are th sole remnants of their equipment) many hav thrust their bare feet Into their alpargates. . They are laughing and !lng. They walk With exquisit young girls their sweethearts or nevlaa in th yellow, un-oorohed countryside about Algeclraa, through nelds Of golden mats and among whlted cistern surrounded by cactuaee, where One meets superbly draped women bear ing water-Jsra on their heads and re minding on of aom blblleal applratlon tn a Judan setting, 'aayly go the sol diers ndv th girls, gathering berries rm tne nege and red blema from betwixt fh . spine of C the actuaa, whll down ydndsr in th gloomy ehuroh wuiunu in mmiming murmur prayers lur inuao wm never win return, , m-, .v LETTERS FROM THE PE07LB U thla'a Comapitaeyr Qrant pa, Or Jan. ilTo- th Editor of Th Jaurnal-Af tar attending tb faeetlnr to arganla a leagu at O rant a Pas I wans to alv yw a few Lot my hnpralon. . Front th first I na an iaea tnat tn organisation waa for political affect and planned in th Mnterest of tb railroad and corpora tions. The movement at Grant pass waa. -very enuliae-f -oav-eha- keaetr- X looked Vainly for an announcement of wnen tne meeting would m naie ana onlr accidentanv dlaeovared th date on the day bafora-th meeting , At on- sidermbif nroobi'ff""KedcTreacn Iheri" erlyln th morning 'and I spent from o'clock in tha morning until noon trying to learn tha hour for th gathering. I asked numrou person and inquired at th news' per offices, but none could tell me, and X at last learned from one man, and he wa th only on In Grant. Pass who seemed to know. Whan the meeting gathered thera war annul IS . nareoria nrasent and tha greater number of th speeches were favorable to tha rallroa'a. Th (ran nf thalr remark waa to tfta effect Ihat Inslead of making flght aga.lnst the Southern Pacific railroad In aouth ern Oregon th peopl should get down On their knee. - do it euion ana stay ther if they ajpot anything front th big Corporation which ar filching them. - Another apaker said th tning the peopl . of aoiithrM Oregon 1 wer Intereated In wa th rates out of south ern Oregon and not those in, fdr ft did not make much difference what w had to pay for good to come in, o Ion aa w got a low rat for Our en port.----Joaepn Bemle of Gold Hill goad. a very earnest appeal In behalf Of the miner of the locality and told how th Boutnere Pacino - obtamea . mineral patent in hi community and afterward refused to 11 tha land for farm landa, Mr. Durham, an attorney, who wa ao sused ott the floor of being employed by th railroada. delivered the thread bar argument of a community of Inter est, declaring that th. railroad could hot mjure ' the local citisena witnout injuring itself. He aald th reaaon th railroad did not ll the mineral 'land was because th government bad nvr glvn it th right - - t . Such S meeting aa that, I bellev. can hot brlag relief to th people of southern Oregon Th namee of none ef th me wha ar fighting th sou Ilea corpora tions wer mentioned. I do hot by any moan intend to aay that all tha people attending th meeting war not actuated hr anod intentions, but t am of th opinion that a hombef Of th pflme movra knd real leader Of th various laagues throughout.- Oregon . ar an dearorlng , to play A smart game nf politic to defeat tha reform movement in th State. Tbey -ar trying to gat th peopl to support them and then When they have thla support they will turn It ait over to the trust, railroads mJ . juilanaulauavMlrflalMlAX: I - la- oerely hop th people ot Oregon will be less gullible than th smart manipu lator think they ar. I bop th po pi will bring auch a degree of Intelli gence to) bear upon public mattera that they will emanolpat themaelve from th quat lvry in Which they are aoW held by th railroads and trust. - ,. i . . ; m , n,. uauiim 'A Ortti of Babbl Wtr.' , .' Portland. Or.. Jan. . To the editor of th Journal. In Saturday Illy Journal , of .Jan Joth.an artlcl appeared entitled' "Churches Ilk rich sinners well." Dr. wi declare the modem church la fossil laed, muralfled, and not of today. If or. Wise has uttered the words that th fournal haa published. tie has S peculiar strain or thought and a peculiar knowledge or history. Aa a member or a Christian churcn, Taylor Street Methodist.) t deny the statement of Vt. Wise that money ie the power behind th churches. , I apeak from a practical Christian knowledge, and deny th Rabbi's statement which IS misleading and delusive. Dr. Wis and I win agree on on thing pernap. and that 1 that it require money t pay salaried offlclala Of tha Church SS well th tynagogu; to pay for printing. advertising, and alt current expenses pertaining ta church of aynagoguet and th expense of th Taylor Street chureh ar wisely administered without flourish or sound of trumpet , and . more td par-trortr- It member to assist the Sick and poor In distress. ' If Dr. Wis baa used th ward t aa pressed in th Journal,!) ha shawn .himself tor be vary narrow-minded, and peak from th curb-stone to th gal lerle, for h utter expressions baaed on falsehood ahd Imagination. H I not a Christian and haa no authority to baa hi remarks upon. Th Christian Church, evpeclallytae Protestant, an rl ss d unit and put t naught that ex pression of Dr. Win that they prefer rich sinner - to poof saints. - The oh arch take rich and poor .under on rule or law, on equal terms consistent With It diselplln. -'-.' Dr. Wis may be a fluent talker, bat he is certainly af a flighty Imagination, for If money or wealth are to be a moral crime in th church, the past history of the church does not reveal ll Perhaps th Dr. can. A I tatd before, Dr, Wis la not a Christian, ndr hi people.- the Jew, The Christian church was eatab HsHed by Jesus Christ some tWo thous and year ago, w will go back about on thou eand year befor that tim, and see whether th Temple of Jerusa lem waa on equal standing in wealth with the Taylor Street chureh, ' Thi church may have cost about - forty thousand dollars, and to keep the ehuroh In - a proper and neat condition, ear peta are on the floor, seata ar properly arranged, jraa and eKctrlo light ilium Inat tk building. Peopl of all na-tlorffr,ge-antr belief are welcome t th Christian church. I will not ask th Journal to publish .ha valu of Sol otnon's : Temple as described In first Kingsr sixth chapter of the old Teeta manti but ask the Investigator to anaka an estimAt of th valu of the gold, silver, and other' material that wer need to beautify th Tempi, and com pare ICttf W Taylor Street church and than th "question eome back - bow about th money In th churohT ' ' -'- -. What waa th oblect of th Aimleht Ood requiring auch a costly temple to recelta ascrlflce and worehlp from th Jewish peopleT Rabbi Wis etn answer Imtt perhaps from a Jewlshtandpotnt, but - from - a - Christian - standpoint - w cannot beautify our house of worship too much. No more than we ean beau ty ourselves with pur - hearts, par minds and well doings. ' It requires this In order to set the example befor th world, for the Church ef Jeeue Christ hs the world to conquer, , and In It Oonust It he from the kegtnalne of Christianity to the present aay. forced to combat with' thousand of Rabbi Wleos, and In every Instance the church haarwoa and Is winning, although great opposition alt. - When Christianity W bdrn. th Jew fh people waa a nation. - Thongh sub- et te tha aa, tt taey, ware pre A ' V0 fAlNTS IDEA OF onira worlds - r- . ' T Oarrtt P. 8ervla , i ? hav frtnl. a woman ef dcld4 lntllctuality, who. though not an aetronomer. follows th motions of th planet In th heaven with tireless ln- terawt - -fihe can. at any tim. ten off hand th approximat poattlon of Mer cary, Venue. Mara, Jupiter, Saturn, Ura nUS Or . Kantuni. .... In many rase, would hav to consult irawtwn ia oraer to determine a partlo4r planet location. ' . - Tha aaaoa -athv - .. A at... ' IVU1I IMHB conatant in ber planetary observation - ir anvvumfm on, it 1 because being, a she tfntmi herself, 'hopelesaiy pursued- by- jtl-r ortun la tha life. ad believing, a ah firmly does, that all the. planets ar InkabHed by mortal creatures she finds , distraction from Will n lov a hnnnlar lr.t r. u. amm ing that auch await her snmewbere. It 1 a form of the oriental doctrine t)f Successive Ihearnailxma. with L world substituted, for on as th stag ' on, which th transmigration .taka. plac In faet, I bellev thl lady ha worked out to tier owo satisfaction d - logical Schema wherahv 1 k.ima . la paaa from a pleaet-to- another in a ""'" raor or progression, th la order.-'. oeing not in asm lor ail persons. in -w -y, g' WW. ! Tirmt IA Vstniltl aktrial Ahd ! U.m tn! som rrlv upon ll4 MirtH r1 JufkltAl thaalei laaait tAaawlA... Jk auat 1 1 ea,a . " --w- -a vi4wyg, vwvaaaaw . place, and Other via Saturn, v- ; , , DUbtfM ther I nothlnit very ang inal In thee notions, for tn th course of th history of the mind every con ceivable apaoulatlon haa already beeff. touched upon, but at any rat ah had worked them ut for hereelf. . Now, th thinker who reasons front purely aclenUfT data will Immediately dlamlasvall thi s baseles dream. He will ask! "How can aay on Ulk of : Mercury s a habitable world. when ; w know that on that planet tfH heat I "too great for Water to xitt How - , I It possible ta lmagln that mortal'" beings can axlat on Jupiter, when we ', hav convincing t cvidenc that, that'' planei I mostly. If not entirely, in a -vaporous tatr .-. ' .-. or Course, from a Scientific stand-. point, .ther la no moating these objoo -tlone except with aaaent. .And yet the' lady may bd nearer tha truth I mean 1 ao far aa the habltablllty of other World 1 concerned thaa th man wh ' reasons from th apparently" olld base ' of terror rial analogy. After all, thea , world eaiat c . ' Ther they ar In the kri w - a . them befor us. W can men sure them - and obaervs their motloa.r W find that ' they obey th earn law that govern " th earth. Thv ar all spheroid ro tating on their horter axe; they all ' travel in th same direction; ther la every rasgwrairsiymg tmt tni consist of the earn primal element. All but two of them hav attendant moon. All, With one poaslbl excep tion, nave atmospheres. AH are lighted and heated by th aun. though In differ-'. nt degrees, depending on their dia taneee. In short - th rmblancea among them are greater-and mor nu merous than .the difference. , Thoe dtffeteneea. It I true, forbM ua to think that strlotly manlike creature can live on all th planet alik, but they ar not sufficient to compel ua te reject th possibility that living organ tarn may - ther- adjusted to -Twelr varying environment, and that la a much a my-f Mend demands. ' - A to bef Idea of the interplanetary transmigration of soul that la some- thing too tyitanglbl, too utterly dvold of data, xor reaaon w woti m belongs etcluslveiy.tO the sphere of th Imagination, . It . not - asiene, nut poetry. . ' ., ' LEWIS AND CLARK At Fort Clataop. ';' J! ' -.'". January 16. Comowool and the Clat V sop departed early thl morning. Col- . ter returned and reported that, wiuaro, with whom he had been.-bad continued to hunt from Point Adama toward th " aaltmakera and thsy had together kilted , only those two deer which wer brought In yesterday, in th vning Collins eame front th salt work and reported . that about a bushel of salt had been ' mad; h also said that he, with to others, -had hunted from the aalt camp for five dava without killing anything. . and had been obliged to Subsist , on sem wbal, flsh, prooursd from , tha , . native. . - ------ , . ;., ; Tachalkowsky oa Wagner. f': From the Letter of Tachalkowsky. ' A a matter of fact throughout the - Whole duration kf th festival at Bay reuth food form the chief Interest of ' -the public; the artistic representation taaa a secondary piac. vrutieta, nag ptats, omelet, ar discussed much more ' eagerly than Wagner's muslo. . After th last notes of the "Ooatter-' daammarung" t felt aa thoagh X . had ' been let Out of prlaon. Th" "Nlbelun gen" may be actually a magnificent work, but It Is certain that there never wa anything so endlessly and weari somely spun out. . i ' tected by tk atrong arm of Rome, and with their own institutions combined they shewed th oapaoity of complete " failure." They and th - Roman, hav ; vanished as nations all through crim and violation of God's law. Th chareh . has grown from a few in and around Je ' ruealem te million In nearly every na tion oh the earth. Th teaching of tha Christian Church ar ennobling, In-' , spiring and helpful; the Church builds churches; and . school are progresslvw In every element of toll, labor, art, sel- nee. TBecsos theyr-havenot mader- fester and greater progrsa I because th teaching, criticism and opposition f such men a Rabbi Wise hav to be explained and overcome. The Church wa condemned by tha Rabbi wise in -( It Infancy, and-drtraetlealicen-. demaed today. . --. , I may well say thst the Phsrlsees Ofo1d who" IlbooTBti "tB'iH'etr and thanked-Ood thaftthey were aot-irke the sinners, hav com to Portland, nd explain to the multitude that tha , money In tn enurene i tn cause or- their fossiliiatlnn. What hav the Rabbi . Wises done towarde advanelng lviiis atloa for th last two- thoueand year ' ' In any- country - outside ChrlstlsnltyT Their Institution of learning, their nab- -ltd, their general cbaraetsrlstio bavo been weighed In tha scale ot every aa ' tlon and hav been found wanting. - Coming te our country or born under our Sag, they rise up and pas jujg-.. ' ment oa our churches. If our churches . sre hat doing th work of God through Jesas Christ let Rabbi Wis and hi ynagogua tell u what they are doing, -and what they hav done for Ood In th - Isst two thousand Tear. Wer It not" for the church and th Institutions of learning that make Christianity prc tlcabta, Dr. Wise nor bis teaching , would be tolerated. - OB8fiRVa.lt. -, A l- . - -. r ' , ;.. ..; .. u... .... .. , v .. ; - - A ' 'V f