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ELECTING A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
: rTirERB HAVE" COME TO' US many expressions
;X t1 1 of approval of the campaif n we have been mak
- -;' lag to establieh th principle our politic! of
the election of United States senator by popular vote,
f There -U still, however,, some rnisapprefieneion , of the
law under which the may be accomplished A a etsrt
;v ing- point it is necessary that all voter re fitter both
:' thelf-namea and their politics. In thia way a full expresr
n-be-Tcrtrer iflTTO pnmaf ie
candidates When the vanou
their candidates they" can" hln be
i ballot precisely like any other candidates. ana toe man
''. receiving the highest number of votes at the June elec
'' (ion is. under the direct primary law, the lawfully elected
- candidate for the United State senate. . ''rrA ' : A ?
: X .There. tbe remains, .but. a .single act ,to ratify tfcat
- choice and that is the vote of the legislature. The peo
ple secure their hold cn (be members of; the legislature
. when they nominate and elect them. ! This is done
through a pledge embodied m the law itself. Under
pledge No. 1 the candidates bind themselves, to ratify
, ' the will of. the . people as . expressed at the polls. ' Mo
' matter who gets a plurality vote there he . is the man to
' get the election. Involved in this fight is the question
whether the members of the legislature, supposed to be
trustees of the people, are greater than the people them
selves. If the voters of the state express themselves in
positive terms no member of the legislature will dare
disregard their, mandate. " At the coming election' the
principle of electing United States senators may be es
tablished in Oregon for all time to come. To de-It, first
register your politics and vote for your choice for sen-
. tor, and second vote for no candidate for (he legislature
who will not sign pledge No. I. If the voters unite the
process ie both simple and effective. It Is their oppor-
' tunhy and they should make the most of it ' (
Tfie eenat" lifling"to; devot million to ship sub
tidies, to further enrich those who have so long been ex
ploiting the people of the country but it judiciously
1 hesitates to appropriate $400,000 to help maintain the
greatest gateway, that thuQuntry-tan-boatt, which is
-the -Columbia river. f '
THE NEW. MAYOR OF
AYOR J. Us ADAM of Buffalo, who begin his
llicial duties January I,
record that is attracting
is 63 years old, is proprietor of Buffalo's largest depart
ment store, and is the third heaviest individual taxpayer
. in the city. 'Though a Democrat, he was elected on the
principle that "the conduct of municipal affairs is a
' matter of business, not oi politics.",. . He has lately been
-'.' casting about for a chief of police .to suit him, and
knowing as a merchant the. 'value , of"; advertising he
advertised for one.' , After election in company with
his private secretary, it newspaper man, be visited various
. large cities to. study administrative .methods, but in all
his acts is keeping his ante-election declarations in ,vUw
and attempting tr make good. M fcjj "' t A V '' ';
He at once discovered a shortage of $9,000, that had
been accumulating for 11. years, id
fund. In the first Z7. days of hit. administration the
license fees amounted, to 12,312 s against 11,005 for the
same time last year. He makes all city employes put
in a full day' work, the same as if they were working
for J. N. Adam. He requires all. municipal boards to
submit to 'investigation and accountings He says all the
city's floating debts must be paid or bonded. All board
' end committee meetings,- heretofore J held 'in private,
must be public..,. He says that the
. falo is a farce, and demanda that it
ing to facts. lie has put on the "lid," but not an im
possible, Puritan lid... He advocates single, heads, not
U commissions of several members, for the police, fire
and other departments.'! lie Invites complaints from all
7 people and hears them personally. ' I ? . . ,
. . .Though one of Jhe wealthiest mesi Jn Buffalo, Mayor
Adam has no interest in corporations .He believes in
municipal ownership, and says Buffalo! is about ripe for
3t. On the new- charter commission he. appointed,
' among others,, his opponent In the late election, the
.postmaster, a prominent Republican a, member of the
New York supreme court and a union labor man. The
. city allows $720 a year for his stenographer, but he
pay her $1,000, the balance out of his own pocket
.While councilman he was instrumental in securing $40,-
000 from a street railway for a right of way it wanted
tree. ; He works at his office from 8:30 a. m. till, 6 p.
,m., and often at home in the evenings till midnight, on
. public business. .. :
Grover Cleveland made hit start '. in public life as
. mayor of Buffalo but he wa then a rather young man.
Mayor Adam i not working for "higher positions,' but
for the good of his home city, and the example he is
setting may be followed by other mayors, to the ad
vantage of their cities... He. is' right; The ,conduc of
municipal atlairs is a matter of business, not of politics.
,,' ,';.' ..;S'4.Vyjt;'4 warassasssssssxsaa - s -j-'.(;
, Senator Spooner voted with- La' Bollette and three
other Republicans, Burkett, Dolliver and Warner, against
, the ahip subsidy bill. f Has La Follette already begun
; to convert Spooner. . r- v .14 '. :;.,, .. ;,
: TVTO GRAND OLD WOMEN;
' H ATEVER ONE'S VIEWS
frage, room -tnay be -found for admiration
-'of and respect for' Miss-Susan B. Anthonv.
': whose eighty-sixth birthday is being observed by the
woman suffragists of Portland today. She is described
.as still possessed of physical and mental vigor and fresh
., nets, and as having "67 years of optimism behind her! in
; the 'cause -of which -she hts been so long a- foremost
champion. A. companion, piece to , Mist Anthony is
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, about the same age, but yet
ound and active, and overflowing with faith, hope "and
, charity. ; One need not indorse all the theories' and argu
ments of these" two grand old women to honor their
. talents, seat, courage and efforts in behalf of what they
, believe to be a cause whose success would be beneficial
to humanity, .They are exceptional women, and In no
uncomplimentary sense it may be said that it is well that
l they1 are ad. 71J '-. y vf ':.' f . C
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About the only line that candidates for primary nomi
nations haven't taken so far is fThe Perfect Man. Most
; of them, intimate that it would fit, however. . , i
Oraftinf - Real Eatate Dealer. .'
The Tonna Valley correspondent of
the Klamath Kails Republican writes:
rrbeaa oaem- ta ba times for graft and
. you ear) find H everywhere., , The real
estate dealer bf Klamath bounty have
' started la .to practice It in an open man
ner. They take aa option en a man's
farm for a eenaiw -price per ra.' then
whan they go to aell. tby not Only gat
their commission but they rs las the
prfc'e nevnrat dollar per j aora This does
en Injustice to both tha men who buys
and the man who sella The Klsmath
e.istjt tJmw wh hag lire; atrean-..
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ON' -D AILY'iJ OURN Al
ami iwppTDfN t ki pap
, PUBLISHED BsV JOURNAL PUBLISHINO CO.
Sunday) and w7 Bandar morning, it
V rM wtNprtiand, Oregon,
O FAR as
degree of, self
As evidence.of
case in Mint.
witn reierenc-ro
raaenTfheyeTVfffeklt
paniea - nsvs sciccicu
"niined on" Me' official
which to base a
In no Dosition to
partitidn of China
uprising in which
blindly struggled
China would haVe
nations had it not
But China, which
raised. Observer
opinion" that there
Yellow kingdom.
.fore, unlike Japan",
mineral wealth but
down by poverty. '
only expect disaster
But thing are
BUFFALO.4
Five western
is already making a
attention. Mr. Adam
I
the police pension
ance of a much
assessment, in. Buf.
be reformed accord
what they could
of it entitle it to
eliminate himself
Some definite
ship for railroads
and followed out
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The bill, will not
may be expected
"insurgents" will
of woman'iuf-
the bill apparently
1'acilic lineSj but
than none.; The
in design. It will
the debate on it in
Democrat have
place at or-about
MeKinleya. v ;.
The teeistration
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next June; 't
ou lit on a dry ranch eartalnly, ought
to ba rewarded for his long spent ef.
ferta by reaming all that hla farm will
bring on . the market The man who
purchases a bom .ought ta have It a
cheap' aa possible aad not give a big
per eant of his bard earned dollar for
a little work by a real aetata agent. I
would suggest to th farmers that If they
Uat their property for sale they stipulate
that tha prlra pet acre ahall not be
raised above a, certain amount.''
.;spJii'ry'K Valuable; BQL" t ;v
Prom the Indianapolis Star. V
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The Journal BuDdUi. fifth end Tain-
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CHINA'S UNPRXPAREDNESS.
Cbina cpneernei nothing more un
fortunate for itself could nappen man a .general
unri.Um at time At the same time a decent
assertion is not only proper but right,
it the recent trouble at Shanghai 1 a
Thtn the Chinese authorities ..were eo
manifestly within their right and the rights had o
manifestlv been nsuroed that the moment an appeal was
causes for irritation. It has been tne eunerer in very
dispute among the foreign nation which enjoy right
in its treatv oort.' Any. pretext -was. good enough on
claim to more "territory and China wa
help itself. Indeed a few year ago the
eemed inevitable. ' After the Boxer
the Chinese, and their government
to free, themselves ' from the toils,
become the spoilt of the European
been for the intervention of England,
Japan and the United States. It was these three '.na
tions that maintained the' "open door" upon which, policy
the integrity of Chinese territory rested. , , "
J six time a populous and many
times largtr. than. Japan, i in no auch position to-help
itself.-'. Its government is corrupt almost from top to
bottom. Its people are overtaxed and most 6f the money
so raised is stolen. The peoplef are- hen t but they are
ground down by taxation unwisely levied and barbarously
In China are unanimously 01 tne
are two- fundamental .needs in the
LPirst of these is a thorougn reiorm
and reestsblishment of the administrative service, and
second ia lb reform of the taxation methods. There
China mutt ttart with it own refor
mation. The country it wonderfully rich in undeveloped
the matte of the people are ground
In the. event of trouble China could
at the end. t ' . -
moving In the right direction in that
old country. ; Granted the element of time, there i no
doubt of the outcome. ' Present information front there
is, very conflicting but there are many things that point
to the conclusion that the effectiveness of the boycott
against American goods hu been greatly overestimated
and that reports of trouble are greatly exaggerated. .
Republican ' senators, Burkett Of Ne
braska, Dolliver of Iowa, La Follette and Spooner of
Wisconsin and Warner of Missouri, constitute the small
band of Insurgent who make up the Republican foil of
honor in the icnate on the ship subsidy steal. .- . , .' :
A IfHB KNOCKER STILL AT WPRK, t:;.
F THOSE WHO COME HERE witf the intention
. of invettmg their money are to be hounded and
r villified, if the knockers'' brigade is to get. action
on them through the newspapers, it is not difficult to
figure the outcome. ' We see examples of it on the north
bank road,, we see them at Oakland. These are not pre
cisely parallel case for the reason that those concerned
are already deeply interested in the country and their
comjng'both to Portland and San Francitco la in pursu
more. than state wide policy. But the
annoying delay are apparent nevertheless. In the case
of a more or less purely state enterprise or one started
from its own Initiative the section of the country to be
benefited if not willing to give ordinary encouragement
hould at least desist from efforts to keep capital out
The transportation committee of, the chamber of com
merce has done much hard and effective work during the
past year, j, It.js composed of men heavily Interested in
the -city who have devoted much time and energy to
public work. ' They, too, are included as object of at
tack yby the knocker' coterie because they have done
to encourage the coming bf such en
terprises. Disagreements among ourselves are ta be
expected, but if Portland is to reach the place which
its commanding position and the great resources back
hold, we must all pull together to ac-J
eompiish the work., In enterprises of that kind the
knocker have no place and public sentiment, should be
so powerfully manifested that the knocker will either
or be eliminated. . -
policy as to franchises or public owner
along the waterfront should be adopted
the time for action is at hand. ( ' V
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SUBSIDY SILL PASSED,V
HE PASSAGE of .the ship subsidy bill by. the
senate wa expected, ; for -.nobody who ha
watched the senate for a few year expect it
to do anything except to serve the interest of trusts and
corporations against , those of the people whenever
any such proposition come up. The aenate may be forced
by the president against its will to pass some sort of a
railway rate bill, but we "anticipate that it will amount
to little or nothing. It will be as near nothing as 'the
majority of the senate can make it, and the president
will probably accept almost "any : old thing," for he
makes no effort for tariff revision or against this 'pro
posed new trust, conceived and designed further to, rob
the producers of the country. ; v 1 v-t.;
so easily pass the house. 'where it
that a considerable band of Republican
join with; the- Democrats in oooosinar
it, and it is doubtful if the agents and tools of the allied
trusts, led by Cannon, Dalaell, Grosvenor and Payne,
can bu!ldote(the bill through, j . 1 1 'n i J; .. ) , 1 ,W
Pacific coast senators except 'Gearin,' all voted with
the majority, pecbaps wkh the contemplated excuse that
bestows a little sop of the plunder to
it is a poor,-thin excuse, no better
bill is wrong in principle and iniduitous
be shown.. . up in It true lightbefore
the house i ended": '"l-Zr'T;
occasion to' Congratulate- themselves
that for once th .Democratic, membera of the. senate
stood solidly together against - a.wrong and vicious
meaaure and policy. "
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John- D. Rockefeller to ! in about a many 'different
the ame time Horace Greeley
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is verv heavilv Renuhlican. r,n If h
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an era 01 very independent voting as may be discovered
... r .A " ., t;
oalty in hi possession ta a bill which
ta UB year old. Ha has Just gained poe
easion bf N. although It was left to him
by hi toother., who died soana U year
ga. . The but waa given her whan a
child by a relative. ,,- . . .. , . .,
It was Issued under the act of July
I. 1778, by the state of Rhode Island,
drawing 'I per cent "Interest- per annum
and slimed by John Arnold. Plgnrlng
compound HHereet R le now worth tttoa
It I the Intention ef Mr. Bt John to
communicate with tha authoHiua at
Washington and aseenaln If the stat of
jrui redeem be bilk; -j
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- SMALL aiAi;G3
The Bake C1r HrM thfrrkt) Btikev
count r ouht to hay sv Kapublloan
cajidldat or United Ststst ; eenator.
Sure, eiao Marten , oounty, . :
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Be far tha Paaavnu. eenal' hM east
about 7MO,eoe end aoarcoly a of
a canal rt. The Martians must haw
manac-4 bur, "or " had plenty of
or, fff ; , r f ;7 '
Typhoid end ether fever nro avi.
dance of a lack of soma ef the element
or eivuiaeuon. ...
Hemaaaakara will buin rolllna mat
ward tonorrew.. i,., ,s
trtaurr is ailudsd ta la "ftaaral
Aitkin. How, how- im mnr athar 'eandt'
oaie aonur to oeat jtnati rf ,
The whereabouts -of Uncle John D.
Rockafallar aaams about as dlffloult to
diaoover a that ef Puter end MoKln-
Oo It. Harrlman; mo It. Hill: van ara
puiuog e tot - ex money into circula
tion. . ; ',1 .. tJl , -
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It look Ilka thera waa a "Jab" In
buUdtasc that flrebeat.-, y ..:, v.;.
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tTnele fins RIU doesn't appear to ba
ufflclently, scared about the future
collapse la this country to sell out at
a aaorlnoa, v ;-, v , .
Br the time Lawttr Cm wall nil
ihroutrh advleln the ' Panama canal
oommlsalon and the government, .; there
won't be money', enough left to dig a
PWUMteVi- '.-;. ; ,' ) .."v ....
We expected that a'tentark'Testerdav
about continued dry weather . would
bring rain. - , ) ... . ... ., , .
Some, people who promise to be aood
under pressure will still bear watch
ing. . ' . . '--Kr,r- ;-t- ' ...
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According to the registration, there
ara about three t Republican to - one
Democrat la Oregon, but thera will be
a whole lot ef Independent voting. . t
Kick haa only two dare snore of free
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Nobody know Just what Tom Zw
eon le up to except blmeelf, and maybe
no aoosn c ;
The president
will expect
lote of
grandchildren. , .
It ie reported that Mlaa Roooevelt
has IT hat a But she will want a Ana
aaw one at Easter, ail the same. ..
Anybody - Who ' persists In aolna- bv
the name of Bonl ought to be divorced
by ble wife "
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A - Portland Iwlaa has bean accus
tomed to mixing kerosene with his
whiskey, and the - drink didn't agree
with him. but It la yet doubtful whether
It wae the whiskey or the kerosene that
waa mora poisonous. - .. .
If Count Bonl really means to ' be
good If the dlvoroe suit le withdrawn,
what doee ha want so much money fort
it ooeen t coat much to be good.
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' Out in Oregon' the winter didn't gvow
nruoh e a backbone tm break.
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At any rata. It Ja certain that Uncle
Rockefeller hasn't been abducted by Pat
urowe. . . .... ,f. .. .-.(..
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, Work on the Panama' canal consist
ore, of Investigating than In digging.
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OREGON, SIDELIGHTS
iiiiwiOi.)
It la said that beavers are being
aniea lor ineir pens in uawuiui county,
where a deputy game warden seam to
be needed. .-t
' kpoopl along the Daeohutes ara eon
fldent that the a R, N Is golhg to
build by that route Into central Ore-
. On Xjtvt eraak.' Douglas county, Ave
large teeth, presumably those of a
mastodon, , were piped out of cement
gravel under a 40-foot bank.. The teeth
are molar, having six and one fourth
Inches of grinding' Surface, and being
about four time tha length of , , a
horsa'a tooth, exclusive of roots.
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The Cottage drove Leader advocate
tha Mooing of all buslnaae house.
Sunday.
Sign' of railroad' bulfdlng operations
ln evldsnoe at M yruacraak.' '
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Big complaint 1 made of the rub
baring dona on farmers', telephone tinea
It Is declared that when a bell ring
all the phonos go down.. This lo eaves
dropping, which is the smallest of all
business ana about the most sneaking.
Albany Democrat., But It Is human na
ture, particularly, soma olalm, feminine
nature, the world over.
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' ktagiatrattoa ' Is generally light a
far throughout Oregon.-
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Clatsop ounty will spend tSt.00 this
yafur an road a and bridge. 1 i
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Dufef wUt have waterworks. -
A vouna? man talked of for aandU
date for rapreeentattve la the legisla
ture doesn't anow when to run. whether
In Polk where hie farm la. or In Vult.
noman Where na is studying law, or In
uns wnera nia gin ta. ., . , c
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. Tlmae were never eo good la karney
county. ... , ,.';..,',.." ,
Astoria's water and school avstema
ara among the best In the northwest
ays th Astoria. : .
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A two-story ball, a two-room achool-
houae. a feed and grain warehouse, a
livery stabja,- a sawmill, and a bridge
acres th . river ar already settled
project on foot fer,. this spring tn
uaverdaia -
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A man digging a Alth near Do fur
cans upon sons bone that b4 been
there for no one knows how long: They
ware four or mora feat under ground.
and under a layer ef gravel that bore
no OTidenee of ever having baea dis
turbed by man. ,'y ,
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1 A Condon nian.i going to start a
"possum ranch.,
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Kent Recorder: W nope our readers
will kindly, overlook any little mistake
or omissions this weak., Wa haven't
felt welL Our devil left bis socks on
the floor of th sanctum and by torn
means they-' got Into .the. at ova. We
have not enjoyed good, health elnce. - -
; Oil wUt hey Armed for. near Madnai. ,'
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By Rav..Thoasaa a. Oragory.
Eleven rears ago Anna Gould married
count Bonl de Castellan. -,
It wa bee privilege, v 7 . !
To- be sure she might nave Joined
her matrimonial fortunes with one of
bav own euanUrmea, aad in iba long
run- been a gainer by IU but If
wanted, to marry a count It. was, no
body's buslnsss but bar own.
It I not especially dishonorable to be
a countess;, though wrier the particu
lar honor of tha thing eomes in, above
that- pf being a plain American woman,
it ie ratnar djmcuit to say..
However, Mlaa Gould became ' the
eouuteer dr Caateilane, and how. after
a little (nor than a decade of titled
honor -and, glory, sbe is beginning to
paroalvo the fact that she might have
earned bar duck to a better, market
For every day of tha 11 year of her
married life her eouat ba coat her
A pretty' expensive - luxury, these
counts! 'They oome high! T have on
of then! around means that ono ahall
need to nave a large and aever-falllaa
Dang account , -
Two thouaanl and aevtateea dollar a
dayl - 1. ... . - ... .-.r.
Zounds) s y: v ;s ,
Iwaa lust thinking Of the many aood
and 'beautiful thlngo that th eoantes
might have, dona bad aha been satisfied
with using the wife or a plain, ordinary
American. ' - t , . - .
It la safe to assume that th Amort-
can husband would at leaat-havo bean
sen-supporting.. Hla aelf-raapect would
aot nave permitted blm to bo lees.
Then. Instead of. havinar to -mm
II.eiT a day on bar hueband, Mlaa Oould
would have bad that amount clear, and
ire to use In ether ways. -'.
And there are many wave in which
the money might have bean .used - to
much better advantage than In spending
it upon the vagaries of Count Bonl.
Four thousand dollar wisely admin
istered, la sufficient to give a parson a
good education. This being so. It 1
sasy to see bow the nine million ouan
dered by . th eounteas on - her count
might have been made to srlve a fine
education to over two thousand young
Th lain millions that tha. eountaaa
has" wasted ' on her count would have
built and endowed a largo and splendid
ly appointed hospital, wherein for gen
eration to oome, the ills of poor-.humanity
might have been assuaged with
out money and without plica.'
Tha nine million wo are talking about
would have been eumclent to build and
permanently provide for a newsboys'
bom la aaoh of the three greater bor
oughs of the city, wherein for all time
to oome, the little human walfe might
have round shelter and food and raet
The money that Bonl haa coot hla
wife would have piled th park -of th
city with the 'beautiful memorials of
genius, .with th images, la stone and
bronse, of the men and woman whoae
brain and eelf-saoriflee have made, the
world whatIt ia , J .-
Tho money that the countess
thrown away on her count would bare
enabled the Audubon society to do what.
for lack of fund. It ba baea vainly try.
Ing to' do for years save the birds from
deatructtoa and future generation from
being doomed to : dwell la a' blrdleas
world. -ie. '.' .-',
J la faet, there are a hundred waye la
which Mlaa Oould might have spent
ll.eoo.ee to better advantage than to
have thrown It at tho emtio French
man. ,. - -" in ' '
However, It I good to know that at
last the eountaaa ia being disenchanted
T-nd there ie still chance for . bar. to
do lot of good In th world.
OdeQ on Bos.
t.
- Prom th New Tork Times. ... 1
t th recant dinner In New Tork of
the famous Amen Corner, -ex-Governor
Odell spoke on- political, bosses, aaylng:
' "I was going to talk to you tonight
about bosses, but I don't know ma oh
about bosses. ; I am not a boss myself.
but I got a Job that everybody else
1 running away from. Just now boa
baiting is popular and there I no bosa
of blgh or Tow degree that anybody I
bound to respect Bos baiting, like re
forming, la a buslnees that is usually
engaged In by those who have made a
failure of every other enterprise la IU.
"There I always so much good in
the worst of u that aom of ear great
eat booses have gone dowa into history
as ou - greatest statesmen. Ha la a
mighty poor student who doasn't head
tha signs of tha tlraee. - Those of us
who bava been chastened by defeat long
upon this aa a alga of th great respon
sibilities before ua . ir we are to pre
serve popular respect It I a time for
the -ellmlnathm- of amall -bossea-and
there la a danger that they will incur
the distrust of the people. . ,
' "A strong man. nevertheless, will .sur
mount every obstacle. Both of our great
partleo ar guilty or tha desire for vic
tory, and It leads us of ton to "neglect
the desires of the people. . I don't claim
that I am holler than thou, but I do
venture this statement in th hope that
I may remove the beam from other eye
than mine. '
"We bosses are ., generally ' credited
with having -other qualities than that
of Judging our own shortcomings.. We
ought to be able to get down to th
human aid of life and b abl to Judge
the true vole of th people. There I
no exouae-for failure to Judge that voice
properly. A failure to do that would
be bosslsm of the rankest kind. . -
1 "Let ue hope that In the future, the
people will be boeaes and that we are
not to Bubmlt to tho who are despotic
bosses and- who will be mere arrogant
and despotic tnan ever.' '
"This I a time whoa little onea will
find their true level and whan true
worth find It occupation far uplifting
mankind. Let us look forward , to
Urn wka graft aad grafters ahall b
ao mora.'' . 1 . v -
: Harriman'a Jin-Jhsu .ArtJata. . ..
1 ' From th New York Time.' '
Through tho oourtoay of HI H. Hani
man, tha six Japanese Jlu-Jltau wreatler
and broadewordsmea gays aa exhibition
of their skill In the Columbia university
gymnasium recently. 1 Mr. Harrrmaa
during hi late visit to Japan was o
much Interested In the- art of Jlu-Jltau
a practiced by th moat experienced
member of that science that h brought
to America a troupe of sla of the moot
skillful Japaneaa - performers. - Blnce
their arrival la this city they have given
vvermi oiud entertainments, ano - tnooo
who are acquainted with the methods
ef Japaaasa wrestling and swordsman
ship claim that Mr. Harrlman' protegee
give the ft neat object lee sou of the
Japaaes system 1 of physical culture
ever seen la this oountry.
. One of th men la said to""Bold 'the
third rank ta his natty country ta Jlu
Jltsuv't There are ait grades of oscoal
lence, and thoaa who reach th third
grade have attained a degree of excel
lence that I exceeded by very few. With
the exception "tf one-lad of about It
years of age, th other are yoang man
from I ta I years old. .They are all
skillful scrobata. aad the rapidity with
which they handle tha abort .oworda
the etottrj f -ritx aoaa 17
.our retevr t" ...-e- r tt very tant.
i aiuiw 1 ,rt- ...we "t
sktM, - jap are going, to be e"
cated here, and ia the near v a
probably enter ono of our ooue aa
eooa as their command of th Jb.aab
tanguag becOmea eui.iclently perfect
to read the collage text .book and un
derstand th leoture. X week o three
of, theso Japanssa wrestlerg gave an
exhibition at tha Boys' club, Avanu A
and Tenth street The boya of th
neighborhood were onthusiasUo over tha
skill of tha young foreigners, and. the
exhibition waa ono of the best that baa
ben held j tn elubrooma this seaaoa.
THE FLAT,
It Would ba hard to Imaaina a mora
diaagraaablo play than Maurio Matsr-
unca a "Morula Vanna," which was pre-
aanted last evenlna br Mimrn , Nmn,
Qell aad a capable company of play-
we. aa view or mis ract Mise O Nell
aacompllhmnt la bar rendition ef the
uue rot waa ins aaore noteworthy,
j-The city of Pisa Is sorely besieged
by Florence, the 0, cltiaene starv
ing, when word comes to Outdo Colonna.
commander of the garrison, by way of
bl father, Marco Colonna, that Prinai
valle, aaptaln of the Florentine aoldlery.
wiu save tnsa on ana aondltlan. thai
outdo baauUful wife Glevaana (or
atonna vanna) oome to his teat ouldo
take It hard; In fact yon't listen to
the propoattlon for a moment, but
Monna Vanna decldea to ao. tor the sake
01 tho 10,000 suffering eltlsens of Plaa.
ia rrtnal valla aha And a childhood
sweetheart. Then , Prinai valle teams
that the Florentines, having ascertained
his plot to save Pisa by manna nf Flor.
entme auppiiee, ar after blm. All ave
nues jor eecap ara said to be out off.
Monna Vanna takes him to Pisa with
her, under guard. . At Pisa. Ouldo acorns
hla . wifo and ordera prlnslvalle locked
In . the lowest dungeon. - Than Monna.
Vanna cleverly gala h confidence of
her hueband, demand th key to th
dungeon, that she may hav the pleasure
of torturing Prlnslvalle. And she tell
PrinalvaU that when she gets the key
she will oome ta blm, whom now she
love, and they will fly together. Ouldo,
unsuspecting, gives up . th key,
there the play ends.
. It. Is this last scene that, Spoils th
play, at least tor moat people. . Monna
Vanna of th flxat and second acta waa
a pure-minded, heroie woman, willing
to aaortno self for oountry. In th
last aha Is an entirely different person,
a high-strung ureature, waa deserts bar
husband. Th one consolation that tn
udieno found lay ia tha fact that the
husband wa a Jealous, unreasonable
fooL .. '
Plays ilk "Monna Vanna," seeming
to advoeata a system of conduct en
tirely out of keeping with the statute
made and. arovided by tho legislature
and by the accepted moral teaohlngs,
make religiously inclined peopio rau at
th. stare.
Th aiaaoguo is mao up m m sarin
of lone noisy epeechee, eacb actor
watting patiently ta turn for hla fellow
to finish before speaking hla .own lot of
llnea ..Thia makea tha play erag.
The Darts last night wsre taken
itauiv. Mlaa.O'Nall. waa attractively
gowned, looked charming and ber acting
wa at su timaa aaequat,
i,ru.bl. last .. act where. after vainly
train to nersuade her nusoana 01 nsr
innocenos, Monna Vanna daolda of 4
sudden to leave nun, neoeivmg mm,
however, aa to bar Intention, to wonder
fully well done. - Mho la at ence re
strained and passionate, making the
can vivid by bar wild abandon, yet
kaanlna It within reasonable, bound.
John Olandaanlng played tha Jealous
husband well, and Mario Majoroal was
a a timams in tha part of the old father
a hi lines demanded; snowing, now-
evor, at tlmae a youthful mien- entirely
out of keeping with hi makeup. ' An
drew Robaoa played PrinalvaU for all
there was in the pert and George
Majeront bandied hie abort role unusu
ally welL
4-
, w Pollarda Chn (Biu, A. , T
At the Empire last night the Pol
tarda nraaented a. change or Din, ap
m to excellent . aavantaga - in -a
riaiatv OirL" The company haa, Ouri
Its stay ef a weak aad a halt preaeatad
several eomlo operas, all excellently,
and laat night's show waa up to the
.t.mtarrL rhe Helnt boy aad Teddy
McNamara mad tna isugna, ana um
.aaMU stint oonna. vs rsuam,
won rreah laureU. Ollvl Moor also
diatinvukshed haraelf. and Daphne Pol
lard one more oamo into her own. The
chora sane- merrily -a aver, and th
tarfannnnce want wRh a vim. i j1-
Xomgni. in.' s-vtimraa .
Gaiety Olrl". again, and tomorrow night
and Satarday matinee tna attraction u
"An American Millionaire. . - -
MDuffee'a Expenalv Ulnes.'
Chicago Special U New Tork World.
a. J UaDuffaa. who baa apartmeat
la the Great Northern hotel, fell ill of
fever, aad during that period la eald to
have become a bibliomaniac upon nis
raeovery he waa confronted with bills
for tiO.000 worth Of aU kinds of books
at least th Puis are tor that amount-
but McDuffe aays he doee not remem
bar buvina any booka.
Tbere are now soma it.os voiumaa in
bla rooma There ar de luxe limited
editions of all the . scandals since Jn
venal wrote, Hla mind did not confine
Iteelf to any particular kind or lltera
tura Dray have stopped tor day and
dumbed on him . philosophy, memoirs,
history, poetry, saaaya, novels and many
or tn classics in tne original tongues.
MoDuffea read only Bngllah. "
Tha book ar under th bad. Blled up
five, feat around tho - rooms, and the
bathtub I full Of them. Tboma J.
Dlsr Co. have sued blm aa an bill
for S4M00.'
"It la only a bluff." MeDurree said.
The amount they are asking for la ex
orbitant Thl talk about limited edi
tions ia fake, t The books, are not a
roDrasented to be. .' ; -
"While I waa laid np 1 must nave
bean an wasy mark for th book agonta.
They could have sold me the Maaonlo
temple or the Art InoUtuta When I
recovered, and the ' last trained nurse
had gone, I woke up to dlooovar that
the agent had unloaded all their toek
on ma";
. .in . I 1 11. ; '
. J; Henry H. Roxera, Actor1. "! 'I"
"From tho Ohlcago Reeord-HeraldV
Thomaa W. Lawson evinced la hla
"Frenzied Finance" ea almost ecstatic
admiration for the histrionic abilities
of Henry H. Rogers. , He repreaented
that gentleman as the upram motor
doing marvelous stunt la tho oourt
cane of Standard Oil. V
- Within the last few weeks the world
haa bean favored with a now appear
aaoo by the eminent star, and there
can be ao denying that ha la aa actor
or that he get keen enjoyment oat of
bla work, vTb mood of th present
part I sinister cynical, contemptuous,
aad It I gta ta th Ufa Poaalbly It
Is marred by Juat a trace of low buf
foonery, but la th main It la, aa th
critics say, eonvlnolng.
- It convince ono of the power, the
arrogance and th insolence of Mr.
Rngers and bl associates. It carrle
with It tha Irresistible conviction that
tha periple' of tjiia '-country must tone
tw that tre af , i
. .- . By Was Joaoa. . . .; . '.
BeeraUry Taft toUa a good etory of
Panama. - . .. . . ..
A Journalist recently visited the
Isthmus to rather material for a book
on -the canal. On hla return to New
Tork the publisher asked blm how long
be had bean In Psnaass,. . r -
Thlrty-al hours." ha replied.
Wht. delayed your continued the
publisher . -
"Missed the steamer," replied the JourC
aallat ' '. - 1 v . .
Thie etory never fail to send admin."
latratlon men Into roar o laughter.
Police Commissioner Blnsham wis
Standing on th ateps. of the city hall .
a few daya ago when an elderly man
with long whiskers approached.
' After a momenta hesitation , tha .
strangsr quickly addressed tha eommls.
Why." ho aald. "do von uaa tha word ;
demma When you pakr' .. -
"Demme. air, I don't exclaimed the
eoramlssloner.' - ;,-!;' . . -v .. ,.
Soon after oelnr beaten at the -recent ,
election," ex-Premier Balfour waa on
th links with noma friends. . '.
One of his champions expressed hla
Sorrow that Mr. Balfour Would not have
a seat tn parliament . i .v-
"Too bad." agreed the former Drime
minister.. 1 don't know what I'll do
now .for recreation from golf." ' . v
August. Belmont waa aolnv untown '
ia oinar nay
"I think I'll take my subwa-." ha re
marked to a friend, .
"Tour subway 1" wa the .response.
"I thought it belonged to the people."
"Of ooursek" said Mr. Belmont, with .
a iaUs, nndM'm one ef th people." '
Thomaa P. Ryan now and then atcba
msrgtng long enough to tell a good story
or spring a now conundrum. One 'of hie
lateat la: ...,-.-;.,'.".
"Why I a 'margarr ...
"Beeauoe If a etneh."'' v5:'-'' ' '.:"'
fflSTORY OFPANAilA I ?
Prom th Earliest Grafts to th Present
1. y 1 By Wax Jonea :' ..
Chapter I Balboa Visit the Isthmus.
Noah waa tha first man to sail across
the Isthmue bf Panama, and at pres.
ent It looks as if he would remain the
laat Unfortunately,. Noah left no in
formation of value to the feJatorlan, .and
none of bl descendants remembers tha
commodore' . preference"" tn canala,
whether he wanted one on tha level-
aaa level, that Is or en with time.
lock. ..-' . : - "',
For year the Isthmue langulahed in
innocuoue deeeutude. Ia the words of.
Senator Toot (1) "Tha blustering At
lantic . pounded upon one ide of this
dividing neck of land, while tha smiling
Paclflo on the other side waited In se
rene confldenoe the arrival of tho great.
eat statesman of the ages, the master
mind of tho aeons, tha conqueror of new -
worlds, tho Rupert of presidents, Theo
dore Roosevelt." . . - .: - .
At length Vasco Nune de Balboa de
termined to. defy the Immigration lew
and set tip 'down oa the Isthmus. . Bal
boa oamo from Spain eooa a he got
a ebanoo and for aome time had noth
ing but Florida Ideas. ft) Later- be ,
went -cut for a walk ene morning. '
Picture the scene. Th tropical sun
wa setting In the tropical west Bal
boa, wearing a Pabama hat, and an ax
preeslon ef Joy, -wae climbing a tropical
hill with a troploal thlrat -
Suddenly an ocean flashes on bl view. .
"What I It, BalbT" asks a companion,
Bath gasea with eagle eyea at the
water (I), motionless, until his. staff
photographer baa exploded the. flash
light- : , , ... -
The h exolalme: "Water, water on
both aldea . What a' pipe for a merger!"
Thus the first Idea of a Panama pa- 1
nal waa born. jr - -
Th western ocean smiled at Balboa,
and ao be gave it the name "Paclflo,"'
remarking, At least It' Ilka tha United
States Its Intentions arc pacific, if it
doeo raise tha devil now and then," (4)
Balboa went homo again to tho other ;
id- of the Isthmus, but Ilka many .
others who bare alnoe baea to Panama, :
be lost bis bead. Aaso, aa in the case of
many others. It wa removed by th ad-
ministration. ; v ..-..( ... ..
(1) . Congressional ' Record, t" Feb.,
jtoi. ' ' -.'
(I John F. Wallace. . - ' v
(I) Morning Epoea, It Sep 111 j. ; ,
(4) Pbonographlo record a, p. 2447IK
, , J . (To Be CoaUnued.). - ,
At Port Ctatop: . -v -
February It Drewyvr and Wbltabouo :
it out thl morning to bunt toward '
tk prairie of Point Adama. .We have
board our hunters over tho Netul Are "
several shots, but they have aot yet '
returned. About I p. m. Brattoa arrtvtd
from the salt works and Informed u ;
that Sergeant Pryor and1 party -were
eomlng with Glbeon. who is so sick that
he cannot stand, , and whom they ar .
bringing on a litter. ' Bratton, himaalf
much reduced by pie lata nines, put
I recovering . fast He rV ports that -
Sergeant Fryer's delay wa caused by
tha winds, - which bad been ao violent ,
that it wa Impossible to take a canoe
upo the' creek to the point where thty
were to cross with Gibson. Tho sergeant'
party arrived with Olbsoa after ' dark. .
We ar pleased to And him not ao sick :
as wa bad feared, and do not consider
blm In any danger, though ha haa atui '-
lever and le muon reuueea. we oe- .
Uave Sl trouble originated tat taking cold ,
whll bunting elk through tho awamoa
Ha I very languid, but nearly free from ,
pain. . We gave him broken doeea of
niter, made him drink freely of sags tea, ,
put but feat tn hot water- and at p.
m. administered t drope of laudanum.
,' Weep at Ura. Ulles Tomb. .
1 ' From the Baltimore Nawe, . " .
The at rang pctaela of two etoical
and battle-ecarred old Sioux war chief a
breaking dowa aad abeddlng tears at ...
the tomb of the wife of General Miles .
wag presented at Arlington eenietery. .
The ehlaf were Hump and Iron Light- .
nlng of tho Cheyenne Sioux reservation. '
Hurap was commanding ornoor under ,:
Raln-ln-the-Faco at tho Custer masaa
or. Later he surrendered to Mltee, who ''
made blm chief of ecouta and com
mended him aa th b rarest seont ha had ;
aver known. Hump and Iran Lightning.
who eerved under Miles, ooncelved a-.
groat liking for him. Both wanted to
meat him In Washington thl week, but
ba waa absent After they had wil
led a drill at Port Mrer. Ex-Ad lu. . .
tant-General Drum drove them to Ar
lington, wharaj they reverently touched
the tomb of "Mra. Mile, and wept -
Through Drum they sent word ta
General Mile that i though they could
not shake bands with blm,' they had
v-rhi hie erlf grave, ,. -.
S,.V.V.Mr,.Wi..
LEWIS AND CLARK -
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