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Simplicity in character, in
manners, in style; in Ell
thing, the supreme essence is
simplicity. Longfellow.
"PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY "
WHETHER a federal of
ficial's political activity
is "pernicious" and pun
ishable or not depends upon who he
is and in what direction he exercises
it. It is considered praiseworthy ac
tivity for the members of the presi
dent's cabinet to spend their time on
the stump in various states in behalf
of Republican nominees, ragardless
of anything but their partyism, but
woe to the official in a lower station
who dares in any way, even though
he be working under civil service
rules, to exercise his God-given right
of political independence.
As an illustration, M. A. Fitzgerald,
who for 20 years hat been a letter
carrier in Brooklyn, a Greater New
lYork borough, was nominated for
congress by the Independence league
of the Fifth New York district, and
'the next day he was discharged from
the service. Yet he has before his
eyes the example of his superior,
Postmaster-General Cortelyou, who
is busying himself not with his of
ficial duties so much as with partisan
politics in New York, particularly,
we presume, in collecting funds from
the trusts, as notwithstanding the
president's heated denial it has been
proved he did in the national cam
paign in 1904.
And though this faithful and par
simoniously paid public servant in a
toilsome and humble capacity for 20
years is incontinently "fired" because
an office has sought him, we behold
Secretaries Root, Taft, Shaw, Bona
parte, Knox and Moody out on the
Stump, neglecting their duties to
labor for votes for candidates pleas
ing to the very trusts and criminal
corporations that the administration
professes to be attacking.
And according to reports the presi
dent himself is active in everything
but open speech in behalf of the same
party, and candidates that are being
supported byVhe Standard Oil, by the
indicted railroads, by every corrupt
and criminal trust in the country; yet
he visits swift punishment upon this,
lowly servant because non-partisan
people striving for the very reforms
to which the president professes to
be devoted nominated him for office
This betrays glaring inconsistency,
and people cannot be censured who
see in it evidence of insincerity. It
Cannot be squared with any reason
able conception of a "square deal."
GREAT GROWTH OF FREIGHT
BUSINESS.
fT? HE FACT is that this western
coast is developing so rapidly
" that the railroads couldn't or
Et least haven't anywhere near kept
Up with it This is demonstrated in
the unprecedented car shortage. The
same is true to a greater or lets ex
tent all over the country. There is a
congestlon of products at transporta
tion centers all the way from the At
lantic to the Pacific. The stress is
greater here because of the long dis
tance which cars must be hauled
westward, and because there is more
Work for them than they can do back
east. We shall have to wait, at a
very great aggregate loss, till the
eastern demand for cars relaxes.
One thing is plain: the country
needs more railroads, and a great
many more locomotives and cars
The country is growing far more rap
tdly than are railroad mileage and
transportation facilities. And as to
fuel, while the visible supply is de
creasing the demand is rapidly and
enormously increasing. There is fuel
material enough, however; there is
O occasion to worry shout its dis
appearance; but means for its trans
portation mast be greatly enlarged.
The growth of the Pacific coast
will increase even more hereafter
than heretofore, and thigJpiight to be
realized, perhaps it is beginning to
he, by the railroads New towns and
Settlements and industries sre spring
big up, snd as mora railroads are
built their number and output will be
I; and there must be im
mcnsely increased means of transpor
tation. The railroads may not be wholly st
fault TlBly did not themselves reel
iie the magnitude of the job they
would have on hand this fall. But
whilt they are preSfrinf to do a
good' deal of hew railroad building it
is doubtful if they arc even now mak
inar due oreoarations for next fall.
rifhey want to keep their cars and lo
comotives busy throughout the year
rathea. than have enough to do the
business promptly and allow cars and
eruiincs to stand idle part of the time
but such a pinching and injurious
shortage as now exists ought not to
occur ,-iKain. The public cannot be
expected to put up with it year after
year.
RAILROAD TO MOUNT HOOD.
s-T-fHE ANNOUNCEMENT of a
decision by capitalists who
have been investigaWng the
project to build the Portland-Mount
Hood railroad is another good piece
of news for this city, as it is also for
the region of country which the road
will intersect. The road will of
course serve greatly and rapidly to
develop this strip of country. It will
increase values, production and pop
ulation, and this will manifestly re
dound to the advantage of this city,
the hub of a gradually increasing
number of spokes of which this will
bt an important one.
The Mount Hood railroad will be a
means of the development of the
great water power of Bull Run, one
enterprise being complementary of
the other, which will stimulate in
dustrial and commercial activity.
Together, they will help clear forests,
swell the lumber exports, increase the
fuel supply, and add to the volume of
farm, orchard and dairy products.
Of much, if of less importance, will
be the additional attraction it will be
to tourists, another inducement for
them to visit this city and region. The
trip to Mount Hood by rail will be an
experience to be looked forward to
by thousands with keen anticipations
of pleasure that will not be disap
pointed It will be a "drawing card"
in Portland's list of attractions to the
summer seekers after new and inter
esting scenes.
Next year ought to see a great deal
of railroad building in Oregon, and
the beginning of this important road
among others.
I i 9 1 us
The movement of retail butchers
in favor of effective 'official meat in
spection, so that the public will be
assured of good, wholesome meat, is
one that consumers will heartily ap
prove It may be readily believed
that moat of the meat sellers sincere
ly desire to handle only pure meats.
but those who adhere to this policy
are handicapped and perhaps brought
indirectly into disrepute themselves
by the persistence of here and there
an unscrupulous dealer in selling bad
meat An honest, conscientious
dealer has no objection to an official
inspection of his meats; in fact such
dealers desire official inspection, as a
protection against dishonest com
petitors, snd the public is also in
need of such protection. It is very
important that only pure meats be
sold, and the only way to insure this
is by a system of inspection that will
be thorough, impartial and depend
able. When Judge Parker two years ago
charged the Republican national com
mittee, of which Secretary Cortelyou
was chairman, as he is yet, with col
lecting campaign funds, from the
trusts, railroads, insurance companies,
etc., the president very hotly and with
great apparent wrath denied it and
denounced Parker as a slanderous
liar. Mr. Hughes later brought out
the fact thst as to the insurance com
panies Parker told the truth, but at
this point Hughes was apparently
called off and did not pursue the in
vestigation in that direction. Now
Mr. Cortelyou is sgain busy in New
York, and the president has never
tendered to Judge Parker the apology
that certainly was doe him.
As an apologist for -the men par
ticularly attacked by Hearst such
men ss Ryan, Rogers, McCarren, etc.
or rather as their champion, as in
his later addresses he appears to be,
and as s pleader for considerate and
friendly treatment of the high priests
f the "plunderbtind," Hughes will
secure the most substsntisl support
of which they are capable; but
whether his extreme deference to the
'interests" will help him with the
rank and file of voters is snother
proposition. He is to be commended,
however, for a considerable degree
of candor.
Editor Gault of the Cottage Grove
Western Oregrhn is opposed to s jute
mill because it will cost a lot of
ni'mey. As a member of the legis
lature from Washington county he
also opposed an sppropristion for the
Lewis snd Clark fair. We fear he is
of the non-progressive sort Spend-
A Little Out
THINGS PRINTED TO READ WHILE YOU WAIT.
A Resigned Advertiser.
From the London Olob.
A widower llvtna In a' village near
Csmbrldge Is advertising for a Wife:
"Advertiser (wldowerX desires to And
good wife. She must be Church of Eng
land and a communicant! aged from 40
upward: able to build bar own house,
aa advertiser Is In possession of good
one; no encumbrances. Adyertlear feels
himself very lonely In the world
through what oould not bo avoided.
God's will be done on earth and In
heaven. None need apply except In
OW handwriting."
A Fragment
There never was a daughter of Eve but
once, sre the tale of her years be
done,
Shall know the scent of tha Eden rose
but once beneath th sun.
Though tha years may bring her joy oi
DSJn. sorrow or sacrifice.
The hour that brought her the scent
of the ross she lived It In Para
dise. October 31 in History.
1710 Foundation stone laid for Black
friars bridge across the River Thames.
1841 Mrs. Tom Thumb born.
1844 Nevada admitted to the union.
lift Celebrations in honor of Luther
at Wittenberg.
18S6 Two earthquake shocks felt in
ssany of the western states.
188 American peace commissioners
demanded whole of Philippines fron
Spain.
1991 British cable completed around
ths world.
German Death Tent
An eaatnent German physician and
surgeon states that a stronger, abso
lutely reliable guarantee for discerning
actual death Is still demanded, and th
demand has been met by the discovery
of a new medium for ascertaining death
with perfect certainty.
This new death test consists In In
jecting a solution of fluoreaclne deep
Into the tissues. If circulation exists
the skin and mucous membranes becomt
very yellow and the eyes assume thi
color of emeralds; If the circulation haa
oeaaed none of these results occur.
The discoverer proposes that at leasi
two hours before the body is placed 1
a coffin such an injection with fluores
clne be made. If life Is not yet extinct
the Injection does no harm and th'
coloring within a short time entlrel
disappears without the slightest Injury
to the patient
Treatment of Habitual Criminals.
From the British Australasian.
The New Zealand mlnlat, a (...((
haa Introduced the habitual criminals
and offenders bill, which provides that
where s Mnvm baa hn tip, n... ..i ...
of a criminal assault or four times of
wuunums, roBoery or ourgiary he may
be regarded aa an habitual criminal on.
ing a good deal of money is all right
providing it is spent advantageously,
so that it will benefit the people. A
jute mill might benefit not only
farmers, but sll taxpayers, by making
the penitentiary self-sustaining.
That Ohio judge who discovered
that the law did not mean what it
said, so as to save the Standard Oil
company from more than one fine,
can doubtless get a job whenever the
people get rid of him, as they prob
ably will at the first opportunity.
The president is reported as fairly
itching to do or say something to
help beat Hearst. But if Hearst is
such a notoriously, positively and
undoubtedly ba-ad man, why can't
the president trust the people to beat
him, without butting inf
Under the reported reconstruction
of the cabinet three of its members
will be residents of New York. If
the president should be reelected,
perhaps in a few years the majority
of the cabinet might be New Yorkers.
From the way some of the news
papers discuss Mrs. Eddy, one would
imagine that they expected an 85-year-old
woman to be able to play
football under the revised rules.
This is Halloween, and as usual the
public expects that boys will be boys
and not hoodlums.
Kaiser's Language Reform.
The kaiser has declared war on In
ternational automobile terminology, and
has decided that, so far as his own
country Is concerned, the language of
motordom shall be "made In Germany."
He haa caused an Intimation to go forth
that hereafter there shall be no such
functionaries as "chauffeurs' In the
Imperial service but that they shall be
called "wagenfeuhrer" (wagon drivers),
and tka) expectation Is that "garage,"
"chassis," aad "tonneau" will eoon fol
low the chauffeur Into oblivion.
Despite the modem German's fond
ness for words of foreign origin, espe
cially from English and French, the
kaiser Is the recipient of widespread
praise for his efforts to "purify" the
German tongue of foreign corruptions.
It has long been one of his hobbles to
accomplish thra.
goon after he ascended the throne
he shocked court drclee by ordering
that ths menus of state dinners should
henceforth be called "epelskurten," and
the courses served under German In
stesd of the traditional French names.
His majesty recently gave a fresh evi
dence of his desires in this direction by
commending that French terms should
be struck out of the military code, sub
stituting undented German fdlome.
Under the new automobile language,
the kaiser's chief chauffeur must motor
through life under the Imposing title
of "oberhofwagenfeuhrer."
Women Lend Enchantment.
Jhe county campaign of Butte coun
ty. South Dakota, Is enlivened by two
young women, who, without affiliation
with any particular political party, are
running for the office of county super
intendent of public Instruction,
of the Common
at the expiration of bis sentence da-
talnad la a reformatory.
Aftsr six convictions for vagranoy a
man saay be treated In the earns way.
IXschargs from ths reformatory will
bo secured only on the recommenda
tion of the court, while the detained of
fenders will be made to work and wag
will be placed to their credit or toward
the support of their dependents.
Passing of Fort McHenry.
A general staff order which an
nounces the definite removal of hiatorlo
Port McHenry from the list of military
posts and marks the close of Its career
aa a defense of tats city has been Is
sued by the acting secretary of war
upon the recommendation of the chief
of artillery.
After March I. 107, the Thlrty-nlntb
company of artillery, now stationed at
Port McHenry. will be transferred te
Port De Sota, Florida, and the tort
grounds will be taken over by the engi
neer department of the army, with th
prospects of its ultimately being turner'
into one of the large army depots foi
storage of supplies.
Nicholas Sean's Birthday.
Nicholas Senn was born in Switzer
land, October SI, 1844. When a youth
with his parents he settled In Pond du
Lac county, Wisconsin, and studied
medicine at the Chicago Medical col
lege. Hia education at this institution
was supplemented by a course of stud)
at the University of Munich, Dr. Senn
served through the Spanish war as chief
surgeon of the Sixth srmy. corps and
was chief of the operating staff with
the Amsrlcan army la the field. Ir
1890 he was one of the American dele
gates to the International Medical con
gress held, la Berlin. In 1891 Dr. Senn
proposed the organisation of the Ameri
can Association of Military Surgeons
and was Its first president
The Gentle Cynic.
Tou might aa well give the devil hla
due, for he'll get it anyway.
The horses we bet on always cost us
more tban those we buy.
Therl Is a ray of hope for the boy
who wears eurls if he hates them.
It often happens that the playwright
who makes bad plays makes good.
The listener who wants to hear good
of himself can talk Into a phonograph
When a men boasts that he Is clothed
In his own righteousness, It Is often a
misfit
A woman Is never happy unless eh
has confidence In her husband and her
dressmaker.
Whatever you may aay about con
servatism. It never has a headache next
morning.
It s the unexpected that always hap
pens, exoept when a man makes a fool
of himself. ,
There are lots of people who eeem to
think they are not getting their money's
worth unlees they kick about It.
The world la slow to recognise genius,
but you should remember that the world
haa mighty little practice In that line.
Election Expenses in
Olden
The following remarkable account of
the economy with which members of
parliament formerly were elected Is
taken from a manuscript of J. Herring
ton, Esq., of Kelston. in Somersetshire.
Kngland. and is in marked contrast to
the bills that will be run up aa soon
as the campaign in New York gets In
full swing. It la dated 16, and la
called, "A Note .of ray Bath Business
about the Parliament."
"Saturday. December !, 1848. wept
to Bath and dined with the mayor and
citlsens; conferred about my election
to serve to parliament, as my father
was helpless and 111 able to go any
more. Went to , the George Inn at
night, met the bailiffs and desired to
be dismissed from serving. Drank
strong beer and metheglin; expended
about three shillings: went home late;
but got excused, as they entertained a
good opinion of my father.
"Monday, December 18, want to Bath,
Met Sir John Horner; we ware chosen
by the citlsens to serve for the city.
The mayor and citizens conferred about
parliament business. The mayor prom
ised Sir John Horner and myself a
horse apiece when we went to London
to the parliament, which was accepted
of; aad we talked about the synod and
ecclesiastical dismissions. ' I am to go
again on Thursday, and meet the citl
sens shout all such matters, and take
advice thereon.
Thursday, II, went to Bath; Mr.
Ashe preached. Dined at the George
Inn with the mayor and four citlsens;
spent at dinner six shillings In wine.
Laid out In victuals at the
George inn lie 4d.
Laid out In drinking 7s. Id.
Laid out in tobacco and drink
ing vessels 4s. 4d.
"Jan. 1, my father gave me four
pounds-to bear my expenses at Bath.
"Mr. Chapman, the mayor, same to
Kelston and returned thanks for my
being chosen to serve in parliament to
my father In the name of all the citi
zens. My father gave me good advice,
touching my speaking In parliament aa
the rlty should direct me. Came home
late at night from Bath, much troubled
thereat, concerning my proceeding
truly for man's good report aad my
own safety.
"Note I gave the city messenger
two shillings for bearing the mayor's
letter to me. Laid out in all three
pounds, seven shillings, 'or victuals,
drink, and horse hire, together with
divers gifts."
As a contrast to the singular econ
omy of the Bath election- of l4, it
msy not be amiss to subjoin the fol
lowing list of "dharges of one day's
expenses st a small pothouse at It
ch ester In the contest for the county
of Somerset in 1111":
f ad.
IKS bottles of rum and gin,
at Ss iss it
IT ditto French brandy at
IDs. d IS II I
114 gallons beer at as Id.... II 10 K
792 dinners at ts Id .11 0 0
101 7 I
New Count Necessary.
From the Washington Star.
Of a political transaction that had
suspicious look. Senator Beverldge said:
"Though in the thins; there la nothing
on which we can lay our hand, It cer
tainly appears fishy. It reminds me of
a Washington waiter.
"A gentleman, after eating a good
dinner, said to the waiter:
" 'I am sorry I can't give yoe a tin,
but I And I have only Just money enough
to pay your bill '
"The waiter seized the bill hurriedly.
" 'Just let sae add it en again, sir,' he
muttered."
Hard Blow- at tie
Verfetarian
- V sseaaaW
The question aa to whether it la ad
visable to operate so frequently for
appendicitis continues to arouse the In
terast of French physicians ,
M. BlanosatrC a shining light in the
French medical world, cornea forward
wiUi a startling new theory which en
tirely upsets all preconceived notions
Me aaaerts and says his aaaertlon la
backed by Professor Metchntkoff of the
Pasteur Institute that appendicitis Is
undoubtedly caused by Intestinal worms.
These are of three kinds, and the most
dangerous is that known as the trygo
cephal, which causes the sharp pains
and symptoms which indicate append)
citls.
Microscopic examination in every caae
of appendicitis that has coma under the
observation of Professor Blsnchard and
Professor Metebnikoff has revealed the
presence of these parasites In the appen
dix. "Appendicitis," saya Professor Blsnch
ard, "more especially occurs during ths
hot weather, and although nob conta
gious er Infectious, It frequently I
sumes the character of an epidemic In
certain districts." '
Now. according to the professor, mar
kst gardens in the neighborhood of great
cities, such aa Paris and London, are
frequently manured and fertilised by
the deodorised and chemically treated
product of the city sewers. In these
market gardens the vegetables are
forced, and examination shows thst they
contain numerous intestinal paraslti
and especially the eggs of the dreaded
trygocepbaL
The professor saya that a surgical
operation for appendicitis Is sbsolutely
unnecessary, and that It should nevur
be performed unless some hard sub
stance such as a cherry stone haa been
accidentally swallowed by Use natfcsal
He urges legislation to forbid the use
of deodorised and chemically treated
sewage as manure, and that thymol
should be extensively used against in
testinal worms.
"Appendicitis," adds Professor Blanch
ard, "when not the consequence of the
accidental swallowing of some hard sub
stance, is undoubtedly caused by the
paraalte to be found In cabbage, turnips,
carrots and cauliflower. The danger
lies In eating vegetables that have been
forced by manures or watered by con
taminated well and spring water."
Railroad Xaxes of
Great Britain
By L O. Chloaza Money, M. P.
Now and then the British public dimly
realizes thst it Is taxed by other people
than government officials. The resi
dents in the neighborhoods served by
the "district, for example, comprehend
that the extra fares demanded of them
are a tax. But what of the fares and
tolls which are demanded elsewhere, and
which for years have been demanded?
Here are the profits made by British
railway companies In recent years:
Railway profits
1116 I3I.401.0OO
HIT IS.71I.S0S
111! 11.157,000
1101 11.710.000
1101 40,101,000
104 41.211.000
This enormous tax goes into the pock
ets of a handful ef the population. If
It went into the national pocket It would
pay the entire interest and sinking fund
of the national debt and furnish a hand
some balance In relief of other taxation.
In Prussia, where long ago the railways
were tsken out of the hands of private
monopolists, this result la actually
achieved. The Prussian debt Is exceed
ingly large, but it la ho burden on the
Prussian people, for the Interee't is far
more than met by the railway profits.
and that after making all proper provi
sion for the trading Interests of the
country. In Prussia the railways are
used as an instrument not to tax, but
to help trade, and the state Itself sets
up canal competition with Its own rail
ways. Now that I have eet out British rail
way profits (I. e.. railway tax), let me
show whet is earned by the army of
men who-.-wortt the railways of. the
United Kingdom. Adding wives and
children, they probably stand for as
mucn as one seventeenth of the entire
population. And what do they get, these
100,000 men, out of the business T The
board of trade collects Information on
the point from the companies them
selves, and it is shown that the average
railway wage Is only lis a week, or
ill a year. Therefore the 100,000 men
earn 139,000,000 per annum. So that
we get this curious and informing com
parison: Railway profits and railway wages
(per annum)
Profits: Share of the sleep
ing partners (41,000,000
Wages: Share of the working
partners 11.000,000
What does the great British public
think of that? What do the complaiuere
on the district line think of it?
French Army Frauds.
Extensive thefts of French army
stores, said to be valued at many mil
lions of franca, have been discovered
at the great military samp of Chalons-sur-Mame.
The thefts era believed to have con
tinued steadily for a number of years,
in spite of careful monthly Inspections
by responsible officers. fcj
Tha thefts wars revealed through the
chance discovery at a baker's shop at
Chalons-sur-Marne of a number of seeks
of flour bearing the military stamp.
When the baker was arrested he con
fessed that he purchased the flour from
a man named Oscar Cadlt, living near
the barracks. CadlSMn turn revealed the
names of sergeants who, he averred,
supplied him with the goods. Two of
them sre now in the military prison and
other noncommissioned officers are to
be arrested.
The military authorities found large
quantities of bacon, sugar, rice, beans,
coffee and flour, all bearing the official
stamp, on sale In other local shops.
The supplies were stored by the mili
tary sulhorlties In a disused convent and
removed at night to Cadlfs shop.
Farm Talk.
The late Charles Bliss, the famous
star of the Dan Rica circus he wss the
original "human fly" imputed his suc
cess to thoroughness.
"Don't attempt a new trick," be said
one day in Madison, "tgj you are a thor
ough master of It. The only way to suc
ceed Is to be so thorough In everything
you undertake that failure Is altogether
an impossibility.
"If you are going, for instance, te be
a stump speaker. If you are going to
address a lot of farmers, don't talk
farm talk unless you have studied It up.
"Don't be like a stump speaker I
know who yelled at a croas roads meet-
,Bf:
H who pwta hla hand to the plow
must not turn back.'
" Wot's he to do then when he gets
to the end ' the furrev? shouted a
hired man in blue overalls,"
BIRDSEYE VIEWS
cf TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE
1 "
That's right; make the elty prisoners
earn their grub.
j '. a
There Is a good chance to bat oe New
lore and lose.
Heney'e after something worse than
land rrauds now.
s s
It is a slander to say a woman can
not keep a Secret Bee can, but doesn't
want to. -v
e
No wonder the country editors are of
fering to take wood on subscription
no wad age.
a e
It seems to be high time to be getting
at so ins of those undeveloped ooal mines
in Oregon.
Holloween ts sn occasion that would
be better honored in tha breach than in
the usual observance
a a
What Secretary Taft would like to
know is whether his beam is In pro
portion to hla size and solidity.
z2 Sv -a" " v
Some of these holding companies may
find tnemselves In as much trouble aa
the man who tries to hold a baby.
, ,4AirfiS)sfej jg. Hi', if
Thst new language that is entirely
free from profanitv won't do at all for
Uncle Jos snd a good many other peo
ple e e
Editor Bennett should reflect that
Bourne might use bis Influence to pre
vent Rabbltville from getting a post
office. . a ' .. y.
pert well a local paper that prints one
little news Item to ten patent medicine
readers?
e
Portland's postofflce receipts sre away
ahead of Seattle's, yet nobody pretends
that Seati.e has only a little over lfO,-
000 population.
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According to a current story. Miss
Taw. hv atna-la. saved the lives of two
deer that ahe aaw drinking. Now wfll
anybody aay that deer don't drink?
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The Pendleton Tribune nays that If
Andrew Jackson were alive now he
would be at the head of the Republican
party. Pacing it with a gun, maybe,
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Mr. Grammar is going to be president
of the Illinois Central railroad at o
salary of I1O0.00J a year. If hla name
had been Arithmetic be might have
bean offered much more, for, while a
railroad company cares little about
grammar, ft needs men who are foxy
with figures.
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A woman la au'.ng her husband for di
vorce because he won't go to church.
Almost any old excuse will do ss s
basts for a divorce complaint theee days.
Perhaps this defendant will file a cross
complaint asking for a decree because
of hla wife's cruelty in asking him to
go to church. ' "
English Advice on Negro Question.
From the Atlanta Journal.
The British papers seem to have
been very much interested in ths At
lanta riots, and have bad a great deal
to aay about ths subject. Some of
them remark that the United States has
Its hands full with the negroes already
In tha south without taking over Cuba
and a lot more negroes. The St. James
Gnsette very plainly says that tha ne
groes should "be treated, not as citl
sens of a republican state, but as
subjects."
The truth Is," says this paper, "that
America ought to abrngas that part
of the constitution which relates to the
black population, be prepared to treat
it aa a distinct race on a lower scsle
of evolution, and deal with It In a spe
cial way. j
"This does not signify segregation,
but it doea mean, in a sense, separa
tionthe separation that lnvolvee the
relation of maater and servant and
class and class, and Implies a certain
amount of association.
"Neither doea It signify injug ties; the
denial of racial and aoclal equality is
not a denial of equity. Their treatment
must be absolutely Just and kind.
. . . . For a long time they will
have to be treated, not as citlsens of
a republican state, but as subjects."
It will be observed that dispassion
ate foreign criticism reaches about the
same conclusion as thst reaehed In the
south. When the Republican politicians
who control the country become ready
to get along without tha negro vote
ready te recognize the. ethnological dif
ferences between, the races ready to
admit that the enfranchiaement of the
African was a mistake and a orims, and
ready to repeal the objectionable con
stitutional amendment "abrogate that
part of the constitution which relates
to tha black population" a long first
stsp will nave been made in the eettle
ment of a problem which belonga to
an America.
A Change in Tone.
From the Atlanta Journal.
One of the roost hopeful present
signs with regard te the "race prob
lem" Is the growing recognition on
the part of many eminent northerners
Who Influence public opinion at the
north that it la a race problem.
That la to say, a problem not con
fined to the north or to the south, or
to any other section, but a national
problem, one which arises wherever.the
two races come HI contact.
The Changs haa been very noticeable
of late years sad is extremely welcome.
Whatever the solution of the rsee prob
lem may be, the American nation will
never really begin to get a basis laid
for its solution until It opens its eyes
aa a what, and looks steadily upon
things as thsy sctuslly are.
Southerners on Lynching.
From the New "fork Times.
It la extremely interesting that in
this month, and without any reference
to the sad troubles In Atlanta, an in
fluential southern magaslne, tha South
Atlantic Quarterly, published at Dur
ham. North Carolina, should present a
sevtss of articles on lynching by south
ern writers, snd three of them by cler
gymen. One of these is s frank discus
sion of the defects of the criminal Jaw
1st all parts ef the union; a ssssad
treats of the statistics of lynching.
Some Contemporary Views of the
Negro Problem
HI
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Two .concrete business block will be
erected in goto next year.
a
A Phoenix man raised a Hubbaard
squash that weighed 16 pounds.
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Wallowa's buslneaa is rapidly enlarg
ing and becoming more active
a
A catamount wild, quadruped was
killed within :he limits of Baker City.
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Harney valley farmers are all pros
permia, and expect to be more so next
year.
' wt" wvmt a e , '
Medford Is booming and the fruit in
dustry Is paying better this year than
aver before.
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. A Cottage Grove man has a 1101
pumpkin In good eondltlon. But an '01
one might be batter for plea
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Haines, says the Baker City Demo
crat, la growing rapidly and is ths
biggest little town In Oregon.
North Bend and Marahfleld, consoli
dated, aspire to be the Seattle of Ore
gon that la, Oregon's second city.
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Buene Vista, says a correspondent
needs a harness shop, a butcher shop, a
livery stable, and there lii plenty of
room for another general merchandise
store' ;
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A Douglas county woman named Mrs.
Fete, While "aledditig" manure In a
flejd. dislocated her hip and sustained
other Injuries. Such labor and Its con
sequence were her fate .
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At th. axhlhlt hulldlnr In Medford la
a gourd that was grown in Missouri In
1860. and waa Used by a Douglas coun
tv oloneer to carry coffee In when
crossing the plains in 1853.
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Buena Vista Correspondence of Dallas
Itemlser: The Willamette river and
the lakea on each side of the river are
crowded with blaok baas, the gamiest
and best food fish In the world.
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Ashland Tidings: Timber wolves are
reported thick. ' John Hammeraley re
ports that the carcasses of 10 deer have
been found in the past fortnight in the
upper Evans ore ok country whose fin
ish was brought about by these wolves.
Medford Southern Oregonlsn: Samuel
E. Herlng. one of the chief pillars of
the Armour truat. is doing Southern Ore
gon st present. He claims that hla
exSortlors are much leas than they have
been, presumably since Roosevelt began
flourishing his big stick.
A e' ' e
A Toledo man some years ago pulled
up an apple sprout on the railroad right
of way and planted -It in his orchard.
It haa grown te a lsrge tree and bears
large red apples that have a fine fla
vor end good keeping qualities. And
now he wants a name for the apple
ii lso Including the whole country; th
others relate more particularly to the
crime In the eouthem statea for it IS
worth noting that in every Instance
lynching Is regarded aa. a crime, what
ever its occasion or Incitement.
In this country th technical aafe
guarda thrown around the accused have
been extended complicated and multi
plied until It is literally true. Judging
by the certainty and ewtftness of pun
ishment, that it is safer to commit a
capital clme than to commit petit lar
ceny. Yet we are convinced that this
state of things is rather the excuse than
the real explanation of lynching, which
te. in nearly all. If not all cases, ths
outbreak of savagery.
What Is especially significant snd
encouraging Is the unqualified denunci
ation of lynching by the three clergy
men, Bishop Strange of the eastern dio
cese of North Carolina, Bishop Gallo
way of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South and ths Rev. J. W. Bailey, editor
of the Biblical Record.
Statistics of Lynching.
' Chicago Tribune.
In the statistics of lynchlngs from
lilt to 1101 inclusive some curious
general features of the record are
shown. The totgl number of persona
lynched in that time In the L'nton waa
1,117, a little more than two-thirds In
the south and a little leas than one
third elsewhere. Ia the south rather
mors then three-quarters of the vic
tims were negroes. Of the negroes
lynched in the south, 14 per cent were '
accused of rape or sttempted rape of
ths whites 11.1 per cent were thus ac
cused. These figures contradlet, It will
be seen, the usual statement that Crimea
against women are the chief occasion
of lynching in the south, and the other
statement, frequently made, that th
same ortme by whites doea not arouse
the anger of southern mobs. It Is
worth remarking also thst the six
states of Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana,
Georgia. Alabama and Arkansas supply
1,111 cases Of lynching, or a little mote
than two-thirds of th southern total,
while the remaining nine statea supply
lesu than one-third. On the other hand.
South Carolina, with (ts blacks exceed
ing Its whites furnishes only 101 oasee
of negro lynching, against 111 In Ten
nessee. Booker Washington's Advice.
From th ' Boston Globe
With his usual good sense snd moder
ation. Mr. Booker Washington, the great
leader of the colored race, advises his
brethren not to permit the outrages In
the south to hurry them Into the ex
pression of passionate resentment. H
counsels (hem to give to th world an
example vof calmness and self-control
under great provocation.
Mr. Washington takes pains to show
thst, while stories of grievous Injustice
to the negro In the south are reported
from time to time, these outrages can
not oompare with those which were fre
quent th reconstruction days, and have
Occurred sln -e. It Is elearly his opin
ion that, despite th persistence of these
barbarities, the condition of his race
steadily has Improved and as stead
ily will continue to advance.
It Is true that however Intense may
be ths race feeling In tha south today,
the public sentiment against outrage
and riot never wss more active Of
potest i fat. a fact which is Indicated by
the recent action of the governors ai -certain
southern states,