The Oregon daily journal., July 20, 1907, Page 6, Image 6

THE JOURNAL
Ali IN DX PIN DBTTT WKWarATlR.
Is J,r'
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paMiibrd rrarj evening (Pt Bnndir) ana
fr.ry Sunday swains, at Tha Journal Build
n. nrtb ul y.mhlll itrwU. Pocitana. Or.
Irtr-d at tbe poetofflce at Portland, Or.. f
(niimliii a through Ue Dili eecoad-elaaa
Butter.
TKt.RPHOKB MAIN TITS.
All aprmi:t reached by' tola oember.
JV1I th riTot r tbt department you want.
roFKION PVKKT1M.NO REPRKSBNTATIV1!
VraaliiKl nmjtirln Sr-M-lnl Atfrartlnlni Afnrr.
Bninnrlck l!nH1ln. iSS Klffh avenue. New
Tork, Trttione nnlMlnf. Chicago.
addreaa
Snhncrlrtlon Trm I r roail to D7
la the Halted 8'irt, cnmula or Mnleo.
1'AU Y.
Ob year IP 1,1 "" month $ .80
81 "A V
Oat year I2.r" i)n nvnth. ...... .1 .25
DAILY ANP ftMUT.
One 7r .... -V' on m.mth I .a."
the Rockefeller family, and It there
were William would not resort to
the trick of having Lamora charted
with heresy and atoned to death, not
because his heart Is any better than
Ahab's, but because times and
cd Atoms hare chanced a little. The
same spirit la displayed, and Uncle
Bam cannot afford to lend hla assist
ance to Abab Rockefeller, but should
rather give aid and comfort to tbe
Naboth of extinct Brandon.
EUGENE.
To be trusted is a greater
compliment tnn to be loved.
--George Maedormld.
T
MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
pHK PEOPLE of Portland care
nothing who la president of the
council, except as the contest
for the office may Indicate
design or purpose to oppose unrea
sonably and spitefully the mayor on
almost every proposition, as was,
done by the majority of the former
council, composed In large part of
the members of the present council
The people haver no objection to the
mayor being opposed on any good
and reasonable ground, and honestly
and conscientiously, $ut they do ob
Ject to habitual and unreasonable
opposition on merely political or
other petty and Improper grounds.
The people of Portland, by reelecting
Mayor Lane, practically instructed
the, council to give to him support
and aid. The people are satisfied
with his policies in general, and will
cot approve opposition merely for
the sake, of opposition, and to thwart
sim when he tries to do right.
Several councllmen manifest a dls
position to drop this petty game, an
they are to be commended for doing
bo. People will respect a councilman
for standing either with or against
tbe mayor, If he does so honestly
and conscientiously, but they despise
petty, peanut-politics contrariety
The people's Interests are the only
thing a councilman has any right to
consider, and the people have said
(ha mayor la generally about right
T
A MODERN AHAB-NABOTH
STORY.
THE Incident of William Rocke-
I feller's winning contest with
old man Lamora, the only re
malnlng citizen of the former
Tillage of Brandon, New York, has
lately been retold, and thus there is
again a modern reenactment of
something like the story of King
' Ahab and his poor neighbor, Naboth
To say that a man who would do
what William Rockefeller has done
In this case is a hog expresses the
truth but very mildly and lnsuffl
ciently, and is a slander on any hog
that there Is any record of.
In buying up some 40,000 or
50,000 acres around the village of
Brandon, Rockefeller got every
body's land but Lamora's a little
tract, only a lot or two, perhaps
and Lamora refused to sell. This
may have exhibited more stubborn
ness and selfishness than were rear
eonable, but the old man had a right
to refuse to sell. Here he had lived
all his life; the hills and creeks and
glades around, and his own little
plot of home ground, were a part of
his life. No man had a right to
drive him away, and here he would
stay.
The village disappeared, the roads
were all fenc,d up, trespass notices
were posted everywhere, and re
peatedly the old man was prosecuted
for catching a few small f!sh for
his own use, until he had no more
money to go to law with, lie was
the postmaster, but through Rocke
feller's influence he lost this posi
tion and the postoffice was removed
three miles away, within the Rocke
feller demesne, and Lamora, without
being subject to prosecution for
trespass, could not go to the post
office or anywhere else off his own
small premises. At last he was a
prisoner in his own homo, fhut off
by the modern Ahab and Uncle Sam
' from all communication with the
world.
, It would be easy to criticise the
disposition of the persecuted old
. man. If be was offered a good price
f or" hit' Jand; we might have some
difficulty in picturing him as an
angel;' but It is easy to place him
? Infinitely bove ! bis .. persecutor in
- character. We all remember what,
' according to another Bible story, be
came of Dives. At any rate, the
country generally will hope that old
man Lamora will succeed In blaef
forts to get hi postoffice back, or
at least the; privilege of getting his
maJl.jnd that the Rockefeller min
ions will ' not catch him catching
. fish. f v
There la so Jezebel In evidence inj
HE Eugene Guard quite natur
ally resents some unjust criti
cisms that have been made re
garding that city's water,
Ftreets and walks, and pardonably
presents a more pleasing picture of
the university town. It admits that
the water is not yet quite all that Is
desired, but says that "next Septem
ber tbe question of lashing $300,000
bonds will be voted upon and carried
by a large majority, and after that
the city will be in a position to do
business. Either they will buy the
present plant, and Improve it so as to
meet all requirements, or they will
construct an entirely new system
that will solve the Water problem- In
Eugene for many years to come, if
not for all time. That Is the pro
gram as It has been arranged and
it 1b going to be carried out."
No town of its size, asserts the
Guard, has better or cleaner streets
and walks, nicer lawns or greater
civic pride. That Eugene has begun
to be progressive, if It has not been
so before to as great an extent as
was desirable, is shown by the sub
scription of $60, 000, to the stock of
the proposed Sluslaw railroad.
The whole state naturally takes an
interest and a pride in Eugene,
rather more than in any other city,
unless It be Salem, the capital, be
cause it is the home of the state
university, and everybody In the
state Is pleased to know of the pro
gresslveness and attractiveness of
the pretty and growing city at the
head of the Willamette valley.
promises, nor In the sincerity of
minr of the political leaders. If
the Republican party promises to
revise the tariff it will do so because
Its leaders believe the people are
bound to get the tariff revised. But
having got in on the promise, there
is no assurance that performance
will follow. Platform promises are
often broken. But we incline to the
opinion that If the party Is In power
In 1909 and 1910 the tariff will be
somehow revised. The demand of
the people could not longer be re
sisted.
But how will the tariff be revised!
There might be revision that would
be no benefit to the people and that
would be satisfactory to the trusts.
Tariff revision by Its friends is to be
suspected. The present tariff ought
to have no friends. It Is a robber,
the greatest on earth. There must
be a tariff, of course, but protection
ought to be pretty well eliminated
from it. The tariff needs not only
revising but revolutionising.
D'
ELKS AND ELKS.
W
E ARE pleased to note that
the Elks' convention In Phil
adelphia, after discussion,
appointed a committee to
consider the proposal to cease the
destruction ' of four-footed elks to
gain their teeth, and adopted a reso
lution to cease wearing elks' teeth
until this committee had reported to
the next convention; but we regret
that the Oregon biped Elks were
among the opponents of this hnmane
proposal.
Two men were arrested in Idaho
recently for having slaughtered with
in a short time over 1,600 elks one
report says over 1,700 for their
teeth alone, leaving their carcasses
to rot. These men, It was said, at
tracted these beautiful and Innocent
animals by hundreds to certain spots
by scattering grain or feed that they
were fond of, and when they had
assembled In large numbers slaugh
tered them by the dozens or scores
at a time. It was further stated
that this was done to fill an order
for 10,000 elks' teeth, thoughwe
suppose this order did not come from
the Elks as an order, but from some
dealer In teeth.
This ''benevolent and protective"
order owes It to Itself and to its
thousands of members who are good,
humane, law-observing citizens to
take measures to stop this slaughter
of elks for this purpose. The Elks
will Increase in number, causing an
increased demand for teeth; whll
the four-footed elks, at this rate,
will soon disappear, as the buffaloes
did, so that at some hot far distant
time some other emblem must be
tised. It is time now to change the
emblem, or somehow lessen the de
mand for elks'' teeth, and stop this
unlawful, cruel and Insensate slaugh
ter of beasts that, as well as we, are
God's creatures and entitled, unless
they do damage or are needed for
food, to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.
REFORM IN DES MOINES.
ES MOINES and Indianapolis
are the only considerable
northern cities that have
adopted the Galveston com
mission plan of municipal govern
ment, and In these cities the Oal
veston plan has not been strictly car
ried out. We have no details at
and of the reported new Indianap
olis charter, but Des Moines has
adopted the Galveston plan with
some modifications and perhaps im
provements. The people .of Des
Moines were driven to this move
ment because the city had long been
In the hands of a corrupt Republican
ng, that used the city government
for bad partisan purposes In connec
tion with state and national politics
very common state of affairs In
ltles, and In which it was recently
sought to place Portland. Des
Moines Is tbe state capital and a
county seat, and the state and county
politicians combined with municipal
moral right to usurp power la Korea
but this consideration will be of little
weight against the fact that their
government of It will no doubt be of
great advantage not Only to them
selves, but to tb Koreans, who have
no great reason for maintaining their
present government. The Japanese
will make a fine country of Korea.
There Is no doubt that Harriman
will get busy building through cen
tral Oregon If he is sure somebody
else is going to build right away If
he doesn't. He builds roads In Ore
gon only when thus forced to do so.
Letters- From tte Peopl
More Nature Faking?
Arlata, Or., July th Editor
of Th Journal In laat Wadnecljr's
papr you published an axtlcl from tha
Indianapolis Journal nUUd "A Wren's
Appeal." written br U E. K. Would
not such an article properly belon to
the list of animal stories oondemned
by tfce president? Certain it is from
mat story, tnat mat wren was . moi
precocious bird, capable of a high de
ar of reasoning: what else oould It be
called when a bird approaches a human
being and In bird-language aaks that an
enemy might be driven awayt I far
that L. E. K. Is a likely candidate for
President Roosevelt's Ananias club.
Even the higher animals are incapable
of reasoning, to say nothing of such a
tittle mite as a wren. Was that article
Intended to bring out the question or
the so-called "reasoning power" sup
posed to be possessed by the mere ani
mal T If so I should like very much to
lee It dlsoussed through your columns.
For myself I am of the opinion that ani
mals do not reason.
INVESTIOATOR.
Suggestions From a Conservative.
Portland, July U. To the Editor of
The Journal The Journal of July 17
quotes a Portland real estate man and
as The Journal says, "a well-known
financier." as follows:
1 have heard ultra-oonservatlve busi
ness men her deprecate and, deplore
what they 'misnamed the real estate
boom that Portland Is now supposed to
behavtng. Whft a mistake. There Is
no boom here. Values have been mads
by ihe natural opening up of what for
years was a dormant field.
The journal nad statea mai tnia
"well-known financier" had. In a few
months, made a fortune In buying and
selling Portland real estate; certainly
a suggestion or somewhat of a boom.
Hut no matter what the movement may
be called It Is manifestly in the dl-
ectlon of high prloes, which the ten-
to conrouna witn
Conditiona in
China
By Dr. J. Hunter Wells, la Seoul Press.
The business, political and religious
Why Commit Suicide,
.' : Young Man? ' :'v'
SmaU Changfe
'fksonvllJe te have a new t
. ' t t v .' ' ' I
Tfc'nk oi mxah a friend of the tariff as
VnoX Jo Cannon revising Jt
y. - .' e -
JlT. ot. O01 has been dls.
situation in China today, as viewed from By Arthur Brisbane, in the New Tork
Shanghai, presents some interesting and 1 Journal.
contradlotory phases. That there Is a ' is aa exact copy or a ieer sen
Alltia. aT A I SAAaUnr smAn a thai I to thft afl 1 tor tof thfe. riainiDr:
"'V AWaUISJ VJ, VISWVMiewi eWMB w - " ""- W I MAu.vt JM iw. m . . . T "T
masses of Chinese In Bhanghal seems al "tr NewvTork Journal Dear Bir " aumox. la Jaok-
faoL thourh f hear one tealdant there I Very few Of your editorials have es-l , ' r ,
say It waa not so, and that everything eaped my reading for the last no u Schmlts can think he Is mayor
was serene, while an up-oountry real- yers. m many wmi aaiwriai. v j -"r"f wmt win De as
a an i said mere waa an unaercrurreni miv t mwuwi w --"- i
distrust and a feeling which, though he I X exceedingly ambitious, bat ea- Oregon has now another funny editor
did not so-dealanate it waa clearly aatl. tremely weak-minded. Suicide Is In my I m m the new Jacksonville Post He
foreign. There Is a freely expressed mind constantly, especially after some n readers laugn.
. a I IsimntaMAn t a awartl m tiff mw faaatt I m 9
trouble will follow, for thousands of I and .my mind wavers so muoh hat I am tons of oherrlea. worth I SlS.
ricks Hkw men think It means the lessen- In a state of perpetual misery. ' '""a" trees, covering a lttle
lng of their chances to make a HvelL I am sure an editorial in me evening - v .rvunu.
hood. This la the main nhaae ot the 10- I " " I t t... v . .
oal situation. Aa Indefinite fear of will would h.lp thousand, of young "'J;
iruuwo wnitn vume rvsiuvuis imwivi uivu ajav uimi. " I BMBI"S uiabciiDrnes, QSWDerries and
nun 10 o wnuoui juuuuKuuu, wwiw a TOUNO MAN IN DESPAIR. iMjiwrnti, says me ixewe-Kecora
others think that there Is strong resaon T. ... i a .. ,., v.-1
Inf.rnaUonYl guad U ton.tanUy dr 11- an.we"red.y "wVtaU lUaln by kln. .The paat three month, have broken
n lo as to b bla to nrevent another the- young man .ome questions: fJJ record, inthe history of the hotel
Hot ?ike mat of last Cb.r tn" You say that you yield to temptation business In Roseburg, for many years,
fh.' MhwmtAua: and then'wantfo kfll yourself... What largely to the arrival ot eastern
trla are worklnr together to Prevent an good would it do to kiU yourseiij xou i-
t - - a i a ti 1 1 v nrnva vniiraair ss nnwarn vnu i
outbreak seems indicative or some ning. " " . '".i.:"- S.j: ' An Indar-n.- m v... ..
mad.8uaDn ocltS " T don't "ilk this life, are you boa.. ofAnnTft
Jl!lt.JtmJlr?tZtimn that the other side of th. grav. 1. which sold at 0o per box. making the
",v " -"".-v. k.Uklu .Kan .hi. mtAml rtlUHI BO T T IIS SNlllw 1 A K.am..lll
A man may reel gloomy wnen me sun """"" vam iree,
doesn't shine. ' but he doesn't climb I
duwn Into the cellar or into a sewer. I A woman fniinl a v. i t.
xie iiiaaos up uia imuu w u 1 "' nawpor. wim me Initial. L M T.
umu me sun comes oui again. i on one side, and on the other the In.
Don't you suppose mat minions or scrlptlon: 'In memory of Captain B
men are dlwouraged and have been dls- T. Tsvior or H M a in. k
oouraged, and with far greater reasons drowned In the Adriatic! Februaxr 14
than your reason. T Can you not realise, ( u '
as tney reallsea, mat wnai muses .ne i a
worth while is the chance to rigni ana a0d Hill News: tst year there
to prove yourself not a coward? Suicidal were nearly 8.000,000 salmon eggs taken
1. another word for cowardice. I from the river at By bee's bridge by
Alia uujj iu.uk iu wir uaiiuia, UDI Ol me DaUlIIS
ubiicu mo wh la manly errort. Ana me ou-onr nrnrm th.. ... i ,i
flclal reports are publlo to those who 1 ,. fh mnra nrida rou ouahl I r,n h. iM .w. -f..." " riTr""?
wish to Inquire further (0 wk ,n your determination to flghf It were .till continued. on.
. iiiAiu. v ---- out successruny.
n.A . n,rll anfllrlna' thai , . n...
people livaT I know of no other cities at most? OiSy a few yearV will .hland bachelor, while .ring
except Chicago and New York in which !OI ,nd gef you f soa enough; you b"""" "fwerf the old rusty
wi- lii u imm. n i. i nave nothln
Cierss ana outers iu iivs up m vnv inim i gQ jar
p. m
varloua countries SDDolnted to look
after it. shows that the people there
think such a thing necessary.
a
I was told that business was not sat
lafaotorr. That some of the firms had
bought large supplies looking to Man
churla with the open door idea for a
ready and profitable market, but mat
somehow me floor is rusty alter us ion.
closing by Russia, and the new condl
dm now nrava n( tnere are auue un
satisfactory for trade. This, however,
has been fully written Of by exper.ts
Who nave visited me regions, ana oi
their salary, and. ceasing work at 6 th,t
m with a half holiday on Saturday, l" TsH. .
r . ----- . r ii i w . inn now
they work harder at play man tney ao regt .Hef or guesswork
m i mm ituik hi in. uuviiic.B iivu... i you have a ch
also noticed the same apparent Indlffer- . dcent courage
ence to customers in Dig ana you have a chance even yet to prove
g to gain by. nurrying mm. , "..I, ""-; r;..Iv. '' ""1
filler Sav". . lnyour hand0; $0
i" iT'I."f I! " i nVi! th abdomen wall., it having worked al.
most through the bowel tissues. The
houses, banks, etc.. that I noticed eight yourMif worthy of your mother and the
years ago. An undue or exaggerated that ,h, .ave you. Is a cow-
chance to Drove yourself mn tart'f onck. the same evening to
rageous 2nP5Sw! 7 k?"d.,hJ- 'J -ore but nofs-
a ivu.1 uwvvuitiivnirvt.
D. C Ireland of the Moro Observer
obsequiousness Is worse than Indlffer- JT suicide to repay her for suffering boast, that he "ha. a record of i
ence, but the happy medium Is not crareouslv endured and for year, of yw newspaper work in Oregon: and
known of In certain Wises In Shanghai. AnSt ,naur'a- na 1 y on his seventy-.econd birthday snnl-
Tlie eame man In the same business In iead of thinking about the tempta- versary, July 4, 1907. was sticking up
London or on the continent. I have no- tl tnm attack y0u and about suicide type In Moto. recording events of the
tlced. Is a vastly different creature ,lrnuiuneously, why not think of those one hundred and thirty-first anniversary
when transferred to a port In Asia, and temptations with contempt and hatred " American Independence, and the cor-
hls "vast dirrerenee - win De one or ,nH n mholutely definite determination iary jvamnoy uimom
..l.ll " - I UfMniV n .. n a I A n
ency of the times 1
rosperlty. but which the ultra-conserv-
office-holders and office-seekers to I b"8,.n"!" !or'i ,mA?.ft.-
do up the people until conditions be
came so unendurable that they re
belled - and revolutionized their
form of municipal government.
First the discontented and dts-
gusted honest voters tried to elect in
dependent candidates to tho council
and other municipal offices, but that
failed; then they proposed and voted
n a new charter transforming the
city government, and this carried
The ring fought hard, but the com
mission plan won, and the legisla
ture and governor have ratified the
charter approved by the popular
vote. Under this charter a non-par
tlsan primary will be held to nom
inate members of a governing com
mission, the five receiving the high
est vote to be its members, the voters
to choose one of them for mayor.
who will receive $3,500 a year, the
commissioners $3,000. The duties
of the commissioners will he much
the same as those of Galveston, re
cently mentioned In The Journal-
each to be the absolute master In one
department. The charter also pro
vides for the recall by petition, and
a special election to fill vacancies
thus or otherwise made.
Des Moines Is a city of about 100,
000 inhabitants, and the result of
this change will be watched with in
terest throughout the country.
THE HAYWOOD CASE.
N'
TARIFF REVISION.
S
OME Republican leaders have
been visiting President Roose
velt, and the report is that
they all agreed that there
should be no attempt to revise the
tariff at the next session of con-
press, but that the party in Its plat
form should promise to revise It soon
after the election, two or three years
hence. It would be suicidal for the
party, it was said, to attempt to
revise the tariff next year. Wei
don't see this clearly. . Planning to
promise to revise the tariff right
after election la an admission that It
ought to be revised, or that the peo
ple want It revised. It might not he
practicable to revise it throughout,
next year, but a lot of duties clearly
far too high, especially those on
frust-made goods, could fo cut down,
as -an earnest that - the proposed
promise would be fulfilled. J :
,W iave ao fAitlit:la(iatIorm'
OBODT DOUBTS that Orchard
told a good deal of truth, and
in some points his testimony
has been corroborated by un
Impeached witnesses, yet he is such
an aii-around villain tnaiL it may
well be doubted if the Jury in the
Haywood case will convict on test!
mony given principally by him. That
Orchard has told a good deal of truth
does not negative the possibility that
he may be doing a good deal of lying,
as he has done all his life. He
seems to have had a mania for lying
about what he had done, and that
a man that woulfl commit the crimes
of which he li guilty would not
scruple to perjure himself on slight
provocation may be a reasonable con
clusion. Perhaps his profession of
conversion through the instrumen
tality of a Pinkerton detective'
weakens rather than strengthens his
credibility. That the deeds were
committed, that Orchard has told a
good deal that Is true, and that there
is an apparent lack of motive for his
lying about the defendants, are the
strong points against Haywood. But
the Jurors, or some of them, are
likely to balk at hanging a man of
apparently good character hitherto
while this confessed wholesale assas
sin is unhung and professing
heaven-deserving piety.
sard as tha forerunner of a collapse.
Any way, in the contest among Paelfio
coast cities for commercial supremacy,
high ground values are a handicap, and
a very serious one. rather than an ele
ment of strength. A building occupied
by a mercantile company In a coast
city cost $260,000 and the grounds upon
which it stands cost ibou.uuo. udvious
ly the lower the rent the stronger the
merchant's position to compete in the
markets. Other things being equal the
lower the rents the larger the market a
city is able to command, ana cities are
supported by the business they carry on
with the world outside themselves. The
conservative business men of Portland
show jrood Judgment tn disapproving the
methods that have obtained, especially
during the last two years in the two
cities cited bv the real estate man. The
tract of 188 acres adapted to manufac-
. V. - ,1.1 I.V ..1. f..t
in kuiiifva wukhi nun vui.ib Tr-i
will make It easier for Japanese and
Chlnere to get back business now in the
control or other nations. Anomer ming
was tha enormous profits required by
merchants In the foreign concession.
- m.ki. tk.n in me riant oirecuon anu miin
i pI,,r,r ,,m.,.u (....i i rfin.tini, Turn iwiv from
for wh en individuals can import mem r " ' ,rh. i .,7i.i7i'th
retail. The necessities of life in food fbe cowardly thought of .ulclde that
aa UiV uuiuwii ss mwuBin.
You know in which direction templa
te overcome them?
a
Tou ask this newspaper to write "an i
editorial regarding the cultivation of the
will."
will rower means turning your race
in me risnt direction ana warning in
and clothing are cheaper than in either
Japan or Korea. Korea 1. a much more
expensive place to live In, aa regsrds
necessities, than Shanghai and Shang
hai la of course more expensive than the
Interior cities. And yet It costs more
to live in Shanghai for auperflultle.
must be nad ana paid ror.
a a
The professional beggar was a strange
reature especially to one rrom Korea,
where beggars are rarely seen. Here in
Pyongyang there are not half a dozen.
and only one or two regularly oome
around ror money, tnere one road, mat
leading to the celebrated Pagoda, some
six mile, out from Shanghai, was lined
with them. That Is they were never out
of sight: some with self-inflicted
wounds so aa to excite nlty. some de
formed, some sturdy and able bodied
tlon lies. Turn In the other direction.
Tou can do that If you want to. All
you require la to want to do what you
ought to do.
Wliat is it mat attracts you ana over
comes youT Is it drink or gambling, or
some drug, or some other weakness or
vlce7 Do you love this folly so that
you would rather die a cowardly and
anameru death man give it udt
Your idea concerning cultivation or
the will Is a good idea. The way to cul
tivate the will is to use It. It you did
not use your feet for a while you would
not be able to walk. If you lived for a
few years In a dark cellar and did not
use your eyes, your sight would go.
Bring back vour win or exercising it.
and do it systematically. There Is a
great deal more fun and triumph In
Wood, as mother queen of Oregon, aged
no years.
Oregon Sidelights
Watch your Japanese servant; he may
be a spy or a soldier.
A Boston heiress, being covetous of
more wealth, married a plumber.
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If Hobson will charter a boat and go
over and fight Japan nobody will object,
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A negro .truck another one over the
head with a big chunk of fee, which waa
shattered.
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Teddy ha. been making better use of
a pitchfork than Tillman sometime,
doe. of hi.
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Being tried In a Oerman, Instead of
an American, oourt, Professor Hau oaa
already see hi. finish. . ,
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The Taft boom seem, to have dimin
ished somewhat lately, bat It doesn't
turlng0,; .old he r "rh.nT .h2r?hhiW.ll5 Svercom,n the v,clou Promptln,. that follow that It will collapse entirely,
centl? for $40,000 would probably have "'il'IA. "V h,. ?' kJI: "BCOura?e you ,than ,n crDln ut f
cot several hundred thousand In no bet- w,h.n.,!hru1SLI!!"JL tiSpt.i.wry-k. . i Li Hr via the suicide route. A South Dakota widower advertl
tr alfnnf nn tnr mamlfactur na- In ""V V" f""",". ""
" j T IL " bo dotna- mev get to themselves merit.
RnaiMoa nnriiTwtnir h atratavlrt nnl. 0 mu'.ii xvi ,uui. ou,- i ir. wu.v.
.i . v. l . i - ti - a vai 1'ina nn cnininvaa in mimiiKiitti.
iitin Hi" Li i c wnuio I w 1 1 1 - l-UBBl tinu , . , . , i
Ml, la. ..... .ma... R ..nrnaila vm nr. I 1 II O IHJ1 1 Lll O.I CUMUl LIIII1H 1 I1BVO Hi
advert 1m.
a dumb woman ,-
Many very rood men have contem- tnr a nmh wif Tint
plated suicide In their despair, and have might be unusually mean and musoular.
suoseauenuy risen to irreai success auiu . .
LI;Al JmySJuI At llu,t 8n Francisco has a mayor,
cowardly Impulse. Mayyou be such a f . A.VK ,Mt wh. t''
ga"v. Portland betted shp.n?UKcond.tlons teiS.lMKtl at urse.f dVnounci 7our.;if a ? . the penitentiary,
than it gave Hamburg Portland has an believe tht th m astute diplomats coward with dull reason.
Ideal townslte. nnd large enough to hold are amaxed by what Is happening. One yfi last, only a few years. You Old Gerontmo get. religion quite
Iondon so that land can never be cor- which Impressed me waa that WOuld smile at one of those yellow but- often, but can't keep It long. In this
nered and business held up by specula- Cblna ha. some strong men. If condl- terflle. If you .aw it trying to drown he I. Just like a good many "Boston"
tors.
But the Impression Is prevalent every
where that fortland people are slow,
and the admonition to get In and Pull
together Is not amiss. And yet. as Cap
tain Kunsby said to Captain Cuttle,
"the bearing of which obserwatlon de
pends upon the application of it." While
tjnns permit of these men getting to or
being niacea wnere their aavice ana
idea, can be carried out. we shall see
a rapid advance in me betterment or
Itself In a mud puddle, and you would men.
say to it, - Don i do in sucn a. (lurry, ine i
first cold snap will end you." I There are three heavens; say. a
The man that talks hf suicide is as I nreacher There la tha Ana w. have.
ninm. ai m same "me i m one oi roollsh a. a yellow Dutterriy would De read about, and Oregon, and where 1.
mo it wnu aru incinieu iu linns, mai trying to end it. lew oay. in me mua me other oner
the dismemberment of the empire will puddle.
be necessary for the best good Of the I Tn riivtlnnln rnur will, trv to think I taf nanstnn l.llla w.. wa
hot-air booms are deprecated there are people and the country. A northern, a about yourself and more about some one year in Minnesota. New York and Penn-
manv wars In which the people all com. nu a soumern nma, wnn, iea- thing that you can ao. sylvanla. Some governor, are useful a.
clasHPS of Portland can pull, and the wiw uumut Maae out nxea nour. ror going to Dea well a ornamental.
conditions give reason ror boundless en- ...... .... ..n.- ana gemng up, sua suck w mom. s a
thuslasm. The only question is that of men"" gn. ria ur practical goou. However small your income may De,
direction.' I will mention but two. One on "upreme authority: each of the
A WaaaaM W... ..iiUJ . S ST A
. m . . . i f w - - i rtenmn riinni w nrw nnn sagiinar mm vn
is that Portland provide Itself with a countries to De innepenaeni a. me states ftnd stick to that. . Li.ih rt ! iii. k. mi.tnv
ii i . u i v. i . t-- i nr wtirnne snmeTnina Mica rnia i nnnra- i -nrv...A. .v. . i.mnt,t im maw k. ih.t : . .- ----.
iiuiiunu n n 1 1 n ma uiuiuuin. j rascu, I - . r, 1 C 1 , ' - " ' . . I miiioti ..... . . . wv .w.. nverSTOWn 1 nf n f flaas
is .u . " i a- i a ' henil. wITI have tn Via flnnn hpfr.ro thai .11..1.. ..., n.v. n n,( eio-h. I lu ui.igiuwii iui ot lisas.
ci i ii 1 1 vnu rivrr 1 1 net 10 110 cruaneu IWICQ I , ' , , : . . I riikm jruu, m, w.. ...... v .v. ......
t r.mvi.u inA.i tn n,nir huge empire can be properly worked I it an heat ft
lines as may need to use it; also ter- from political standpoint. I You are no great exception. Life is A farmer near Albany ha. a stalk of
mlnal facilities here. ' not such a very gay and perfectly de- corn 8 reel 4 inches nigh ana .ay.
The other is that Portland have, by Harriman on Sea and Land. llghtful thing at it. best. We are all corn can be raised mere as well a any
some means the service of line, of steel " ; " u here to do something, and if the old, the whero. particularly on the bottom land,
steamships to Alaska, and to the orient. From the Commoner. poor, can stand brutal and unjust treat- e
ships similar in model and construction E. H. Harriman disobeyed order, on ment from other., living ana bravely Rockefeller', daughter say. he live.
to some that are running on the great the Harvard-Yale race course and met rignung unaer 11, you can na your m me cioud Tnat 1. the reason he
wwii wounur.nTJo ."u bhvuvuuiiubo i in bu nara 10 una wnen wanted somo
llve and fight under them. times. But many think tha.t ha halonvs)
Hit reer wine nnn zu repr nrnrr f unnar. 1 imiaui. wiiuio uuu 11. waa iu a.ei:u mo i we write an wivwar iu jwur nwt i unaer a cmua.
stand that such vessels may be larger course clear and enforce orders, had tha coldly or indifferently but in a way
more tonnage and nt the same time extreme Impudence to actually arrest that seem, most de.lrable under the cir- Now that Conan Doyle I. to be
less draft; say 18 feet. Mr. Harriman Just the same as any cum.tance.. rled, Sherlock Holmes can kill hi
H. wti.i.t amh, 1 uiiisr cuiuuiun urxsiiuer in i (tin nave ueen 1 just rememoor inn; 10a may noi of with an overdose of dope ansfrDr,
arresiea. Ana wnen but. i-iarriman keen from being a rauure. xou may not Watann" can attnnrl tn hla nn nmna-
wp iuuibiiu hoct ...u uiv- nusiness.
appointment.
The Orcgonian'. Attack on Colonel ooki..ngeraC
Wood. "loung man. ill see you latr, the
riannla wrltVilv Aor.KAt a vol r 1ae-ls1
Portland. July 19 To the Editor of V"n .1 Z ". -'-.S"":
The Journal When a newspaper allows re(,ted Mr. Harrimkn, took his prisoner
personal spite and bitter animosity to UhnaH the r,ni Nitr nnuhpm or,i
vent themselves in continued attacks tent him thp until art ih. ra
over, inen ne was permitted to go on
ros own recognixance, Dut me Harriman
motor boat was tied up at the navy
yard.
Mr. Harriman Is not used to that sort
of thing. He is accustomed to hav
ing his own way, in oourt and out On
land no one In authority thought of
Having nun arresiea ior ni. arrogant
in its editorials it cheapens the paper
and is to De deplored, t or me uregon-
lan to retaliate so bitterly in its editor
ial column. Is far beyond what Mr.
Wood's remarks at the Press club ban
quet called for and certainly undignlfies
the paper. Mr. Wood had the right to
make such remarks as he saw fit and he
dealt entirely In generalities. The edl
. . . . . Ti . .. I . - .-o ' v. ,1.0 B.I UKI
tor pi me yreBonmn certainly nas me violations of the law. but on water It
right to criticise him and to differ with waa different p.rh.n. i nM .
him, but when he prefers to use gall good Idea to send all of our Judicial and
for ink and stoops to a personal attack executive nfriMni. tn .0. n. . ,v,n.
upon mr. wuuu, nuv utjcuuats inmr views a order that they may learn how to
do not coincide but because he wishes enforce laws and rule., and while thev
to vent hi. spleen upon Mr. Wood are learning let the naval officer, come
whenever he has a chance, then he on shore and take the Judicial and exeo-
goes beyond the broad fine criticism utlve places for a while. Until they
that might be hoped for In the column, learned the. Athnria nt (atlna-tilahlna-
of the Oregonlan and simply uses the between the people of high and low
paper to maliciously persecute some one financial degree we might have pretty
una citra-ny sdiivvtu un uicusies anu xainy g-ooa enforcement 01 me laws.
try to prejudice me puouo. sso wonaer
mat tnis una ai journalism tuuiea ronn tju rr mi i
Mr. Wood', disgust and denunciation. ",u,ivu nsuuwura,
There are, no doubt, to be found good From the New York Times.
honest men in even SUCh' Profesmons Faaslmr nna nt tha mnat ulannt
as the newspaper and legal, but it is elry stores In Boston not long ago. the
certain that in the present Instance the writer's attention waa arrested by a .11-
The regrets of the old king of Ko
rea at being obliged to abdicate are
quite natural, but he is not likely to
receive any aid to maintain or regain
his position nor much sympathy in
the loss .of his throne. It may be
tbat abstractly the Japanese have no
"unDaralleled boorlshness" was not on
the part of Mr. Wood, who spoke cour
teously and gentlemanly In every way.
This can hardly be said of the person
who wrote the editorial of the 18th In
discussion. To criticise and differ as
to oplnfons 1. in every sense proper and
open to discussion, but to stoop to
mud-slinging and personalities is more
1 than unfortunate for the paper's repu
tation. Moreover, , me very unralrness
and perversion of truth complained of
by Mr. wood 1. quite apparent through
out the editorial, as his views have been
much distorted or misunderstood. It
unfortunately Is not conclusive that
slander and perversion of truth mean
.financial suicide of a newspaper, or
tnere wouia De very rew newspaper,
alive today. Witness the Oregonlan.
But the public insist on at least being
amused, If not instructed.
However, the intelligent publlo 1.
quite able to draw Its own conclusion,
and while it Is a pity that the Oregonlan
la forced by such remark, to lose much
of its fineness and prestige, it is ap
parent e'nouch to many who the "in
terest behind the paper' Is that influ
ence, them.
ver bowl of exquisite design in one of
ine windows. upon inquiry it was
found that the artisan was a pupil In an
American board school tn Ahmednagar,
India. The boy. attend school half of
the day and the workshop, the other
half. Finely wrought article, in brass
and copper, aa well as .liver are finding
their way into New England and Canada,
at fair prices. Another Industry in the
same school 1. rug weaving. One of
the largest importer, of oriental rugs
in America selected and sent to Ahmed
nagar some choice pattern, which' are
Deing reproduced in moat satisfactory
manner by th. boys. . Other students
have become excellent cabinetmaker,
and turn out household furniture of th.
Dei wortcmansnip. a school of arts
and crafts for women and girls In th.
city of Bombay 1. supported by a com
mittee of ladle, in New York City.
Scholarships are sent rrom America and
are open to girl, from any denomina
tion. Thu. youth of both sexes In far
off India are being trained in Christian
cioola to be self-supporting men and
women. The fruit, of their labor, may
be termed only the by-produotlj of mis
sionary effort, but they have beta moral
aoA fiomjaatcial jralue. , , -, (
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But you can keen from being a cow
ard. Do that, and you will already have
achieved .omething
This Date in History.
1031 Death of Robert th. Wise, king
of France.
1242 French defeated Henry III at
Taillebourg.
1304 Petrarch, the Italian poet, born.
Died 1-74.
1688 First of a aeries of engage
ments between the English fleet and
Spanish Armada.
1629 Champlain, after the capture of
Quebec, taken prisoner to England.
1808 Spanish defeated the French at
Baylen. '
I860 Daniel Webster of Massachu
setts became secretary of state.
1884 Battle of Peach Tree Creek.
1886 Gladstone', cabinet resigned.
1891 Riotous miner at Brlceville,
Tennessee, refused to allow convicts to
work In the mine.
1896 Trial of Dr. Jameson and his
fellow raider, in the Transvaal began
in London.
1897 Jean Ingelow. English poetess.
died. Born 1820.
For collecting $3,000 Mfe Insurance,
where no lawsuit wa. Involved, a New
York lawyer charged a widow $1,036.79.
and the court ordered him to put it all
back but $200. But he ought to have
been prosecuted for larceny or extortion.
East Side Bank for East Sid.
Side People.
4 per Cent on
Savings
Accounts
The Negro In Cambridge.
Front the Minneapolis Journal.
The New Tork Sun note, these
Eolltlcal facta from Cambridge,
aaaaohusetts: A black alderman
on board with 10 whito col
leagues; two negro representative, in
th. legislature, ohoeen by a majority
of white voter.: .even members of the
common council or African descent: a
negro chief of th. fir department, of
which he 1. th. only man of color; a
negro member of the library board; a
negro at th. head Of th. city department
of bacteriology; a black commander of
a O. A. R. post; an almost pure negro
woman acting as principal of a grammar
school, with six white pupils under her.
What would not Br'er Tillman give to
be In that town for a while to straight
en out matters T .
f ; Meant It All.
" From the Kansas City. Star. f
In explaining what h. -meant when he
aid, "There 1. .omething wrong In tha
army." Uenerai-iranKiin J. Bell, Chief
ttf staff, make. It reasonably nlaJn thai
be meant whV he said, ; -t . w . ,
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