THE OREGON - DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1C07.
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PORTLAND'S INTEREST.
.ORTLAND 18 Interested in the
Milwaukle club, an unlawful
gambling concern, because It Is
conducted near this city. Its
proprietors and most of Its patrons
lire here, and except In Its mere situs
It Is a Portland affair. But being
situated In Clackamas county, the
Portland authorities are unable to
suppress It. Portland people can,
however, and do, through The Jour
nal, call on the Clackamas county
authorities to suppress this unlaw
ful vicious, demoralizing and Ms
graceful establishment.
The old excuse that district attor
neys and sheriffs used to make, that
they could not secure enough evi
dence to convict, and so could not
shut up such notoriously unlawful
' concerns, will not be accepted any
more. The Journal knows from per
sonal Investigation 'and Inspection
that there Is plenty of evidence plain
ly In sight in this Milwaukie club.
The paraphernalia is there; games
are going on; money is lost and won;
up till now, at least, there haa been
no disguise about it.
Besides, times have changed.
-Gambling haa been suppressed not
only In Portland but largely through
out the state and the other states.
The courts are more ready to see
evidence against this class of law
breakers than they used to be, and
so are juries, on account of the
change In public sentiment. It is
not a hard task for these officers,
as It was formerly, to stop public
gambling. See how quickly Sheriff
Tom Word did It here, even when
the city administration was not In
sympathy with him. Sheriff Harvey
K. Brown did the same in Baker!
county, and other sheriffs and dis
trict attorneys have done it easily.
'All that Is necessary Is to say the
word and mean what is said.
Such a thing as the Milwaukie
club should no more be tolerated
than a breeding ground of a pesti
lence or the known headquarters of
a gang of horse thieves, for two
reasons. One sufficient reason is,
the thing is unlawful. The officers
' need look for no other reason. But
the other reason Is, It is evil, detri
mental to the whole surrounding
community, clearly against public
policy, a sore on the body politics.
This thing exists right alongside
Portland, which, therefore, has a
tha . bosses and th f maehln. and
must be destroyed. ,It meant tbat
the wires are laid, that skulking
foes are afield, and that the battle
for the life of th law will hav to
be fonaht It means that there Is
coming here in Oregon another such
a battle as was fougnt and won by
Folk In Missouri, by La Follette in
Wisconsin, and by Hughes when he
fought and routed the politicians of
New York. It will be a struggle
that will offer the opportunity of a
lifetime to the right man, and he is
likely to appear, for there la a hero
for every crisis. In the defense of
the Oregon primary law, he will ar
ray himself agalnat the politicians,
and with, the people, and will have
behind him every agency and influ
ence with which to win, just as
Hughes won over the aggregated
politicians of New York.
CRIMINAL TRIALS.
T
HE HAU trial consumed five
days, the Haywood trial many
weeks. They may be rather too
swift In European countries.
and may not always give a defendant
as much of a chance as he ought to
have, yet it is unlikely that they
often convict an Innocent person, and
crime, at least murder, is rare there
as compared with this country.
Is stated that there are 25 murders
committed in this country to one in
Germany, in proportion to popula
tion. The ways of conducting the
Thaw trial and the Hau trial are
partly responsible for this difference
Our courts are absurdly lenient in
these cases in the matter of test!
mony and argument and disputes by
attorneys. In this Haywood case
most of the testimony was Irrelevant
and three hours' talk by the lawyers
would have been as good as three
days' talk. If the case had been
crowded into two weeks, the same
result would have been obtained;
nothing essential need have been
omitted, and everybody concerned.
Including the public at large, would
have been better off. The Jurymen
at last, as some of them said, paid
not much attention to anything but
the Judge's charge; that seeming
rather favorable to the defendant,
they acquitted him. It is a wonder
the poor men did not become Insane,
The simple fact Is that dragging
these murder or other criminal trials
through weeks of time is largely an
absurd, unamusing farce, and has
come to be so regarded by the ob
servant public. There Is need of a
great reform here, and it lies chiefly
in the hands of the courts to ef
fect it. .
CANT PROTECT HIMSELF.
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OOR, helpless old Uncle Sam.
He not only cannot protect the
people against the hundreds of
trusts that are robbing them,
many of them partly in consequence
of the protective tariff law, but he
can't protect himself from robbery
at every hand. To get his malls car
ried he has to pay many millions of
dollars a year more than Is reason
able. Express companies hold him
up still worse in proportion to what
they do. Army' and navy supplies
are sold to him at enormous profits.
If he needs a shin he has to nav
from two to ten prices for it. The
right to demand of the authorities powder trust plunders htm on every
of Clackamas county that they do
their, duty. It wouldn't be tolerated
a day in Multnomah county. Isn't
Clackamas as good k county as Mult
nomah?
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST
THE PRIMARY LAW.
THE CONSPIRACY against the
Oregon primary law does not
have designs on a single part,
but on the law as a whole. The
politicians not only, want to assassl
nate statement No. 1, but to throttle
. other vital features. They would not
only throw the election of senator
back into the legislature, but restore
the convention system. They are
afraid to attack the law in the open,
and most of them profess friendship
while plotting against it In secret.
Afraid to assail the measure as a
whole, they hope to destroy it by
piecemeal.
The proof of evil designs Is In the
latest utterance of the Oregonian,
which formerly skulked In the rear
and from ambush piped Its objections
to statement No. 1. Now it throws
aside" the thin veii of Its hypocrisy,
and in a late issue says: "The
" primary election law, which creates
antagonisms in the primary that ere
; - carried into the election, contributes
. Its steady forces to complete the
job" of disorganizing parties.
The utterance layB tire the pur
pose of the politicians, and means,
If it ; means anything, that the ln
" trlgue la on. li means that the law
1 1 marked for slaughter, one feature
- at a time, and tbat the measure that
last winter , secured the election of
twoiaenators islf minute, that
turned Itie eyea i6f the whole country
admiringly on Oregon, and that saved
Oregonlans the shame and humilia
. tlon of .the scenes always, before in
? cldent to legislative selection of sen-
alor, Is distasteful to the politicians,
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pound of smokeless or other kind of
powder he buys. The steel trust
makes him pay whatever price it
pleases for armor plate. And so it
goes through all the list. He can't
help himself, because most of hla
hired men, especially those in con
gress, are standing in with the
plunderers. He is making some
spectacular motions against a trust
here and there, but they accomplish
nothing or but little. If he succeeds
in convicting a trust and fining It.
the people have to pay the fine sev
eral times over and the trust is tet
ter off than ever. Uncle Sam looks
like a big, hearty, prosperous, power
ful old fellow,' but he is really pretty
badly tied up. He can't protect even
his own pockets.
thrown . Into the, breach to deprive
roroana ox we usurruci oi me mag
nificent territory that nature placed
at her door, and made easy for, her
by proper effort to forever bold. Not
the least of these threatening influ
ences is the Harriman system,
which Is already conspicuous for its
discrimination against Portland and
Oregon.
The promise to double the exports'
of Puget sound through this newi
road, means that It must be done at
the expense of Portland. It means
that It will be done by diverting
from Portland products that moun
tain barriers and water grades would
otherwise send to this city. That it
will be done if Portlanders always sit
supine, is not impossible. That it
will be attempted Is certain, and that
means that if ever there was pre
sented a reason for Portland to move
for the opening of her rivers from
their sources to the sea, here It is.
These rivers are the means by
which she can entrench herself for
ever In the position for which she
was destined by nature. They are
the agents with which she can com
pel rates, dictate traffic policies and
control Harrimans. They are the key
to the situation, and a certain force
in preventing the Harriman cabal
from promoting elsewhere at the ex
pense of Portland and Oregon.
With the Harriman circular
flaunting In their faces, will not
Portlanders Interpret events rightly,
and never rest until Oregon's rivers
are brought into service? Will not
all Oregon help, for is- not Oregon
Portland, and Portland Oregon
each the handmaid and helpmeet of
the other?
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No, Powdar
dit. MKing: Is It hot anotia-h tor
NOISE THAT IS MUSIC.
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Ana war to lmmlmnt
rlvar Isn't In tb trust
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If Toala la talking to Mars ho la prool
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Tho raakj thonnomatari are Urf)y
ir.ijui.mui, ir ii oaing- unoomiortaOly
warm.
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Rooaevelt la certainty tha most ver
satile president ever; note this pro-
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Maude PeaJv Bherwln, Juat married,
wants to set loose again already. Good
luck for Sherwin.
The subject of a sermon waa "The
Greatest Saying In the World." Bee our
uplifted hand?. Ife Don't."
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But Mrs, Hose Paator Stokes won't
be able to tell working girls how they
can all catch millionaire nuabands.
No great amount of Interest Is being
taken in the attempts being made at
The Hague to make war more ladylike.
But wouldn't it be rather hard on the
country If Dr. Wiley ahould live to be
100 yeara old, and be retained in office?
Being diaguated with the light run of
small aaimon a Dig rish net went out
to aea and caught the steamer Alliance.
The Independence party carried the
election In the Philippines. The assem
bly will amount to no more than the
Russian douma. ,
Rattlesnakes In Oregon City have
been reported. Sunday, we auppoaa.
Isn't thla terrible rattlesnakes at large
and saloons all closed?
X 1 , UX.JJL! LHtlUISSWSSS
CALLED TO REST
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ORTLAND has no objection to
make to one kind of noise that
is being made Just now within
hearing of this city. That is
the noise made in blasting a track
way for the North Bank railroad. The
sound of every explosion of blasting
powder Is a shout of relief, of rescue,
of deliverance, for this city. We all
understand, that Mr. Hill 1b building
this road to accommodate, enlarge
and fortify his own business, and
not primarily to please or help Port
land; and nobody can foretell Just
how he will treat this city; but the
fact that the road is coming soon
road down the north side of the
Columbia river at last, after waiting
a quarter of a century for it; a pos
sibly competing road, at least an ad
ditional one; a road built in spite
of and in opposition, tp Oregon's Old-Man-of-the-Sea,
Tyrant Harriman
that we can hear this road approach
ing, and know it will Boon be here,
Is reason for great rejoicing.
The North Bank railroad will be
great thing for Portland, but it
will not help the greater part of the
state much. It will give no relief to
and encourage no development In
that great rallroadless region of cen
tral Oregon. That vast country is
still fenced up by Harriman, with
no certainty of his building through
it, with the probability that he will
only do so when forced to such ac
tion by some powerful rival. He has
spent many millions to keep Hill out
of Portland, and millions more to get
into Puget sound cities, where he
had no particular occasion to go ex
cept to try to hurt Hill, but as to his
Oregon, he considers himself lord
and master of it, much the same as
Leopold has done with respect to the
free" Congo state.
But let the people up there not
despair. Their time for rejoicing
will come. Somehow the barriers
will be broken down before very long.
Then they can Join with Portland
and the northern edge of Oregon,
which rejoices now at the music over
toward the Columbia.
An exchange speaks of a young
woman in a acraDe an "an auburn mai
den of jpme yeara." Well, that la about
aa sensrole an expression aa the "some
time" phrase so often used. ,
Mark Twain says at t o'clock In the
morning he feels old and sinful. We
should think a man 71 yeara old ought
to have aald hia prayers and gone to
sleep by that time.
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Fairbanks didn't eave from drowning
"should go on the stage." WhereT Why
can't she stay where she la? And If
she must travel, why not go by train?
As to a theatrical stage, if she goes on
it she ahould certainly keep on going
on and off. But she appears to be
sensibly keeping quiet and minding her
own business.
At a banauet of newsnaner men In
Portland, wine was omitted from the
menu. Had the fraternity down this
way known It, a keg could have been
sent up. wine eoesn't cost much in
California. Lks Angeles Times. Is
that the reason they would have sent
itr nut thank you, we don't drink dlme
a-gauon wine up here when we do In
a ill i
Ige.
Oregon Sidelights
Athena little girls hay organised a
Sunbeam club,
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A field of barley near Helix went 80
bushels an acre.
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Pioneers of Hood Rlrer valley are
going to organise.
Barley around Pilot Rock yielded 40
to 60 bushels an acre.
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De-relopment work is in progress on
the Wedrord-Ashland coal mine.
Nearly everybody in and around Myr
tle Point has been feasting on venison.
A Qllliam county man sold his 480
acre crop of barley for 180 an acre, for
hay.
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The editor of the Philomath Review
went over the hills to the poor farm. He
was out chasing subscriptions.
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A French vicompte is visiting In Al-
" A Desert Romance.
Said Kalib Haick, a dragoman er
tourists' courier, . baa caused no end of
excitement in the little old borough of
Now Tork by announcing that he Is
engaged to marry an American heiress,
Miss Elsie Ellwood. of De Kalb, Illinois.
Miss Bllwood bas recently returned
from the orient after several months'
travel with her mother. - i
'Confirmation of the Syrian's ' an
nouncement could not be had," says the
eastern paper, "from the grandfather
t the Waldorf. He said he had heard
that Haick had made it. but 'had never
had the pleasure' of meeting the young
maji." Mr. Ellwood added that he had
wired Haick a announcement of the en
gagement to her father, and that it
waa more than likely that the latter
would come on to New York to see
about 1L
Whatever the BUwoods may thing
about It. the announcement of tho en'
gagement greatly stirred up Arthur
Moore, of Maxwell. Manning Moore,
dealers in machinery, who met Haick
in the desert of tiahara. Mr. Moore
spoke of Haick In "no uncertain terms.
He said among other thlnga, that he
engaged Haick as a guide, but dls-
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tiiaisuu hum, auu mai wi. 4uw,,
would tell the Ellwoods all h could to
prevent the marriage.
Haick was found by a reporter at the
office of the "Guidance," a Syrian news
paper. He was discussing his coming
marriage with a party of friends. He
said that the announcement of hie en
gagement to Miss Ellwood was all true.
They were to be married next Wednes
day at De KaiD. v
"I first met Miss Ellwood in Egypt
when she was about to go up the Nile,"
said Haick. "Aa I was a tourist guide
and contract to take parties through
the country, I told her I could supply
her party with tents and supplies, don
keys, horses, or boats, or anything else
they might need for their tour. In the
party were Miss Ellwood, her sister,
Miss Jean, and her mother.
"Of course Miss Elsie and I were
much together and grew friendly. Bhe
seemed attracted by the oriental life. It
was our custom to get out early and ride
unui ii Decame insuneraoiy noi, ana
then the tents which we had sent on
ahead would be found erected for us.
and we would stop for luncheon and
until it cooled off, and then take up the
journey. In this way Miss Elsie and I
become very well acquainted and we fell
In love and became engaged. I think
she will like the llfeln my country."
The Ellwoods are one of the best
known families In Illinois.
An announcement like this opens new
worlds for the American woman. Here
tofore foreign marriages have been
somewhat troublesome to arrange and
there seems to be a disposition on the
part of some people to doubt their ad
visability. Through the brief report
which we have of ths one aa planned,
there runs the thread of pure romance.
The lovers (If lovers they are) met, in
the free open air and ripened their ac
quaintance under the beata of mid-day,
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Out in the wide places of the earth
the gentle cool of the dawn and the sof
twilights of the desert
and. under the limitless sky. one who
has a tenderness for the romantlo can
well Imagine how differences of race
and the artificial restrictions of rank
and of wealth might come to be of little
moment. If Bald Kalib Haick sang the
songs or his people wild, passionate,
yearning songs, which sweep one on
to love's madness
"And my race is of the Axra
Who love, and die of love."
or "Till the skies are old, and the sun
grows cold.
And the leaves of the Judgment book
unroia.
the intense, passionate cry of tha hot
blooded races of the east as we imagine
it. and as our song writers translate it
for us If he sang. I say. such songs
to a young Impressionable girl to whom
the world had little more to offer in
Joseph Webber Jr., Passed
Tcaceiully Away yester
day at His Home.
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. Joseph Webber JrJ one of those who
eame te California la the- first rush of
'it and later removed to Oregon to
make his horn, died yesterday at the
ago' of T4 years at his home, 111 East
Fourteenth. street He came to Port
land In . 1981 and was one of .the early
Are chiefs of both thla city and San
Franolaeo where . hav served In both in
stances wits the volunteers. Up to the
time of his death he waa a member of
the Exempt Firemen's association.
Mr. Webber was born In Germany In
Hit, coming to this country with his
fiarents when 11 years old. He settled
n New Tork living there until the fold
fever came in 1844 which brought him
to the west coast Boon after coming
to Oregon ha moved to Albany ana that
city was his home for nearly 0 years.
For the last IT years, however, he had
been a resident of Portland. He was
married in San Francisco- in 1866.
He is survived by his widow and nine
children. They are: Mrs. A. R. Church,
Portland; Joseph Webber jr., Han Fran
olaeo: T. W. Webber. Portland; Mrs. R.
L. Nell! Bumpter; John L. Webber, Ban
Francisco; Charles Webber, Portland;
Miss Lou M. Webber, Portland; Fred
erick Teal Webber, Portland; and Alfred
SL Webber. Portland.
Mr. Webber waa a member of not
only the Exempt Firemen's association
but or the Albany louges oi ine inue
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and An
cient oraer or unuea yvoraraon.
FIRST DISTRICT FAIR
EARLY IN OCTOBER
(Special Dispatch to The JoornaL)
La Grande. Or., Aug. 1. The election
of officers of the First District Fair
association of eastern Oregon resulted
in the election of Ben Brown, president;
Fred J. Holmes, secretary, and F. I
Myers, treasurer. The board or mana-
Sers for Union county is composed of
en Brown, F. J. Holmes, Ed Conley and
Le Tuttle. Charles T. McDanlel and
Sam Pace are the members from Wal
lowa county. The fair will be held this
fall from October 1 to . inclusive.
JACKSOII. BUYS
HALF-INTEREST
SLEEPER ADDED
a w s e
Persistent Demands Finally
Granted by Harriman, $
, . Management, j
CAR XEAVES ON 13
RETURNS ON NO. 16
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General' Passenger Agent McMnrmv
Home Prom Chicago Plan Being
Considered of Placing la Commis
sion of Portland-Salt Lake Special.
Prominent Seattle Capitalist
Buys Into Golden Eagle
Dry Goods Company.
and possession.
the way of affluence
but to whom the wild, free life of the
desert, and the impassioned cry of a
lover would appeal, aa it could not at
any other time in her life, la is not lm-
a.nyo & jszs r!.bnuo Siffrit szs&jFJSi
?. ne vicompie nonsense, u is no v, ii-ta,,, ,.j (h.t ah, runnmi
OPEN RIVERS THE ONLY SAFE
GUARD.
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VENTS are so shaping, as to
give signal emphasis to recent
appeals made by The Journal
to the people of Portland. This
paper has pointed out that nature
has done much for this city, but that
it is an uncompleted work. The
finishing stones In the great edifice,
they tbat are to become the head of
the corner, must be lifted Into posi
tion by Portlanders themselves.
Adding immense Import to these
injunctions, comes the Harriman cir
cular. It describes the water level
extension projected by the Union
Pacific to Puget sound. It bears tes
timony of the tunnels and easy
grades that will make the road of
extremely economical operation. It
declares that Its completion will
double the export of Puget sound.-
It makes no difference what the
merits of the claims In this ciroular
may be, or what its purpose is, a
condition is presented, that Portland
has, sooner or later, to, meet. Im-i
mens artificial Influences Till ' be i
California should speak rather
softly and humbly when It comes to
any question of state as against fed
eral rights and powers, for California
Is not a "sovereign" or self-governing
state. It long ago surrendered
it political powers and privileges to
W. F. Herrin, representing the
"Esspee" company, and it Is that
corporation and not the official
figureheads that have a right "to
speak for California. New England
states and perhaps some others are
in the same position. They are not
states, but railroad provinces or
satrapies.
credit to him.
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A new hotel, a new dwelling house, a
new drugstore, a harness shop, a new
postofflce and a new livery Darn are
going up in Creswell.
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About 180,000 sacks of grain will he
marketed in Lexington this season. The
sack sale is 85 per cent greater than
two years ago and twioe as large as
last year's sales.
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Condon Times: The trout are so big
In the upper Deschutes that fishermen
find a young pup a very good bait, a
kitten may be used to advantage, and
for smaller fish a mouse will be found
most effective.
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Japanese residents of Hood River and
vicinity to the number of 80 met and
organized for mutual benefit and pro
tection. They were addressed in their
own language by Lawyer Henderson.
War! War: War!
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The Dalles has about twice as many
moons now as sne naa previous to the
railroad work on the north side of the
river, says the Chronicle, but. be it said
to the credit of her officials, the town
Is remarkably well behaved.
Efugene will be the prettiest
up-to-date city of its size on t
clfic coast by the end of next year, as
serts the Ouard. It will have electrlo
cars, the entire business section will
be paved and will have a new and mod
era passenger station.
the Pa-
xne niacK sana aiong tne trurry coun-
coast is still being investigated. The
old Beach Globe says: "The beaoh
The Filipinos have elected an as
sembly in favor of immediate Inde
pendence of the islands, but as the
assembly can pass no laws except
such as aro concurred in by the gov
erning commission and the president,
their independence sentiment will
come to naught. Successful Indepen
dence Is Indeed an impossibility for
them, composed as they are of scores
of Ignorant and mutually hostile
tribes. They must be a white man's
burden for a long time yet. v
Asking Too Much.
From tho Philadelphia Bulletin.
Colonel Binks 1 say, -Rastus,
did
ou see anything of that 'er pullet that
've meen mlssln' for four days? K
.'. Rastus ''Deed I can't remember. Irnh.
nel, as far back as foah days. All chick
ens look-alike to me dese days. Mah
ole woman she jess gives ua chicken
pita. 4sjc jUU Att la aUjaUad uW
lying north of Rogue river for 12 miles
is beyond question the richest in gold
and platinum to be found on this coast
in an almost continuous body.
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Ex-Stftte Treasurer Moore was pros
trated by heat one day this week, says
the Klamath Falls Herald, while at work
in the yards at the sawmill not beins-
accustomed to heavy work. What we
would like to know Is why an ex-state
treasurer was at worn in a sawmill,
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that although he weighed J40 pounds
and his wife but 92 pounds the rallrmut
permitted him to travel for half of what
it cost Mrs. Bell, and he believes this
is unfair, and thinks the railroad com
mission should regulate it perhaps so
that Mrs. Bell would pay only quarter
fare.
This Date In History.
It 10 Hudson entered the straits
which bear his name.
1(49 Irish Royalists defeated at
Rathmlnea,
1718 The Quadruple Alliance formed.
1810 Amos Tuck, first anti-slavery
representative in congress, born. Died
December 11, 1879.
1817 A steamboat first arrived at 8t.
Louis.
1820 Sir John Rone, Canadian states
man, born. Died August 26, 1888.
1830 Cnarles X. abdicated the throne
of France.
18(1 Congress passed an act confis
cating all slaves employed by the con
federates for military purposes,
1864 Electrlo light first .exhibited
outside the Gaiety theatre, London.
18 6 John Hiram Lathrop, pioneer
Missouri eduoator, died. Bora January
'l900 -Attempt made to assassinate
tne fihab e Persia la Pari '
Whether her desert lover looks the
same to her under her native skies, and
apart from all the setting which be
longed to the romance, is another ques
tion. American girls have pretty good
sense; they are not apt to throw away
their lives on utterly unworthy men,
and it Is probable that In this case
the young woman will look squarely at
the facts which such a marriage will
bring before she takes the step which
links her life to that of an alien, a man
who can offer her little but devotion,
and that perhaps of an ephemeral kind.
In the quick, passionate natures, love
and hate lie close together; passions are
easily aroused and as easily swept away.
The fool-hardiness of youth may well
stop and consider, not only in the case
of a marriage with a dragoman, but in
any case where the two natures are of
opposite types and of different heritage.
I do not think that a marriage should
be an affair of convenience, a barter
of title for gold; neither do I think
that the rash passion which often pos
sesses young girls and young men,
which urges them to throw all consld-,
erations to the winds except that of
mutual attraction. Is a safe rock on
which to anchor a family.
Mutual attraction it is well to have;
mutual respect is indispensible, but the
strongest anchor of all is a conformity
of principles. With this, life Is sure
of mutual alms and purposes, and the
other things are more apt to follow,
but without it, as is dally proven, lives
which are linked, gradually drift apart
until the end is estrangement, either
tacitly covered or openly announced.
Girls, bo sure of the principles of the
man Who seeks your hand in marriage;
the hot songs or the desert draw your
heart In answering throb, and life looks
easy and beautiful under their spell, by
the long, wearisome marches are before
you, when there will. be little singing',
when the burden must be borne under
the overpowering sun. in the heat of the
day; when patience and strength and en
durance wil), be called for in full meas
ure. Bee to it that the man you choose
has in him the stuff to stand the Jour
ney, ii taxes oacKoone, grit, resolution
and endurance. Given these, and the
twilight hours may be made beautiful
for ypu of the haunting songs of the
mornfhg.
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
OF SON OF HEAVEN
C F. Jackson, a Seattle capitalist, has
bought a half interest In the Golden
Eagle dry goods company for $60,000.
Although he is very much interested in
seeing the Golden Eagle department
store expand he will not take an active
part in the management of the concern.
G. H. Mayes formerly with Lowengart
& Co., also owns stock in the establish
ment and will be secretary and financial
manager of the company.
Q. A. Lowit, who retains a great deal
of the stock will remain in bis present
position of president of the establish
ment. w.m r mittlar for several rears
in charge of the publicity department of
Olds, Wortman & King, has been en
gaged as advertising, and sales manager
of the Golden Eagle department store.
The aim in enlisting In this business,
men prominent in the financial and mer
cantile world like Mr. Jackson and Mr.
Mayes is to extend the scope of the
company, open new departments and
place me institution upon the most solid
and substantial footing.
"TONGUES OF FIRE"
CONSIDERED FANATICS
Oregon Holiness Association i ro-
hibits Followers of That Faith
From Joining Its Body.
After several weeks in Chicago and
other eastern cities, William? McMur
ray, general passenger agent of the Har
riman lines In this territory; has re
turned, to Portland. In Chicago he at
tended a meeting of tho Harriman pas
senger officials, , '
nounced that for the accommodation of
residents of the southern part of the
state a standard sleeper will henjafter
be run regularly between this cltS""iVV
ytmwvi ua fcii tun auiu win imvv run'
land as a part of train No. 18 and re
turn attached to train No. 1(. The car
will be used for the sole accommoda
tion of - passengers between, these
points. There haa been a long and in
sistent demand for such accommodations
on the part or cltlsens of Medford and
other residents of the southern part of
the state.
Another announcement of Mr. MoMur
ray's was the consideration by Harri
man officials of the west of niacins? in
commission a through train from Salt
Lake City to Portland. The tratn will
be known as the Portland-Salt Lake
Speolal and will be run direct between
the two cities. If present plans mate
rialise. "There Is nothing I can say at this
time about the contemplated throurh
train from Omaha to Portland," said
Mr. Mc Murray, "though it la under
consideration and I have always con
tended that the northwest should have
a special through train from Omaha.
It will come in time of course, but Just
when I cannot say. It is iarrelv a
matter of equipment"
TEAMSTER BALKS
OSIER ADVOCATE
Despondent Franco-Prussian
War Veteran Cut Down
From Limb.
At a recent meeting of the Oregon
Holiness association a resolution was
introduced and adopted barring from
that organisation any who professed the
faith of the "Tongues of Fire," and pro
nouncing that religion fanatical. The
ntinn nraa unanimous, and one that had
been discussed among the leaders for
some little time previous.
The Oregon Holiness association
which has lust completed a series of
n.Ainr .t Tremont is an inter-denom
lnational assoeistlon organised for the
purpose or holding evangensno meet
ings. The meetings are conducted in
the style of the old-time Methodist
meetings anB the organisation is usually
finsn tfl fl.11.
LeGrand M. Baldwin, president of the
association, says, . however, that the
leaders, not wishing to countenance
fanaticism, decided to pass the resolu
tions mentioned. It was the purpose
not to reflect on the "tongues move
ment," but to protect their own organi
sation. The resolution adopted follows:
"Resolved, That the Oregon Holiness
association do not Indorse the 'tongues
movement' or third experience, because
it is misleading, unscrlptural and fanat
ical, and that the Oregon Holiness as
soplatlon do not receive into Its mem
bership either anyone professing the
faith of the Tongues df Fire' or any
one who Indorses the tongues move
ment.' K. P. KYLE, I
"Chairman.
Firmly convinced that the theory of
Dr. Osier Is tenable, but disagreeing
with the eminent physician as to the
method of extermination, Ernst Ilsberg,
68 years of age, a one-legged veteran
of the Franco-Prussian war, sought to
end his life this morning by hanging
himself to the limb of a tree on the
river front at Bell wood just south of
Spokane street
Tbat Ilsberg was unsuccessful In
consummating his rash plan waa due to
the quick action of a teamster who
happened to be in the vicinity. Coming
upon the old man hanging from the
tree by an improvised noose of rawhide
and heavy twine, the wagon driver ran
to the rescue and quickly cut down Ils
berg. Patrolman Ehmsen was notified
and took the despondent German to po
lice headquarters, where he waa locked
up on a charge of drunkenness.
When questioned as to the reason of
wanting to kill himself, the brave sol
dier who fought and bled for the fath
erland, said: "I am now 66 years of
age, and no one wants to give an old
man a job. That doctor. Osier, I think,
is bis name, is quite correct that a
man when he reaches 45 years of age
should quit the earth. I broke my leg
two years ago ny railing in a Drioa-
wnere l was employed, ana ai
he county hospital, being short of meat,
yard.
the county hospi
they cut It off, as you can see. I can t
do hard work, and anyway nobody has
muoh use for an old man."
Ilsberg formerly resided at 1001 Clin
ton street but lately he says the
"bushes" nave furnished him a home.
The noose caused a large red welt on
his neck. Beyond this lie did not suf
fer injury. He was In most jubilant
spirits at the station and was led away
to a cell beating time with his peg
leg to the tune of "Die Wacht am
Rheln.'
TERRIFIC ELECTRIC
STORM AT SEA1
(Special Mipatch to The Journal.)
Seattle, Aug. 2. Following three days
so hot that they broke a!l records for
July, a fearful electric storm broke
over this city last evening. A thunder
bolt struck a wire leading to the dis
tributing system, got past the arresters
and reduced a transformer to Junk. The
result was that for two hours the city
was without power or light. Telegraphlo
and telephonic communication was also
cut off. Street car service was totally
demoralized. About two i.urs after the
first storm a second, of mf.ior Inten
sity, raged for a time.
No considerable damage has been re
ported outside of the interruptions suf
fered in respect of light, power and
communications.
R0SEBURG PYTHIANS
.WILL BUILD HALL
Journal Special Service.)
Washington. t. C. Aug. -The
dragon flag of the celestial empire was city and Alpha lodge contemplates erect-
(Bpectal Dispatch to The Journal.)
Roseburs-, Aug. 2. At tha Jast reg
ular meeting the following officers of
Alpha lodge No. -47, K. or 1., were in
stalled; Glenn V. WimberlyC. C; M. F.
Wright, V. C; J. A. Perry, 4. F.; W. A.
Dowell, P.; R. Kldd, M. A.; Elmer E.
WlnVberly, M. W.; F. Brown, I. G.; D.
P. Fisher, O. O.;. Elmer E. Wlroberly,
acting D. D. G. M.
The oraer is doing very wen in inis
displayed over the Chinese legation to
day in token of the fact that this waa
the birthday of the emperor, Kuang
Hsu. Born August 8. 1872, the present
emperor of China, at thirty-five years of
age, is prooaoiy tne least Known or the
great rulers of the world, and this de
spite the fact that his domain in. ex
tent and population has few equals and
his country Is a center of great attrac
tion and-Interest for the rest of the
world. '
Kuang Hsu Is said to be popular with
the Intelligent element among his sub
jects, and it is believed that were he
able to shake off the domination- of the
dowager empress he would al in bring
ing about liberal reforms in China. For
eign diplomats, who have resided at
Pekln. speak well of the young emperor.
But so long as the old dowager retains
her .power there is little hope of bring
ing about better conditions in the 4iaw.
grj Kfiomji
inv a fine castle hall upon the corner
lot, 40x100 feet, which it recently pur
chased on Jackson street . opposite the
Hotel McClallen.
THREE-CENT FARE
GRANTS CONFIRMED
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug, 3. At a special
meeting of the city eeuncll held last
night a curative ordinance was lntrv
duced and passed the first reading;
which re-enacts and amends all of the
grants heretofore mad, in the three
cent railway companies. The remedial
measure is the result of recent decision
of Judge Phillips and Judge Chapman in
common pleas court, . in which all for
mer franchises were neld to be illegal.
The legislation will be rushed--through
this week, r
? 1
I "An East Side Bank for East
I Side People."
I
T is unsafe to keep money
about the house or carry n
upon the person. All money
received should at once be placed
in a safe repository. Every per
son should have a bank account
and pay all bUls by check.
The
Commercial Savings
Bank
wjTOTT AITD WtttLUt ATS.
Invites Your Business
" v Information and advice cheer-
.fully given. .
V Interest at 4 per cent paid on
savings accounts from 11.00. up,
oompounaea semi-annually.
George W. Bates....... President I
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