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Newspaper Page Text- ! J;';. 5 . THE OREOON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO.u OCTOBER 13.- 1907. 5Z8SZB); i raKS ipwl KU- mM n . . . m. m w CjT TfcomM J. Vivian and Orena. J. Ben- naty, depreailn? feeling conrernlng bla ' hett. Authnr of "The Drem Bottle," abiniy: to doubt his logal Insight, to TiClting Up tha Tbread," "Stnglnf queatUjn hla Intuition, to think little of poppy," etc., etc. his worldly wisdom. irr iiw ,. s b r.t i He thought stlU less of himself when . - .... i a cat. " no iroi lieu I SUPPOSE you think you are an true Btor wnlcn , tM. exceedingly clever lawyerT' When Mrs. Arthur Parsons told her Considering the fact that James Jstr1- J1.C 0re,r-..that 8,ter,11"'r Dn" . . . . . would arrive with the rest of the towns- Hobaon, Junior member of the foik for ,ne week-end, Mlsa Qreer law firm of Hobaon, Jones St turned a pae in the book he was read waa not only faithiessneaa, dui inn with It absolute cruelty went band In hand. ... lira Par-anna rirnva over WlM Der Sin- " rjJl 'i..li between u. Don't b. alarmed, alster- depot and kept Alice with affectionate emphasis by her aide when greeting TTnK.w. ..a .... v. .a .x-. Ing and remarked that It meant at least the arrivals. 8o It waa that aha waa , u -a Aaffnt hrlilara r.laior T.nn.,,. 'Iiiat. In a verdict or aoqulttaj aa the final "You take the news that he Is coming word In an Intensely desperate case, very lackadaisically." said Mrs. Psr- tu., k ,.,,. sons. "There was a time when you and, that the person now twitting him wou,d hftv, Jutnped two fe8t ln th0ir vaa his client for whom he had won If you knew you were going to meet the verdict. It was but natural that the Sterling Jenner." young lawyer turned a rather .urprl.ed eh(jj. r Ws'sTweTM o face on his aueetloner. looks, you know, Isabel. And by-the-by, "It doesn't seem to me," said young there are certain times of which one Hobson, 'that It matters much what I does not care to be reminded." think of my legal abilities. The great "I beg your pardon, my dear," Said object has been attained. There was an Mrs. Parsons, with a fine assumption ugly circumstantial caae of murder of contrition "If Jenner's coming la against you and you have been freed." going to be disagreeable to you I will "Yea; freed because you convinced the telegraph Hubby to shelve him until lurv that I wu Innneant " you are gone." "Yea. because I waa convinced that ..'ot.for th? world," you were." "Exactly. And I end aa I begin, ' by ay lng, 'I suppose you think you are an exceedingly clever lawyer?' " James Hobson looked at his client aaJn with surprise. It waa not the flrat time that his client had surprised him. . On casual acquaintance Alice Greer seemed to take only the most phlegtnatlo Interest ln anything that went on beyond her pretty nose and to hrt .nH hi. entertain only the most languid Ideas Sterling Jenner's my dear." re plied Alice. "To the contrary. I look forward to seeing Sterling Jonner again with unaffected Interest. And anyway, I wouldn't think for a moment Of dis locating your plans." Mrs. Parsons glanced sharply at her sister, but the girl's face waa aa bland ajid vacant as that of a sheep. Mrs. Parsons was absolutely correct when she said that the time had been when Alice would have leaped with too, at the sound of coining, because at Jnnr flush as he took Alice's hand. "Believe mi," said the man, "I should not have come had I known you were her unless I bad secured your permls- Jenner spoke very quietly, but Mrs. Parsons overheard liiin and she deter mined to watch closely to see If any effort were made to put new life into dead ashes. But she might as well have watched the Sphinx. ko4ak In hand ln an attempt to nap-shot a smile, aa to sur prise any tell-lale act or word on her sister's part In her quest for signs Mrs. Parsons even went so far as to rlk comment bv her pronounced atten tions to Jenner, but there came no sign from Alice. just half past Alices room chat and I nullv hut dsr 1 11 , 1 Why are you so marseaiy com m Mr. Jennerf People will notice the dif ference between your attitude now and that of last year. Don't you really care for him any more?" Alice Qreer turned from the dressing table where she waa brushing her hair and half turning so that ahe looked at her sister through the veil of It, said: "One has to be .careful about attitudes, you know, ln these days of It la dead and there is one poor dead thing between us, one poor little dead tning tnat ilea an impaas&ble barrier. "Why. tny dear," aald Mre. Parsons, ft? et Hubby to fetch you a glass of his back, and the knife with which he time when she did not aee her slstev had been stabbed and which still stood was covered bv her trip to and from in the ' wound had done Its work so tho vard. and that the duration of that swiftly that the sleeper's left hand lay Interval would not allow even the moat open just below the knife up toward uglle of executioners to have done the "No, don't "trouble hlra," Alice. "He's gone to bed. I do reel foolishly overcome. objected certainly I guess you taja 41K8-Aiiine no vL Yra. Mil he 1 I'm MoL thoroughly strona yet saying next that yett hate Mr. Jenne. 'f-"wnff of course, HI get you a glass "I ad.M . of the well water." aald Mrs. Parsons, "Heavens!" gasped Mrs. Parsons, who wae now all sisterly. -you u d terriryjng me soon ny saying ..An(J j w Bit here In the window you could kill him. "I could," replied Alice. Then added with that Incomprehensible smile of hers, "that Is with a fair opportunity and no risk of discovery." "Heaven preserve us," cried Mrs. Par sons, "I shall have to warn him." It would not have taken very much action on Mrs. Parsons' part to have warned Jenner, for the room allotted seat, where I can see you and where you can aee me all the time, so that you need not be afraid." So Alice aat In the window scat bo Ida the onen window while Mrs. Par- aona ran down stairs and into the well- vard. because Whlta ra that Alice uw every feature of ner which it hail spusmodlcally moved in that shock of the fatal blow. The doctor called post haste, declared that Jenner had been dead about eight hours. The weapon was a pruning knife, which t the Inquest tho gardener said he had left In the conservatory two days before the tragedy. Such other facts were brought out at the investigation that the verdict of the Jury was that Sterling Jenner had been murdered, ami that the evidence tended to Implicate Alice Oreer. Alice Qreer was arrested, and at first her lawyer, James Hobson Junior mem to nay nothing of an agitated and , - IIW I inwvr, J in; 'H Il"in"", junior iiimn- There waa no need of a lantern b( f tn law f,rm of HoLeon. Jones ' LlJZlg rUr -n5 strong Hobson. was Inclined to use the plea of adlance being so clear ana strong emoUona, n.anlty. The most damaging Bo one night, it Deing uien hJm ln the oueer old Dutch firmhmiM ... V" i . ki m testimony against nor auuuoed ai mo , eleven, she went Into on the Hudson wlllch Gilbert Parsons MSi.V KSiih not mo clearly, the fi- inquest was that furnished by her sls- -ror a sisieriy lrai"in nad boueht for a country home waa ..." -V '. i7- -. .v.. injn- ier, wno unuer corapuininn niunuieu n the course of It said cas- but . llttla ..T down tha corridor on ..i -.Tr ..i that there was grave cause for Mis leratelv: hih Aiina, nror-. r, .n .a .. "u ' . . J- .J. , ,1 ' . Dreer's hatlns the dead man. and that back of her still nrettler eves. Rut If tht ilmt .lennor nm nni m hr that one watched Cloeely and nerslstentlv one OnHleo Conernieun an1 all tha reat nt ih Ihariau ntiroAH and sisterly watch might see the light leap Into and out of the astronomers were wrong and that fulness at home." those same serene eyes that was start- she, Alice, was the true center of tha Mrs. Parsons pricked up her ears, ling It was like a sudden flash of an universal system, hut she knew that at "Do you mean that Mr. Jenner shares electric light ln a room that one had the time, at lenst. he thought something In your caution?" she asked, thought empty and that was revealed of the sort, fihe was the center, the "Oh. Isabel." reiTlled Alice, throwing aa being full of strange and unsuspected great attracting rower around which he back her hair, "really I could not be- 'thlngs. Ordinarily her mouth was ud- revolved. She not only took certain tray Mr. Jenner's confidence even if curvea ana piacia; tnen suddenly it siock in nis protestations nut sne would line out straight and narrow as trusted him to the extent of her woman- the closed Ud of a box. hood There had been months of agony Miaa Greer had been charged with a ant' hiding nn her part and of deferment murder and ln his first Interview with aml "ruse on his and then when un- her aa his client. James Hohsnn hurt i- der the mantle of her lies she had ven- f pal red of receiving anv amilKtanrTi fmm tured home again It was to find that I t.ad It. Two bright rod spots glowed ln Mrs. Parsons' cheeks. "That will do, Isabel," eald Alice. "Don't use the muck-rake and don't try to tansrlo mo m in confessions. Just take It for granted that my brain may be was next to that suite occupied by Mr. 'vVTir how can I 'bar replied Mre. Allc5 nftd actually threatened to kill the and Mre. Parsons. The new ownere persons unhitching the sweep from the Ji1 "If" , Y.eLwhen Mr HobBon had changed the name of the place from restrain ni "notch '"when I can aee and M"ed his client if there waa any way Ruyter-s farm to Quiet Cornef, but they fffw w?ti? tou like thia" which her Hlster s testimony could had had the good sense not to change wr. Parsons drew the water, filled be nullified at the trial. Miss Gn-er only any of the physical characteristics of the rd'teher with the eweet Uuyter well smiled mysteriously and said, I.et her the old place. Bo they left the open ter glanced up and saw that her sis- tell her story. My only prayer s that healths with their fcobe, the trellised S etlll there, and then haatlly re- he shall be my accuser; my only sat etoops. the bottle-bottom glaee ln the !ud to the houea " . Isfaotlon wiU be that she shall be m? windows, the open cupboards, the Alice. In ber room, heard Mrs. Par- accuser." heavy door-latches which took the place Hnl me quickly but quietly up the So Mrs. Parsons on the witness Btand. ' " aim mcv, .uu iu rsir atairftflse: neard ner nesiiaie in tne strons- witness ror me nrosecuiion an aall 4m Ihi VI . r , . i A , I. a ., - . , . . . . 1 . i. . . . t her progress Biong ine imnnjr miu mou rurnisnea ine buiim wuu wiai vihiiu tiptoe on, eo that she might not disturb the motive for the crime. Her dlreot her sleeping husband or Jenner. testimony lasted up to the noon recess, When Mre. Paraons entered her sis- counsel for the accused announcing that tar's room the hand that held the heavy he would begin his cross-examination Ditcher of water waa shaking with. the when the court roa.ssembled. li WO.H uufiiifr mis iw-tna iiiai mioa Greer gave her attorney his second sweeD well ln tha vard Thia well lay Juat below Alice's win dow, and In the white light of the moon, which waa then at her full, every detail of the antique contrivance bucket, chain, rope and retaining notch- could be eeen aa plainly aa though tt were day. The w 'the old oaken bucket sweetest water ln the side. lainiy aa inougn u ervou(,nese that came from her quick it" wWcoSert "S k night excur-lon and the strained L ".Vntf nSrV: walk upetalre; while A ice had evl: shock. "Isabel has done her best to deed undoubtedly sick girl. Then Mrs. Parsons was asked if as a matter of fact she had not stopped on hr return trip in the corridor near the room of the murdered man, and If naln as a matter of fact that return trip hnd not taken her through tho con servatory in which tha gardener had left the weapon. "Of course," said Mr. Hobson. "I only ask these questions to emphasise " th? flgmcntary character of the alleged testimony rtgalnut my client. There Is no other nlierlor purpose in thia line of inquiry." Then Mrs. Parsons was assisted pallid and trembling from the witness stnnd and In less than two honrs after ward the Jury brought in a verdict of "Not guilty." But Alice Greer was guilty. She did kill Sterling Jonner. She had planned the deed from the moment she heard of the Intended visit to her sisters. She had vntiied the gardener at work In the conservatory pruning the vines and had secreted the knife. She hnd thought out the little comedy of sickness and her sister's moonlight trip to the, well. She hnd onlv made a dummy figure of hor clothes, had seated that dummy ln the window and had Inspected t lie cheat from the yard and had found that the mannlkln was sufficiently deceiving ln appearance. She had learned the exact hour of the various parties' retiring and she knew, of course, that entrance to any of the rooms was unobstructed. She had greased the latch to Jenner's door and had the Knire ready lh the top bureau drawer. When Mrs. Parsons went down stairs Alice whipped the wnoie country- .med a sudden falntnese eonvlct me. Vow. Mr. Hobson. she shall J. . .v. J. 1 1 .. il.:i'l '"2 ws""' i.- n a . . 1 ,, - ' - (lummy Hum un- villi' filling I'HIPHL Him in oroor 10 ""'"'""""" "- .... . . - , laid It on the floor beneath the window peared. their sisterly yet tinslstorly had much upset Imperturbable though Alice had an- venation, because her face was white Then ehe told him certain facts con- studiousiy ler ex- seat. Then she snt there nnd talked with her sister. Then quick ns a flash LV-W rh-r- wai Ju-t and there wa quite a drop to her chin, cernlng whlph she had kept stud her as to the conduct of her case, but" It i?e man h. had suffered I to loo-en the .hallow, but my h-rtU-de- the a. much reality as acting in the Iltt e tron'g It' She bagged Isabel .ok.''BJo"when court "reassamb.ed 1 The knife, "scuddo,? Town1" the to remain wun ner ior itmm uui wr. ana B! V.i'Tm .i. passage-way ln her stocking feet waa she who had reallv outlined tiie de fense whloh he had brilliantly carried out and which had resulted in the tri umphant phrase, "Not guilty," He had received his fee; he had received t!ie fervid compliments of the court and the .prosecuting attorney on his clever light and had felt as beaming and buoyant as a schoolboy over his victory. And now his client was marring the whole thing with this ugly, whip-lash, sneering rid dle of hers. He began to entertain a girdle of her honor had found someone else as the subject for his love experi ments ana tne new center to his uni versal, but shifting system of attrac tion. In her retirement Alice Greer had learned many bitter things, but none so bitter as was her discovery that Jenner's new lodestone was her own si: r. Alice doubted at first If Isabel was traitorous both to her sister and to her husband, but as time went on with op portunities for watching, the double bit terness was borne in on her that there a drink of water," she Ta,r.na ia iIavti tpi(i Alice on ins stanfl ana nan to leu or ine visu in win ,kk,i Tnn, m(ti, .i vi . bed. There he dozed until ehe heard well, of having her sick sister In the nnd fl(,d bMic to ner room whisked the lo ana irom dummy back Into the closet and dropped trip to and panting Into the window-seat. old well outside. And even If you got stagger which ebe made and the feel to the bottom or tne heart, you would ing or raininess wnion uvercm our. only find just what there Is at the "I must get bottom of the well. "Whv tia'a water." unlit Mrs. Par. .nn Ti e siaterlv came to the fore In Mre. eeelng tnat Alice waa aieep.ng, i:rT ;n. .., ... - "'..r panting "Thafe what there Is at tha bottom Parsona. "I'll get you a glaae," ehe ner"wni",n at T 0-clock Sterling of seeing her sister at the window, of In that time she had killed of my heart," said Alice, "water teara, eald. , . . ril.., jenr Jaa found dead InMt bed ; He finding her ln the same position and ln Sterling Jenner and it was the quickest and the paet is drowned In them." "Not that faucet wmjag P' naS" rnurdered - stabbed In tho the earne place on her return to the Killing on record. 'Then there is nothing more between Alloe; "it seems to me hat nothing but jj0,,-"' nath hid evl- room, and of temalnlng with her until your asked Vre. Parsons inslduously. that Ice-cold well water would satisfy heart t. nntn MfJr Hock In the morning. Mrs. Parsons 'Vide 97. Johnson (N. Y.) pp. 347 InientiyTt hef Slster-thVre'i.'".! "'"All right." .aid Mr... Paraons; 'Til laT partly on hi. rlght'elde. partly on made to prove that the duration of et seq. aid xriri-i o nfli rfliiTiK iivu IUWHIU door, "f dont feel-very well." the eucaoo w i n i in, rm.m, o. i.e. ...... ... ...k . APPLES OF GOLD NOT A FIGURE OF SPEECH Continued From tne First Page of This Oeetion . evaporated apples that America can Bond her at fancy prices. All over the 1'nlted States apple talk is rife. Means of improving the crop. ere being considered. Experiments of all sort, are being made, and the Biirrfiis of some of them ceenis to ncceniuate the success the fu ture holdf In store for the wise apple grower. There is, or inBtanre. an orchard In westorn New York whrre it was decided to try a new variety of apple the Duch ess, instead of the Baldwin, Hie only apple it had been thought possible to grow there with profit. In Just 10 years the man who under took this experiment paid off the $12 ooo vinich his farm eoet from his apple crops alone. And his orchard took up bui, Bma11 P" nt the farm, This year there Is somewhat of an apple scarcity ln the middle west, but ee eofiMlatlon for this loss there has developed tn the Oaark mountain coun try one of-ithe moit profitable annle countries in Aimerica. Of course favorable conditions had ex isted there all along, only no one had , eeen them and tamed them to account Which show, that the day of opportu- A'nity in the United States is far from ..'jpaet.! - - w' i In-New Torlc Pennsylvania. New Jer '' mT and New England the best apple re - porta are received this year. The New York atate applee are bringing the big-a-eet-pr'cee In tae.east $3 to IS. 50 a ' - Breij Me, however, is insignificant when eompared with ome of the prices received alone; the Paelflc slope, where, fancy apples are bringing $10 a barrel. Of finer lustre than the New York etate applea those of the Pacific slope " are aot, however, ef such fine flavor. Their appearance wag what mainly de cided the price. . . An abstract of the report of apple ' erop probabilities eompiled by the Inter, national Apple Shtpperr aociation, ! oHwi. . Maine, per cent more than last . year; Vermont. 80 per cent more; Mas sachusetts and New York, JO per cent to ore, . juk&nsax, Virginia, .Wait Vir ginia, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Mon tana. Canada and Nova Sootia, 60 per cent more; Maryland, 100 per cent more. J In a few of the other states lower crops than last year were reported, and In several states the condition Is re ported as unchanged. However, It is not In the mere matter of yield that the farmer finds natixai tlon. Prlcea are to be 25 to 50 per cent higher than last year in almost every part' of the country. It Is by virtue of the greater prices that can be forced that the farmers will be able thus to swell their bank ac counts. For, despite lesser yields In many Instances, the net profits will be greater than last year. As opposed to the estimated 30.000,000 barrels this year, there were last year 86.000,000; yet the estimated total value of the crop this vear is $60,000,000 as against J64.0oo.0o lust year. For this wonderful boost In the apple business In recent vears there must be an explanation. It lies largely in the fact that apples ns an article' of diet nave ln the lust few vears become much more appreciated than before. Due to the romance ln the apple busl V are the tremendous prices asked and secured for farm land ln some parts Zlu i coUnif,r,. Even ,n he once arid h. IV,of c1,frnia, where irrigation I1" "ld Possible the raising of crops, h.arus are right merrily paving off r. pH'nic P bank accounts, this i Ih1 Vi! an PPle orchard In boxes TS'SscJuTO Ju. tone paid for such land. For thoie 1 tZ irX,7,lS00nnfOracarneiVeraBe f Even the native Indian, of the Omrv mountains and other parts of the west men who a quarter of a century m- were busy with the musket on the plains and In the hills even they have become 'Infected by the apple fever; have be come enthralled bv the romance of the apple tree, and are now winning bit? bank accounts from their orchards la Missouri there la a single apple orchard of 2,808 acres, said to be the largest ln the world. Its value is esti mated at over $1,000,000. This orchard ts in the Ozark moun tains, near Lebanon, Mo. There are 60 trees to each acre, making the total number of trees 138,000. It is a beautiful sight to visit this farm ln harvest season and see hun dreds of pretty maidens, their cheeks looking for all the world like the rosy apples that they are packing Into boxes, getting them ready ior the trip to the dopot. Nothing Is left to chance. An expert horticulturist 1. hired to look after tho trees. He examines them continually, diagnose, their ailments and prescribes for them Just a. a doctor doe. for his human patients. Spraying for scale must be done sye tematlcally and constantly. Thus U the orchard kept In a good bearing con dition, and result, are reasonably cer tain. One season the Frisco railway alone received at Its several stations in the Ozark mountains apples and apple prod ucts representing 4.799 carloads, or 969. 00 barrels. Taking $2.60 a barrel aj an average price for these excellent apples, there was a net return for this section of $2,199,500. Other lines of railroad in the same section that season transported at least 2,000 carloads, and hundreds of car loads were consumed at home or dis poned of by waitonload. 8o apple growing is no experiment, but is clearly destined to become one of the most lucrative occupation.. And inn't it strange to think of such a glorification for the fruit which the serpent used in tempting our Mother Eve? AN AGED BRITISH TREE. Cowthorpe Oak, Reputed 500 Years Old. FlouriRhing In Yorkshire. One of the oldest of Prltlsh trees Is the Cowthorpe oak, which has been standing near 'Wetherby ln Yorkshire for BOO years, according to veracious chronicle. It 1. a tree that has been described often and has figured In works of fiction. x It Is related of this tree that on oc casion a. many as 40 person, have been gathered within the hollow of it. trunk, although It must be confessed that some of these were children. The most recent measurement showed that its ?1rth of trunk at the ground was 64 eet S inchee and the cavity was 11 feet by 9 feet. The tree is not now no very tall, reaching only 87 feet into the air. There are 25 props about the tree to support the falling branches. The cavity has been noticeable only since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Many of the earlier measure ments show that the tree once was much greater ln girth than now. Aged as it Is the tree bore acorns In 1901 and 1905 and always produces a fair amount of foliage. In 189 an acorn borne by the Cowthorpe oak was planted near by and a tree Is growing up slowly as a memorial to the parent. Prospective Housewife. From Cassell's 8aturdny Journal. A charming young lady went Into the principal stationer's shop ln a country town and asked to see some thin note paper. After selecting what she de.lred she hesitated for a moment. "Do you make any reduction to cler gymen?" ehe asked, softly. "Certainly, madam," said the station er, with great promptness. "Are you, a. clergyman'e wife?" "N-no," said the young lady. "Ah, a clergyman's daughter, then?" said the shopman, as he began to tie up the paper in a neat parcel. "N-no," was the lady's? hesitating re ply. Then ehe leaned across the coun ter and Bpoke ln a confidential whisper: "But if nothing happens I nhall be en? gaged to a theological student as soon as he comes home from college this term." the second Michigan district has an nounced himself as a candidate for United States senator, and it is inti mated that he will oppose Senator Julius C Burrows if Mr. Burrows be come, a candidate to succeed himself. JAPAN HAS RACE PROBLEMProtests Against t t r ry o 1 T 1 A . "VT 1 T li JTliring ot tuhinese doolies; Jbaoor Agitators iriake l roubl IT seems that Japan has been having a little race problem of her own. The details are sparingly given by a native press that courts con sistency. From the sparse news accounts and the editorial comments of some of the Tokio papers, it appears that the importation of Chinese laborers to work on a new railroad line ln Kago Bhlma province has helped to show the Japanese where the shoe pinches ln San Francisco. Early ln July the contractor to whom the construction work on the railroad had been awarded imported 80 Chinese laborers. The wages he paid were 10' yen a month about $ gold and that Was' about 50 per cent cheaper than the hire of Japanese laborers. Still the Chinese were satisfied and they were good workmen. So pleased was the Japanese con tractor with his experiment that he Bent to China for 100 more, and before those coolies had landed at Nagasaki a third consignment of 300 was contracted for with Chinese emigration companies ln Chefu. The Malnlchi Dempo naively states that the Japanese laborers took great alarm at the importation of the Chinese coolies, who were willing to work for half of what a Japanese laborer de manded. Mass meetings were held by the citizens of Kagoshlma-ken "to con sider this grave peril to the laborers of Japan," as the Malnlchi puts it. But the sentiment of the outraged laborers of Kagoshlma-ken did not stop at mass meetings. One night in the lat ter part of July they posted a notice written ln Chinese on the doors of the Chinese laborers' huts that If thoy didn't stop working in Japanese men's places they would be driven back to China. The local police official, took alarm at the Indication of the citiaens of Kagoshima-ken and sought advice from the central government at Toklo. Toklo, realizing the possibilities of embarrass ment in any overt act against the Chinese, ordered the police at Kago shima-ken to use their utmost powers to protect the foreigners In case of an outbreak and then summoned the enter prising contractor to a Conference in Tokio. It happen, that an imperial ordi nance, No. 862. which was promulgated in 1898, forbids the employment of for eign labor ln Japan except under limited conditions, which restrict such employ ment only to the old treaty ports where foreigners congregate. The latest papers from Japan have It that the con tractor ha. either unconsciously dis obeyed this law or that he intends to force a teat case. In the early part of August the mat ter was still under advisement by the Toklo government and the Chinamen were still working, under police pro tection. In July the latest outrage against the Japanese ln and about San Francisco waa scrupulously reported by the Japanese consul there to hi. home gov ernment. This was an instanoe of boys throwing stones through the plass of a Japanese gardener's greenhouse at Berkeley. The outrage was duly noted by the Japanese press and dilated upon by that part of It which had been yellowest in exploiting the San Francisco incident. Yet at this very time the Chinese laborers who were working for half pay in Kagoshima-ken were working under police protection because 6f threat, against them bv Japanese. Onlv two Japanese Journals paid any attention to the Kagoshima-ken incident and those were not of the sensational type. The Aeahl, one of the steadiest of the Tokio Journals, defended the Im portation of the Chinese editorially, saying that because the capitalists who were building the railroad would profit by the chesp labor general prosperity would be reflected through their Indi vidual prosperity all over the province, General interest should have prece dence over the Interests of any one class, said the Asaht and then it closed with the sage deduction that if the laborers of California would realize this economic principle there would be no objection to the presence there ot Japanese laborers. 1 The Malnlchi Dempo of Osaka took a different view of tho dellcato situa tion. "This is a very grave question," aid the Malnlchi'. editorial of August 17. "It is not merely local. "For Chlne.e to engage ln labor in Japan it is necessary to obtain official permission first, otherwise a legal pen alty Is incurred. To permit the entry of Chinese Cheap labor in Japan will create a tremendous social problem and such permission will be ruinous policy. "If the governor of Kagosliima-ken permitted tne contractor to bring the Chinese coolies tho responsibility be assumed was verjj great and official ao tlon should be at once taken." The Japan Advertiser. the only American paper published in Japan, did not seize the opportunity for making comparisons, but warned the Japanese government of the seriousness of the problem that was presented. It said on August 18: "The problem that has thus been pre sented to Governor Chlkamt of Kao-Bhlma-ken in particular and to Japan in general is of paramount Importance for two reasons, not as regards the ma terial effect of the present Innovation, but on account of the principles in volved. First, because this Is the only instance where the provisions of Im perial ordinance No. 862 have been either disobeyed or brought to test, and, second, because Japan Is brought into the disagreeable alternative of permit ting the entry of Chinese labor or of playing the inconsistent part of de manding of America what she herself withholds from China. That Japanese public opinion is chary of tackling tho question Is obvious from the general silence ln regard to it." Battle With an Otter. A young man named Tom Barker wisv' boating ln the Eden at Klrby recently V when he saw an otter in the water unit 1 struck at it with his oar. The otter lumped into the boat and attacked him. but Barker, after a severe 'tussle, killed It. The otter was a female and its family was nesting ln the neighborhood.