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Denver Letter. Denver, Col., March 27, 1905. At last after a bitter political fight, furiously fought on both sides, Demo cratic and Republican, Colorado has a Governor. It was a fraud from start to finish and was thoroughly contested. The most able attorneys were em ployed on both sides and a great amount of money was expended. Adams on the Democratic side was elected and seated as Governor then the war commenced for the Republi cans claimed it was a fraud and brib ery. Then Peabody was elected and seated as Governor with the under standing that he was to resign not later than twenty-four hours after having taken his seat. He pledged his word ty do so, and had he failed to keep his agreement his life was endangered and a riot feared. However, he stepped down and out, and Jesse F. McDonald was elected. Three Governors in less than thirty-six hours isn't that a re;ord breaker? All is now satisfactorily settled on both sides and peace reigns supreme. It is generally predicted that McDonald enters upon his duties with a freer hand than any man who ever became Governor of this state. He is neither hampered, by powerful enemies nor controlled by powerful friends. The position came to him, he did not per sonally seek it therefore, no one could force his hands in regard to his inten tions, and he is free to organize his official following in accordance with his own desires. So, all is well that ends wall. If you were charged with bribery But innocent, would you Insist upon a thorough trial At once, or would you do As do the guilty? Would you have A lawyer who would Beize On every chance to dodge a trial Through technicalities? Every breath I take hero seems to give me a new lease on life, the air is so bracing and exhilirating, so full of electricity, makes one imagine they are walking on stilts. Of course this cli mate does not agree with some people, particularly if they are afflicted with heart trouble, the altitude being so high naturally it rather affects the heart. It takes some people months to become thoroughly acclimated, while others cannot live here at all. For con sumptives it is very beneficial, and if they come here during the earliest stages their lives may be prolonged many years, especially by taking prop er care of themselves and being out in the air almost continually. There is something indescribably fascinating about this climate, one must be here to fully appreciate its grandeur and beau ty and the many benefits derived from it. Those knowing I am a Webfoot must i certainly take me for a bureau of in- . formation, for I am asked all kinds of questions regarding Oregon and the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Oregon is naturally a beautiful place; nature has boon very generous to the Oregon ians, we are all so constituted that we are lovers of what is natural, it appeals to the eye, and being a native daughter I answer all inquiries regarding Oregon cheerfully. Occasionally perhaps I exaggerate; however, you do not want to disappoint those coming to the Fair, if possible surprise thorn, for it will eventually be to your intorests. The eastern cities being so hot during the summer months and so cold during the winter blizzards, cyclones, floods, etc., in fact everything to muke life a misery, that it will be a relief for them to get away, and if thoy find Oregon as represented many will locato there. Leave no stone unturned to make Alb any, which is the gurdon spot of the Willamette Valley, attractive to the eye. Take the moss off tho roofs that tiro mossy, tear down some of those old "land marks" on First street that aro an eye sore and a disgrace to an up-to-date and enterprising city like Albany. I could easily mention several that need tearing down or renovating im- mediately, no, they could not bo rcno- vated for they aro so old they would full In. I will rnfrain from mnntinnino' ' them, a hint to the wise is sufficient. Why folks, you cannot even imagine hjw many pooplo will como out there, it is fur boyond your imagination, so iously speaking. All one hears is the Lswis nnd Clark Exposition. Portland will offer all tho police pro tuction possible, fur as grafters aro concerned, (a class of professionalsthat . follow a fair, ) but even so they cannot bo kept out entirely, so if you aro not exceedingly cautious more than one man will bo "gold or silver bricked" boforo the fair closes; but misery loves CJmpany you know. For tho unsophie Cited they employ all kinds of schemes. Every other place of business hero is cither a ticket olllco this being a rail road center, jowolry store, and tho jewelers do an immenso business here, or else a restaurant, aside from people living here, the town is crowded con tinually with transients and tho rof tiurants and hotels do a land office business: Not long sinco I beenme acquainted with a New Yorker. During the course of conversation wo mentioned the Ex position, sho told me that ever so many New Yorkers with whom she is per- sonally acquainted will visit the Fair, at the same time Oregon. Many for eigners and perhaps a few (but very few) titled people will come over, be ing the rates are a mere bagatelle, thoy will come with the idea they may capture an American heiress, to pay their obligations and then cast her aside. However with their winning w.iys and pleasant smile, a few brass buttons and silk hat, they will succeed a id carry, not only our American heir e;ses but our American dollars to the other side across the pond. However, there is little necessity for our Oregon girls to become alarmed at such a pro poial, for it takes more than they possess to buy nobility. Sadie Cohen. Portland Doings. Special Correspondence. Portland, -Or., Mar. 30. W. J. Burns, of the United States Secret Service has returned to Portland after an absence of six weeks and again ta ken charge of the gathering of evidence which is to be submitted to the Federal Grand jury when it reconvenes next Tuesday to resume the land fraud in vestigations. "Mr. Heney and I had several con ferences with the President," said Mr, Burns, "concerning the land frauds, I He is very much interested in the in, ve3tigations and told us that he pro posed to have the frauds probed to the bottom, not only in Oregon, but in Washington and other states as well, At the same time he told us that he I wanted to give every man a square ' deal and desired us to use extreme care .' so that no innocent man should be in. : volved. Ho regretted greatly that these frauds had been committed, but hoped that the investigation would pre vent similar frauds in the future. The president is such a strong sympathizer with the west that he takes a great in terest in this matter. "There has been a very great change of sentiment towards Secretary Hitch 111 DUIlUIIllCllIf tUHIUlU UCUlCbaijr i cock. The warmest praise is ' given him nver all the count for his mao-. ...i. i. .... , j.t - , i x i i i 'in mncent stunu in me mnu iruuu investi gations. The feeling which formerly existed against Hitchcock and which has been fostered by persons iinplica-! teU in inO irUUUH WUS BU Strung LUUL , many people were convinced that he was mistaken. Now the truth is be-1 coming known his course is fully vin-. dicated." Mr. Burns has little to lay as to the pending land cases or the approach- ine session of the grand iurv. He de- clined to give any intimation as to the , notnrj nt tVio ovWlon-o voHih la' tn V.o submitted to the jury, which meets at ' 10 o'clock next Tuesday morning and will end with the close of this term o f court, Monday, April 10. When asked concerning the telegram published from Washington ' stating that the validity of his appointment by the president as special government agent to collect information regarding tho Panama railroad was questioned by the auditor of the treasury, General J. L. Bristow last night stated that ho was appointed under the Spooner act, the provisions of which have governed all Pnnama canal transactions and that ho had heard nothing previously re garding the matter. Tho question is of considerable im portance by reason of its bearings on other similar appointments that Presi dent Roosevelt is disposed to make in the carrying on of inquiries into the investigations of various branches of tho public service. If it is decided by tho Attorney-General, that the president cannot appoint a special com missioner unJer the Spooner act, a ser ious handicap will be placed upon the president in carrying forward any special inquiries relating to the public service and particularly to affairs re lating to the Panama. Speaking of the purchase by the government of tho railway stock of the I Panama road, General Bristow stated: "It is a good thing for the government . that all tho railway stock has been pur- j chased, but the government held about 98 per cont of it previously so that the aalo reported will not have muterinl bearing on the situation." General Bristow left last night for Seattle. As the Democrat anticipated the Russian officials who are running tho government into tho ground aro deny- ing that there nre any peace negotiations at all, and there probably aro none. Close obscrvors of tho Russian officials must have had revealed tho fact that they are not built along peaco lines. It is doubtful if they ever sue for pence so long as they have any soldiers left to sacrifice. If it went so far as nego tiations tho demands of Russia would bo so unrcasonablo, considering the whipping she has gotten that nothing woull come of it. Tho Japs might as wull pn cjed on the plan that they will hue to whip Russians for several y;ars. Peace TalK. London, Mar. 31. -Tho St. Peters burg correspondent of tho London Times, cabling late last night, states that lio has been informed on unim peachable authority that both Japan and Kus-iia havo decided upon President R.maevelt M the mediator to whom shall be referred the questions to be decided to bring about peace. The woolen mill should be rebuilt. Portland is full of prospective may- ors. Mr. Heney will soon have hold of the reins. again and the fur will fly. Thi3 life is too short for people to spend it in worrying over the things of it; Mayor Williams will display the best judgment of his life if he will now re tire. This should be a year of rustle for the Willamette Valley. The word de- velope should go all along the line. The Portland papers don't seem to be following the everyday doings of Senator Mitchell with the avidity of former prosperous days. The rest of the world is fixing peace up for Russia and Japan with wonder ful dispatch, but the countries continue to fight as fierce as ever, with few real prospects in favor of peace. On May 6 the practice of having Ore gon hangings in the penitentiary will begin. The Democrat has long been in favor of this, believing that the hanging of a criminal should never be made a conspicuous affair, but as quiet ly carried on as possible. The Oregonian's editorials are very satisfactory to infidels, and, if alive would be thoroughly endorsed by Bob Ingersoll. The Age of Reason and Free Thought would have to rustle, to ' keoD ud with the Oreo-onian An amusing thing about the whole bus iness is the repeated denials of the Oregonian that it is an infidel paper. Albany people generally regret the loss of the woolen mill. During the past seventeen years it has played an ever they have been. This one is par important part in the industrial life of ticularly interesting , on account of a Albany, and, while it has had downs as fight made on the men by the Oregon well as ups, it has been a valuable ian wnose staff of editorial writers Dlant for the citv. It is to be honed u ,! f :b,ii ti, " . . . that the mi" is rebuilt, as we cannot a"ra w 'se so vawawe a manufactur- 1 ing plant. At the recent session of the city council a prominent citizen called the barns on the streets of the city, to the detriment of the appearance of proper- tv generally. There might well be an ordinance requiring all barns to be on tne inside of lots and never on the street. , As was remarked they are a 8ood deal of a nuisance when the door Pe.nB "'reciy out on tne smewam A- C'Vic improvement Will probably be alonB the line suggested. Rockefeller Money. I There has been a big argument whether the American Missionary Board should accept a $100,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller, on account of the notorious methods employed by rt ,,pii u: T. Rockefeller m securing his money. It is the opinion of the Democrat of the Democrat that the money should be accepted and as much more as can be secured from him. i . . . i . it i i i-i- ! Money stanus un iu own uuue, unu uie t manner in which it is secured has noth- ing to do with the manner in which it is used. If a thief was to Dut a $20 piece in a collection box the faet that it wns sourer! in thn commission of a crime would not have anything to do with tho.use afterwards, and it would be just as effective, and this is always true so long as the donee does not be come an actual partner in the commis- of a mock sentiment in matters of this character against using money for good purposes because the manner in which it was obtained may be of a question - ... 11, I , able character, but so long as the donee itself has clean hands the use of it cannot ever be affected by anything that has previously happened to the money in the hands of other people. It is probable that most of the money in circulation has sometime been on the gambling table, and the money stolun from tho Lebanon bank will all be put in circulation, but this has noth - ing to do with the person receiving it. Mjney is a cold stubborn fact absolute- ly clean of Itself from nn abstract standpoint, and so long as the partner- j ship with the evil is not formed there can be no cause for cnticism. IN ALBANY. People Who Come and Go. C. A, Rexford, Harrisburg .Antony, Klein, Salem. Frank" E. Alley, Roseburg. C. D. Fraziur, Portland. A. J. Baker, S. Fritdman, Gervais. J. M. Rice, Portland. E. F. Fay, " Nye Kern, " J. L. Brammcr, Modesto, Cal. J. L. Larsen, Halsev. R. W. Brvan, Buffalo. W. .1. Mulkey, Monmouth, li. E. Lester, Eugene. A. A. Bender and fam., Jordnn. L. Green, Lebanon. "Great wealth has done more to ke p men away from God th m lack of .t." Saturday Niaht Thoughts. The talk about the war this week has been along peace lines. There has been no reliability, though, to reports, and at the close of the week it seems to be a fact, that with all the talk, there is nothing at all in the line of negotiations for peace between the two countries, and the fight will continue fiercer than ever. Japan is in a condi tion to keep things moving, for the money men of the world seem 'willing to loan all the money desired, while Russia is navmg to rustle tor every cent secured. The crowd is with the top dog all right. A new feature in the war will be the siege of Valdivo stox, whick promises to be about as interesting as that of Port Arthur, but it is to be hoped not so wearisome, In national political affairs there is the report that the President will call a special session of congress in October to secure legislation in the matter of better freight rates for the people. It is something that could be done just as well at the regular session later, if at all. The fact is apparent that congress is under the control of the railroads, Nearly every member has practically been bought up. That is, he has been given an unlimited pass over all the important roads, and is therefore just as much in the clutches of the roads as if he had made a bargain with them. Whenever congress makes it a crime for a member to accept a pass from a railroad then some legislation in the interest of the people may be expected, and not until then. In Oregon a great deal of attention is being paid to a big revival being held by a corps of evangelists in Portland, who have been doing a great work in , i. !, tu t v,,. OCClllO W WO lAfllllUOGU Ul lllllUQIO. Atlv meetings have created a great deal, of interest, and are undoubtedly being the means of reforming hundreds of lives. Perhaps some are being warmed over again, but that is always the case. A caSs of men have to be warmed over ' oveijf jrcai lwu, uub uciicom an vx lb men are reached permanently and the community is benefitted and the moral f the community placed on a higher standard than before. Every effort aiong anv i;ne to better the condition 0f the people of the world morally and religiously deserves promotion. One's obiect in life certainlv should be to lift up rather than to drag down, and, yet , there is a class of men so wedded to ' the almighty dollar in the consideration of every subject that they will oppose everything that shall tend to make men honest and frugal in their affairs, They favor gambling because it puts money in circulation, and, might as well favor theft for the same reason, and 80 il eoes. But the best thing is cnurucLer, unu outer uu, me maasea . , i i r, .. 1 1 i-i more and more will come to appreciate the position it is entitled to in the af fairs of the world. . A man at Eugene has ruined his pros- pects for life just for a woman. The most foolish thing in the world is for a man to throw himself away for a woman, or for a woman to throw her- self away for a man, The results as told in human experience never justify the sacrifice. The pleasures of a clean life are inestimably above anything that can be offered by vice. But there is a principle of right above all such thinirs. J A week of sunshine and rain, mixed promiscuously, with enough chill thrwn in to frighten fruit raisers, ! As usual things will undoubtedly come out pretty well, and considerable , troub hJmnA wiu be f ound to have been unnecessary. Some Good Thouhgts. Here are some thoucrhts Rev. Bieder- wolt gave utterance to in Portland: j "A dead fish can go down stream, , but it takes a live one to go up." "I wuld rather see a boy of mine in a dgen, with scorpions, serpents and lolT "a - panion of men who think indecent, smutty stories good to laugh at." "Men, don't be worse than Chinese, They but dwarf the feet of their child ren. Some of you dwarf the souls of yours. "The gambler The man who steals money on the pretext that he runs the risk of losing his own is to me the meanest, lowest, most disreputable and contemptible thing that draws breath .u 7. i as a man on earth. "Gambling bears the same relation to robbery as dueling does to murder, In dueling there are two murderers, instead of one." "You can't help an evil thought en tering your mind, perhaps, but yju don't have to give it a seat there. You cannot stop birds from flying above you, but you can stop them from build ing nests in your hair." "There is a battle here on earth to fight, and it won't bo fuugiit with toy pistols nnd stuffed clubs." MISFITS, The C. &. E. should be extended. The woolen mill should be rebuilt. Everybody wants the woolen mill re built. The rain shortage is being steadily made up. The tongues of Portland candid ates have been tied. The Portland Journal is a great fac tor for good in Oregon. A town doesn't have to be business to be prosperous. open. for Nearly all money has sometime oi other been in pretty bad hands. Albany cannot have too many factor ies from the smallest to the biggest. War news being scarce some fake re porters had the czar committing suicide. The dogs should be on their good be havior. The tax man is on their trail. Please, Mr. Rockefeller, try us on a $100,000 gift and see whether we will take it or not. Don't believe anything that come3 from St. Petersburg, even from Ameri can reporters. Every town and city in Oregon is boast ing about having no vacant houses. That's what counts. . As soon as the chills have rolled away an inventory will be taken of fruit prospects. The hello is a thing of the past in the telephone business. "Number please" , has taken its place. Newspapers are buncoed more than any other institutions, that is, they give something for nothing more. Peace negotiations will now be push- ei by the Japs with vigor and the big- gest guns to be secured, at Vladivostok, This is the opening of the base ball season throughout the U. S. and the fight is on for hundreds of all kinds f pennants. Oregon sportsmen will hold a big shooting tournament in Portland June 22, 23, aud 24. Albany has the shots for a showing. The drummer who kicks at a town because he has failed to make a sale should himself be kicked. Some one has to be left. , t . , . ., ,1 compliance with instructions from The Telegram and Journal of Portland i President Roosevelt, Secretary Taf t are calling eaeh other liars. Both are requested the members of the commis making fools of themselves. iews- 8jon to tender their resignations, papers like other business men shou d Tnia request was promptly complied run their own business and at tendto it. with. The world is big enough for all, According to a correspondent in the Register Eugene with all I its pasted w. extort hv SThS. ful of people, frost for a splendid must cal affair. According to Bookman the most read books during March have been, in the f o llowing order: The Ulanman, uixon. The Masquerader, Thurston. The prospector, Connor. The Millionaire Baby, Green. Beverly of Graustauk, McCutcheson. The Man on the Box, MacGrath. Thomas W. Lawson in an article in the New York World takes an opposite view to the Democrat and would not have Standard Oil money used for any good purpose, so contaminated has it Been with rascality. But the money came from the people, and if they can get some nf it back in an honorable way they had better accept it. The Fishermen Protest. Chinook, Wn. Mar. 31. The fisher men of Chinook andIlwaco are united in the effort to prevent the leasing of Sand Island during the present year as adver tised by the government engineer's office. Under tne present plan the island is to be leased under five sub-divisions, each to the highest bidder on April 3. The fishing season opens April 15, and a protest has been forwarded to Wash ington, signed by all the fishermen at the mouth of the Columbia. Should the leases go into effect it means that more than 100 men who for years have maa'e their living in rivers fishing will be thrown out of occupation. Guano Rock which has withstood the storms of centuries and was the best known sentinel for mariners along the I Pacific Coast standing at the southside ! entrance of the channel leading into Coog Bay harb0r toppled over in the Mt big gale and fell into the sea. The rock was 30 feet square and stood high above sea level. At Harbin. Harbin, Mar. 30. Japanese scouting parties are very active in endeavoring to pierce the screen of thh Rusian van guard posts and develop the disposition and strength of the positions, their at tempts at times verging on the nature of reconnaissances in force. A few Japanese batteries, which have been pushed far forward, occasionally drop shimose shells in unsuspected places. LANDS WITHDRAWN. Caused by Irrigation Projects. Washington, March 30, (Special). The Commissioner of the general land office today ordered the withdrawal from all forms of entrv. township 3. north range 18-19-20 and 21 east in the Walla Walla ana Vancouver land dis tricts and 20 townships in The Dalles all on account of the Umatilla irrigation project. , Helena, March 30. Anaconda, Mis soula, Great Falls and Helena have been flooded with bogus $10 gold pieces. Great Falls police last night arrested two men for counterfieting. In their possession was also a bill of lading for a trunk shipped from Seaitle, which it is believed contains metallic pieces, made of lead and gold plated. London, March 31, (Special.) The Japanese minister states that Japan has announced no terms, and will not do so until Russia makes overtures. St. Petersburg, March 31, (Spe. cial). The American embassy here has no knowledge of President Roose velt going to act as a mediator. Portland, Or. Mar. 31. M.. Vis chienif, civil governor of Port Arthur during the siege is stopping in Portland on his way home to Russia. He states that Stoessel is not in the least a hero in Port Arthur, and that the people of the city were greatly surprised when he surrendered the town to the Japanese as the fortress could have held out many weeks longer. The surrender is looked upon as a disgrace as the Russians were prepared to fight to the last and had provisions and amunitions of war suffici ent to have enabled them to resist the Japanese attacks indefinitely. Undoubtedly a Canard. Paris, Mar. 30. An unconfirmed re Dort from St. Petersburg is published J Emperor Nicholas made an attempt to commit suicide and wounded himself in 1 i the hand. Thf rnmrip further aava Hint. Hip F.m- peror's design was frustrated by the intervention of his mother, the Empress Dowager. The Next Fight. St. Petersburg, Mar. 30. Another duel between the opposing armies in Manchuria may be on the program for cording to the Associated Press Harbin correspondent, are now strongly forti fying their positions at Sipinghai, against which the Japanese are report ed to be gathering in force. To the End. Washington, Mar. 29. Neither Russia nor Japan has - asked President Roosevelt to assist them in ending the war. So far as the Washington Gov ernment is aware. Emperor Nicholas has not yet weakened in his announced decision "to prosecute the war to the bitter end." The Panama Reorganization. Washington, Mar. 29. The first practical step having in view the reor ganization of the Panama Canal Com mission was taken today, when, in with. Th-e Other Side. ST. Petersburg, Mar. 31. Members- M.'S peare SSrngg1 direction of peace, t is without in- imDer- ial sanction and is in realitv onlv an unofficial endeavor to induce Japan to agree to negotiate on the lines of no cessation of territory and no indemnity. Portland Won. Los Angeles, Mar. 30. Portland 6, Los Angeles 5. Read this and smile, ye baseball fans. Laugh out loud, ye nave hoped year after year for a win ning ball team, for that nine has come In their blue uniforms and white stock ings, McCredie's men made a fine ap pearance. IN AND AROUND ALBANY. Several Siletz Indian boys and girls were taken to Chemawa this afternoon. There will be a circus in town April 11. The tent will be pitched in the A. O. U. W. ha.ll. Rev. Jno. Coleman, president of Wil lamette University will preach tomor row morning and evening at the M. E. church. Some interesting letters are being re ceived by Albany friends of Mrs. Lida Hart, now at her home in the Philip pines. A prominent eastern saw mill man with a capital of $50,000 was in the city today looking over the field, for a mill location, going from here to Coquille. C. H, Walker will speak to the Boys Club at the U. P. church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. All are invited. Subject, The Whitman Massacre. A Salvation Army man was in the city collecting an annual thank-offering for the Army, receiving a good many small offerings in Albany. Albany has not had a Salvation Army for several years, on account of a lack of support. J. R. Douglas, superintendent of the Linn county Lewis and Clark exhibit, has been in the city today with the plans for the display. Linn county will have 60x18 feet and 1180 square feet of wall space for a display, which it is proposed to make a creditable one. The famous "Glory Song" that has stirred London and is now stirring Portland, will be sung Sunday evening at the Congregational church by the pastor and his wife. At the same service Prof. Hayes will furnish a vio lin solo and Mrs. Hodges a vocal selec tion. "Money, if correctly used, is all right get all you can. But don't can all you get."