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THE MOKNIJSG OBEGOSTIAK WEIftsESDAY, PEBBTJAKT 20. 3S95.. 9 RED PEPPER WARFARE 3JRILLUXT DBFEXSIVE SCHEMES OF THE CHIAESE. jA. Nation Too Corrupt to Hare an Army and Too Bigoted to ICnoTT Its Helpleaancan. A Tlen-Tsln letter to the New York Times says: At last I am able to -write you an epistle from this distressed country, and though I cannot recount to you any deeds of Chinese arms military ones per haps the state of affairs may interest and amuse you. You know how it has been the fashion to speak of China with hated breath as a sleeping" leviathan, which it was dangerous to stir; how she has been given way to for fear she might close seme source of wealth and profit to the traders: how the over weening: self-conceit of the people has been fostered and sustained by the cringing attitude of all the powers except Russia and Japan. The world owes a debt of gratitude to Japan for having shown so unmistakably on what a pedestal of corruption, barbar ism and ignorance totters the decaying monster which we have hitherto wor shiped as "that great China." No man of Influence in China ever has a isited Europe, and so been able to give a modern tendency to Chinese politics. The Chinamen who go abroad are of low ori gin for the most part, and without any In fluence in China; all they learn is a super ficial knowledge of Western thought and method, combined with an appreciation of more extravagant incdes of living. Re turning to China and attaining to office, though they are excluded as much as pos sible, their extravagant tendencies almost invariably lead them to the most dishon est practices. No Chinese official receives a salary on which he can live, and it is the practice to supplement salaries by embezzlement and "squeezes" up to a certain point fixed by custom. Beyond that point commences offi cial dishonesty In a Chinese sense. Take the case of the Taotai here. He is really a coolie; his salary is but 2000 taels a year, not enough to support the crowd of yatnen runners and secretaries which he is obliged to have, and, to keep up his position, he must take something out of the public funds passing through his hands. It is same wiih the army; the generals have no standing or influence among the oil and educated class, their salaries are utterly Inadequate, and they are expected to Increase their incomes by false returns and embezzling, and do it. The introduction of modern arms, forti fications and railways have been hailed as a fruitful source of peculation by Chinese officials. All the old rifles and ammunition chlch foreign firms could induce them, or rather bribe them, to buy, they have taken. They also hate bought much good stuff in the way of big guns; but even in their purchase the trail of bribery and cor ruption is over them all. There is, however, a work which is pa triotic, and reflects credit on LI Hung Chang, the viceroy. This is the Tlcn-Tsln-Moukden railway. Designed as a strategic railway, to assist the transport of troops to the Russian frontier, it has been made extremely well by the engineers employed. The long bridge at Lanchow, over the river, is a triumph; the foundations had to be sunk 68 feet below the normal water level, and the bridge this year withstood a. flood of 55 feet. Shan-hal-Kuan is a naturally strong po sition, guarding the high road from Peking to Moukden, and the railway. The high ground six miles from the town closes the seven and a half mllps between the moun tains and the sea, but of course the Chinese generals refuse to take advantage of this; their old forts certainly do pro tect the great wall and the town from the sea, but their new camps, mud forts and breastworks are badly placed In .low ground. Von Hanneken wanted the' man darins to build a new fort In a good posi tion, but these worthies decided that It should be built in a hollow, so that the Japanese should not be able to see it un til quite clase. when they would all be killed by the fire from It! All along the railroad from Shan-hal-Kuan, as far as Lanshow, there are numerous good posi tions for delaying an advancing enemy, but these, of course, are useless to the Chinese troops, who openly say they In tend bolting should the Japanese attack Shan-hal-Kuan. Magnificent schemes have been prepared ty thu military manoarins. One is to en gage two determined men, one of whom must be a good swimmer and diver. These heroes, when the Japanese fleet shall an chor off Shan-hai-Kuan, are to go off In a junk with a torpedo, and, while one man engages the enemy In conversation, the diver is to go down, fix the torpedo to the ship's propeller, explode It and escape by twlmmlng. Another scheme is to fill a junk with 5 namlte, covering It o er with fresh vege tables. A devoted hero is to take this alongsMe the flagship, and blow It and himself to jmlthereenb! The rewards for these will be a family pension and the en robllng of ancestors to three generations. Yet another schemi' Is that each soldier shall carry a ba;r of pepper, and at a given s gnal -Jirow It in the air, and. while the enemy is bllndM and sneezing, the valiant Chinaman will slaughter the helpless Japs. It is assumed, of course, that the Japanese w.ll time their attack so that the wind may be right for this, and also that the Ch'namen will stand within pepper range! Newspapers In China assert that there ae i,O0O men at Shan-hai-Wuan. I made a careful estlmite, confirmed on good au- tiont, but there are not more than 12.000 to lC.OOO men there. The guns In the per roarent forts are manned by Infantry and a "camp" or battalion of the latter con fined of 12G men with rifles. SS with ban rcrs and 309 -carrying baggage. Assuming nil battalions to be similarly made up, we set about 3603 rifles. 2150 banners and 5500 sol3lers carrying baggage. A good many men have gone beyond the great wall, toward Kin-chou; the Chinese estimate the number at 15.000. but you can safely knock eff 75 per cent. Strenuous eforts are being made to enlist recruits from the coolies, and many of the railway men have been taken. The bounty Is 150 cash, and 1 &aw 1(0 of these recruits at Tongshang station the other day. and a more miserable lot of ruffians could not be imagined. If Jt was possible to properly arm these fellows and give them any kind of train ing there is still a tctal absence of disci pline. So bad is it that the officers have given up visiting their men in some of the camps near Taku, or asking them to do any duty at all. The soldiers behave with the utmost license and brutality to the country people. In Manchuria they robbed everybody and everything, and ravished the women. An Englishman told me he saw some soldiers ravishing a girl of C years old outside Pe king a week ago. Here they walk Into the eating-houses, take what they want and refuse to pay. As for respect to their officers, it does not exist The other morning a troop train was starting for Shan-hal-Kuan. A first class carriage had been put on for the offi cers, but thes. coming late, found it oc cupied by soldiers, who. on being told to get out. said: "No; we are quite com fortable here, and don't intend to move." Thus the officers had to travel In an open ctal truck, with the baggage! "What can ou expect, however, from the men, when, they are paid most Irregularly, and their scanty pittance is "squeezed" as much as assible by the mandarin who is in charge? Rumors of a Japanese landing either r.ortli or south of Taku have been persist ent for the last fortnight, and the agony cf suspense has induced the Chinese to try to gather Information. This is how it is dc:.-. One af the directors of the railway crdrred the station master at Lanohow to fend two coolie down to the seashore to look for the Japanese. Again, a Chinese torpedo-boat was sent out front Taku a tev. das ago to reconnolter. but only went t'iJe a little, and then the captain re turned in a hurry, saying he had seen four Japanese torpedo-boats and & huge column of smoke off the bar; this was a pure in vention, but the Intelligence had the effect of causing the respectable natives in Taku to leave the place and 400 soldiers to quit ineir camp, xne latter were quite pome; told their officers that it was no place for them, now that the Japanese were coming, and so they were off. When first there was any idea of a landing about Shan-hal-Kuan, Von Hanneken wanted the generals to have cavalry patrols along the seashore, but they would have none of it! I had almost forgotten to tell you about Taotai Sheng. The steamship Fel-Chln? in crossing the bar ran Into and damaged a torpedo. Sheng made a complaint against the captain for damaging one of the contact torpedoes laid in defense of Taku. Useful tcrpedces! This Is the same gentleman who made a corner in rice, and were 4t not that the season is unusually open there would not be enough rice for the soldiers for the southern provinces. I was at Port Arthur a week after its capture. When I was there I saw Chinese soldiers working as coolies for the Japan ese and dragging guns up the hills. The captors said many of the soldiers who had fled were coming in to be employed; the civil population was bringing in pro- visions and had reopened the Chinese the ater for their amusement. Before bolting, the Chinese Jroops killed their wounded, and they also tortured to death some of their prisoners. The exasperation of the Japanese at the sight of the mangled bodies is quite Intelligible, and their giv ing no quarter was justifiable. This ac counts for the 2000 Chinamen killed. Taotai Kung, who was a great man at Port Arthur, and escaped from there dur ing the fighting to do him justice, he is not a military official, but a civil one has a lovely theory to account for the success of the Japanese. He says the latter did "not fight like men at all; the Chinese sol diers were all standing up ready to receive them, but the Japs separated into small bodies, in on a few yards, then lay down; then got up and advanced, and lay down before they could be fired at. What could Chinamen do against such Idiots as these? Besides, they fought so unfairly; they got into one of the end forts, and actually turned the guns on the Chinese soldiers! It is most unfair! The guns were never meant to do that!" Delicious idea of tac tics, is it not? The ordinary Chinamen here are divided into two parties. One contends that Port Arthur has not yet been taken by the Jap anese, and that It Is Impossible for them to do so. The other says the viceroy Is now really angry with the Japanese, and they had better look out. Also, In order to pre vent useless slaughter of Chinamen, he has ordered the soldiers to run away in future! Onewould have thought this order slightly superfluous, for the army of China at pres ent goes rather more quickly than a china dinner service! Hitherto the attaches to the Chinese army have not been able to see the fight ing. The Tsung-Li Yamen says it is de lighted that these officers should be in China, but that they must not go near the soldiers, who are only recruits, and who do not know one foreigner from another, and would kill them at the first opportunity. There is reason in this, for a German offi cer, who for years has been training the Chinese troops, has more than once had to ride for his life from his own men. A Chi naman, and an educated one. too, thus summed up the war the other day: "All the foreign peoples are rebelling against the emperor; all the foreign peo ples too much strong, China too much weak; so what can do? China must pay." Allowing China GCO.OOO.OOO inhabitants, and out of these, if they have any knowl edge that there is .a war, S39.995.000 will tell you that the enemy Is a "foreign devil," but what sort of a "foreign devil," he does not know. As soldiers have been drawn from all parts of the empire, many of whom have never even seen a "foreign devil," It is hardly surprising if the hatred of the foreigners should find a vent among these ruffians by indiscriminate murder. IN THE COMMONS. Payment of thi Aivard of the Beltr ine Sea. Tribunal Expected. LONDON, Feb. 19. In the house or com mons today, replying to questions. Under Foreign Secretary Grey said he had reason to believe that the present American con gress would vote money for the payment of the award of the Behring sea tribunal as a compensation to Canadian sealers. Also that an agreement existed between Russia and the United States regarding sealing vln the North Pacific ocean similar to that existing between Russia and Eng land. Arnold Morley, postmaster-general, in answer to a question on the subject, said It was a fact that, while British mails, carried by German and American steam ers from Southampton to New York, were paid the postal union rate of 1 shilling 9 pence per pound, the Liverpool mail steam ers, calling at Queenstown and bound to sail on fixed dates, received 3 shillings pes' pound for carrying the malls. Press Comment. LONDON. Feb. 19. The Daily News to morrow will comment as follows on the results of the divisions in the house of commons last n'ght: "We need scarcely say that there is not the slightest truth In the rumors which connected the cabinet with the divisions." Vnublc to AKr.ee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. A committee of the employes of the Southern Railway Company, which has been In session in Washington nearly a week, has been un able to come to an agreement with repre sentatives of the railway company Jn the matter of an increase of wages demanded by the men. and the grand chiefs of va rious tra'nmen's brotherhoods have been summoned to adjust the matter if pos sible. They are expected to arrive to night. The- DuuheNK of MontroHe "Will. LONDON. Feb. 19. The will of the Duchess of Montrose, which was made public yesterday, disposes of an estate with a gross value of 181.326. It directs that her stud go to her son, and that her jewels be sold. Of the proceeds from the sale, 2009 will be given to the poor of East London. Gtollttl to Return to Itnly. ROME. Feb. 19. Signor Giollttl. who was recently summoned to appear to an swer to a charge of slandering Premier Crispl. will return to Italy tomorrow, and will be examined by-a magistrate In this city February 23. The- Kbetlive Married HIk Slave. CAIRO. Feb. 19. The khedlve signed a marriage contract with his favorite slave today in the presence of the Egyptian ministers. This act constitutes a mar riage to the slave. There was no public ceremony. m The Colliery- Fire. ASHLAND, Pa.. Feb. 39. After 21 hours continuous labor workmen fighting the flames at West Bear Ridge colliery, where Ave men were killed and seven Injured by the explosion of gas yesterday, succeeded in quenching the fire. An Anti-Oleo BUI. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 19. The anti oleomargarine bill was on in the house to day, hot. fast and furious. It was finally passed. If it become law, it will suppress a big Industry in Nebraska. On Eastern Trnckw. At New Orleans Six furlongs. Billy White, in lSSfc: five and a half furlongs, St. Pancras, in 1:30; seven furlongs. Foot runner, in l:!; five furlongs. Ktndora, In 1:12; six furlongs. Bob Holman, in 2:2$4. m Wealthy Stockbreeder. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 19. Colonel RfVert Papper. a wealthy stockbreeder, -nd owner of the famous stallion Onward, died today of Brlghfs disease. Irvine Quite III. LONDON, Feb. 10. -- Henry Irving Is severely Indisposed, bavins Influenza. PRUNING, SPRAIIIG SUGGESTIONS AS TO TREATMENT OF TREES IX FEBRUARY. Active Orchard Work Should Xovr Begrin and Be Stendily Kept Up. The feeling of spring in the air calls to mind that all the buds will soon1 burst and leafage and bloom put forth the lux uriance that nature pours upon the beau tiful springtime. Already the snowdrops peep lovingly through the rifts of fallen leaves in my door-yard to tell of com ing warmth and sunshine, and this re minds me that It is full time for fruit growers to be spraying with the washes and solutions that shall clean their dor mant trees of pest and fungi, and give them power to produce luscious fruits. If trees have not been pruned up to this time, and spraying is necessary for the destruction of pests and fungi, the spray ing had best be taken In hand first, as it is possible we may have warm weather to cause buds to burst, and the spray needed for dormant trees is too strong to use after the buds open, as it will de stroy tender foliage. I was in California last spring and learned from Henry Mar tin, a well-known orchardist at San Lorenzo, that he used the salt, sulphur and lime spray, with excellent effect to save his Winter Nellis pears from scab, as well as from live pests. He was the only man In that section who had Win ter Nellis pears in perfection, and for three years had proved the efficacy of this remedy. I remember that tor sev eral years past I have explained that Mr. Emll Sbanno, the active commissioner for that district, has used salt, sulphur and lime successfully, to spray against the San Jose scale, that had become a fear ful plague at The Dalles, where he lives. That wicked (?) horticulturist who 6hares the righteous indignation of the $9000 ring with myself, also has successfully used this solution with excellent effect. Dr. J. Refolds, of Salem, who is the most ad vanced horticulturist In this vicinity, and grows the best of fruit of all sorts with out any help from the state of Oregon, succeeds In making lime, sulphur and salt destroy the moss on his apple trees, the fungi on all his fruit trees, also the various insects that have annoyed him in the past, are destroyed by the use of this simple but effective remedy. The ingredients of this spray are: Un slacked lime, 20 pounds; powdered sulphur 20 pounds: and ordinary stock salt, 15 pounds; to be used with 60 gallons of water. The way they prepare It Is to place 10 pounds of lime and 20 pounds of powdered sulphur in an iron kettle, with 20 gallons of water, and boll in a lively way for at least two hours, or until the sulphur Is all dissolved. Then put the other 20 pounds of lime In a barrel, or large tub that will hold all, and water enough to slack all the lime, then, when dissolved, add the salt, and water enough to make the CO gallons. The prescription maker says It must be applied luke warm, but that is not so easily done. If you have a sled to haul it about the orchard on, and work rather lively, you may be able to get it on before it gets really cold, but in a wintry sort of a day, such as wc have when the trees are dormant, the solution won't reach the tree In a very warm state after being reduced to a spray and passing through the chill air. It might be possible to make this more deadly by adding bluestone to it, but those who know say lime, sulphur and salt answer all necessary purpose. There are summer remedies to use when foliage is out that will not prove hurtful to tender vegetation. Dr. Reynolds says his apples are excellent, scarce 2 per cent scabby or wormy, but, to make sure, one or two applications of the. Bordeaux -mixture In a "weak state; during the growing season, will reduce matters to certainty. So much good Is accomplished by the- use of this spray that no one can afford to neglect it. There is not a tree it will not benefit, an some way, either by killing pests, or removing moss, or destroying the spores of scab, mildew, blight or re moving the cause, if it exists on the tree or shrub. Last year many orchards of silver prunes were ruined by the decay of the fruit when trees were loaded with It. It looked somewhat as if this was due to the over bearing of the trees, and because the fruit hung m immense clusters, but my own trees had been thus loaded, without such sudden decay, in years gone, and Colonel Shaw, one of the most active horticultur ists at Vancouver, showed me single fruit rotting by itself on his silver prune trees. So great was this loss In Umpqua valley that A. Riddle & Son, as well as John Hall, scarce saved any, each losing tens of thousands of pounds of cured fruit, or that would have made tens of thou sands of pounds could It have been cured; so we rather reluctantly concluded that it must be the decay was due to a fun gus, especially as the same was preceded by a red spot that seemed fatal. At my suggestion some affected fruit was sent to the secretary of the board, but he either had not time to attend to it or did not know how. It would have been better to have sent it to the experiment station at Corvallis, where they have science, as well as sense. As no conclusion was come to on this Important matter for it was of Import ance, as Douglas county lost 100,000 pounds of silver prunes thereby I consulted my friend, C. E. Hosklns, of Newberg or near there who has never been obliged to attend the state's horticultural kinder garten, but goes It alone manfully, and Cy told me it was probably fungus. He remembered that the wild plums of the wild West when he was a boy some years were lost by decay of the trees. Especially the light-colored ones went that way. He felt certain it was something of a fungus nature that made such wreck of silver prunes. It was not only silver. In the Umpqua, for In some places the Italians had a slight touch of the same complaint. A. Riddle & Son lost a great crop of Hungarian prunes they were about to ship green to Portland, when they found they were rotting on the trees. Under these circumstances, it, will be well enough for people to spray "their entire orchards with the lime, sulphur and salt wash, as a healthy compound for the tree, and the lime is very excellent for the soil. Pruning should be done now. If not done before. Some object to cutting the tree too early, as it may leave dead wood If cut in the fall or early winter; whereas, if cut back now. it Immediately heals and leaves no scar. It is important to hurry It, so that the work will be finished before the bloom buds open. I have thought trees received harm if pruned too late. Let me say, the object of pruning a young tree is to give it body and form. You prune an older, bearing- tree, to have It possess symmetry and have wood to pro duce fruit, to keep it from towering too high or bending too low. A man who has Instinct in these things will catch on to all there Is to learn and to do. while one who may not be so quick can still master the science of horticulture with a little patience and a good deal of perseverance and reading the experiment station bul letins. Another matter of Importance in winter time is to supply to your trees something to encourage them In well-doing. After the roots of a tree have pumped the virtue out of the soil for twenty years it may be necessary to replace In It some of thelost ingredients. Barnyard manure com bines all the excellence that the soil needs for its recuperation, and many a time it goes to waste for want of use. The time is gone by when the old Oregon farmer moved his barn to get away from the manure heaps, but still there are some who do not fully appreciate the good that the barnyard waste can do his farm. If the ground is rew. just re deemed from woods or brush. It will need no stimulant; but If you are planting orchard on some old, worn-out field. It must be -enriched to enable the land to do well; or underdralned to enable the roots of the tree to reach down after newc and deeper solL It is worth more to a man to have his orchard well underdralned, If on clay land, steep hill, or level prairie, than many have an idea of. Instead of having only a few Inches of surface soil to feed on, your trees will have three feet of deep, mellow and life-giving soil. It is safe to say that underdrainlng will last longer than you will, and that it will act ually repay the cost of putting it In every year thereafter. If well done it equalizes condition of heat and cold, of wet and drouth, and will give you insurance of good crops to the greatest extent that is possible. It will enrich the soil, enrich the fruit, yes and enrich you. S. A. CLARKE. Suffer ins: From Nicotine Poisoning-. MASSILON, O.. Feb. 19. President Mc Brlde, of the American Federation of La bor, has been ordered to go to Hot Springs for his health. He Is suffering from nico tine poisoning, caused by smoking when he had a cold sore. o The Drayton Divorce Salt. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 19. Chancellor McGlll today dismissed the rule to show cause why defendant in the Coleman Drayton divorce case should not be per mitted to amend her answer. President of the Collejre of SnrscouH. LONDON, Feb. 19. Dr. Hulke, presi dent of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, is dead. o Colonel J. P. Mnrtin Dead. CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-Col. J. P. Martin, adjutant-general of the department of Missouri, died today of kidney disease. Another Elbe Victim. LONDON, Feb. 19. Another Elbe victim, picked up at Deal last evening, is sup. posed to be A. Heckman. A Ship on Rollers. M. Bazin, a French civil engineer, is in a fair way to overthrow the old adage that "there is nothing new under the sun" by an invention intended to com pletely revolutionize shipbuilding. M. Bazin breaks altogether with the estab lished form of ships. His vessel consists of a largo platform, supported by im mense hollow rollers, whose buoyancy Is to keep it above water. The rollers are not only intended to hold the ship in the air, but will also be used to propel her. Bazin has not been satisfied with drawing his plans on paper, which is proverbially patient. He has already made some trials with a model of his Invention. His model is over five meters long, and the experi ments, which were made on a lake near Paris, gave such astonishing results that Bazin is now getting a "roller-ship" built which will be used for further trials In the British channel. The new model is 25 meters long, has a beam of 11.8 meters and rollers of 8 meters diameter. The con struction of a large ocean steamer of this type is projected. It will be 130 meters long and have rollers of 22 meters. The inventor hopes to attain a speed of 32 nau tical miles with his vessel, and claims that It will be much safer than the ships now in use. That he is not, regarded in France as a mere dreamer Is proved by an article In La Marine de France, in which Admiral Coulombeaud discusses the invention. However, the circular Russian ironclads, the popowkas, were also at first regarded as a great advance, but their feme did not last long. m "Back!" she cried wildly, and in a voice hoarse with emotion. "Back, sir, back!" 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Sold by druggists everywhere or sent by mall. CARTER. MEDICIXE CO., Sen- Yorlc. Smal Pill Small Dose. Sma'l Price. The Original St Genuine fWOECKSTERSHIKB) SAUCE Imparts the most delicious taste and zret to Hot & Cold meats GRAVIES, SALADS, SOUPS, game; FISH, and "Welsliv Rarohlta. BEWARE OF ,'JViITATIONS, lake Hone but Lea & Perrins. Signainre ca every bottle of original & genuine. -Tolm Duncan's Sons, New Tfork praows Brome-Gaieri. Bnleaild curatiTO arent for If erroas cr Sick rraoasas, aitun unaomoE, bleepteKnesx, Lspecial cr genera enraleii;alofor Eb-Tr pepsia. Ana-mitt. Antidote for Alcoholic nndc&crexcecsea. .Pnes, 10. 3 and W cents. 4?erT9cent. THE ARNOLD CHEMICAL CO. I ! 61 S. Veslern Avenue. CHICAGO. hold by All Drajrsists. ?. 'r . WHI Mill It. -X. ' --- ftsg' fax fw5 ifi t&&&&!rf Cs2l & JJ-SS )Z7Ph. J. f sizzz&y ,w . sgwg, . LJ 1 ImP X-zFu3i jfilmSi TRAVELER'S GUITJE. Railroads. iVfPj TratasUaT and ar dne to arrtv at PortUa-fc LEAVE FKOU JAX. L 1S1 ARRIVB f OVERLAID Express"! I baleai. Roiebnnr Ann. I I 6:15 jilM,ua-Si3lalnea,0atV M S:20 Ail 1 1 uau f ikicuku, .AMave, 1 . 1 jjui -angles. x.i raso. ( 8 SO A2lHosebnrg and way stations! 4:33 Pil ,. .. I v,a oiwourn tor iui I Datlr I AuseL fellverton. Wen Pally rxcoDt i ncio. 11 ro vrnnvt lie. ft excoJ (outlay. lapnnctibid and Jn'atron J Mindav. 17:30 AMlCorvaluand way n.a.lomh 5:iif'.M :U PStlMcMlanviiie. way stUon': 8:25a It Daily. iDaily except Sunday. DIKING CUtS OX OGDEX ROUTE. PULLMAX BUFFET SLEEPERS AND .2ESND-CLASS SLEEPING CARS ATTACHED TO ALL THROUGH TRAINS. Through Ticket Office. 134 First street, where through tickets to all points in the Eastern States. Canada and Europe can be obtained at . 2SllUale Xrom J B- K1RKLAND. TICKET AGENT. All the above trains arrive and depart from Grand Central Station. Fifth and I streets. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenser Depot, foot ot Jefferson street. Leave for OSWEGO (week days) at 6:00. 7:20, 10:lo A. M.. 12:15. 1:55. 5:15. 0:30. S P. M.. and at 11:30 p. jj. (on Saturday only). Arrive at Portland 7:10. S:30. 11:25 A. M., 1:30, 4:15, 6:20, 7:40, 9:05 P. M. Leave for SHERIDAN (week days) at 4:30 P. M. Arrive at Portland 0:30 A. II. Leave for AIRLIE Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 0:40 A- M. Arrive at Portland Tues day. Thursday and Saturda;- at 3:03 P. M. Suntiay trains for OSWEGO leave at 7:30. 0:00. 11:00 A. M.. 12:40. 2:00. 3:30, 5:00. 6:30 P. M. Arrive at Portland at S:40. 10:30 A. M., 12:15. 1:50, S:15, 4:45, 0:30. 7:55 P. M. Ferry connects with all trains for Sellwood. R. KOEHLER. Manager. E. P. ROGERS. Asst. Gen. F. & P. Agt. FOR ALIi POINTS EAST. LE1YB I DEfOT firm MP I ST3. 1KK1VK Th Fnat MalL vrt Euntincton, Salt'. LakcOmahn orKan-1 sas City, or via fepo- I kane. UinueapolW .' 70 P.M. Sally 3:00 A. L Dally ana St. i'aui. witu through sorvica to .Eastern cities. Ifor Pendleton. La Qrande,Baker City. Walla Walla. Dar. 7:00P.M. Daily 3:00 A. '.L ton. Colfax. Pull Daily man. Moscow and Idaho mlninspcints. l.OC-nl .UlXMl ' Til n 8:0OA.M Ex.5Bdajr for Hood Klvor. Tho Dalles and interme mOOP.M. Ex.3liliT diate stations. Through Pullman Sleepers, Tourist Sleepers and Reclinins - Chair Cars are attached to through trains. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULES Columliln River Route. Two-boat daily service for Astoria and way points. T. J. Potter leaves Portland 7 A. M., .except Sunday; leaves Astoria 7 P. M., except Sunday. R. R. Thompson leaves Portland S P. M.. ex cept Sunday; leaves Astoria 6:45 A. M., except Sunday. On Saturday nights the R. R. Thompson will leave Portland at 10 o'clock. "Willamette River Route. Steamers Modoc, and Hoag. for Oregon City, Salem. Corvallis and way points, Sundays. Tues days. Thursdays and Saturdays at 0 A. M. Re turn from Corvallis following day at 8:30 A. M.. lying in Salem all night, leaving for Portland at 0 A. M., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Ynmhlll River Route. Steamer Salem, for Oregon City, Dayton, Mc Minnville and way stations, Mondays. Wednes days and Fridays at 7 A. M. Return the follow ing days. Snake River Route. Leave PJparia 10:30 A. M., Mondays and Fri days. Leave Lewiston 10 A. M., Sundays and Wednesdays. Ocean Route. Steamship State of California, for San Fran cisco, at 8 P. M., January 23. February 2, 12, Steamship Columbia, for San Francisco, at 8 P. M.. January 28; February 7. 17. 27. Steamships sail from San Francisco at 10 A. M. the day following departure from Portland. Ocean steamers sail from Alnsworth dock. All river steamers depart from Ash - street dock. For all information, rates, etc., call at city office, corner Washington and Third sts., or ad dress W. II. HURLBURT, General Passenger Agentr E. McNEILL, Receiver and General Man., Portland, Or. fAOFIKg LOW RATES BEST SERVICE TO AND FROM ALL POINTS EAST. GREATLT REDUCED RATES. TO AND FROM EUROPE. For Information apply to ALLAN CAMERON. 146 First Street, Portland, Or. Steamers. STMR. TELEPHONE FOR ASTORIA. Columbia River & Puget Sound Navigation Cot Alder-street Dock. Telephone No. 351. fciBXvS Leaves Portland dally, except Sunday, 7. A. M. Leaves Astoria daily, except Sunday. 7 P. M. OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY Coolgardie Gold Fields (Freemantle), Australia. $230. first-class; $125, steerage. Round th world. $010. 1st; ?350. 2d. Lowest rates to Cape Town. Steamship Mariposa sails, via Honolulu and Auckland. 2 P. M-, March 7; steamer Australia. Honolulu only. March 12. 10 A. M. Cook's parties to Honolulu. Feb. 16. April 4; re duced excursion rates. Ticket 8iee, 134 First St.. Portland. Or. J. B. Xirkland, Ticket Agent. J. D. SprecUels & Bros. Co.. General Agents. 7& Montgomery sc San Francisco. Send for Round the World folder. VANCOUVER TRANSPORTATION CO. STEAMER UNDLXE. Captain Charles T. Kacc leaves Vancouver at 8:30 A. M. and 1 P. M. Leaves Portland at 10:30 A. M. and 4 -JO P. M.. Sundays excepted. For freight or passage apply on board at foot ot Taylor street. Fare. 25c. round trip. and VIA (Slassnl-!1 SOUTH S ra&OMM TRAVELER'S GUIDE. Railroads. ITtrM's Eclcrul lk. THROUGH TICKET3 THROUGH TICKETS TO THE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. EAST AND SOUTHEAST. VIA THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. VIA THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. Through Pullman Palaca Sleepers. Tourist Sley era and Free Reclining Chair Cars. DAILY TO CHICAGO. DAILY TO CHICAGO. CITY TICKET OFFICE. 133 THIRD ST.. COR. ALDER. PORTLAND R. W. BAXTER. B. S. VAN KURAN. Gen. Agent. City Pass. & T. Act. ROM-8LU1T TRACKND DOST SHORT LINE EAST The Great Northern owns and operates Its en tire equipment. Its Palace Sleeping Cars, at tached to O. R & N. trains, leava Portland every evening at 7 o'clock. Direct route to Spokane. Kootenai country. Flathsad Valley, Montana points, St. Paul. Minneapolis. Chicago and Hast. For tickets, printed mat'er and ether Infor mation, apply to C. C. Donavan. General Agent. 1115 Third St.. Portland, or address F. I, Whlr ney. G. P. & T. A.. St. Paul. Mnn Clijjpcr Ships. SUTTON & CO.'S DISPATCH LINE CF CUPPER SHIPS FROM NEW YORK TO PORTLAND. OR.. DIRECT. The well-known Al Clipper Ship "George Curtis," Sproule master. U now on brth. as above, and rapidly receiving vargo. Wilt have very prompt dispatcn. For freight and all particulars apply to SUTTON & CO.. S2 South St.. New YcrSc. or to SUTTON & BEEEE. Agents, 1C North Front St., Portland. Oregon. THE FKL-3TIP:L, Hi BUILOli lit DIRECTORY OP OCCUPAXTS. Rooms. ARISTOS SOCIAL CLUB 211. 212. 213. 214 ASSOCIATED PRESS. E. L. Powell. Man ager 808 BARBER, DR. S. J.. Dentist 60S-603 BECKWITH. H.. Route. Agent Pacitic Ex press Company ...201 BELL, DR. J. F.. Physician and Surgeon. 711-712 BINSWANGER, DR. O. S.. Physican and Surgeon 411-413 BROWN BROS. CO., "Continental Nurser ies" 612-613-614 BLANDFORD, S. M.. U. S. Weather Bu reau 009 BUILDERS' EXCHANGE 800 CATLIN. W. W., Receiver Oregon National Bank 303-300 CAUKIN. G. E., District Agent Travelers' Insurance Co 700 CARDWELL. DR. HERBERT W.. Physi cian 703 CARDWELL. DR. J. R.. Dentist.. .SOS-SOO-810 CHAPPELL BROWNE. P.. Architect 700 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE CO 600 CUMMING. DR. WM.. Dentist 403-409 DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714 DRAKE. DR. II. B.. Thyslclan 512-313-514 EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCI ETY. J. B. Wrangham. Cashier 509-510-311 EVENING TELEGRAM 323 Alder St. FENTON. DR. J. D.. Physician and Sur geon 303 FENTON, DR. HICKS C, Physican and Surgeon 303 FENTON & FENTON. DRS.. Surgeons.308-310 FENTON. DR. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 3302 FERRIS. DR. FRANK E.. Dentist 311-312 GIESY. DR. A. J.. Physician 710 GIESY & CARDWELL. Dr3.. Physiolans...7CU GODDARD. E. C. & CO.. footwear, ground floor ., 129 Sixth st. GRAVES. DR. J. L.. Dentist 80I-S03 HELMBOLD. R. P.. Special Agent Manhat tan Life 203 MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Physician and Sur geon 701-705 MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Physician and Sur geon 701-702-703 MORRIS. U. C. Secretary and Manager Brown Bros. Co 14 MOBSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 512-513-514 MANHATTAN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. of New York, ST E. Mulford. Manager.20S-203-210 ' McELROY. DR. J. G.. Physician and Sur geon 701-702-703 McMILLAN. N.. Real Estate Loans S01 McGUIRE. H. D.. State Fish and Game Pro tector Sit MILLER. DR. H. C Dentist 408-409 MULFORD, S. E.. Manager Manhattan Life - 203-209-210 McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer and Typewriter 206 OREGON NATIONAL BANK. W. W. Cat lift. Receiver 305-303 PACIFIC BANKER AND INVESTOR. L. Stagge. Editor S03 PAGUE & BLANDFORD. Attorneys - at - Law 717 REED & MALCOLM. Opticians, ground floor 133 Sixth st. RIGGS. DR. J. O.. Dentist 603 ROBERTS. A.. Merchant Tailor 131 Sixth st. REID. JR.. K- K-. Special Agent Equitable Life 511 SAMUEL. L.. Special Agent Equitable LIfeJ5ll SCHMIDT & ROBLIN, Genoral Agency. ,303 STOLTE. CHARLES EDWARD 803 STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law..61C-617-618. STUART & YOUNG. Attorneys-at-Law.... 610-617-618 STEVENSON. W. R.. and HELMBOLD. R. P.. State Agents Manhattan Life...20S-209-210 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE V2C3 THE FAIRFAX-GREENE PLVNO STUDIO 203 TIMMS. MISS EDNA D., Portrait Artist....S02 TUCKER. DR. GEO. F., Dentist 010-011 U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 007-9C8-909 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Physician and Surgeon 304-303 WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Physician. 507-503 WRANGHAM. J. B.. Cashier Equitable.. 309 WHITING. DR. S.. Physician and Surgeon 501-503 WOOD. DR. JAMES B.. Physician and Sur geon 312-313 WOOD. DR. W. L., Physician 413-414 YOUNG. GEO. D.. Attorney-at-Law.OlC-017-613 A few more eleKtint offices may he hail ly applying: to Portia nil Trust Company, of Fortlntwl, Oregon, iai Firat street, or to the rent clerk. In tUU hull dins. union PACincf w