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THE MO'UNltfG OKEUOitflAtf, SATURDAY, MAKOH 17, 1900.
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(Copyright. 1000. by
THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE:
BIOGRAPHICAL
STUDIES FOR GIRLS
BY CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JORDAN.
V. SAIIAH KE31BLQ SIDDONS.
(1755-1831.)
Sir Joshua Reynolds magnificent portrait
of Mrs. Slddons as "The Tragic Muse" Is
Interesting aside from Its artistic value,
because It recalls the gallantry of the
painter and the personality of his subject.
"When the great actress came to Sir Josh
ua's studio he took ber by the hand and
ceremoniously escorted her to the place
generally occupied by bis sitters, saying:
"Ascend your undisputed throne and gra
olously bestow upon me some good Idea
of the Tragic Muse." Mrs. Slddons com
piled with bis request with such easy
grace that the delighted artist seized his
palette, and imploring her not to change
her first attitude painted her as we see
her today. Sr Joshua Reynolds seldom
signed his pictures, but In this Instance
be painted It upon the border of the robe
of the Tragic Muse, and Justified his ex
ceptional act to Mrs. Slddons by exclaim
ing: "I could not resist the opportunity
of sending my name down to posterity on
the hem of your garment."
In striking contrast to the social and
professional adultatlon of ber maturer
years was the early life of Sarah Kemble.
Daughter of Roger Kemble, manager of a
company of strolling players, she was born
at the "Shoulder of Mutton," an inn at
Brecknock, South "Wales. Notwithstand
ing his bumble vocation, Roger Kemble
was well bred and of unquestioned integ
rity, ingeniously described by his wife as
"the only gentleman Falstaff that I have
ever seen." Mrs. Kemble, also of play
going extraction, gave to her daughter
Sarah, her striking beauty, her supple and
majestic figure, together with educational
advantages, especially in music, far be
yond her lowly station. As a child Sarah
was forced to follow the family voca
tion and strive after that Intrepid self
confidence which she gained with great
difficulty in her maturity.
At 17 a mutual attachment sprung up
between Sarah Kemble and a Mr. Slddons,
an Indifferent actor In ber father's com
pany of Itinerants. This attachment met
with the stern disapproval of the imperi
ous Mrs. Kemble, who hastily exiled ber
daughter to the companionship of a coun
try family. Thereupon the disconsolate
SIddon6 "dropped off Into poetry" and sang
to a sympathetic audience a metrical ac
count of the banishment of Phyllis from
the company of ber bewailing Colin. Mr.
and Mrs. Kemble. although greatly exas
perated by these personal allusions, final
ly consented to the marriage at Coven
try. "With the exception of his Ill-judged
poetical ebullition of bad taste, Mr. Sld
dons proved to be In every way commend
ablea model husband, a devoted father,
a satisfactory actor and an obliging
cipher In the household of genius.
Immediately after their marriage young
Mr. and Mrs. Slddons began acting at
Cheltenham and attracted the favorable
criticism of the aristocratic families of
the neighborhood. In some ways this
patronage, friendly and encouraging
though it was, proved of doubtful advan
tage to the debutante, for It induced Gar
rick to invite her to act at Drury Lane,
where her Immaturity caused Inevitable
failure and mortification. Ill-dressed,
frightened, frequently Inaudible, ber Por
tia drew down such unfavorable comment
upon the management that she was curtly
and unexpectedly dismissed.
But the hereditary tendencies of four
generations of actors were not to be
downed by this sudden blight. "With her
husband and two children Mrs. Slddons
now returned to the provinces," where for
six years she played, chiefly at York and
Bath. This period of disciplinary training,
oftentimes necessitating disagreeable or
subordinate parts and dally exhaustive
Journeys, caused her. nevertheless, con
stantly to rally her forces and make ev
ery effort tell In reacblng that higher
plane upon which she eventually stood as
an unsurpassed actress.
In 17S2 Mrs. Slddons received from the
new management of Drury Lane, an offer
of a three years' engagement. For the
sake of her three children she agreed to
reappear upon the stage from which she
bad been so summarily dismissed. "With
many misgivings lest her voice might not
prove strong enough to efface the Impres
sions of her former failure, she dragged
through a memorable fortnight of nerv
ous rehearsals, and finally appeared with
her beautiful S-year-old boy In Southerne's
tragedy of "Isella." Her success was
Instantaneous and indisputable, only sec
ond to Garrick's Incomparable first night.
Garrlck had retired from the stage shortly
after acting as Shylock to Mrs. S'ddons
(discreditable Portia. Rumor said that
her early dismissal had been largely due
to Garrick's Irritation over her uninten
tional blunder In making him act one ot
his favorite passages with his back to the
audience, a mortification which it was d'f
ficult for the veteran actor to brook. Mrs.
Slddons always felt that he flattered her
unduly only to dash her heavily down
ward. He certainly did not discern In her
early unequal efforts the genius which was
to make a triumph of her reappearance.
Since tragedies were becoming Increas
ingly fashionable, society lent Its sanction
to the popular enthusiasm and the tragic
actress became a social as well as a his
trionic celebrity. Occasionally she essayed
comedy, but not with marked mlrthful
ness. Tragedy was more favorable to her
cast of powers, her extraordinary physical
endownments, her we!rd majesty, brilliant
beauty and solemn dignity. So well were
these characteristics combined In her im
personation of Lady Macbeth that Charles
Lamb said In his "Last Essays of Ella":
""We speak of Lady Macbeth while we are
In reality thinking of Mrs. Slddons.'
"While playing she prmltted no distrac
tion from the palnfulness of the drama In
which she was to enact her part. "I
never," shewrltes. "from the beginning
of the play to the end of it, once suffered
my dressing-room door to be closed. In
order that my attention might be con
stantly fixed on those distressing events
which I could plainly hear were going on
upon the stage, the terrible facts which
were to be represented by me."
Her stately manner In tragedy gradually
became habitual to her dally life, and was
not always encaging to strangers. Mrs.
Thrale exclaimed upon first meeting the
renowned actrefs: ""Why, this Is a leaden
goddess we are all worshiping! However,
we shall soon gild It." Her statuesque
bearing was largely affected by her study
of antique sculpture. Once, while touring
' in the provinces, she wao requested to buy
a stucco bust so unlike herself that she
did not wonder that the salesman failed to
recognize the original. Feeling that she
could do better, she studied at sculpture In
her leisure moments, and executed a bust
of herself which may be eeen today In
South Kensington. Her studies of mar
bles of antiquity served to heighten her
statuesque charm as Hermlone In "The
"Winter's Tale." She told Lord Lands
downe that "the first thing that suggested
to her the mode of expressing intensity of
feeling was the position of some of the
Egyptian statues, with the arms close
down by the side and the hands clenched."
Comparisons with Rachel, the great
French tragedienne, were Inevitable. These
favored in beholding the art of both ac
tresses were generally agreed that in
burning intensity Rachel surpassed Mr.
Slddons, especially In her rendering of pas
sion In Its fiercer concentrations, while
the English artist retained pre-eminence in
finish, dignity and pathos. Although occa
sionally accused of parsimony. Mrs. Sld
dons never sank to the grasping avar
iclousness for which Rachel was so no
torious, and Dr. Johnson said of his coun
trywoman after one of his frequent visits:
"Neither praise nor the loVe of money,
the two powerful corruptions of mankind,
Beem to have depraved her."
For SO years she charmed her audiences
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Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
with her distinctive stage genius, 'her rich,
warm voice, and her sympathetic inter
pretations. Her spirited face has been
described by a contemporary aa "so thor
oughly harmonized when quiescent and
so expressive when impassioned that most
people think her more beautiful than she
Is." In 1S12 she took her leave of the
public in her great character of Lady
Macbeth, and reappeared on the stage only
ly varied the irksome vacuity of the re- I
malnlng 20 years of her life by readings j
In public or before the royal family, chief-
ly from Milton or Shakespeare. Some havo '
asserted that the Bible, Shakespeare and (
Milton were the only books which 6he
thoroughly comprehended, and hese she
knew by heart. Although her intellectuality
laystrlctlyalbng varied reading In addition
to this exceptionally strong foundation.
MRS. SIDDOXS.
(From an original painting by Gainsborough In th National Gallery.)
In 1822 she published a book called "The
Story, of Our First Parents. Selected from
Milton's 'Paradise Lost,' for the Use of
ioung Persons. tier poetical composi
tions were never fully published.
The latter part of her life was sad
dened by the loss of husband, children and
friends; 26 of her friends dying In six
years left her restless and desolate. The
greatest blow was the death of her eldest
son, Henry, the proprietor of the Edin
burgh Theater. Although her voice was
gone, and she said her sight was almost
washed away by tears, she determined to ,the "Outlook for the Temperance. Re
devote the remainder of her life to her form." The meeting was under the charge
son's widow and children. Before her
death, in 1S31, she was overjoyed at the
favorable reception given to her niece,
Fanny Kemble, whose performances she
watched with tears of Joy running down
her face.
Throughout her long life of 76 years, she '
was sincere. Industrious and courageous. , Uual elevation, should hold a meeting
with an unconquerable love of truth which , there and at the present time. Mrs. Har
won her the immediate confidence of all i ford was then Introduced. She read first
with whom she came In contact Even the ; from Isaiah, xl:3: "Prepare ye the way
riotous mob around the theater fell back cf the Lord," which she applied to the
wnen ji neara me aeep voice oi tne aigni- j
fled woman in the sedan chair appealing:
e001 .eople' let me paas' am Sarah I
o. ,. r. . . !
Sir waiter Scott. In responding to a toast ,
to this great actress and noble-splr.ted better than we know. The good effects of
woman, gracefully voiced the attitude of our labors wlll be manifested in the com
his contemporaries regarding her charms. Inp generations, and in that way we have
After describing the usual struggle to se- bullded a worthy monument. One of our
cure tickets for her. .nerformanceT the I principles Is a firm belief In the gospel of
S of,f liL0 h?thrtei theudayv,aS the Slden ruI. and t ach man's life
i l te a fe,hUr! !Lalt WLthLn' . should be an example safe and beneficent
elf; In aco5'3h.n,USh h?.m0b- m for otners t0 folIow- According to the
m V, any,lhlTiS ,cId , Bible. God created man and woman In
tilSn?2?jLA hIs own iage. and consequently there
wrfi p tlrntMn ,? frrc L should ne standard of purity and
well as the setting un of Mrs. Slddons. I rights fn ,,
Those young fellows." he reiterated, "who "?." . J ti,Am . ., t ,.
have only seen the setting sun of this dls- ?, "i'J1, A,daAm' ndA. ?
tlngulshed performer, beautiful and serene J L TZ t" m mlRht n0t
n it -, ttm, -u. m foii. v I have becn tne woman.
have seen Its rise leave to hold our heads
a little higher."
.. , ,..- -j v.u ...vra niiu ,
AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ' If for none other bel'eve we are gain-
I inr In Qur work, for once the public sen-
.,..,, v 1 t.i . . .. , ' tJinGnt favors a cause, then half the bat-
Sevcral valuable Accessions Made tie Is won
AVlthin the Weelc. "it is of the greatest importance to
The rooms of the Oregon Historical So- J!Jfft8n tfr!lPffC!lJnd,V!iU,al that thl!
clety. top floor of City Hall, northwest f- S L 2'. ' ' fV?,4
corner, will be open for public Inspection ?' ln'?2' th fought of total abstl
from 10 to 12 o'clock A. M.. 1 to "6 and 7 to . "L v M, ? of ,a31,men J,Rd
9 P. M. today. More than 3000 visitors Wf n.B ac thc sl" and m,scr
have registered in these rooms since date h,ch e "whole world groans Is the
of opening. December 1C. and many have "quor t"1 ffl,?; J1 certainly the worst
expressed their high appreciation of the vl1 't7lth, wn,ch wta l? deal- "ng
important work so favorably begun. The 6em3 JTu'? J", e, fr?nt rank
states of the Union having well-equipped WJJ Ie trutn s overshadowed, but there
and well-supported historical societies are '5vm come a t,me lf we stand Armly when
those which stand In the front rank In , we. sha11 ""l1"-' ,
business and cducatonal activities. Among , At tho cIose of thc lecture and during
them may be mentioned Massachusetts, ' the Dleasant social hcur which followed.
New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, new members were taken Into the union.
Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota. Kansas Sht refreshments, served by the ladles
and Nebraska. The degree of prominence of the East s,do -Tnln. enhanced the
that these states have Is largely due to; enjoyment of the hcur.
the Influence of their historical societies. I ' a
xne wregon aocieiy is attracting tne at
tention of scholarly men as never before.
notwithstanding It has only started on thn
c"-""u titI " " lc- -from a pureu Hon. S. T. Jeffreys, of Portland, last Sat
business point of view it is worthy the urday evening. March 10, at Heppner. with
most loyal support from all citizens, and the following officers: Junior past pres
lt is hoped before long that some one or ident. Frank Gilliam; president, E. S.
more of the wealthy citizens of Pert- Freeland; first vice-president. M. B. Gal.
land will provide It a permanent home- . loway; second vice-president. Ell Kesney;
one commensurate with the work ncces- i third vice-president. Jack Matlock; re-
-j w v v.w..v, ... vr.uc Wat . nua.il ug
of the greatest value to the citizens ot
this city, and to the public generally.
The accessions for the past week have
been numerous, and among them may bo
noted the following:
York, via Cape Horn to Oregon. In 1S40
by Rev: J. H. Frost and Hamilton Camp-,
A bedstead that was brought from New
bell, starting in October. 1S39; the sum- 'r,JT . .t w"'"- " "'U1. "
mer of 1S40 It was taken by Mr. Frost to ! K?5"?vtof Jhe populaUon of the state.
nif5nn ti rrh.n w fv . . than Western Oregon.
when he wen
establish a m'sslon. and when he left In
1S43 he sold It to Solomon H. Smith, who
was the owner until his death In 1S7G:
v.o it -rra.. cni tft tv "vv Dnvm A
after his death it was "the" property of his
widow, formerly Miss Elmlra Phillips,
who caused It to be sold at auatlon a short
time before her death at the Patton Home
early this month.
A lunch basket, made by the late James
Abraham In 1S51 In Indiana, cut of h'ekory,
and brought to Oregon In 1S52 over the
plains.
The Oregon presidential election ticket
of 1SC0.
The California presidential election of
1SC4.
A copy of "The Voice of the People
and Albany Whig." Albany N. Y.. De
cember 6. 1S36, from William H. Young,
McMinnville.
An ox wagon of the type In common
use 50 years ago, built In Johnson County,
James Abraham, of the East Side, and,
with five yoke of oxen attached, driven
across the plains in 1S52. and was used
by him on his farm for more than 40
years thereafter. Placed in the care of
the society by Mrs. Jane Abraham.
A heavy curly maple stand with draw
ers, constructed by John B. Garrison In
1S54 and used as a receptacle for legal doc
uments for many years by the late Judge
"W. "W. Page. Donated by Multnomah
Printing Company.
A portrait In oil of Rev. Elkanah "Walker
by Stanley. In 1S47, a noted portrait
J painter of that day, and the first In Ore
i gon. He had arranged to paint portraits
I of Dr. Marcus "Whitman and wife, but
the massacre on November 29-30, 1S47. pre-
vented It,
Deed from Ablel Pease, "Long Meadow,
County of Hampshire and State of Man
sachusetts," for the consideration of ?33 31
lawful money, to Theophllus Swetland, of
eight 'acres of land, dated June 24, 1799.
From L. Q. Swetland of this city, who
Just returned from a brief visit to Mas
sachusetts. Educators, students and strangers in
rooms are rapidly becoming a center of
positive educational value.
i
EAST SIDE W.C.T.U. MEETING
AddresH by State President Helen
Harford, Followed by a Reception.
Mrs. Helen D. Harford, state president
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, gave a lecture yesterday afternoon
at the First United Evancellcal Church on
of the East Side Union, and Mrs. Sarah
Kern, as president, made a few Introduc
tory remarks. She said that that church
was conducting revival services from
evening to evening, and that it was pe
culiarly fitted that the "W. C. T. U.. which
stood for evervthinc directed toward sDir
V. c. T. U. work. She said in part:
Our work is not fOT effects, and we
shall probably not see them in our day
and tlme DUt our dut' caIls us to lay the
fmmdnttnn nr r thinir f hniMin.
rrl,.-. v.-- V. J..11.J i ,
j-iiciu iiiui ucvu u. ucciueu cn.uiKU in
public sentiment In regard to social drink
ing, which change Is undoubtedly due to
. the work of our women. For this reason.
Xntlve Son of Oregon.
"TTnelft" Jnrk Mnrrow'a PnWn TTnflv
' Sons of Oregon. No. 24, was organized by
rnrrtlntr spcrMnrv .T Tt TJool- nnonMii
secretary, J. V. Shipley; treasurer, Geare
uonser; marshal. J. J. Wells; trustees, A.
B. Thompson. Walter Crawford. Frans
Sloan.
Eastern Oregon is rapidly coming to the
( border of kZ UT' " lR
ftl er ' g ? ? 1
Another vcrv strong cabin will be or
ganized at Canyon City within a few
days by Hon. A. D. Leedy and still an-
other at Burns. Others are contemplated
at.thfr DOjnts vry s00n- The order la
gathering strength rapidly,
' " ' ' '
noodstock School to Open.
The Woodstock School, which was closed
two weeks ago on account of the smallpox
scare in that district, will be reopened
Monday morning. It has now been about
two weeks since the patient was removed
io me pest nouse. anu the directors think
that all danger of a spread has passed.
As a child from the afflicted family had
been attending the school up to the time
the patient was removed, the parents oi
the pupils were very much alarmed and
the school was closed. B.efore this was
done the pupils were all vaccinated. The
apprehension at Woodstock has also
about subsided.
THE UNIVERSAL GRAB
ISSUES TO AXXOY REPUBLICANS
FATE OF RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
Interests of Expansion and Protec
tion Grently Embarrass thc
Party.
Washington. D. C (Chicago Record's-
staff correspondence.) Sooner or
later the Republican party will come up
against an economical question which will
seem a thousand times more serious than
that which now perplexes Its leaders In
connection with the government of Puerto
Rico. It will be a blessing for all con
cerned If It can bo settled by the courtfl
before It reaches Congress, but even then
every Republican, from the President
down, will be compelled to adapt himself
to new conditions which the expansion -policy
of their party has created. At this
session of Congress the Republican man
agers and the high-tariff protectionists
have been sorely disturbed by the reciproc
ity treaties which their National Conven
tion pledged the President to make; by
the admission of Hawaii, which was also
a prominent feature in their platform, and
by the Puerto RIcan tariff law. Every
new proposition connected with commer
cial or territorial expansion seems to hit
some Industry that Is protected by the tar
iff, and to Involve the political future of
one or more Republican politicians and the
control of t)ie House of Representatives.
If tho French reciprocity treaty Is ratified
the New England and New Jersey manu
facturers will bolt; the woolgrowers of
Ohio, Wyoming, Montana and other states
will vote the Democratic ticket if the Ar
gentine treaty goes through: the sugar
beet farmers threaten to revolt lf the rec
iprocity treaties with the British West In
dies are ratified, and Connecticut will go
Democratic lf Puerto Rlcan tobacco Is ad
mitted free. These and others that might
be mentioned are Republican propositions,
pledged by the Republican National plat
form, and the people were asked to vote
the Republican ticket four years ago In
order that the Republican party might
carry them out; but the bitterest and most
determined opposition to every one of them
is found In the Republican ranks.
These are but trifles, however, comparpd
with the great questions which are Im
pending, whether we shall have free trade
with the Philippine Islands and what shall
be done to secure commercial monopoly In
Cuba. Many able lawyers are confident
that the Supreme Court will decide that
the Philippine question was settled when
the treaty of peace was signed, and that
Its ratification by the Senate extended
both the Constitution and the statutes
over tho people of those islands. But It
It decides the other way and leaves our
new territory to the mercy of Congress,
the question of commercial expansion will
have to be decided, and that Involves se
eral Important matters, chief of which
Is the beet-sugar Industry, which Secre
tary Wilson, with the approval of Con
gress, has been working with so much
energy and ability to develop.
There are now 2S beet-root sugar mllli
In the United States, representing an In
vestment of about S5.000.000, where there
were only four In 1S96. and they are scat
tered all over the Union. The amount
of their product Is trifling compared with
the total quantity of sugar consumed bj
this country, which Is said to be an aver
age of CO pounds per year per capita of our
population, but It is very Important to the
farmers who are growing the beets and the
men who own the factories that have re
cently been erected. t
The total amount of beet sugar pro
duced In the United States In 1S96. accord
ing to Wlllett and Gray, the statisticians
of the New York Sugar Trade Journal,
waa 37.536 tons: In 1S99 the total had In
creased to 95,000 tons, and during the cur
rent year it la expected to reach 125.C03
tons.
The total cane sugar produced In the
United States In 1S99 was 132.000 tons, which
was less than half the average crop, owing
to various causes. A normal crop of cane
sugar Is about 250.000 tons, and, taking tho
beet and cane sugar together, the product
next year, under favorable circumstances,
will be In the neighborhood of 350.000 tons.
The total sugar Imported Into the United
States during the last calendar year was
2,002.902 tons, or 3.9S0.250.569 pounds, val
ued at 594,964.120, and It paid a duty of
J61.42S.332.
The average duty on sugar Is 1.7 cents
a pound, or SI 70 a hundredweight. It
costs about 4 cents a pound to produce beet
or cane sugar In the United States and pay
a fair profit to the men who raise thc
beets and the cane and run the refineries.
Therefore, to compete with them and pay
the duty, the foreign producers are com
pelled to sell their sugar for not more
than 2.3 cents a pound, of $2 30 a hundred
weight, which has been the ruling price
since the present tariff was imposed by the
Dingley law. No doubt sugar can be pro
duced at that cost In any other country
than the United States, because of the
cheaper labor, and hence the people of this
country are taxed S61.42S.332 or there
abouts annually, year after year. In order
that a few farmers and manufacturers
may make a living raising beets and
squeezing the saccharine from them.
This tax must be permanent. It cannot
be removed at any time In the future, we
are told, without destroying the hugar
beet Industry, and the longer It Is contin
ued the greater the damage If the protec
tion Is removed. The Important question
is, Is It wise to attempt to build up any
kind of an industry at a cost of J60,OCO,000
a year?
A bill now pending In Congress proposes
to expend a maximum of $9,000,000 a year
In building up a fleet of merchant steamers
to carry our products to foreign markets.
One of those markets Is Cuba; another la
the Philippines, but both wlll'be practical
ly unimportant unless we encourage their
sugar Industries by removing the burden
that rests upon their products which are
imported Into the United States.
Cuba is the greatest sugar-producing
country In the world, and its normal crop
Is about 1,000.000 tons. With the intro
duction of American enterprise and the
removal of the restrictions which were
Imposed upon the planters by the Spanish
Government, the Industry will be exonded
rapidly, and ood Judges estimate that the
output of the Cuban plantations will reach
2,000,000 tons within the next five years,
while the future capacity of the Island Is
practically unlimited. It Is asserted that
Cuban can produce sugar enough for the
whole world under favorable conditions at
a cost of not more than 2 cents a pound.
However, if we expect to control the mar
ket of Cuba for our agricultural products
and manufactured merchandise. It will be
necessary to give preference to the sugar
and other products of that Island In our
own markets, and to do that at least n
part of the protection now enjoyed by the
beet-sugar men must be sacrificed. The
annexation of Cuba, which Is universally
accepted as the manifest destiny of the
Islard. will of course be even more serl
ou. and It was a beet-ugar manufacturer
who wrote the Teller resolution that was
passed by the Senate two years ago pledg
ing Independence and a republic to the
Cubans.
Hawaiian sugar already comes In iree.
V-'c have taken the ent're crop for many
years. In 1S99 It amounted to 2S2.S07 tons,
valued at J22,5O0,OCO. which was an Increase
of 53,000 tons from 1S9S and 51,000 tons from
1S96. The sugar capacity of Hawaii Is
not eo great as that of Cuba, but Is ver
large, and people familiar with conditions
there predict a crop of 500.0M tons within
a few years.
The Philippine Islands have a similar
productive capacity, anc for many years
previous to the American occupation pro
duced about the same crop ns Hawaii,
which, however, fell off during the revo
lution that preceded American occupation,
and will not be recovered for a year or
two. In 1S96 the exporto of sugar from
the Philippine Island." amounted to 202.001
tons; in 1S97 to 178.000 tons; In 1S98 76.003
I tone, and In JS99 to 70,000 tons, During the
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began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and 1 am happy
to say they havo helped her to become a healthy, happy girl who no
longer needs medicine of any kind. It scarcely seems posalblo alio
can be the tamo ono who a fow ycara ago was a dellcato, almoit a
hopeless, sufferer."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain, ina condensed form,
all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood, and
restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St.Vitus Dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of the grip, palpitation
of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either
in male or female.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50c a box or six boxes for $2.50
(they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
current year an export of 125,000 tons la
estimated.
Under the present law sugar from the
Philippine Islands pays the same duty In
the United States custom-houses ns that
from any foreign country' viz., 51.70 per
hundred weight but the most of it has
gone to the neighboring countries of
Japan, China and Corea, and some of it
to Europe. In fact, it Is entirely proba
ble that those countries will absorb all
the sugar that can be raised In the Phil
ippine Islands In the future and that the
producers In the United States have little
to fear from competition in that quarter,
which should be a consolation.
Of the sugar Imported last year, we got
about 300,000 tons from Cuba, 50,000 tons
from Puerto Rico. 300,000 tons from others
of the "West Indies, 2S0.000 tons from the
Hawaiian Islands, 500,000 tons from Java.
350,000 tons from Europe, 75,000 tons from
Peru, 50,000 tons from Brazil and the re
mainder from the other Central and South
American countries.
EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.'
Flngr-IUUnine: at "Wlllinms-Avenue
Scliool Other Matters.
The handsome new flag Just purchased
by the directors for the "Wllllams-Avcnue
School, to take the place of the old one
which had been worn out, was raised to
the top of the schoolhouse staff yester
day afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, with
an appropriate exercise. Preparations for
the raising were made yesterday and were
not elaborate At 1 o'clock the entire
school marched from the rooms through
the main entrance facing Russell street
and assembled on the lawn on the east
side of the building. There are nearly 700
pupils In this building, and they made a
great showing as they marched from the
rooms and assembled on the grounds. Tho
ilag had been raised In a bundle to the
top of the staff, and Just as It was un
folded to the breeze the entire assemblage
of pupils, led by Principal Pratt, saluted
the flag In concert with the words, "One
flag and one country." Then, led by one
of the teachers, "Red, "White and Blue"
was sung. This was followed by a short
address appropriate to the occasion. Ref
erence was made to the making of the
flag by Betsy Ross after consultation with
General Washington. George Ross and
Robert Morris, and Its adoption by Con
gress June 14. 1777. It was particularly
significant that "Williams-Avenue School
should raise a new flag. In view of the
fact that this school sent with the Second
Oregon Regiment over 41 volunteers, a rec
ord not excelled by any other one build
ing in the city, and also Edwin Hampton,
first volunteer to fall In the Philippines,
had been a pupil of the "Williams-Avenue
School. After singing "America," the
pupils marched back into the building
and resumed their studies. Following the
flag-raising several members of the Seo
ond Oregon fired 21 guns as a salute In
honor of the new flag. This was done
by loading the Alblna wooden gun with
bombs and discharging them.
Improvement at Engine Co. No. S.
Engineer Fanning, of Engine Company
No. 3. Upper Alblna. has contrived an ex
cellent Improvement for keeping hot water
In the boiler, of the engine, which Is In
advance of anything of the sort at any
of tho engine houses. He sank a deep
shaft In the ground under the rear of
the place where the engine stands, which
he bricked up. Here he placed a heater,
with the smokestack passing out under
the engine house and then up the side.
Attached to the heater Is a hot water
boiler, through which the water circu
lates when thc engine is out of service.
"When In the station the hot water circu
lates through the boiler direct from the
heater underneath. To keep the required
amount of steam up with this device for 1
20 hours takes the same amount of coke
used formerly In 12 hours, which Is a
considerable saving In fuel. When the j
engine leaves the house all the connec- ,
tlons are severed automatically. There
Is nothing for any one to do. The engl- '
neer may be at some other portion of the
building, or on the outside, but that makes
no difference. The Instant the engine 13
moved out the connections are all broken,
and the hot water then commences to cir
culate througb- the boiler In the shaft be
low. From all points of view the con
trivance Is highly useful and very cred
itable to Engineer Fanning.
Auilllnry Will Assemble.
The "Woman's Auxiliary of the Multno
mah Ex-Soldiers' and Sailors' Association
will meet with that organization on tho
evening of March 23 to aid In preparing
for the encampment of 1900. The Joint
meeting will take place In the Foss Hall,
corner Grand and Hawthorne avenues.
Dr. Flora Brown, president of the auxil
iary. Is unable to Issue personal notices
to the members for the reason that their
residences are not known. The names of
the members were simply put down on
the membership book without either Ini
tials or addresses. President Brown de
sires that all who are members aid In
preparing for the coming meeting. It la
the purpose of the auxiliary to prepare en
tertainment and a lunch for this Joint
meeting, and the president would like ta
have some conferences with the members
as soon as possible.
Dnmnpren A-ivarded.
The case of Phillip Chaperon against
tho General Electric Company to recover
damages for the ruln of a horse was
tried yesterday afternoon In Justice "Vree- !
land's court. There was a long array oi
witnesses on both sides and the trial
brought out many spectators. Chaperon j
was driving his delivery nagon at an early j
hour one morning in December on "West
People
Park and College streets. There had been
a storm, and It was alleged that the
horse was knocked down by an electric
shock, the current coming from a broken
wire of the General Electric Company.
It was further alleged that the animal
received a second shock, and, while the
horse was not killed outright, he was so
badly Injured that he was rendered worth
less. The defense admitted that the hcrsc
might have fallen, but. denied that he had
been injured by the electric shock, or that
there was any evidence that the horse
had received a shock. His present condi
tion was accounted for on the grounds
that he had been used up in heavy ser
vice. Justice Vreeland decided that the
plaintiff Is entitled to $50 damages. The
electric company gave notice of an ap
peal. Ertat Side Sotc.
The Multnomah-Union Republican Club
will meet this evening at its quarters In
the Holman Block on Grand avenue and
East "Washington street. Hon. C. A. Cogs,
well and J. T. Gregg will adress the meet
Ing, and there will be good music pro
vided. The new quarters are now full?
and comfortably furnished, and all will
be welcomed to this gathering.
The funeral of W. H. Hunter, the veter
an hotel man, took place yesterday after
noon from Dunnlng's undertaking par
lors, and the place of Interment wa
RIverview Cemetery. Rev. R. "W. Farqu
har, pastor of the Hassalo-Street Congre
gational Church, conducted the services
and there was a large attendance of the
deceased's old associates.
A Retrnctlon.
PORTLAND. March 16. (To the Editor.)
Referring to my article In today's Ore
gonlan on Christian Science. I desire to
recall all of that paragraph entitled "A
city ordinance needed." I wish this done
because I have since learned that I was
misinformed as to certain particulars
bearing on the funeral of a child. The
funeral was private not public. I do this
cheerfully, and wish also to say that no
reflections of a personal nature were in
tended. R. H. BLOSSOM.
children are sick children.
Their inactiv'ty and sober
faces are not in keeping with
robustchPdhood. Theylack
vitality and resistive power,
and are very susceptible to
colds and contagiousdiseases.
ScotH 5nuifetciL
brings new life to such chil
dren. It enriches the blood;
it restores health and activ
ity ; it gives vigor and vitality
to mind and body.
50c and $i.oo. all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWJCE, Chemists, New YoA.
A Wonderful Medicine.
For Dillon 3 and Nervous Disorders, such as
Wind and Pain in the Stomtch, Sick Headache,
Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after meals,
Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold Chills, Flush
incs of Hest. Loss of Appetite, Shortness of
Breath, Costlveness, Blotches on the Skin, Dis
turbed Sleep, Frichtful Dreams.and all Nervous
and Trcmblinc Sensations, etc. These ailments
all arise from a disordered or abused condition
of the stomach and liver.
Btecham's Pills will quickly restore Females
to complete health. They promptly remov any
obstruction or irrexularlty of the system. For a
Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Sick
Headache, Disordered Liver, etc.,
they act like maelc a fev doses will work won
ders upon the Vital Orjans; Strengthening the
Mmeulsr SvMem. restoring thelone-Iost Com
plexion, bringinc back the keen edge of Appetite,
and afousinp with tho Rosebud of
Health tho whole pnysicai energy
of the human framo. For throwing
off fevers they ara specially re
nownad. These are "facts" admitted by
thousands, in all classes of society, and one
of the best piarantecs to the Nervous and
Debilitated Is that Beecham's Pills have the
Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in the
World. T-his has been achieved
Without thc publication of testimonials.
Beecham's Pills have for many years been
the popular family medicine wherever the
English language is spoken, and they now stand
without a rival.
10 cents and 25 cents, at all drug stores.
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gives It the lustre and sllklness of youth.
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Not a. dark office In the bnllfllncT)
alisolntely fireproof; electric lights
and nrte.nlnn -water; perfect sanita
tion nnrt thoronprli ventilation. Ele
vators run day and nlsht.
Boom.
ANDERSON. OUSTAV. Attorney-at-Law...ei2
ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell, Mgr..806
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION, of Deo
Moines. la.: C. A. McCarjrar. State Agt.HJ2-3
BEHNKE. II. "W., Prln. Pernln Ehorthand
School 211
BENJAMIN. R. W., Dentist 314
BINSWAXGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur.410-411
BRUEP.E. DR. G. E.. Physician 411M13-414
BUSTEED. RICHARD. Agent "Wilson & Mc-
Callay Tobacco Co. CO2-C03
CAUKIN. G. E-. District Agent Travelers'
Insurance Co. T13
CARDWELL. DR. J. R COG
CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 314
CLEM. E. A. & CO.. Mlnlnp Properties .315-310
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY
CO4-C05-GCV(M7-613-G14-613
CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon.. , .201
COVER. F. C. Ca3hler Equitable Life 3CKJ
.COLLIER. P. -F.. Publisher: S. P. McGuIre.
Manager 415-41 J
DAT. J. G. & I. N 315
DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co CO"
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-7X4
DRAKE. DR. H. B.. Phyxiclan 512-313-514
DUNHAM. MRS. GEO. A 71?
DWTER. JAS. F.. Tobaccos 402
EDITORIAL ROOMS El Bhth floor
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY;
L. Samuel. Manager: F. C. Oner. Cashler.303
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder rtreet
FENTON. J. D., Physician and Surgeon. 509-510
FBNTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear 511
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 509
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION;
E. C. Stark. Manager 601
FRENCH SCHOOL (by conversation): Dr.
A. Muzzarelll. Manager "00
GALVANI. W. H.. Engineer and Draughts
man - coo
GAVIN, A.. President Oregon Camera Club.
214-215-21G-217
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
Surgeon 212-213
GIESY. A. J.. Phjslclan and Surgeon... 7C0-710
GODDARD. E. C. & CO.. Footwear
Ground floor. 129 Sixth street
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insurance Co. of New York 209-210
GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorney-ut-Law C17
GRENIER. MISS BEATRICE. Dentist "OS
HAMMAM BATHS. King & Compton, Props-309
HAMMOND. A. B 310
HEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO.. Piano:? and
Organs 131 Sixth street
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phys. &. Sur.. 304-505
IDLEMAN. C. M., Attorney-at-Law..41G-17-lS
JOHNSON. W. C. 315-316-317
KADY. MARK T.. Manager Pacific North
west Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso.. 604-603
LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen
om! vnawr Columbia Telephone Co COG
LITTLEFIELD. H. R-. Phys. and Surgeon-..200
MACRUM. W. 5.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.214
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg. .711-712
MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phys. & Surg. .701-2-3
McCARGAR. C. A.. State Agent Bankera
Life Association 502-303
McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Latv 715
McFADEN. MISS IDA B.. Stenographer... 201
McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law.311-312
McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers" Representa
tive J303
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist an 1
Oral Surgeon GOS-C09
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of
New York; W. Goldman. Manager 209-210
McELROY. DR. J. C. Phys. & Sur.701-7t2-703
McFARLAND. E. B., Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co t0
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. CoUler.
Publisher 415-410
MeKIM. MAURICE. Attomey-at-Law . ..500
MUTUAL LIFE INCURANCE CO.. of New
York: Wm. 5. Pond. State Mgr.. 404-405-400
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N.
M. T. Kady. Mgr. Pacific Northwest. .G05-G03
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.715
NILES. M. L.. Cannier Manhattan Life In-
surance Co.. of New York -09
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATH:
Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath 40S-4CO
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-21G-X.17
PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL; II., ".
Bchnke. Principal ;,;
TOND. WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Lite
IrA Co. of New York 104-403-406
TORTLAND EYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY.
Ground floor. 133 Sixth street
PORTLAND PRESS CLUB 716
PROTZMAN. EUGENE C. Superintendent
Agencies Mutual Reserve Fund Life, of
New York Mi
QUIMBY. L. P. W., Game and Forestry
Warden 71G-717
REED & MALCOLM. Optlclans.133 Slxst street
REED. F. C. FUii Commissioner 407
RYAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law 417
SALISBURK. GEO. N.. Section Director. V.
S. Weather Bureau '. 310
SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Life 30G
SANDFORD. A. C. & Co., Publishers' Agts.31S
SCRIBNER'S SONS. CHAS.. Publlshero 313
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supreme Com
mander. K. O. T. M 317
SMITH. Dr. L. B.. Osteopath 40S-4U9
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 30O
STARK. B. C. Executle Special. Fidelity
Mutual Life Association of Phlla.. Pa 001
STARR & COLE. Pyrography 402
STEEL. G. A., Forest Inspector 218
STUART, DELL. Attomey-at-Law.613-616-617
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-7&5
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL Co 700
STROWBRIDGE. THOS. H.. Executive Spe
cial Agent Mutual Life, of New York ..400
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE -.201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 010-611
U. 5. WEATHEP. BUREAU 900-907-JK.S-000
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DIST.. Captain W. C. Langfltt, Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A ....SCS
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WATERMAN. C. H., Cashier Mutual Life
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retary Native Daughters 71C-717
WHITE. MISS L. E., Assistant Secretary
Oregon Camera Club 214
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. & Sur.304-3
WILSON. DR. GEO. F., Phys. & Surg. .700-7C7
WILSON. DR. HOLT C, Phya & Surg.5"7-30S
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WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414
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