THE MOBBING OEEGONIAJT, SATCEDAY, MABOH IT, 1900.
FLEET FROM THE ORIENT
MAJTY YBSSBIS LISTED, WITH BUT
FEW EN ROUTE.
April Fleet Will Bo Small Captain
Samuel Watts Id Marine
Tiotes.
The German ship Uajade sailed from
Nagasaki lor Portland ust Monday, and
will bo due about the middle of April.
There are over a dozen vessels listed for
Portland from the Orient, but the Xajade,
which sailed Monday, and the John Cooke,
which left Shanghai 20 days ago, are the
only two that have sailed. The John
Cooke, with an average passage, will be
along by the end of March. The William
Law Is due from Singapore, and If the
Thornllebank does as well on the way
up from Santa Rosalia as the Isle of
Arran has done, she will reach Portland
by the end of March. The present where
abouts of the Marechal Villlers la still
unknown to the general public, as her
sailing date from Montevideo Is not re
ported, but she Is believed to be near at
hand.
These vessels, with one or two of the
Honolulu fleet, which will be along within
the next three weeks, will give us a
starter for an April fleet, which at the
best will not be very large. The Kln
fauns crossed out for the United Kingdom
yesterday, and the Isle of Arran left up,
60 that the Columbia River grain fleet on
spot esterday consisted of one ship at
Astoria, one at Portland and a third on
the way up the river. The PoBeldon will
probably be released from quarantine to
day. HILL'S BIG FLEET.
Still Co-i erlHff the Ocean With. Seattle
Liners.
It is a dull day for the Seattle papers
when Mr. J. J. Hill is not building a big
fleet of steamships for Seattle's Oriental
trade. These steamships vary in size.
Most of them are "about 20 feet longer
than the Oceanic," but occasionally he
builds a fleet of 25 or 30 that only carry
about 10,000 tons each. Of course, he
cannot build all of these ships in one
yard, or one country. Last week a fleet
of Oceanic were building on the Clyde,
and the w eek before a Japan shipyard had
the contract. Occasionally the Cramps
get an order for a score or so. Uncle
Collls was favored with an order for 25
at Newport News the latter part of Feb
ruary. Last Saturday, finding all the
yards in the country busy, the great trans
portation man established a new yard at
New London, Conn., and promised to turn
out Trans-Pacific liners that would make
the Oceanic look like a canoe. There was
a pause In Mr. Hill's shipbuilding opera
tions when the New London yard was
started to work, but he rustled up an
other partner by Wednesday, and the fol
lowing special appeared In the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer Thursday:
"St. Paul, Minn., March 14. Alexander
Sinclair, of London, one of the principal
owners of the Elder, Dempster & Co.
steamship line, owning 63 vessels in all
parts of the world, went West tonight.
The Elder-Dempster Company was re
cently awarded the contract for carrying
the royal English mail from Liverpool to
Montreal, and they have several mammoth
steamers in this service.
"It Is said, on good authority, that Mr.
Sinclair will put In a dozen or more steam
ships in the Pacific Oriental trade, and
that his visit to Tacoma and Seattle is
for the purpose of arranging for wharf
privileges. At present the English mall
for Asia, Australia and India goes via
the Canadian Pacific to Vancouver, but It
Is said to be Mr. Sinclair's intention to run
it down to either Tacoma or Seattle, If
he decides to establish a Pacific fleet.
"It Is known that Mr. Sinclair and J.
J. Hill were in conference in New York,
and this, fact is regarded as significant."
The fact that Mr. Hill is building so
many vessels is regarded as "significant,"
some authorities going so far as to state
that he will save fuel and crew expenses
by using the fleet for a pontoon bridge be
tween Seattle and the Orient, and Seattle
and Honolulu. It Is believed, though, that
this Is only a Tacoma rumor.
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GOOD FOR GALVESTON.
Southern Pacific Shifts Terminal
From New Orleans.
NEW YORK. March 16. The Journal
and Advertiser says:
"Within a very short time tho Southern
Pacific Company will operate its Morgan
line of steamships front New York to
Galveston instead of from New York to
New Orleans. Large sums of money are
now being expended upon the construction
of wharves and warehouses at Galveston
to accommodate the business. In order to
enter the port of Galveston by a direct
line-lending to the west and connecting
with the Southern Pacific, several small
roads have been acquired by the Southern
Pacific Company. A very large saving in
expense is expected from this change, as
more than 100 miles will be saved by the
steamships and a further saving will be
affected In reducing the train miles on
through freight."
GALVESTON, Tex., March 10. C. P.
Huntington, president of the Southern Pa
cific Company, arrived in Galveston last
evening on his tour of Inspection.
Regarding Galveston Improvements, Mr.
Huntington said: "We will be taking your
cotton away from Galveston over our own
wharves this year."
The Southern Pacific has purchased the
Galveston, Houston & Northern since Mr.
Huntington's last trip to Galveston. The
Southern Pacific pier, now under construc
tion here, will be one of the finest in the
United States. It will accommodate 11
large ships at one time.
Prominent Shipowner Dead.
'News was received in this city yester
day of the death at Boston on March 7
of Captain Samuel Watts, for nearly half
a century one of the best-known American
shipowners. About 25 years ago not a
season passed but one or more vessels of
the Watts fleet came to Portland, and
some of the vessels which formerly sailed
under his ownership are still In existence
on the Pacific Coast. Among the best
known of the fleet was the Samuel Watts,
which was one of the first ships to load
wheat at Astoria. Other vessels owned
by Captain Watts were the Levi G. Bur
gess, now in the Coast coal trade; Snow
and Burgess, in the lumber trade; R. D.
Rice, and, in former years, the Alfred D.
Snow, John T. Berry, Abner Benjon. H.
S. Gregory'. Charlotte Fish. Loret Fish.
Joseph Fish. Jane Fish, Montpeller and
General McClellan. Captain Watts made
a fortune in the deep-sea business, and in
recent years has confined his operations
mostly to the Atlantic coasting trade, be
ing intersted in a big fleet of coasting
schooners. Captain James Watts, of this
city, was a distant relative of the dead
millionaire, and commanded the John T
Berry, of the Watts fleet, when she was
burned off the coast of Australia.
The remains of Captain Watts were
ta.ken to Thomaston. Me., for interment.
Ho was nearly 90 years old at the time
of his death.
The Overdue Fleet.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 16 The rein
surance on the British ship Annie Thomas,
230 days from Cardiff bo Acapulco, was
advanced In England today from 75 per
cent to SO per cent. The following vessels
were also placed In the overdue list: Lyd
gate. New York to Shanghai. 15 per cent;
Henry Clement, Hamburg to Kiao Chou,
25 per cent.
Marine Notes.
The Ocklahama left Astoria yesterday
with'a double tow, the Isle of Arran and
the Harvester. The latter vessel was to
be, dropped at Stella to load trap piles for
Alaska.
The bhj liner Abergeldle had not showed
up off the river at dark last evening. The
weather has Teen very thick outside, and
she is probably approaching the land with
due caution.
The steamer State of California arrived
up last evening with a full freight and
good passenger llsL She had an unusually
large freight for Astoria, and was detained
there longer than usual.
The steamship Strathgyle finished load
ing her flour cargo yesterday , and sh.f ted
over to the west side of the river to take
on lumber. She will carry about 4500 tons
on leaving here, and will not draw much
more than one of the regular San Fran
cisco steamers.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, March 16. Arrived at 8 A. M.
and left up at 11:15 Steamer State of Cali
fornia. Sailed British bark Kinfauns. for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Left
up British ship Isle of Arran, for Port
land: American bark Harvester, for Stella.
Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate;
wind west; bar obscured.
San Francisco, March 16. Arrived
Schooner James A. Garfield, from Wllapa
Harbor; steamer Grace Dollar, from
Gray's Harbor; steamer Benmohr, from
Oyster Harbor; steamer Elder, from Port
land; steamer Empire, from Coos Bay.
Arrived March 15 Schooners Guide and
Volant, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed March
16 Schooner Daisy Rowe, for Coos Bay;
steamer Newberg, -for Gray's Harbor;
steamer Robt. Adamson, for Nanaimo.
Port Los Angeles Sailed March 15 Ha
waiian steamer San Mateo, for Nanaimo.
Nagasaki Sailed March 12 German ship
Najade, for Oregon.
Cardiff Sailed March 15 Ship Arden
cralg, for Santa Rosalia.
Eureka Arrived March 15 Steamer
Homer, from Coos Bay.
Deal Passed March 14 British bark
Dunreggan, from London for Seattle.
Liverpool, March 16. Arrived Germanic,
New York.
New York, March 16. Sailed L'Aqult
alno, Havre, Bremen, via Southampton.
London. March 16. Arrived European,
New York.
Hamburg-, March 16. Arrived Pennsyl
vania, New York.
Rotterdam, March 16. Sailed Spaarn
dam. New York.
New York, March 16. Arrived Patricia,
Hamburg', etc
Queenstown. March 16. Arrived Lu
canla, from New York for Liverpool, and
proceeded; Pennland, from Philadelphia
for Liverpool.
Auckland, N. Z., March 16. Arrived
Steamer Alameda, from San Francisco for
Sydney, N. S. W.
Havre, March 16. Arrived La Cham
pagne, from New Tork.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
THE PORTLAND
S Rothschild. Clnclnn IChas D .Northrop, S F
Da Beer. N Y Tb03 Doyle. Tacoma.
T L Miller. San Fran ,0 B Wood, city
A J Kaufhold. Clnclnn J W Macfarland, Van-
J G Walker. San Fr
couer. B C
F S Harmon, Tacoma
G-cO T Burra. Mich
Chas Connolly, N X
R H TVeatherbv. St L
Mrs L W White, do
I Ountrburger. N Y
A F Hajden & wf. La
J A Bennett. St Joe
J W Hickman, Tacoma
H P O Connor. Portlnd
A R Baker. Portland
B W Freer. San Fran
Mias Belle Archer. NY
t. J ttusftey. Omaha
C S Jones. .Phlla
H B Catton. San Fran
J J Oliver. St Paul
CJ H Robinson. San Fr
Elmer E Hartzell A. w,Gco K Burton, &an Fr
New York is B Folder. Seattle
Geo A Rockwell, wf & J Mr Mrs C M Condon,
hlld. June Cy, Kan j Oswego. Kan
Vernon Waldron. S F iMlut Blckel, do
J H Meyer. X Y IF D Bradley. Chicago
P L McDermott. N T IGn M TlorV. An
John E Scott & w,CiigMra H C Judd. Hartfrd
Miss I B Hareock. do
mm L D Flsk. Hartfra
C H Callender.Knappin
3 B Sharpe, New YrJt
Chas Hall. England
T H Hammond. Mont
Kenneth Roas, Mont
DrST Llnklater. Hills
boro. Or
THE PERKINS.
J D Forbea. Duluth. IalF B Walt, Roseburg
D H Diamond. Chi JW H Smith, Tacoma
A B Hoe, Tacoma (N Nathan. S F
Fred B West. Tacoma C F Pindar, Spokane
J A Smith. Seattle U B Dukek. MajMlle
W E Ay era. Seattle iK 13 Tuiwtall. Kalama
R Perklnwon, Cantie R Mtes Beam, Tacoma
C Jackson. Castle Rk A H Cherry. LaGrandc
C E Stewart, Seattle jMr A B Cherry, do
E W Dixon, Seattle JA F Hunt. Ashland
M Sturgeon. TlhamookiW W Irvine, S F
E B Wilson. Lake Vw-.E B Stoner. Astoria
Dr A Kinney. Astoria D G Stuart, Salt Lake
W Cahn. Astoria Mrs D G Stuart, do
H A Mathews, AKorlaiF E Hobson, Bumpier
H H Frazer. Condon M D Ellis. Dallas
W H Cham, Tacoma JR K. Chambers, Can-
.- .Mcuanum. uiympiai yon City. Or
A O McCulley, The
R M Havensberger, St
ualles
Mrs B D Stlllman,
.Pendleton
llrs A D Stlllman,
Pendleton
S F Antes, Chicago
R N Gilbert. Salem
P D Aldrlch. X Y
Augusta DeDarrest,
N Y
Mrs Weller. N T
Bonnie Weller. N Y
Mies Henrietta Lee,
X Y
C P Mdrrlson. N Y
D P Keller. Santa
IOUIf, .Mo
irs R M Haensberc
er. St Louis. Mo
(A C Sanford, Shantko
z ir Hobart. spoKane
A Shamger, Rodenk,
Ma&
J H Damper, Omaha
Mrs J H Damger, do
MIfs Damger. do
G B Carrier. Pendleton
Mrs G B Carrier, do
W H Becker, Spokane
J B McCann. S F
JChas Zanner, Tacomu
is s Gordon, Astoria
IC E Bain. Astoria
Clara. Cat
C E Vcgrand. ScrantonJMrs F Fisher, Astoria
M E Vegrand. do -Mrs O B Estcs, Astoria
F Fulton. Biggs. Or IMlss Pearl Eetea. do
C E Moulton, Tacomn
THE IMPERIAL.
C W. Knowles, Manager.
A T Van De Vanter, jG A Beyer. S F
Seattle JE J Brown. Chicago
A Spltzel. Dawson D H Chamberlain. St L
B is Cunningham. jMrs Elberta Keating,
ikagway j Astoria ,
C A Smead. Blalock G D Conner. Astoria
B Benson. Hay Creek F D Wlnton, Astoria
rM T T CM-. c? . It l --- r. -.
T H Caanaugh.
Olympla
Mn Mary LHermor.
Ohio
J M McDaltt. S F
R H Barr. Bridal V
Charles Zlemer. S V
S A Clapp. Burns
W D Pugh. Salem
jEdwIn DIckerson,
i liurekR
J A W Severance.
I Tillamook
iJ F Laghum, ChehaHs
Mra Laghum. do
jC L White. M D. Ger-
sirs iTign. Salem
I Ellen Quirk. CedanlKe
x.n u a Shields. Ast iw Ellsworth. Olympla
W S Wrangle, feumpterjA C Lawrence. City
Harry May. Fort J Mrs M E Melschan.
Columbia Salem
K Bertha Elllfl. Alb'ny Frank Metschan. Salem
S a White. Joseph A M Baker. N Y
J M Brooks. Moro (Mrs W O Wilkinson,
H J3lngham. Hay Crk Aetorja
F rt Blachberger, JMlrs Lolnberger. -do
Roesland, B C JMrs F Thomas, do
I T Hoey. Missoula (Mlfn M Leymond, do
Mrs Hosey. Missoula lMlss C A Mason, do
MUs Huntington, Blll-iM!ss Ada Kendall, do
inRS. Mont IMlss F Kendall. do
tr U LBOn. Green-! Master Ned Kendall.
wood. B C
Astoria
D B Bunker, Baker C
T M Ferguson. S F '
W Anglln. S F j
J A Johansen, Seaside
J J Haggerty. Seattle
L A TMckstrom,
Mrs E Schultx. S F
I
Prague
THE ST. CHARLES.
Mlas M Schmidt, SaJtL!C Schott. Arlington
Joe Harrod. Salt LakelH H Wels. Mlnneapl
Jas Moore. Bridal VelliB Shepherd. Salem
W R Blackburn, Ne- lEtta Dals. Salra
halem
G W Sanford. X Dodg
F M Blackburn, do
T C Stoner. Astoria
Mrs C E Stoner. do
A M Kerchem. Logan
E M Ray. Gresham
B M Raney, do
J K Ellerby. Gray's
Harbor
mus jmonaeon, city
O E Hunter. Goble
W Galbreath &. son. do
J R C Thompson, Tu
alatin John Toley. Sauvle's
J F Bowman, do
P Bowman. An.
F B Mulr. do
W Worley. Sumpter T Rlggn, Crowley
W D Dyer. Sumpter lC T Brock. Eufaula
F I Adams. Scappoos J H Douglass,Troutdat
N Hunt. Wertport Taylor PorterTcorrniiL-!
E U Donald. Kelso
D L Fell. Tacoma
B M McGregor, do
Ed Can-en. Tacoma
A Moore, Seattle
SCt11 ,Hunt- "KMporl
.F L McAtty. Westport
IW A Warren, do
IThos E Jones. San Fr
ID Dick. Wooden
E H Beach, city
jMn Sloan &. fy. do
C Chamberlain, StHln.Geo Blanc. Portland
W SullUan. Oregon CylL Moore. Portland
H D Jones. Oregon Cy (A J Moore, Portland
Sherman Moore, 5eatll
Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. '
Eurooean plan; headquarters for co-.
merclal men. Chllberg's restaurant Tn
connection.
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Rhetorical Vnlue Not Everything.
Providence Journal, Rep.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, the thick-and-thin
supporter of Mr. Quay, and one
of the few newspapers that still give un
qualified indorsement to every'thing that
the President may do, asks attention to
the fact that Mr. McKlnley's speech at
New York was characterized by "felicities
of phraseology." It certainly was. But a
good many American citizens would like
to see a man In the White House whose
remarks would have something more than
a rhetorical value enough more, at least,
to enable. them to count on them as hav
ing a positive meaning for a reasonable
length of time.
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Divorce Granted Qnlckly.
Headache from your head. Use Wright's
Paragon Headache and Neuralgia Cure.
BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
THD RUSSIAN ROAD STRETCHING
ACROSS SIBERIA.
Stations Uniform Distances Apart,
Regrardlcs of Previoasly Estab
lished Settlements.
PETROPAVLOVSK, Siberia, Aug. 15.
It was necessary first to build a railway
across Siberia in order to handle the busi
ness and travel of this vast country, and
the next Instant It was necessary to en
courage "business In order to justiry tha
railway and furnish It with something to
do. The Pacific Coast had to be connect
ed 'with tho Russian Provinces of the Em
pire as a military and political measure.
The trade of the Pacific Coast and of the
cities within the interior of Siberia had
to be furnished a means of access to the
MOSatE OF THE
Russian markets. But however important
or even Imperative these influences were,
they could not support the enormous tx
pense of such a railway themselves. Evci
while the Railway Commission wis- select
ing the route of the line and dlrecMn? tho
details of its construction It w.ts devot'ng
Its attention to plans for tho encourace
ment of settlement along the line, so that
production and Industrial activity would
be ready as soon as possible to suonly
profitable traffic The administration l'as
not stopped with providing a way Dy
which one may travel rapidly from, ono
side of this Empire to the other. It has
looked to the comfort and convenience of
the traveler on the way, and, more Im
portant still, to the future of the coun
try1 through which he passes.
There Is a iamlliar parallel near at
home which may oe applied here. I am
reminded at every station of the way in
which real estate agents at home prepare
to "place a new suburb on t.e market.
They take an unoccupied and unlmproxed
tract of land, lay out streets, rave them,
build sewers and sidewailts, pat in gas
and water mains, sometimes even erecting
a church and a schoolhouse, to say noth
ing of several attractive nonica to show
that the suburb is already popular and by
no means lonesome. Then the sale of lots
begins. It seems as If the whole of Si
beria along the line of rallvay Is being
treated In similar fashion. alnoush on a
more modest scale. The government :s
gettlnr ready for the people who are to
come.
With a population for the whole of Si
beria, of not more than one to tne equaro
mile, and a considerable portion ot this
population concentrated In a few of tho
cities, it Is evident that for all practical
purposes the great land was :a be con
sidered as "virtually a virgin field for set
tlement. In a region so sparcel sottled
it rested in large degree with th-j covern
ment in nlannlng tho rallw.y to decide
what lands should be settled ilrst ard
where the towns should be. T 10 Siberian
villages which already existed were of
very little consequence In locating the line
or in promising business to It. At home,
when engineers begin to lay' out the route
fcr a new railway they endeavor to have
it pass through as many towns and -villages
as possible, in order that a certain
amount of business may ne assur-jd from
the beginning. More often than not the
people of the towns are quick to become
rivals for the possession of the new line-,
are are willing to contribute land or
money as an inducement not to oerlcok
them by passing to one side. Here in Si
beria, however, the railway authorities
cared little for the people along the loute,
and the people cared little for tho r.tfl
way. In all the distance from the Ural
Mountains to Lake Baikal, a distance o!
some 2100 miles, there are not more than
four cltle1? Omsk. Tomsk. Krasnoiarsk
and Irkutsk the names of which are
likely to be familiar to the reader or even
tho student who has not specialized on
this country, and not more than half a
dozen others with a population of 10,000
each.
Here was a condition in which nothing
had to be considered but the engineering
BUSINESS STREET IN OMSK, SHOWING
conditions of the route. For distances
varying from 100 to 300 miles, and even
more, there were no towns to be reached.
It was just as easy to fcrm a new settle
ment In one place as another, and so
tho rule of distance was adopted and car
ried out with amazing regularity In the lo
cation of stations. It Is the West Siberian
railway on which I am traveling now, a
division of the entire system, which ox
tends from Chcliabinsk, the western ter
minus of the road, to Krlvoschekovo, the
station on the west banK of the Obi River.
The distance Is 1329 versts, or 6 miles. In
that distance there are 13 stations of the
first class, or an average of one every
80 miles. That would not oe particularly
noticeable if it were not that they are
almost Invariably that distance apart.
Every SO miles the train stops at a sta
tion which Is a-virtual duplicate of tho
others In Its equipment and importance.
An engine house with stalls for two or
three extra locomotives, a small repair
shop, some houses for railway hands, a
water tower and an extra stetch of side
track mark the preparation for more
business than is expected at the interven
ing stations. The station building Itself
has a waiting- room for first and second
class passengers together, and one for
third class. According- to tho Russian
custom, the waiting-room is also the dining-room,
or "buffet," as it is called. The
little house for the serving of hot water
and the open shed for third-class passeng
ers and immigrants, which I described In
my last letter, are outside. On one side
track is a. small frelghthouse, and a little
way back in the village a church and
a schoolhouse, both of logs, show that
the spiritual and mental welfare of the
people who are to come has not been for
gotten. At tho present time all of this complete
equipment for the nucleus of Important
towns Is virtually empty. Located arbi
trarily, according to distance, as they
have been, it Is in but few Instances that
the stations coincide with towns which
already existed. In those few Instances,
6f course, there is not merely the con
struction of a town, but the population
as well. Chellablnsk, Kurgan and Petro
pavlovsk. for Instance, with some others
yet to be passed, were places of relative
Importance in Siberia long before rail
ways were heard of. Except these, however,"-tho
railway Is Itself the pioneer.
When tho train comes In the station plat-
TATARS AT OMSK.
form is busy and the buffet counters are
the goal for tho hungry passengers. At
other times, however, the place is silent;
the station agent Is monarch without sub
jects. The schoolhouscs have few scnol
ars except tho children of the railway
employes, the church finds its worshipers
from the same families, and as for freight
business, there Is scarcely any.
In the 80 miles between the stations ot
the first class, two stations of the second
class are established, so that the train
actually cornea to a halt about every Zi
miles. At these Intervening stations tne
preparations aro less pretentious, ine
buildings are less numerous and smaller,
they do not Include buffets, and tne
church and schoolhouse usually are 'omit
ted. These villages of tho future, how
ever, are about as- populous as those
which happened to be at the right dis
tance to be chosen for the greater dig
nity. TovrnB Yield No Bnnlness.
It is easy to see why the engineers in
laying out the line did not pay any more
attention to the existing villages. A Si
berian town of 5000 Inhabitants, in most
Instances, is of no more real consequence
than one of 500. In America it is fair to
assume that a town of 6000 differs from
one of 500 inhabitants by being the center
of more trade and more wealth, by having
larger stores and houses and by being
more "cltyfied" in every way. Schools,
churches, library and theater help to
mark the distinction. But here In Si
beria about the only difference Is in tne
population. A town of 5000 has 10 "times
as many people as one of 500. 10 times as
many houses and covers 10 times tne
area. But the houses and the- stores are
of the same sort, and there Is little evi
dence of any additional gradations of
comfort, wealth or society. Klve thou
sand Siberian peasants in one village do
not make any moro of the refinements ot
civilization than if they were scattered
In five vllages, nor do they have any more
Importance in contributing trade to a
railway. The engineers, therefore, nave
not troubled to divert the line from its
natural course at any point merely in or
der to reach some town that might be a
few miles on one side or the other of the
direct route. It was quite certain that
none of the people who lived in these
smaller towns would want to travel on tne
railway, even If they had money enough
to be passengers. It was equally certain
that no one ever would start for one of
theso villages from some place else, ao
far as the farming products of the coun
try were concerned, the country was un
developed, any way, so there would be
as much business come from one side as
from the other. Obviously the thing to
do was to Ignore the villages and build
the railway as If they were not on eartn.
Nothing along the line has struck me
more forcibly than the conditions which
I have just outlined. The railway has
been built and equipped throughout its
cours.. to be in readiness for tho great
volume of business which will come when
the country Is settled, but which Is not
here yet. Hosts of people are traveling
through the country, and around certain
centers settlement Is progressing very
rapidly indeed. But hour after hour the
TOWER OP FTRE DEPARTMENT.
trains rattle along across these Siberian
prairies, stopping at a station every hour
or two for a few minutes, without the
slightest sign of local business, either
freight or passenger. For hundreds ot
miles no passenger boards the train and
none leaves it The platforms of the
freight houses are empty. The lonesome,
weather-beaten, ancient villages of logs,
which have been Inhabited by Russian
exiles or Siberian peasants for many
years, are visible at a distance from the
railway, but their people do not trouble
to come across tho Ktnns tn iw tha
j trains which are bringing a new era to a
country wnicn nas Deen almost the most
remote and undeveloped of all the world.
TRUMBULL WHITE.
WnlcV Attainments.
Chicago News.
It is not generally known how keenly in-
; terested tho Prince of Wales Is In history,
, especially that of the empire of which hu
is heir. It-Is said, and probably with truth,
that no living man Is better acquainted
with the history' of India and with the
characteristics of the native races han the
Prince, who has, moreover, read every
book that has been written on tho history
of the Crimean war. Besides being- an
ardent student of history, the Prince of
i Wales Is a most accomplished linguist.
SAflRE OR SIMPLICITY
INTERESTING VERSION OP THE.
APRIL RIOTS AT WARDNER.
The Miners Merely "Went Hunting
Murders and Explosions Were
Accidents of the Trip.
In the last Issue of the Wallace Press,
some one signing himself "A Democrat,"
gives his version of the riots, murders and
other crimes at Wardner last April. As
he was there he evidently knows what he
Is talking about. Here is his letter:
"Ed.tor Press: I see by the Review that
the Wallace Republicans are favoring
Stcunenberg for Senator. Let them sup
port him and elect him if they can, but I
hope that the Democrats will not help
them- in it. The way the people of the
Coeur d'Alenes have been treated by that
man is worse than the treatment accord
ed any other people mentioned in history.
In support of this please allow me space
to tell what I know about It.
"I am a native-born citizen of the United
States, and always voted the Democratic
ticket until after I came to the Coeur
d'Alenes, ha Ing gone temporarily Into tne
Populist party along wlm the rest of tho
members of the miners' union, although I
still consider myself a Democrat, but I
am a different kind of a Democrat from
this man who deprives so many Innocent
men of their liberty.
"I was one of the victims of h's wrath,
but think that in passing judgment on
him I am first dropping personalities. I
was at Wardner on April 29, when tho
Bunker Hill mill was blown up, but I was
In no way responsible for It. That morn
ing when I came off shift at the Frisco 3
was told to go to the Miners' Union Hall.
The man who told me this was from Butte,
but I don't know his name. When I got
there he was there, too, and was handing
out guns and telling the boys to make
masks from the bolt of cloth which lay on
the table. I do not believe In letting any
body rope me into something wrong, so I
asked what runs -were for and was told
that we were going hunting that the
whole union was going on a special
train. That was all right, so I
asked what the masks were for, and he
told me It was to keep me from getting
sunburned. That seemed a good Idea for
men working undcrgound all the time, so
I put on one and took a gun.
"When the train came down from Burke
we got aboard and the Butte man who
had furnished the guns ordered it to back
up. We went back to the Frisco powder
house. I asked him what he wanted of
powder, and he said it was to dynamite
fish. I told him it was against the law.
but he winked and said the Sheriff would
not catch us at it. Before we got down
to Gem I had learned that we were going
to Wardner. I asked If the hunting was
good there, and the Butte man assured me
that it was. He had just been down there
and gome was plenty.
"At Wallace the Mullan hunters joined
us, I learning from them directly that
they were going to Wardner for a short
hunt, game being plenty there. As the
train neared Wardner we were met Dy
the Last Chance boys, who were getting
disgusted, as they had been hunting up
the track for an hour and found nothing.
The Butte man told us that the best
hunting was below town, so after we
pulled Into tho depot we lost no time in
getting under way. The Butte man told
us which way to go, and as we were going
down tho lane a robin flew up. It was the
first thing wo had seen, and the whole
crowd took a shot at It. It was while
shooting at this robin that Jack Schmidt
was accidentally killed. Just then the
Butte man shouted to some of tho boys to
bring the powder, as there were fish in a
pond down the track a little way. When
we got to the mill he could not find the
pond, and told them to put the powder in
the mill out of the heat until he found the
place.
"What was done after that I do not
know. But everybody knows the result.
As to the killing of James Cheyne, I know
positively that the men who shot him
were acting in self-defense, as he was
reaching toward his hip pocket as though
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And Wornout Worried Mothers Find
Comfort in CUTICURA.
SOME TvIONTHS AGO OUR BABY'S HEAD GOT SORE. Wo took
him to tho doctor, who pronounced it poison and gavo- us somo medicine
to suffering mankind to writo and tell you
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to draw a gun at the time he was killed.
I can find a dozen men In Burke who will
swear to this, and were It not for tho
hellish course of this man Steunenberg.
I could get any number of them.
"I know that so far as I was concerned
or any of the men with whom I talked
that day, that there was no intention of
doing any one harm when we left home,
or at any time during the day. If any
ono was a criminal In Intent It was the
man from Butte, and I doubt If there was
any on his part. I know- the killing of
Schmidt was an accident, and that of
Cheyne justifiable, while the blowing up of
tho mill was evidently due to an accident
al explosion of the powder put In there
to keep cool. I know that there was lots
of crowing afterward because so many ot
the Union men 'ran oft when they heard
that the soldiers were coming, but I never
heard that there was any question as to
the right of a man to quit work whenever
he pleased, and to take any route out of
the country which might suit his fancy.
"And It was for this that Steunenberg
declared martial law and branded the Min
ers' Union as a criminal organization. It
was for this that he threw troops In here
and arrested all the men he could get hold
of, and put them Into the 'bullpen, al
though there was not a man there who
could not prove, both by the men Inside
and by the men on the outside, that he
was in no wise responsible for the de
struction of the mill or the death of the
men killed on that day. .Why he even
put in one of the county officers who was
sick at the time the mill was blown up
had been sick for over two hours and
did not even see the mill until he was
arrested, more than a week later, although
ho lived within a half-mile of It,
"And now he continues to refuse permits
to any of the men who were at Wardner
on that day or uphold those who did go,
although, as I have told you, and can
prove, they are no more guilty of the
crime In th destruction of life and prop
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which did no good. His head got so bad
ho would cry all night, and my wife could
sleep none, and began to look ghostly.
His head got so soro that wo put a night
cap on him, and folded a whito cloth four
thicknesses in3ido of it, and just through,
tho night a kind of matter would oozo out
from his head, so-ikcd through tho cloth
and cap and on to the pillow. Tho top
and back of his head was almost a solid
sore, and looked so badly that words would
not desenbo it. Almost in despair I told
my wifo I had seen Cuticuka Remedies
advertised and recommended very highly
and I was going to try them. I bought
tho CnTicoitA Resolvent, Cuticura
Soap, and Cuticuka Ointment. Wo gave
him half of tho Resolvent, used part of
tho cako of Soap, and before wo had used
tho second box of CtrncuitA Ointment ho
commenced to got better, and is now as
well and hearty as anybody's boy. Ho is
as merry as a lark, sleeps soundly all night,
and his hair looks glossy, thick, and soft,
wliilo my wifo looks liko a different woman,
I look at him and think I owo it to you and
of this almost wonderful cure.
E. 3IYERS, 'Box 90, Munroo City, Ihd.
Treatment for Every Humor.
Soap(25c ), to cleanse the kin of crusts and
ecales and soltca tbc thickened cnucle; uuticura Uijtment (60c),
to Instantly allay Itching, inflammation, and Irritation, and soothe and
heal; and CcncuitA. Resolvent (C0c), lo cool and cleanse the blood.
erty on that occasion than was the Gover
nor himself."
Pnttlnsr In Clover.
The Rural Northwest tells of an inter
esting object-lesson to be seen In a clover
field on the farm of Mr. Stump, at Mon
mouth, Or. This field had been plowed!
two or three times, had been -horoughly
harrowed with disc harrow and common
harrow, and had been successively rolled
and harrowed two or three tlms. Iho
seeding and final harrowing and rolling;
was done about the 1st of June last.
When the field was receiving Its last roll
ing night came on before the Job was fin
ished, and that night It rained. This pie
vented finishing- the rolling. There is a
most remarkable difference In the Etand
of clover on the piece In the center which
did not get the final rolling- and the stand!
In the rest of the field. There appears
to be at least three times as much clover
on the land that received the extra roll
ing as on the piece In the center. Mr.
Stump finds that the more thoroughly tha
land can be pulverized and packed, the
better the clover does.
SnoTvlmnU-. of Svrnn.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
Hunters report the departure of whita
swans from Goose Lake earlier this year
than u&ual. This Is regarded as a sura
sign that w Inter Is over here. These larger
birds are seen upon Goose Lake every
winter for about six weeks. They come
about the firs! of February", and leaa
about the middle or last of March. They
are very large and beautiful. Somo of
them weigh as much as 22 pounds, dressed,
and they are pronounced the most tooth
some of all the water fowl. During their
stay on Gco$e Lake, the lake at times
Iooka like a huge snowbank. Their great
white plumes show for miles away.
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The Weston Leader reports a sale ot
200 head of range horses at $20 per head.
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