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THE MCTONING 0RE60NIAN, 8ATUTJDAY, APRIL' 7, 1900. TO ELEVATE LABOR Leaven of Discontent at Work in Philippines. ADVANCES CAUSE OF CIVILIZATION Instead of Degrading: American La bor to the Level of Silver Conn trie We Lift Them Cp. MANILA, March 7. (To the Editor.) The leaven of discontent Is working In the Philippines to advance the cause of civilization. Even though we withdraw at once from these Inlands we have already planted the seed that will continue to Grow and spread and change materially the lahor situation In Southern Asia. Some year? ago I expressed the opinion that the laror organizations In tbe United 'Btatea, lnsxad of trying to meet the com petition of silver countries by reducing all wages In 3ie States one-half through the passage of Q free-coinage law, ought first to endeavor to find some less radical rem edy, and suggested that It would be good policy for them to train Chinese and Japa nese agitators and pay their expenses In a crusade to educate the laborers In their countres to demand more out of life than a mee existence; In other words, that It wolld benefit American labor to organ ize bto labor missionary societies and cars' Into foreign lands the same tactics the employ at home. Why should pres sure from all parts of the country be brought to bear upon worklngmen In a email section to prevent their acceptance of a reduction In wages, and the fact that wrklngmen In other competing coun tries ire slaving for a mere existence be eitlrely Ignored? Instead of carrying the'ar into Africa or. In this case. Into As are Americans quietly to acquiesce In th decree of the ree-sllver agitators that t; only way to meet the competition of liver countries la to adopt the wage scale 'of those countries? Is t not worth while to make an effort to lift up the fellows outside before we debase American labor? To be rore. It ap pears to be an almost hopeless task, but It la surely better to make the effort than to surrender, without a fight, all that the American organized labor unions have ac complished In the past 20 years. The com petition of silver countries Is to be feared and to be guarded against, only because of the fact that labor In such countries Is bo poorly paid. Unless It shall happen that these laborers demand greater wages, the only outcome will be the reduction In American wages, as now claimed by the advocates of the coinage of silver at 15 to 1 to be a present and pressing necessity. It may be that during the period of growth of our country the working classes have, through their organizations, secured greater returns for their labor than they will bo able to demand in the future. They receive more than the same classes In Europe, and many times more than the working classes of Asia. The Inequality in wages Is too great to be offset by the superior Intelligence of the Americans, and too great to continue very much longer. One of two things must be done: Raise tha wages In silver countries or decrease American wages, as proposed by the silver then. We dlsliko the idea of going back wards In anything of this kind, and it Is abhorrent to think of doing anything that tends to debase American manhood and womanhood. The American worklngman may receive more than the worklngmen of other countries, but ho can never receive too much. It were hard to be compelled to take less, and It would be damnable to surrender more than naif without a struggle. It Is my purpose to cite a few examples that have come under my own ob"ervatlon In the Philippines to show that It is rea sonable to expect that a great deal may be done in the way of raising the wage standard In these countries. "Wherever these people have come In con tact with Americans they have been spoiled so far as being content with their former wages Is concerned. There has been a general Increase In wages of all classes. House servants, who were paid during the Spanish regime from '4 to S Mexican dollars a month (Jl K to 3 71 gold), now demand and are paid 10 to 20 Mexican dollars. The manager of a large foundry and the manager of a large carriage manufac tory both complained to me, within a week, that the advent of the Americans had resulted in their having had to double and In some cases more than double the wages paid employes. A wealthy Englishman recently com plained that the farming classes would no longer accept the prices formerly paid for fruits and vegetables, and that the best of everything was held for and eold to tbe Americans, at what he considered out rageous prices. The Filipino Is apt at following copy, though he cannot originate, and when It Is told that some friend has had his wages Increased, or has sold some article at a great Increase from former prices, he de mands a like Increase In wages or puts a higher price on his stock. I do not believe my stablemen ever had anything to eat except rice, fish, etc.. but now every morning I see them bringing In bread made from American flour. During Lawton's advance towards the north, last November, so an officer told me, eggs were sold In the villages they came to at 10 cents, Mexican, a dozen. On ono unfortunate day, however, some officer blundered, and, out of the goodness of his heart, and because, I presume, he was particularly hungry and rejoiced at find ing them, gave an American dollar for two dozen eggs, and did not ask for change. The American dollar Is gladly accepted by all Filipinos as the equivalent of two Mexican dollars, or pesos, and my Inform ant told me that from that day, wherever they went, the natives wanted one peso a dozen, for eggs. If the Filipinos are quick to demand all there Is In sight, the Chinese are not one whit tehlnd them. and. In fact, because they are naturally endowed with the mer cantile Instinct, they are Inclined to take more than Is In sight. Wo used to hear considerable about Chinese cheap labor, but I think the people of the Coast will agree that the Chinaman who has served his apprenticeship and learned his work, generally demands as much for his time as would an American, or at least is sat isfied with very little less. And In the 'Philippines they have shown themselves quick to demand Increased wages and to take advantage of every opportunity to en force their demands. The leaven, as I said. Is working, and these people will never again be content to work at the old wages. And I believe that with our continued occupation of these islands the working classes will con tinue to demand more and more of what "ffp JYP Jearped to regard as the neces saries of life, and what have heretofore been retarded by them as luxuries. Could China and Japan pass through the same experience, the danger from the cheap labor of silver countries" would be materially lessened, and It would probably bo possible for American labor to hold fast to Its present position. It is reasonable to expect that the in creased wages In the Phllpplnes will grad ually result in a change In the wages In China and Japan. The Chinese and Japanese are apt and shrewd observers, and when they see peo ples similar to themselves In many re flects, and living right at their very doors, paid greater wages than they re ceive. I believe they will not be slow to attempt to secure something for them selves, I would prefer to bo considered a dream er on this point than to be classed as one who believed that there was no hope for the survival of American Institutions in the competition with silver countries, ex cepting that which lies In debasing Ameri cana by the adoption of the. cheap wage system of those countries. VERITAS VIKCIT. AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Xunicrona Accession of Itcllcs With in the Week. The rooms of tho Oregon Hlstorlal So ciety, City Hall, third floor, northwest cor ner, will bo open today from lyto 6 P. M., and the public generally is cordially In vited to Inspect them, particularly news paper mon of the state who may be In the city, and strangers. The accessions for the week have been numerous, among them a number quite In teresting. Of these the following may be noted: A piece of Indian bread made out of kous root, such as was prepared and used by the Umatilla Indiana. A .copy of n paper published at Vlcksburg during the siege by the Confederates. The surrender occurred before the form was sent to press, and thus an opportunity was given for a union typo to add a postscript announcing that lact. Roast mule and fricasseed cat are among the luxuries with which the Confederates sought to satisfy their appetites. An Indian vessel or Implement, woven out of roots of some kind, which probably was ued as a mortar, where stones could not be found. An Ind.an drum or tom-tom, ued 'to drive fish with, also at pow-wows. Fragment of a sword found upon the battle-field of Chancellorsville. Va., In ex cavating for the foundat.on of a monument on tho spot where General Stonewall Jack, son was killed. It Is probably the remains of a staff officer's sword, worn by one of his attendants upon that occasion. A knife, the blade of which formed the head of one of the pike taken to Harpers Ferry by John Brown for the purpose ot arming the slaves at the time of his In vasion of Virginia. These six articles were placed In the cus tody of the society by L. 13. Cox. Four Indian relies received from Mm. Evans, Oswego, viz.: A pair of beaded moccasins worn by Forbear, chief of Two Kettle Indians (a branch of the Sfoux), In 1S7G. at the last great sun dance of hL tribe, in the presence of Carl Schurz and Webb Hayes. A part of papoose's moc casins (profusely beaded) made by the daughter of Sitting. Bull. A sheath knife picked up on the battle-field where Custer was killed, and a quirt (riding whip), which once belonged to Bullhead, tne Sioux chief who afterwards killed Sitting Bull, and tho next moment was killed by Sitting Bull's son. A copy of the Northern Sentinel, Burl ington, VL. August 28, 1S1I, was presented by S. H. Gruber, and a .copy of the Bos ton Chronicle, from March 9 to March 13, 17C9, by Andrew D. Smith. framed autograph of Abraham Lincoln by Charles Hutchlns. Two commissions as County Recorder to George W. Salisbury, a pioneer ot ISM. from the Governor of Indiana, In 1KB and 1S46; one commission as Postmaster In 1S12. signed by Charles A. Wlckliffe. Postmaster-General; an Odd Fellows' traveling card, dated February 23. 1S30, and a port offlce draft, dated November 12. ISO. signed by Jacob Collamer, Postmaster General, presented by his daughter, Mrs. Sarah H. Williams, widow of the late Captain Richard Williams. A wedding certificate as follows: "Scap poose; Tualllty County. Oregon Territory. July 25. 1S45. This certifies that Mr. John Gill fVimpbell and Mist. Rothilda Eliza beth Buck, were this day lawfully Joined In marriage by me. Ezra Fher, minis ter of the gospel." Presented by Mrs. Belle J. Sellwood. School-rate receipts, dated. "Apr. ye IJth. A. D. 1770." and "May ye 30th, A. D. 1775." the wording being as follows: "Then re ceived of Captain Ebenezer Coley the sum of 12 shillings law money In full of both school rates. I say rte'd pr me. Alex. Rossegnle, Junr.." and tho same Is In simi lar phrase. A receipt of 1774. two writs of executions dated January 1, 17S3. and No vomber 13, 1789, commanding the Sheriff to levy on property to satisfy the same, ana In tho event nothing could be found, to take the body of the debtor, "and him commit to the keener of the goal." all In the town of Fairfield. State of Con necticut: and finally, and very Import, "a receit of ointment for the Ich." Since this may be of value In Mine parts of Ore gon, it Is hereby quoted In the Interest of common humanity: "Make up of as much of the ointment every night as the bigness of a common pea. applied dlrectely on the pimple, scratching the pimple Just before the oint ment is applied the better. Use it on one part of body or limbs ono night, then on the other, shifting from one part of the body to the other every night." t DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Ilcnl Estate Transfers. Percy H. Blyth to Central Trust & Investment Co.. lots 2 and S. 20 feot lot 3 block 2S, Couch Addition. Match 31. partition Peter Glbonl and wife to Donald Mc Millan. 12 acrs. G. Llnneman D. L. C.. section 17, T. 1 S.. R. 3 E.. March 31 j 00 Jacob Ormsby to Louis Ball, W. 40 feet, lot 12. block SL Cambridge, April 4 jo Hliam S. Stone and wife to George W. Pullcn, lots 2 and 5, section Z0, T. 1 N.. R. 3 E.. containing 15.23 acres. January 9 700 Ona Watson Sloan to A. E. Carter. . 21 acres. Thomas W. and Cynthia Gate D. L C.. April 5 12C0 Hattle S. Ecdy to Ona Watson Sloan, same. March 26 1 WTm'i..L- Bhtner to Mary Francis Llghtner. lots 2 and 3. block 121. Couch Addition: lot 4. block 124 m?;Jot y,Sk " lot 9- wocic 15. Alblna. April 6 1 James T. Kerit to Nettle Y. Gradon. lots 12 and It. block 21. Southern Portland. March 19 . -. F. H. Miller and wife to L. M. Miller lot 17. b:o;k 10. Highland Park. Sep tember 25 1SS7 a ico The Investors" Mortgage &. Security Company to Laura Breske. lot 2s. block 15, Sunnyside, April 5 1400 Bnlldlntr Permits. O. W. Taylor, two-story house. East Twelfth, between East Couch and East Davis streets, J2000. . D. L. Houston, two-story house. East Twelfth, between East Couch and East Davis streets, $2030. Mnrrlnnre License. Martin Poole, aged 43, Mary Robinson, aged 3S. Births. March 17, boy to the wife ot Joseph S. Allison, G3Q Mississippi avenue. March 14. girl to the wife of Roy Gin, 511 Rodney avenue. Defith. April 5. WHhelmlna L. Krutz, age 2 years 6 months. Good Samaritan Hospital; oper ation for stricture of the esophagus. Contairtoni Disease. Son of J. H. Brown, 315 North Seven teenth street; diphtheria, WILL SIQN AGREEMENT GROWERS FAVOR TIIE CTRED FRUIT ASSOCIATION. Prune Crop Well Advanced In the Willamette Valley Meeting at Vancouver Today. The executive committee of the Cured Fruit Association did cot hold Its regu lar weekly meeting yesterday, sb several members were not hi town. Messrs. H. li Dosch, A. C. Churchill and J. H. Fletcher met at the usual hour and dfcv cuesed the situation. They agreed that It will not be difficult to get the signa tures of 75 per cent of the prunegrowers to the agreement. Mr. Fletcher, of Vancou ver, said that between 75 and 0 per cent of the Clark "County growers will sign without delay. Mr. Churchill said the sen timent In Yamhill County Is practically unanimous In favor of the agreement. A meeting of Clark County prunegrowers will be held at Geoghegan's Hall, Van couver, at 1:30 this afternoon, for the "purpose of considering the agreement and signing It. William Galloway, of Oregon City, and W. W. Phillips, cashier of the Alnsworth National Bank, ot Portland, will attend. Mr. Phillips has a practical knowledge of fruit conditions in California and of the method of organization adopted by growers. Reports received from the Willamette Valley are that prune trees look healthy and are beavlljfjfeden with fruit. Growers have no fear of frost and look for no eetback, except such as might come from continued cold rains, of which there ap pears to be little dancer. Following Is the revised text of the agreement which the Cured Fruit Asso ciation Is sending to Individual growers for their f!gna turrn: "First That said party. In consideration ot 31 to him In hand paid by said associa tion, the receipt of which Is hereby ac knowledged, and In consideration further of the agreement on the part of said as sociation, hereinafter contained, and the serrlces to be rendered by It pursuant thereto, has sold and transferred, and does, by these presents, sell, assign, trans fer and set oer unto the said association an undivided ir.tcrr.it equal to 2 per cent In his ownership or Interest (free from all Incumbrancer) In and to all crops of cured prunes which shall be grown by or for him on the premises hereinafter described during the years 1WX) and 1931, or otherwise acquired by him In such croi and also any cured prunes acquired by him and grown on other lands during such years. "Second And the said association. In consideration of the sale and transfer to It of the said undivided Interest, does here by promise and agree with the party of the first part to procure tho Inspection, packing nnd sale ot said entire crop; to establish and maintain uniform grades of fruit as to size, condition and quality and to procure such packing to be done in con formity therewith, and lira to make salts of such respective grades under Its own trade-mark and guaranty, and to make such sales as speedily as possible and for tho highest obtainable price. Said asso ciation further ngrees pending the sale of said fruit to procure storage therefor In proper warehouses and in the discretion of the directors to cause same to be In sured and kept Insured In a reasonable amount against less or damage by fire. Said association nlso agrees to advance and pay in therst instance all expenses necessary In and about the Inspection nnd packing of said' crop and In storing. In suring and selling the same. "Third In the performance of the acts mentioned In paragraph 2 heretofore, the association agrees to furnish, without charge, only the services of Its president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer and the directors mentioned In Its by-laws, and the party of the first part hereby agrees to repay to the association all the other salaries and expenses Incurred or paid by the association In the Inspection, packing, storage ana Insurance of the en tire crop of the party of thp first part, and all commissions paid or allowed by the association In connection with the sale of said crop, and the party of the first part hereby agrees that the association may de duct such salaries and expenses from any payment at any time due the party of-tho first part, and hereby agrees that the said nrsoclatlon shall have a lien upon said crop for the repayment to It of all moneys paid or advanced by the association for the In spection, packing, storage and Insurance of the entire crop of the party of the first part, and for any commissions paid or allowed In connection with the salo ot said crop. "Fourth Said first party agrees that he will cultivate and care for the said crops at his own expense, and cure said fruits to the satisfaction of the inspector of this said association, nnd as coon as the same aro so cured will deliver all of said crops produced on said lands to the said associ ation at some packing-house to be selected by the said first party and approved by the said association, said crops thereafter to be and remain at all times In and under the exclusive possession and control of the said association. Such packing-house shall be so selected and the said asso ciation notified thereof In writing on or be fore tho first day of August in each year, falling which selection and notification the same may be selected by the said associa tion: and the said association may, at any time, for sufficient cause to It appearing, revoke its approval of any packing-house, whereupon within 10 days after notice thereof, said first party shall select an other packing-house with the approval of said association, falling which said asso ciation may Itself select ouch other packing-house. "Fifth It Is agreed that the fruits of the first party shall be mingled with other fruits of like grade, quality and manner of packing and that the association may, from time to time, sell such mingled fruits at such price and at such time and manner no the board of directors may deem best. and shall be accounted for at the average price at which fruits of such grade and quality shall have been sold by the asso ciation. Pro rata monthly payments shall be made to all persons Interested In such m!nged fruits as proceeds of sales are re ceived. "Sixth It Is further agreed between the raid parties, that In case nt any time the said first party shall fall to fulfill on his part the provisions, or any of them, of this agreement, or shall fall to deliver the said crops as soon as picked and cured to the said association as hereinbefore pro vided, that the said association shall be en titled to assume and take exclusive pos session and control of said crops, or at Its option to commence suit In any court of competent Jurisdiction to obtain tho ap pointment by said court of a receiver with power and authority to take exclusive pos session and control of said crops, and to deliver the same as hereinbefore provided, or otherwise to dispose of the same as 'the said court shall direct, and in such suit to obtain a decree for the final deter mination of the rights of the raid parties in said crops and the proceeds of sale thereof: and such decree shall provide for the reimbursement to the said association of all costs and expenses. Including coun sel fees, which It shall have Incurred In the premises. "Seventh It Is understood and agreed, anything herein to the contrary notwith standing, that the party of the first part may sell all or any part of the fruit grown upon the lands hereinbefore described for canning or fsr consumpt'on green or for shipment green, and this contract shall not apply to any such green fruit so sold. All sales of such green fruit are to be Immediately reported by the party of the first part to the president of the associa tion. "Eighth It Is further agreed thnt this contract shall be binding only In the event that on or before June 7, 1S0. persons shall sign contracts similar In form to this contract, representing 75 per cent of the aggregate acreage of prune-bearing trees In Jackson, Josephine. Douglas, Linn, Lane, Benton, Polk, TamhiU, JJaripn, Washington, Clackamas; Multnomah, Co- I lntnhln. WsjtWV P.hermn ntlllnm TTmn- I tllla Counties, Oregon: Clark. Walla Walla, Yakima Counties, Washington, and that unless such 75 per cent of such acre age shall be secured, this contract and all rights thereunder shall cease and be at an end. It Is further understood that on or before June 10. 1900. the association shall notify In writing the party of the first part whether or not such acreage has been secured, and that unless the party ot the first part shall. In case the association no tifies him that such acreage has been se cured, dissent therefrom In writing mailed to the secretary of the association before July 10. 1900. then the party of the first part shall be bound by such notice and shall not be permitted to deny that such acreage has been secured and that this contract Is binding and In full force." A FERTILE VALLEY. Section of Southern Oregon Well Adapted to Dairying. Few persons passing through Josephine and Jackson Counties on the railroad are aware that Just over the mountain, about nine miles from Grant's Pass, Is a rich, fertile valley lying on both sides of Ap plegate Creek, which extends for a dis tance of some 30 or 40 miles. Williams Creek and other mountain streams empty ing Into the Applegate. distant several miles apart, furnish abundant water sup ply for Irrigating and mining purposes. Many farms are scattered throughout the valley, showing unmistakable signs ot prosperity, and numerous water dltchos, running In various directions, give evi dence that mining Is extensively carried on. Agriculture and stockralslng are the chief pursuits of the farmer, with the best possible results. A local flour mill, situated In the heart of the valley, fur nishes a close markot for the grain crops. Three crops ot alfalfa can be grown an nually, thus minimizing the cost of rais ing stock, many hundred head of which ore allowed to run on the mountain ranges near by. This section of Oregon Is especially adapted to dairying. Some of tbe most progressive farmers in the community, recognizing the natural advantages sur rounding them,, are giving their entire at tention to this branch of farming, keeping as many as 25 and 30 head of cows and using the latest Improved machines for separating the cream. Their market Is Grant's Pass and the surrounding mines. This should be an excellent location for a creamery. While the principal occu pation of a number of the farmers along Williams Creek is that of raising beef cattle, a good many milch cows are kept by the farmers along Applegate Creek, between Williams postoffice and Grant's Pars. It Is estimated that the milk from nt least 200 cows could be obtained for creamery purposes within a radius of 10 miles. 'J HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. F P lllnnaush. N Y ICIcero Nichols. 3 F M L Swift & wf. Chroilienrr Doyle. Van. Henry Doyle, Van Mrs II It Eaton. S F couver. D C W A MaeIJi. Taeoraa Jos McCabt. Walla W I R Toung, Rosald. B C C P Soule. New Tork Mr W B Whllley. Seattle E G Kornlr. San Fran Go il InEOldsby. Clnn Ccas Kemper, Uoiton n S McKlnr.tr. Caso Chaa F Fay. San vnxn D Loveland. San Fran Mr & Mn B S W Clark, Plattabure. N J W D Shea. New Tork Sadie Backus, San Fr V F Lowe, llansor. Me E 13 Qulnn. Spokane A L Newburrh. Cheo. L II Brlres. Qulncy.Or ra j a fimon. As toria Mrs II K Winter, city Frank Van Meter, do Alfred C richmlu, Al bany Collate J E Lew. Sun FVui John Earlee, Falrr-arn j rTieno. st Louis E A Longshore, Qlor ervllle F S Doernbecher. Che- naup, wasn E U Lyon. MinnpU A I Stewart, San Fr W J Schurz. San Fr M MeTfrwltx. C T H II lien, New Tork 1 wiorr.on. N T iVm n TTtt.4.4 piii.,Mt 8 O Goho. I!arrljbr.Pa?Fr1 trrih K., cs Fred F HobbflL Ran Pr W II Wralrht. Hull. L B Shirk. Chicago E C Gove. Spokane A J Sllmion, Sumptcr W A Newton. Chicago M Sach Reading. Pa a. a j, New Tork C A Foster. Ivtwll Leonard D Flak, Hart- D J Godfrey & wife, MeM Woodworm, Frank Godfrey, do Cambridge, Mars Edgar J Wetla & ry. do THE PERKINS. ??.VIT,KIln'.s",,,I' lM "omeyer, Seattle w S Byen. Pendleton F Fair, Seattle Chas Butler, Pt Town.1 E F Connor, Seattle J A Everport. BrldlVlIC W Wheeler, Waita Jf1? 1.4 Everport. do burg. Wash CLHoIcornb, Kiln 111 I A F Keen. Walla W ilra c L Holcomb, do j Frankle Res. Tacoma, EdnaLamont, do (Mrs C II Monroe, Gtles Gilbert, Duluth j Independence Mrs Gilbert. Duluth MH Brugger. do S B Huuton. HIiUborolI Henderson. Mayger H Koomoal, Trail. UOOA Loop, Wardner Jm arrlngton. N T iO H Richardion. 3 F Geo Comegys, Hon- IT E Nllmn. Eugene lul" (J E Saxnang. Eugene Mrs CoinegTS,Honolultiw H Daugnerty. -i i-ururcGj-s, CO I 'i!COm& Mrs L J Miller, Hon N L Cornelius. Helena. olulu Geo Nixon. Krmlcsn E F Dorking. S F J c Laurence. Garfield E W Porter. Garfield John Blabop, Garfield II C Stivers. Garfield W H Chaeo, Tacoma Miss Emma Nixon, do jr Annie seidel. Ill J C Friendly, city E B Clark cllr Mrs E B Clark, city Mrs T A Schiller. 8 F J F RelUer, Butte 11 iieppner, lieppner jira z, a i-urces, s F ,M Evan. Vancouver Thoma Sims, Salem IF A Jones. Portland iH?.tlllln,J Sa'em Oscar Johnson, S F JWlus Wheeler, 3 F J C Norton, city L S Logan. Eugene G A Scanland, Foster S r H Becker. Spokane iJ M Berry. Chicago C P Hogue Oak Point F E Atkins, Palmer H 9J Hcu. do I Oscar Deverelt. Palmer Mrs S Lowell. Pendlts II Oarfleld. Palmer M5". -?, rirnch' - R Plumer. Seattle Klngfleld. Me lc M Van Euren. R A Brown. Tbe Dill'ej Astoria J J Spencer. McMInn N Clinton. Astoria II F Allen. Newberg J A Munro, Astoria S Swetland. Vancouver O W Wilson. Dayton Mr 8 Swetland. do iO Day, city D H Callahan. Seattle! Ira. Erb. Salem E V Homeyer. Seattle, THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knowles, Manager. Ed Wade. Yakima II S Addeton. J S Copley, s F ; uuoret. u c Mrs Addeton, do J J Van Outeren, Oakland A J Owen. Portland J C Toung. Baker City HenryNlee. Waltport R L Warner, K City L 8 Johnson. Coburg J W Maxwell. Tillamk II McLeod. Spokane G McLeod, Spokane J II Enwell. Vancouver E C Bellows, do A D Blrnle. Carhlamet F J Clark. Minneapolis Mrs Clark. Minneapolis Master Clark. do E V Carter. Ashland W H Leeds. Salem J F Graham. Salem B S Snow, Salsm Mrs W C Bardsley, Tacoma Master Bardsley. do Mrs Clark, Tacoma. 1 Hirunt, Seattle B W Parks, Seattle W R RuuelL Moscrw C P Wade, Pendleton J Wlthycomb, CorVllla! u s Harrington. .N 1 II II Chamberlln, ritts burg Mrs Chamberlln, do Miss Chamberlln. do J A Canon. Salem J K Weatherforu. AI bany J S Murphy. Denver Mm Murphy, Denver J M Keen. Medford N L Cornelius. Helena L B Geer. Salem II R Daniels. Gran's P Mrs Daniels. do T 8 Trulllnger. Artorta ueo sievenr. Astoria C Smith, Astoria THE ST. CHARLES. A H Griffin, Corvallla John Woods. Montana u L uoodaie. do J R Harbin. do S Graham. Ciatskanle Mrs Graham. do J Lundberc. do wns woods. do E Willis. Scott's Ldg F E Fields. Woodland W W Sale. Ajrtnri. J 8 Coulter. South Bnd Alma Smith. South Bnd R L Taylor. Corvallls airs j f J-ong. ao O E Coleman. Hood R Mrs Coleman, Hood It P Cooper, Hood R J W Strong. Woodland urown. soutn Bend J Johnson. South Bead P Joeguson. do D Hurley. South Bend J W Hickman, do L Fletcher. Maygers Geo A Stevenson, do H Tremhalt. Oregon Cy C Kellr. Oregon Cltr J Kennedy, uoDie W a Khelde, Grays Rlrfr F T Perry, N Tamhlll L L, i-aulson. uobie A L Woodward, Marshland J F Cook. La Grand G B Wild. The D Law Haddle. The D J L Moore. The D DrJH Lewis. Nez Perces. Ida M E Messlnger, Aber deen B B Huddlng. Minn J V Gaff. M D, 8 F Victor Peterson. S F C D McGcwan. Boise J 8 Jones, Chinook Mrs J 8 JonA do Tom Clonlnger. do Frank Wagner, do E Williams. San Fran A Dunn. Dayton H Baxter, .Dayton O L Richardson. 8 T c II Clifford. San Fr W S Conner. lone R L Handbuckle. do Mitchell Smith. Bak C C B HalL Baker City W D Case. Pittsburg T W rhornburgh. For est urove J M Vaughn. Stella L Michael, Stella B W Rice. Seattle H 11 cianc, warren Miss Hattle Martin, Seattle Chaa I Roberts, Klam- am Kails Peter One. Los Galea Rller Smrthe. Dallas O J Ealme. Westport C F Wilson. Weetport U McAlpln. Albany C E Mitchell. Albany J L Moore, Albany C E Olsen. Albany f m tales, rale's Ldg H Woodson. Wlnlock O W Badger, dly r E Fields, city Judge Jas McCain. Mc- Mlnnvtlle J Richardson. Oak Fnt E Richardson, do J Maddox. Oregon Cy E E Bayley. Kalama Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. Eurones- plan: headquarters for com mercial men. Chllherg'i restaurant la connection. For Goldendale. Wash., take stage at Grants. H. Glass, prop. SIS Dyspepsia makes you nervous, and ner vousness mokes you dyspeptic: either one renders you miserable. Carter's Little Liver pub cure both. RICH ORIENTAL CARGO MOXMOlTTnSHIRE ARRIVES WITH 4OO0 TOSS OF FREIGHT. Captain Evans Realartut Command to Captain. Kennedy Two Well- Earneil Promotions. The good, fast Oriental liner Monmouth shire arrived at her dock In this city about 8 o'clock yesterday morning with one of the larxest cargoes that has reached Port land for a long time. She carried over 4000 tons ot miscellaneous Oriental mer chandise, and also brought 270 passengers. The greater part of the freight aboard was for Eastern cities, although Portland was down on the manifest for 10,000 sacks ot rice, 1500 bags of paper-maker's clay, 300 bales of hemp, 247 packages of tea. 214 plabs of tin. 140 tubs of shoyu. and 330 packages' of miscellaneous merchandise. There was a small consignment of 31 bales of silk for the East, and the largest shipment of matting that has yet been received on one steamer. It Included con signments for New Tork. Boston, Phila delphia. New Orleans, Pittsburg, Balti more, Louisville, St. Louis. Chicago. Jer sey City, Cleveland. Columbus, St. Joseph. Omaha and a number of Canadian cities, the amount aggregating 12,000 bales. There was also a lot of straw braid. New Tork alone receiving 1222 packages, with fans, curio?, carpets, napkins, bamboos, baskets and plants galore. The steamer was dis charging very rapidly yesterday, and a portion of her cargo is already on the way East. While the Monmouthshire reached Port land promptly on time, she encountered very dleagreable weather all the way across, until within three days of port. She left Hong Kong on the afternoon ot March 10. and had strong to moderate winds on the way up the China seas, and on the 14th encountered a heavy southwest gale, which compelled her to anchor about six miles off Mojl, Instead of going In. It moderated so that she entered the coaling port ell right the next morning, and took In 1000 tons ot bunker coal. She left Mojl for Kobe, on the morning of the 10th. and arrived on the 17th. At the latter, port she took aboard nearly 2000 tons ot cargo and the most of the Japanese passengers which sho brought to Portland. Toko hama was reached on the 19th. and after taking In COO tons of cargo she got away on the afternoon of the 2otn, and for the next 12 days met nothing but a succes sion of strong northeast winds and rough sea. Antoria was reached at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and, after the usual detention at quarantine, the steamer pro ceeded up tbo river, reaching St. Helens at S o'clock Thursday morning, and anchoring until yesterday mornlnr- Yesterday was Captain EVans last day In command of the fine steamer, with which he has made such a good reputation on the Oriental route. On reaching Kobe on the voyage just ended, he wns noti fied of his promotion to command, of the steamship Merionethshire, a larger and finer steamer of the same line, and First Officer Kennedy was given command of the Monmouthshire. Captain Kennedy takes charge today, and Captain Evans will leave for London early next week to take command of his new charge, which is scheduled to leave London for the Orient early in May. The news of the change was received at this port with mingled feelings of regret and pleasure among the many friends of both men re gret that such a popular and pleasant gentleman as Captain Evans should be lost from the route, nnd pleasure on account of his promotion to a better position, and also at the well-earned promotion of Cap tain Kennedy. Captain Evans has been In the employ of the "Shire" line for 20 years, beginning his career as third officer on the Cardiganshire, thence to the Brec onshlre as second officer, and from her to the Merionethshire and Glamorganshire as chief officer. He was given command pt the Denbigshlre about eight years ago. arid when that vessel was sold to the Japs, he took command of the Monmouthshire, and has been with her continuously since. Captain Kennedy, like his predecessor. has risen from the ranks, and reached his present popltlon after many years' experi ence. He was for a long time In tho -employ of the China Mutual Steam Navi gation Company, and left that company five years ago to Join Captain Evans on the Monmouthshire. He Is a genial, whole- souled son of the sea, and will pee that the popularity or the Monmoutnsnire 13 maintained. In expressing regret at leav ing the Portland route. Captain Evans stated yesterday that In all ot his sea faring career he had never visited another port where he was so well treated by every one he met as he has been In Port land. MAitcii nrsucESi. Monthly Statement of Portland Cns- tom-House Transactions. The Collector's statement ot the customs business of this port for the month ending March 21 Is as follows: Vessels entered from foreign ports.. 1 Vessels cleared for foreign ports 10 Vesseis entered from domestic ports IS Vessels cleared for domestic ports 12 Entries of merchandise for duty CI Entries of merchandise free of duty 11 Entries for warehouse 3 Entries for rewarehouse 1 Entries from warehouse for consump tion 33 Entries from warehouse for exportation to adjacent British provinces 1 Entries for Immediate transportation without appraisement 5 Entries for consumption liquidated SO Entiles for warehouse liquidated.... 2 Certificates of enrollment granted 1 Licenses for coasting trade granted 3 Licenses to vessels under 20 tons granted 1 Value of exports Domestic 1066.925 Foreign 1.010 Receipts from all sources Duties on Imports 233,R 15 Miscellaneous customs receipts.... 167 25 Official fees OOP Total .34.019 40 Amount of refunds and drawbacks paid 2.003 CO KOS3IOS LIXE PROFITS. German Steamship Company Mnklnc Money Without a Subsidy. The boats ot the German Steam Naviga tion Company Kosmos completed 49 voy afes last year, vlx., 31 to Chile or Peru and Eucador. and 18 to Central America 9 of the voyages were via Genoa and Cadiz. The result of the year's operations was very satisfactory, the gross income amounting to "3,141.502 marks Q pfennige, being an excess ot 291.322 m. 90 pt. over the takings of the previous year. A divi dend of U per cent Is therefore declared, after writing off 1.G26.91S m. for deprecia tion of the vessels. The dividend for 1S3S was 9 per cent. Since September last the voyages have been extendd to San Fran cisco." Three new boats have been ordered to be built two ot Glasgow and one at Hamburg. 8UXK IX COLLISION. Bio Steamer Struck by Cattle Transport. CAPE TOTVN. April 6. The British steamer Mexican, of the Union line. Cap tain Martin, which arrived here March 14 from Southampton and which left here April 4. has been sunk in a collision with a cattle transport. The Mexican's pas sengers returned on board the cattle boat. (The steamer Mexican was built at Sun derland In 1SS2, was 3S5 feet long, had 47 feet beam and was 49 feet 3 Inches deep. She registered 4GS1 tons gross. She was owned by the Union Steamship Company, of Southampton.) Leander Held by Libels. TACOMA, April 6. The steamship Le ander, loading for Siberia, which ousht to have cleared over a week ago. Is still In port, tied up with libels, one from 1 Her Only Regret San. Fawbody Had Passed Tbnagh tne Most Trying Experience of Her Life Before She Fonad n Remedy for All Woman's Ills. Nobody who sees Mrs. Mary SI. Peabody, of 42 Water Street, Haverhill, Mass., to-day will find It easy to believe that she has passed her 63d year and has en dured more suffering than comes to the ordinary lot of women. How she regained health and happiness is best told in her own irords. She says: "Last winter nnd spring I hod the grip which left my system all run down, I also suffered from female weakness and troubles peculiar to women. I had no strength and so ambition. My friends did not think: that I would live and I was afraid that I was gotne; into consumption. "I recalled the benefit that Dr.WlUlama' Pink Pills for Pale Peopls hod done ma in a former Illness, and last July I began taking them Tlisy did not disappoint me. I used several boxes of them and from n total wreck I was made a healthy woman. My only refrret is that I did. not know of Dr-Wllllama Pink PllWfor Pale People when I had tho change of Ufa, I am now enjoying the best of health, eat heartily ana sleep soundly all due to Ur. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. 'There, aro many facts about my case that I do not care to have published but I will gladly answer any woman who cares to write ma about the subject." Mart M. Pbabody. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this first day or September, 1S03. TnoKAS W. QunrBT, JUtties 0 Ae JVocs. Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are an unfailing spedflo for men diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Mtus dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tbe after effects of the grip, palpi tation of tha heart, pale and sallow complailona, and all forms of weakness either In mala or female. D WILLIAM S? Look for this trade mark on every IB fackage. 8 DR- CSSJSSGBBJEI WILLIAMS MEDICINE Japanese merchants, who supplied her with coal, the others from consignees of cargo. The trouble seems to be a lack ; or ready money on tne part 01 snip or charter party. Mote's License Suspended. Tuesday's San Francisco Chronicle has the following, which Is a requel to a live ly row which occurred on the Elder in this city a few weeks ago: "Captains Bolles and Bulger, local In spectors of steam veswls, made an order yesterday suspending for six months tho license of Thomas McTague. second mate of the steamer Geo. W. Elder. The or der was made at the Instance of C. Ran dall, who charged and proved that In Feb ruary last McTague was Intoxicated on board the vessel, used abusive language anl made an unwarranted assault upon the complainant. Jferr Oresron Steamer. Tho machinery for the new steam schooner Santa Ana. recently built for A. V. Beadle, at Coos Bay. is being put into the vessel at San Francisco. The steamer Is 1S3 feet long, with a beam of 3S feet, and under command of Captain C Strand will, as soon ax she can be mnde ready, engage In the Nome trade. It will be six weeks before she will be completed. The Santa Ana will have accommodations for ISO passengers, and about 1000 toils of freight. Marine Kotes. The 'William Law and tho Berwickshire are nearer the finishing point than any other shins In port. The steamer State of California sails for San Francisco tonight- The Elder Is due from San FrancLco this afternoon. The old steamer Alice Blanchard has been sold to the Mexicans, and has lost her identity by adopting a new name. Domestic nnd Korelfm Ports. A5TnPtA Anrll nnrtlMnn nt tar at 5 P. M.. rough; wind west; weather cloudy. &an fTancisco, April o. aaiicu ocnooa er Sacramento, for Sluslaw River; sttamer South Pdrtland, for Chemalnus; steamer Laguna. for Tillamook; steamer iiacKi naw, for Seattle; steamer Sunol. for Gray's Harbor. Arrived Steamer Areata, from Coos Bah Coos Bay Bar bound April & Steamer Empire. Port Townsend Arrived April E Bark entlne Quickstep, from Tacoma. Seattle Sailed April 5 Steamer City of Topeka, Dyea. Yokohama Arrived April 4 British steamer St. Irene, from Portland. Or. To sail April 24 German ship Peru, for Che malnus Antwerp Sailed April 4 British ship Linlithgowshire, for Portland. Or. Holyhead Passed April 5 British ship Drumlanrig. from Tacoma for Liverpool. Hong Kong Arrived April 4 British steamer Sikh, from Tacoma. Honolulu Sailed March 2&-German bark Arnold, for Port Townsend; March 27 British bark Forthbank. for Portland, Or.: March 2S British ship Drummuir. for Port Townsend. Arrived March 26 Ship Das-hlng Wave, for Tacoma. Mokuona Arrived March 22 British steamer Manauense, from Nanalmo. AS TO CHRISTIAN SCIEN CE. Its Attitude ToTrnril Christ nnd To ward the Medical Profession. PORTLAND, April 6. To the Editor.) During the past month or more there have appeared In the columns of The Oregonian a number of statements, or more properly misstatements, regarding Christian Sci ence, some of which are so grossly mis leading to your readers, not to say unjust to Christian Science, that I feel Justified in askins tho privilege of stating a few corrections. On February IS there nppeared an Item from Forest Grove. In which the corre spondent alleged that in attempted sui cido in that locality was due to insanity produced "through reading the doctrines of Christian Science.." This. I find upon investigation, to bo untrue. In that the man in question has been mentally un balanced for several years past. and. so far as can be learned, lias never known anvthlnc of Christian Science or its methods. He had, I am Informed, been reading literature published in Atlanta. Ga., which Is not Christian bclence. ana also a paper published In New York, which. It Is claimed, reached him "charged with electricity." and from this he was exnectlng to gain health. Christian Science, as defined nnd taught In the text-book "Science and Health. With Key to tho Scriptures." by Mary Baker G. Eddy, has nothing In harmony with the above doctrine. In that It teaches man to rely wholly on God. the one divine mind, for his health of mind and body. In a recent sermon published In The Oregonlan, reference was made to tho discoverer and founder of Christian Sci ence as one who posed before the public as a "new Christ," "who. with all tho avarice of old age. is heaping up enor mous wealth," which statement Is as unwarranted as It is unkind, and no one In the least familiar with Mrs. Eddy's teaching or her dally life could honestly so represent. Mrs. Eddy has said In the New York Herald. February 1. 1K6: "My books and teachings maintain but one conclusion and statement of the Chri3t and deification of mortals. Aught to the contrary, I deem anti-Christian and un scientific. God Is one and Christ Is ona with God In the sense of God as divine love and Christ as the Holy Ghost, alias divine principle and Its divine idea. There was. Is and never can be but one God. one Christ and one Jesus of Nazareth." -..L... JnWMLt.il . ' JLfrj. Mary M. Feabody. INK ILLS FOR Sold by all drvggiiU,so ctntsper lax; six boxes, ft.fo. a. I C9 u rr ALE EOPLE COMPANY, Sohenectady, N. Y, And In the manual of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, are tho l following rules: "He who aated the Chris tian era is the ensnmple in Christian Science. Careless comparison or Irreverent reference to Christ Jesus Is abnormal Irs a Christian Scientist, and prohibited. "In accordance with our text-books, tha Bible and 'Science and Health. With Key to the Scriptures' and all Mr3. Eddy's other teachings, members of this church shall neither orally nor by writing, signify their belief In more than one Christ, evea that Christ whereof the Scripture bearetti testimony. Regarding Mrs. Eddy's Income and her use of It. It has recently been stated by. Judge Hanna, of Boston: "In view of tha publicity now given to Mrs. Eddy a largo charities, it will not again be charged by-fair-minded people that she is a merce nary person. Her charities during the last three years have avtjraged "5S.9S7 per year. This statement Is furnished by her book keeper and taken verbatim from her books. With her economical mode of living, sha could readily be a millionaire, but It gives her more pleasure to do good than to make money. She now reldom gives to beggars, having learned from sad experi- ence tho effects thereof. She never gives to bo seen of men, but to such persona as she knows to be needy and to such) objects as are worthy." The attitude of Christian Scientists to ward our friends of the medical profes sion seems greatly misunderstood, as wit ness the assertion In a recent sermon hero that "it Is tho doctor about whom Chris tian Scientists love to make so much sport." While the methods of Christian Science may differ from those of materia medico. In striving to alleviate the distress of humanity. It is in no sense the desire to belittle the earnest efforts of the many self-sacrificing men and women in tha medical profession who are devoting their lives to this noble purpose. The follow- , ing It the Christian Science rule on this subject: "Members shall maintain no 111 will toward men. towards members ot other branches, M. D.s or doctors of any sort." (Manunl.) It Is believed that the ormositlon to 'Christian Sciense Is in a great measure due to general misconception, and henco misstatement concerning the subject, and that Its most bitter opposers aro thosa who know least of the truth of Its teach ings. 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