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IT vnv. MfnRNING OTGONIAN, MONDAY, MAY 2S; 1900.' . R CITY NEWS IN BRIEF Amusements TonlKBt. JTARQUAM GRAND "A Rag Baby." CORDRAY'S THEATER (Washington st.) "The Rea: Widow Brown." FornTH or July Meeting Tonight. A Fourth of July meeting will be held this evening In the committee-room of the new City Hall for the purpose of ar ranging to celebrate in a manner becom ing Portland's opulence and position In the Northwest- Buslne?s men of the city are particularly requested to lend their presence, and all interested in Portland's progress are urgently Invited. The pro moters of the celebration think there Is ample time yet to arrange for a big time. if the committees are appointed forth with and are put right to work." People residing within a rad'.us of 200 miles of Portland naturally look to this city to provide entertainment on the glorious Fourth, and this one may be made a rec-crd-brfaker In grandeur and Jollification. Killed a Ferret. A strange animal, eomewhat resembling a mink, was run over and killed by an express wagon near the Skidmore fountain yesterday. It was thought very strange by the crowd which gathered to view the remains that an animal of this kind should be run ning at large In such a place. It has been ascertained that It was one of a pair of ferrets kept In a wholesale estab lishment near the fountain to keep rats and mice off the premises. The ferret is not as active an animal as the mink, and, as it Is accustomed to goinc under ground and prowling around by night, st does not see well In the eunlight, which accounts for Its not "being able to get out of the way of the express wagon, and Is also the reason why such animals when procured often come to an untimely end. A man who has had experience with fer rets and has used them for hunting rab bits in "the old country" says that while they are smart enough In some ways, they are. on the whole, rather stupid. They aro seldom able to catch rats or mice, but their presence In any building Is sufficient to cause these rodents to keep away from It When a ferret is sent into a rabbit warren It drive rabbits out. If it can catch a rabbit It just stays with it and eucks Its blood and- pays no attention to the calls of Its master, and will not come out till It IS ready. The Oregonlan has received inquiries from several persons as to where ferrets can be obtained, but has only lately learned that there is a person In the city who imports them. They are kept In several stores around town to drive away rats and "mice, and in mills or grain warehouses, etc., are of great service for this purpooe. Hogs Gettuto Plentiful. The hog crop of Oregon will be larger this year than usual, which is a good thing, as It will save sending abroad a lot of money for lard, bacon, hams, etc The low price of wheat for the past year or two has Induced farmers to raise hogs more ex tensively, for when wheat is cheap it pays to feed it to hogs. The Eastern demand for cattle has fallen off, and there are more good cattle on the ranges than for some time past, and there are prospects of the price of beef being lower before a great while. The demand for choice cuts is, however, always so much greater than the supply that loin steaks and rib roasts are not ever likely to be as cheap as could be desired. The choice cuts In an animal of any kind, as com pared to Its size, are so few, ae compared to the number who desire choice cuts, that there is never likely to be more than "barely enough for the officers." Raising Cottonwood for Market. Large quantities of cottonwood timber are used In this state In the manufacture of paper, and this wood is also found to be the best material for manufacturing ex celsior from. A large quantity of cotton wood is stored on Front street to be "worked up In an excelsior factory there. Many sections along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers have already been de nuded of cottonwood timber, and in a iew years the supply will be to a great extent exhausted. The cottonwood tree, however. Is of quick growth, and In some places people are setting out new planta tions. In this way a supply could bo kept up, and with profit, as In the low end overflowed grounds favorable to Its growth nothing else flourishes. W. C. T. TJ. Meeting. Central W. C. T. U. will meet today at headquarters, 107 Third street, at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Huber Ferguson, pastor of the First II. P. Church, will speak on the famine In India. A full attendance Is expected. Pioneers' Auxiliart. An adjourned meeting of the Ladles' Auxiliary to the Oregon Pioneers Association will be held this afternoon, at 2:50, to arrange for the annual banquet to pioneers, June 13. Senator William Smith. Democratic-Peoples Nominee for Congress Tuesday Night, Mat 29, Metropolitan Theater. Everybody Invited. "We are headquarters for quicksilver, water filters, medlclno cases and miners supplies. Wholesale prices. Woodard, Clarke & Co., Fourth and Washington. Don't go to Cape Nome without natural stone water filter. See them at Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s, Fourth and Washington Btreets. For Bugs and Slugs on rose bushes, eweet peas, etc, use our slug shot and extract of tobacco. Lamberson's, 160 Front street. Attend the auction sale of furniture at C. C. Smith's furniture store. 12C First street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Don't forget cricket meeting tonight, 7:30, C. W. Lawrence's, 249 Stark. Every body Invited. Union Barbers, stay away from Seat tle. Strike on. LOOKING AT OREGON MINES Tarty of 15 Milwaukee Capitalists Here. A party of 15 Milwaukee. Wis., canital- lsts arrived In the city last evening, over the Northern Pacific and put up at the Imperial. A. M. Wehe, president of the Wehe Consolidated Mining & Milling Com pany, is leader and pilot, and the gentle men are going to look over the mining resources of Eastern Oregon before re turning to Milwaukee. They are all In terested In Okanogan, Wash., mining properties, and these have proven so sat isfactory that the party may decide to take hold of some Oregon gold mines. They desire to reach home by June 19, to take part In the miners' convention to be held there. This meeting, Mr. Wehe says, will be made up of mining men from all over the world, but particularly of the United States. Canada and the British colonies. The party will make Portland their headquarters while taking In the sights. They expect to view the fisheries at Asto ria, the breakers at Seaside, the falls of the Cascades and Oregon City; the big 6almon traps view Rooster rock and the car-nery at Warrendale. Mr. Wehe said last evening that the rapidly developing mines in the St. Hel ens district should be supplemented by a smelter In Portland, and he wondered why one was not already In operation here. "The gold, copper and silver of that re gion alone." he said, "would make it an object for Portlanders to maintain a smelter, as St. Helens will soon be known as one of the richest mining districts in the world. 'The party spent several days looking at properties there, and have In teresting stories to tell of camping out In the rain, while all the clothing and provisions had become "sopping wot." Because the Gntnsre "Wnnts It. FALL3 CITY. Or., May 25. To the Edi tor ) Agreeing with you as to the advisa bility of "oting down most of the pro posed amendments to the constitution, nevertheless I think that the -woman suf- frage amendment should pae. A further ground for this, other tnan the ordinary arguments adduced, would be that the State Grange advocated this amendment at the recent meeting at Independence. xne ae.egates were from over the whole state, and fairly represent not only the sentiments of the Grangers, but of their neighbors engaged in many kinds of agri culture, who are not at present affiliated. Respectfully, FRANK BUTLER. The argument is not conclusive. The Grange may be wrong. REPUBLICANS AT LATODRELL Rosningr Meeting la Eastern. Malt nomah County. Saturday evening the Republicans of Latourell held a. lively meeting, under the auspices of the Latourell Republican Club. President Latourell presided over the meeting, which was held in the school house of the district. Several candidates for county offices were present and ad dressed the citizens of that district, re ceiving generous recognition every time good Republican sentiments were heard. Major J. P. Kennedy, candidate for the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court, made the principal speech, and was followed by C. W. Gay, candidate for Representa tive. J. G. Mack, and W. E. Showers, candidates for County Commissioners, and T. Scott Brooke candidate for County Treasurer. A special hit was made by one of the candidates for County Com missioner In the statement that ho once worked in a logging camp, and from all parts of the hall came shouts of approval. The ticket looms up splendidly out In the country, beyond the sorehead Influence. There the citizens are tired of the dis senters and Independents, who are eter nally howling corruption when they are left out. WHY TAYLOR rXx. Jfot to Dravr the Colored Vote, But to Beat Republicans. In regard to the temporary candidacy of Henry W. Taylor for State Senator from Multnomah Counts', A. D. Griffin, a prom inent colored citizen of Portland, said, yesterday: "I think the object of Henry W. Tay lor's candidacy was not to establish the right of the colored man to political rec ognition, as has been Intimated, for that right has never been denied or questioned. But the real object was to defeat, if pos sible, the Republican party's nominees for the Legislature. "It is a fact that no considerable num ber of colored voters have been In sym pathy with the proposition of putting up a member of their race for State Senator, as the whole scheme was ill-advised and certain to result in defeat. "There Is little or no question as to the real strength of the colored vote. The leaders of the various .political parties know about the number of votes that the colored people have in Multnomah Coun ty, and the fact of Mr. Taylor's candidacy would have not determined the size of this vote any moro than the candidacy of any other citizen whose claims for the support of its people for an office of such Importance were so small. "It would be foolish to try to disguise the fact that there Is much unrest among the colored citizens over the apparent un willingness of the party leaders fittingly to reward them for their loyalty to the organization: but this dissatisfaction will not be manifested In any such manner as Mr. Taylor and those who supported his candidacy believe, or pretended to believe. "While It may be true that there is Just cause for complaint: that we have not received our merited recognition at the hands of the party that always calculates with never-failing certainty upon our sup port, yet there Is not sufficient cause for bolting and endeavoring to defeat the candidates of the party, whose success means so much, not to us alone, but to the entire community, the state and the Nation," EAST STDE REPUBLICAN RALLY. Pour Wards to Join in a Big: Demon stration Tncsdar Xleht. On the East Side the last week of the campaign will be a lively one. The sec ond and last general Republican demon stration will take place at Burkhard Hall tomrrow evening, in which all the regular Republican clubs of the East Side Will DartielDate Thoto .1nV ,-&. tt,.-. Sellwood, J. E. Relnkle, president; arraign, .nooreveit, .Frank MeUin, presi dent; U. S. Grant, L. H. Wells, president; Multnomah-Union. Henry S. Rowe, presi dent; Sunnyside, R. F. Robinson, presi dent; Albina Central. J. C. Jameson, pres ident; Eleventh Ward, Dr. L. M. Davis, president: Other Eleventh Wnr- r1liB Ti same general committees and sub-commlt- tees wnjen nanaied the big meeting In Al bina will have charge of this one. Richard Clinton is chairman. D. Snll rviirt win deliver the main address, and there will be short talks from the candidates. The Southern Pacific Band will give a number of selections at the opening, and the quar tets will enliven the programme during the evening. If there be .an overflow, speakers will be on hand to make ad dresses on the outside. The Burkhard Hall will hold about 700 oeople with the gallery. A routing meeting Is expected. FOURTH WARD REPUBLICANS. Will Meet Tonight In Metropolitan Theater. The Fourth Ward Republican Club will hold a meeting tonight at the Metropoli tan Theater. Third and Yamhill streets, at 8 o'clock. A brass band, which .will give a street parade, bas been enlaced. and in addition to good, speaking there. win De a nne programme prepared on the stage. This will be the first meeting of this club, and a large turnout Is desired, as this ward is always noted for its adher ence to the straight Republican ticket, and is united on thjs question. The Metropolitan wa6 chosen for Its con venience down town and easy access to all car lines. At Sellwood. The Sellwood Republican Club will hold one more rally next Thursday evening. In behalf of the regular Republican ticket. On that occasion A. S. Dresser, candidate for Joint Representative from Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, has consented to be present and deliver the principal ad dress. Mr. Dresser is a particularly 6trong man on the platform, and it will be the first time he has saoken outside of ht own county. There will doubtless be a largo audience. There will be other ad dresses. Good music will be provided for the evening. The Sellwood club is stand ing like a rock for the straight Republi can ticket. Highland Republicans. The Republicans of Highland will hold a meeting in the hall there at E o'clock tonight. There will be speaking by well known men, and good music A SMALL INVESTMENT. It Will Bring; Yon Many, Many Happy Hours. For 15 cents you can get at any B. B. Rich cigar store a box of Rich Mixture smoking tobacco. Manufactured on the improved plan of extra mild. mild, medium and Strong. It Will not bite thn tonnt Get a box. WHERE TO DINE. There must be some good reason why the popularity of the Portland restaurant Is Increasing dally. S05 Washington. Jacob Doll Upright IMnuo. The latest Improved. Acknowledged to be best sold on easy installment. Pianos rented, tuned and repaired at lowest prices, H. Sinshelzner, 72 Thlr.0. Estab lished l&X WILL BE NO SUMMER LULL BUILDERS TOO BUSY TO THINK ABOUT RESTING. Woric on Many BbsIbcss Structures Ncyf Residences on Both Sides of the River. There will be no June lull In Portland building circles this year, according to a prominent contractor, who Is up to his ears In work. "Usually June Is considered a dull building month," he says, "as peo ple are preparing to go to the seaside, and don't want to be detained by building scriemes that may be put off, till Fall." The demand for more house room la so great In Portland that "not even the Im pending state election or the presence of a Presidential campaign can stem the tide. High prices for labor and material have not the slightest effect on the Inten tions of property-owners, who see how they can readily make income-bearing property out of Idle vacant lots. All the residences thus far completed in 1500 have been occupied almost before the plastering and Interior paint work has dried, while the business edifices have been taken possession of. at most before the plate glass fronts have been com pleted. The old quarters vacated by the occupants of the new buildings do not remain idle a single day, as they are usually engaged by some other firm Just as soon as there has been a prospect of a vacancy. All these straws go to show that the buildings erected in this record breaking season are not put up with an eye to the future. They are all wanted now. And yet all this building Is being done without further noise than that caused by the hammer and saw, or the puffing of the donkey engine that hauls the clay from the excavations, or hoists the brick, mor tar and Joists for the business bricks. A Portland citizen would resent the imputa tion of a "boom," and yet everybody Is busy In a regular old-time rush. Labor ers are scarce at the highest wages of fered for 10 years. Mechanics are getting as much for eight hours as they formerly did for 10, and there is a decided upward tendency In their demands. Vacant houses are so scarce as to have become a curiosity, and rents within walking dis tance of the business center have climbed with the rest of the factors that go to make up the city's life. Still there Is no boom, and real estate Is selling for its actual value, without any reference to a future rise. Several Important structures are rapidly nearlng completion on the West Side Among them are the Corbett four-'story brick building, at Fifth and Stark streets, which will be roofed In within the time specified In the contract June 15. The interior work has not yet been let Tho new Multnomah Clubhouse, on Chapman street, will be ready for occu pancy by July 1. as the contractors are rushing the work with nil the mechanics that can be put on to advantage. The club is naturally anxious to enter the new quarters in order to take advantage of the superior appointments and to save rent The Oregon Telephone & Telegraph Company's new building, at Alder and West Park, will be roofed in within tho next two weeks. The brick work has been practically completed, and the ce menting of the outer walls will begin this week. The basement walls of the south and center wings of the new Good Sa maritan Hospital have been brought up to the first story of the structure, and floor Joists are being laid. Difficulty in procuring brick lias delayed this struc ture unavoidably, but the contractors ex pect to go right ahead now until their contract is complete. Excavation on tho Fechhelmer quarter block, at Seventh and Washington, Is about finished, and the contract for build ing the two-story brick was let last week, so the laying of the foundation will begin forthwith. The cost of this structure Is 520.000. The basement of the modern Durkhelm er residence, northwest corner of Twenty fourth and Lovejoy, Is nearly ready to support the superstructure. This building will be of Colonial architecture, full base ment, two stories and roomy attic Its cost will be 515,000. and It will occupy a lovely and commanding site in a locality noted for Its stately residences. Under the contract, the building has to be ready for Mr. Durkhelmer's family by Novem ber 1. The next large contract to be given out is that of the four-story-and-basement brick for the Falling estate. southeast corner of Third and Washington streets. The frame buildings have all been torn away and a large number of men and teams are engaged on the excavation. The cost of the struoture has been given at 5150.000. Enst Side Buildings. Dwellings whose aggregate cost is 5C0. 000 have been started within the past week, which shows that building en the East Side Is progressing and widening. A line of buildings has Just been started very much In advance In cost and elab orate construction of any that have been put up on the East Side since the boom days. Work on Mr. Alger's fine dwelling on East Sixth street Is well under way. It is estimated that the final cost cf this structure will not be under 51S.O0O, al though tho contract price Is less. The fine large tone foundation takes the corner tip completely. It will be one of the finest structures in Holladay addition. The de sign shows that it will be on an elaborate plan, and that no expense will be rpared In any portion of It. On the northwest corner of Union avenue and Hassalo street the excavation for the foundation of the dwelling of W. P. Olds has been completed, and the contract for an elaborate stone foundation has been let. The estimated cost of this dwelling is $12,000. The chimneys will be of stone, and the geneial plan of the building Indicates that It will rank among the finest dwell ings In the city. The quarter block, which Is high and well situated, will all be taken up. Plans for the erection of a 55030 res idence to be erected on East Twenty second and East Burnside streets have been prepared, and the contract will be let In a short time. Already on East Burnside street there are dwellings under construction which will cost about 512,00). There are new con tracts in other portions of the city. J. C. Mann has started a two-story dwelling on Schuyler, between East Seventeenth and East Eighteenth streets, costing S3X). It will be two-storj-. Ex-Mayor C. H. Hill bad work commenced on the stone founda tion of hte dwelling on Williams avenue, between San Rafael and Tillamook streets. which will cost him 52500. The foundation of a 52200 dwelling for L. W. Keeley has been started on the corner of East Yam hill and East Thirty-fifth streets. Ed ward Dalton has the foundation of his 51600 cottage on Schuyler, between East Eighteenth and East Nineteenth street, well along, and the frame will soon be up. The 51600 dwelling for "V. D. Norman, on Schuyler, between East Nineteenth and East Twentieth streets, has been started, and work Is being crowded forward. John Duthle has a 51620 residence on Belmont and East Seventeenth streets well along It Is enclosed. On East Oak, between East Twenty-second and East Twenty third streets, E. A. Bohen's new res idence, costing 51300, t? progressing. Growth-En.t of the City. Mount Tabor district. No. 5. will have another room completed In the Glencoo School building during vacation, so as to provide for the Increased attendance to the two buildings. At the school meet ing in March provisions were made for meeting the expenee of fitting up thl extra room The main building in also crowded, and before long more room will have to be provided there or another schoolhousc erected In Center addition. In Montavllla. district tbe remaln'ng room will be finished and supplied with desks during vacatlcn. The building contains eight reoms uid seven are in use. This year the building has been so overcrowded with pupils that the eighth unfinished room had to be temporarily fitted up and occupied. At no place at M6unt Tabor can vacant houses be found, although, except la Montavllla, there has not bien much building. Considerable property has changed hands, and It Is stated that dwellings are to be put up at a number of places this year. At Montavllla and east of Mount Tabor. there has been a considerable building movement as far out as Russellvllle. Old houses have been re paired, and many new cottages have been erected. There has been a general clear ing away of all the old wrecked houses that were to be seen in every direction in that district a year ago. It la eitl mated that not less than 525.000 has b;en expended In this clearlng-up process with in the past elx months. Residents over on the Base Line east of Mount Tabor who have been pulling hard to get the City & Suburban Railway Company to build a 6pur from their North Mount Tabor branch are rejoicing over the prospects of having the cars almost at their doors. The county has granted the company the right of way on Hlbbard street, and Man ager Campbell -states that work on the extension will be commenced as soon as practicable. Miscellaneous Improvements. George W. Bates, of Albina, has his two houses well along toward completion on Russell street. Both are neat cottages. With the deep excavating that was re quired to make room for the buildings the expense will range between 51000 and 55000. Contractor Bridges was able to make good progress tho past two weeks In brick laying on the Southern Pacific machine shops building until the storm Interfered. A few weeks of pleasant weather -will give the bricklayers the opportunity to complete the walls and get the building under cover. Work on the Swedish Methodist Church, on Borthwick and Beech streets. Upper Albina, is progressing. The corner-etone was laid two weeks ago and the frami Is up, and the carpenters are pushing con struction. In the course of about two months the structure will be ready for dedication. Rev. Ray Palmer, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, reports that it will take 52503 to furnish the auditorium of that church, and that already- most ot the money has been raised. There is some money yet to be secured, when the entire amount will be on hand. On achievement of the object, there will be a big tlmo held at the church. AH the material Is on hand for the en largement of the G. A. R. Hall at Pleas ant Home, and the annex will soon be erected. It has been found that more room is needed. About 5000 feet of lum ber has been donated by the surrounding mills, and the post there will only have to do the work. At Gresham" a new schoolhouse will be erected to .take the place of the one which has been in use there for so long a time. It is expected that a contract for the erec tion of the new building will be let during vacation. The lax levy was made so high that the building Trill be erected without Incurring any debt en the district. OWNS A RICH CLAIM. Miner in Blue Mountains Works With Pestle and Mortar. L. M. Knight, a resident of Portland, who has Just returned from a trip to the Blue River mines. In Lane County, says a number of good properties are being developed there, and that tho district will shortly come to the front as one of the best of Oregon's oreproducers. Blue River Is situated in the western foothills of the Cascade Mountains, the stream being a tributary of the McKcn zie. Vida is the name of the nearest postofflce, which Is situated about 50 m les east of Eugene. A good stage road reaches within seven miles of the diggings. Of. the mines being operated there at pres ent, that own'd by L. Zimmerman, of Portland, is the most prominent. A 10 stamp mill Is at work In this ore, and the mine is clearing 530,000 a month. Mr. Knight mentions one mineowner in the district as clearing J5 to 510 a day with a mortar and pestle. This old miner is not anxious to sell, as he can mortar out all the money he has any ueo for, but several mining promoters, who realize the value of the old man's property, have been trying to get a bond on It. Only last week a Portland promoter went up Blue River, armed with four bottles of whisky, and . proceeded to get tho mine owner full, so as to get the property at a bargain. The old man drank heartily of the liquor, but the more he drank the higher he put his figures, ana" the pro moter finally left In disgust. THE END IS IN SIGHT. In Fact, but Four Days Remain Until June First. Please bear in mind that If you pro pose to take advantage of the most ex ceptional bargains we have to offer dur ing this removal sale, you will have to attend to this matter without delay. Only a few days remain, and the doois of 10 First street will close, and with it one of the fairest and greatest opportunities for you to purchase a tine piano, without paying the customary and necessary re tail profit that accrues In the sale of every piano in the ordinary way. Our reasons for making this sale were plainly stated In our several previous an nouncementsIt is not merely a question of saving the few dollars In drayage that it would cost to transfer this Stock to our new store opposite Cordray's Thea terbut we want to close out every pl.mo and organ in this First-street store in order to be able to open our new ware rooms with an entirely new stock of strictly choice selected Chickcrlng. and Weber, and Kimball pianos. And lor this reason we are presenting to you this money-saving opportunity in the purchase of a strictly reliable, fully warranted piano or organ. Dozens of your friends and neighbors have taken advantage of these very low prices, and the unusually favorable terms of payment which we are now making, and you might as well stick 525 In your pocket for a first payment down, and come In early Monday morning, and make a selection of one of the several remaining choice Kimball, or Weber, or Chickering pianos, and m order to make a clean sweep of everything here, we will not split hairs about the payments. , We have on hand here now three of the very finest, largest size, fancy uprijht pianos that have ever been brought to Portland, and some 30-odd Instruments of various makes, in the purchase of any one of which you can now save enough money to fairly educate the whole fam ily in music. You cannot do this next month or next week, but during the com ing four days Is the time to attend to It. If you do, we will guarantee that you will never regret it. Store open Monday Tuesday. Wednes day and Thursday evening. Remember the place. 107 First street, next to Ladd & Tilton's bank. Eilers Piano House. CHESTERFIELD'S P6WEIIS. "Arc 'Wonderful," Says Rev. Sam Jones, of Prof. Chesterfield. "His powers are wonderful; to me It is simply marvelous, the gifts this young man has." So said the great Evangelist in the Peabody Hotel at Memphis, not long ago. He had Just had an audience with Grant Chesterfield, the noted mind reader and palmist. Seen yesterday at his parlors, 207 Sixth street, the eminent enigma was surround ed with a throng of patrons, some wait ing to know if they would soon make a change In their business conditions; others if absent friends would return: others If their present difficulties would soon cease, and still others If they would be successful In their love affairs. Some wanted to know what their ail ment really was, and whether or not they could be cured. It is said Professor Ches terfield is a most remarkable diagnosti cian. His Summer engagements will soon call him East, so Professor Chesterfield will remain In Portland, but a short time. His fee for a complete reading of ore's life is 50c Yesterday he nnnounced that unless all letters, addressed him contained return I postage they -y011'0 Irt be aiuwored. SHIPS CLOSELY WATCHED "WORK OF INSPECTORS ON ELDER AND NOME CITY. Careful Investigation as to the Number of Passengers Carried Neither Ship Overloaded. In marked contrast tQ the feverish and reckless crowding of many vessels going to the North this Spring were the arrange ments on the Geo. W. Elder and Nome City, which left Portland Saturday even ing. Captain E. S. Edwards, United States Inspector of Steam Vessels, and George F. Fuller, United States Inspector of Boilers, aided by five customs officials, counted every individual aboard both ves sels, and ascertained beyond ail question that the number carried away was below the maximum limit allowed. This fact was not brought about by the absence of would-be -passengers, for had the com pany been disposed, and the United States officials permitted, both of the big steam ers could have been loaded to the gunwale. The number was less because of the pur pose of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company to afford the best accommoda tions to their passengers, which could not be done If they were packed like sardines, and both Captain Edwards and Mr. Fuller bear testimony to the disposition. The Elder Is registered to carry 2S0 pas sengers, and she sailed with only 367. The Nome Is entitled to put aboard 429, and she departed with just 401. Captain Ed wards said he had never seen during his long experience of Inspecting vessels, greater care used and moro solicitude 3hown by a navigation company than in the present instance. It required no ad monition from the officers to keep the to tal passenger list down to the desired lim it. When the officers appeared to make their official count, every facility was af forded, without complaint or question. After this had .been done, both the man agement of the company and the passen gers thanked the officers for the care ex ercised and the consequent assurance against danger. Shortly before the steamers were ready to pull out Captain Edwards and Mr. Ful ler asked every person aboard to go ashore, that there might be no mistake as to the number being taken. When all were off the steamer and an Investigation was made absolutely to determine the fact, four customs officers, placed at the disposal of the Inspectors by Deputy Col lector of Customs L. A. Pike, were sta tioned at the two gangplanks. As the passengers went aboard they were count ed and checked off with the passenger list furnished by the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation Company, and found to correspond exactly. The passengers themselves. In stead of being piqued by the inconvenience of tho count, cordially thanked the two Inspectors for their prudence and atten tion to duty, and expressed openly their gratitude to the steamship company for the excellence of arrangements. Before It has been tlr custom to allow persons not Intending to take the trip th liberty of the decks until a few moments before sailing. The result was that It was Imposs'ble to ascertain how many passen gers there were, except by ticket sales. Passengers endeavoring to get aboard late were Jostled and crowded through narrow aisles, their baggage thrown and dumped about and everybody rendered very un comfortable. Saturday there was none of this. Every passenger was assigned his proper place expeditiously, and there were none to Interfere with movements. Captain Edwards also commends espe cially the arrangements aboard for the comfort of passengers during the voyage. Down In the steerage were tiers of bunks, two abreast with gangways between each tier, spring bottom mattresses, electric lights and every other convenience possi ble In the hold. The ventilation was excel lent, and the facilities for eating equally good. The first and second-class passen gers, of course, had much better accom modations, steerage passengers in the day will be gH'en the privilege of .the fore castle deck and other space affording abundant opportunity for exercise and air, as well as viewing the sights. Every passenger departing from Port land Saturday will bear witness to the safety and comfort thrown around them by tho O. R, & N.. and will be the best advertisement of the merit of this route to the distant gold fields of Nome. A Friendly Call. PORTLAND. May 26. (To the Editor.) Kindly state through your paper what Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! Bears tho Signature of TAVERN OF Castle Cra And.... ings, SEASON OPENS JUNE 15. Located In the midst of grand and Impressive mountain 'scenery, with Mount Shasta and the Crags for a background. FINE HUNTING AND FISHING. Unsurpassed cuisine and service and reason able rates. RAILROAD FAKE, round trip, $23. For rates, terms and other Information ad dress E. B. PIXLEY. Manager. Care Pacific Improement Company, Crocker building. San Francisco. The Oregon Mining ' Stock Exchange Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bid?.. P. O. Box 79. Portland. Or. J. E. Haseltlne. Pres.; David Goodaell, Treas.; F. J. Hard. Sec Directors L. G. Clarke. J. E. Haseltlne, David Goodftoll. F. J. Jennings. L G. Davidson, F. V Drake. E. A Clem. Geo. Y. Llod. T. W. NevUL Lloyd & Nevili . MINING ENGINEERS. TT S. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYORS. Rooms 532-335 Chamber of Commerce bulletins rortland. Or. Telephone Clay 537. P. O. box 1043. Oregon Mines . . . Davison, Ward & Co. Invite the attention of mining- investors to this promising field. They deal in MINES. STOCKS. LEArSES AND BONDS. Only property of merit, after careful lnvesti gatlon. wilt b handled. Members Oregon Min ing Exchange. Correspondence solicited. -JOS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. FRED PREHN The Dekum Building. Full Set Teeth 3.W Gold Crown 15.00 Bridge "Work. $3.00 Examinations free . Teetb extracted Abso lutely without pain. Soda Spr TfS. Cor. Third and Washington. REMOVALSALE Some .Special Offers for Monday The closing' out sale of the Eilers Piano House stock, at the old stand. 107 First street, has attracted the most widespread Interest. The end's In sight, and if you Intend to take advantage of the specially low prices and exceptionally favorable terms, you will have to attend to It at once. Chlckerlngs and "We1ers and Klmballs are included In this sale, as well as nearly a dozen, other makes. IN USED PIANOS Nunns, square, good '..$ 2-7 Stfeinway, square, fine $128 Everett, upright, good as new'. $195 A. B. Chase, upright, in good order $185 And many others. EILERS PIANO HOUSE 107 First Street Between Washington and Stark Sts. mission the battle-ohip 'Maine was on when ordered to Havana Harbor. E. HORTON. "JREAT NORTHERN FLYER" "The Most Popular Train Across America." Solidly vestibuled, palace and tourist sleepers, dining care (meals a la carte), buffet smoking-library cars. Leaves Portland dally, 6:00 P. M., for Montana, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Dulutn. Chicago and all points East. For tickets and full Information regard ing Eastern trip, call at .city ticket office, 2CS Morrison street. REMOVAL! REMOVAL.! REMOVAL.! "Wright's' Music Store will move June 1 to the Music Block, 349 Washington street. CO fTRlOKT After-dinner delicacies give the meal a fine finish. Thero ii nothing daintier for dessert than farina rlco pudding. Jellies and fancy crackers. Everything in tht3 lino will be found In our stock, which presents an ex haustive definition of 'groceries." The whole world N taxed in makfn? up this superb as sortment of food specialties. You .must see to appreciate. Jockey Club, a new French wafer, 40c; reg ular 50c Fruits sugar wafers, in three varieties, or ange, strawberry and apricots. A genuine Manhattan cocktail Imported from France. Vermouth and champagne, called a champagne cocktail. Pickles Pin Mancy, half-pints and pints, reg ular 23c and 40c 20c and CSc. A. new package to take to the coast In one-gallon palls, regular $2.25 at $2.00. seeo0eeoe-eaeooeoaoc9oo THE OREGONIAN : PUBLISHING CO. I I? NOW equipped ron ttOING FIRST-CLASS o Also... I DESIGNING . AND o SAMPLES... ZINC ETCHING I of Work I end Prices apoa Application .of the Denta! Chair TEETH EXTRACTED AND FILLED ABSO LUTELY "WITHOUT PAIX, by our late scien tific method applied to the gums. No sleep producing agents or cocaine Theso are the only dental parlors in Tort land having PATENTED APPLIANCES and ingredients to extract, fill and apply gold crowes and porcelain crowns undatectabls from natural teeth, and warranted for 10 year. WITHOUT THE LEAST PAIN, Full s-t of teeth 95. a perfect fit guaranteed or no pat. Gold crowns, $3. Gold fillings. $1. Bllv-r fillings. COc. All work done by GRADUATE DENTISTS of frcm 12 to 20 years' experience, and ach department in charge ot a specialist. Give ui a call, and you will find us to do ex actly as wo advertise. We will tell you la ad vance exactly what your work will cost by a FREE EXAMINATION. SET TEETH $5.00 GOLD CROWXS 95.00 GOLD FILLINGS fX.OO SILVER FILLINGS BO NO PLATES New York Dental Parlors Fourth and Morrison Sts., Portland HOURS. 8 TO 8: SUNDAYS. 10 TO 4. Branch OOce, 723 Market at.. San Francisco. no c r nonyN eye and ear diseases. Marausm 'big., rooms Q2&-7 MAYERS V GROCERS Lj 148 Third St. o o IS ' o o E. & W. Kipslc. E. Jfc W. Tho new fold collar. THE PALATIAL OREGON! BUILDING Not a darlr office la the bnildlasi LbaoIuitely fireproof j elcctrio lights and artesian water; perfect sanita tion and thorough ventilation. Ele vtttorst mn day and nisht. Rooms. ALDRICH. S. "W., General Contractor 010 ANDEI1SON. GUSTAV. Attorney-at-Law...6ia ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mgr..80i AUSTEN, F. C., Manaeer for Oregon and Washington Bankers Life Association, of Des Moines, la B02-503 BANKERS LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DE3 MOINES. IA.-.F. C. Austen. Mannger..502-003 ' BEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U. S. Weather Bureau 010 BENJAMIN. R W.. Dentist 3H BINSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Ph7S. & Sur!410-4ll BROOKE. DR. J. M.. Phys. & Surg 70S-70D BP.OWN, ilYRA. II. D. 313-314 BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician 412-413-41 BUSTEED. RICHARD. Agent Wilson & Mc- Callay Tobacco Co 602-601 CAUKIN. G. E., District Agent Travelers Insurance Co. -... 713 CARDWELL. DR. J. R 503 CARROLL W. T.. Special Agent Mutual Resere Fund L'fe AsVn 604 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY..:.. C04C05-tfl-C07-G13-014-013 CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon 208 COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Life 300 COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGuire. Manager -. 413-418 DAY. jr. G. &-I. N. A 318 DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia Telephone Co - COT DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714 DRAKE. DR. H. B.. Physician 512-313-514 PWYER. JOE. F.. Tobaccos 403 EDITORIAL RCOMS Eighth floor EQUITABLY LIFEASSURANCE SOCIETI; L. Samuel. Manager; F. C Cover. Cashler.309 EVENING TELEGRAM 323 Alder rset FENTON, J. D.. Physician and Surgeon. 309-310 FENTO.V. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear 511 FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 6C9 FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION; E.C. Stark. Manager C0I 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.. Physician and Surgeon... 709-710 GODDARD, E. C & CO., Footwear Ground floor. 129 Sixth street GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan Life Insurance Co. ot New York 209-210 GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law C17 HAMMAM BATHS. King & Compton. Prope.303 HAMMOND. A. B .. 310 HEIDIXGEH. GEO. A. & CO.. Pianos and Organs 131 Sixth street HOLLISTER. DR. O. C Phys. & Sur.. 504-303 IDLEMAN. a M.. Attorney-at-Law.. 416-17-13 JOHNSON. W. C. 315-310-317 KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor ot Agents Mutual Reserve Fund LIfo Ass'n C04-603 LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co COS LITTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surgeon.. 20 MACRUM, W. S.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.214 MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phjtf. and Surg. .711-712 XtAXWELL. DR. W. E., Phys. & Surg. .701-2-3 McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law 713 McFADEN. MISS IDA E-. Stenographer.. ..201 McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law.311-3J3 McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers' Representa tive 303 METT. HENRY 213 MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and Oral Surgeon 60S-0C3 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., or New York; W. Goldman. Manager.... 200-210 MUTUAL RESERVE rUND LIFE ASS'N; Mark T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents.. 604-C01 Mcelroy, dr. j. g.. Phys. a sur.701-702-703 McFARLAND. E. B., Secretary Columbia Telephone Co. tJ08 McGUIRE. S. P., Manager P. F. Collier. Publisher .- 415-410 McKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law 500 MILLER & ROWE, Real Estate, Timber and Farming Lands a Specialty TOO MUTUAL, LIFE INCURANCE CO.. of New York: Wm. S. Pond. State Mgr. .404-405-408 NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.7I3 NILES. M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Life In surance Co.. of New York 209 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY: Dr. L. B Smith. Osteopath 40S-4C9 OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-210-217 POND. WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York! 404-405-403 PORTLAND PRESS CLUB 601 PORTLAND EYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY. Ground floor. 133 Sixth street PORTLAND MINING & TRUST CO.; J. H. Marshall. Manager ..' sis QUIMBY. L. P. W.. Game and Forestry " Warden - 716-717 ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and Min ing Engineer 515-510 REED & MALCOLM. Opticians. 133 Slxst street REED. F, C. Fish Commissioner 407 RYAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law ..417 SAMUEL. L., Manager Equitable Life 309 SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supreme Com mander. K. O. T. M. 317 'SMITH. Dr, L. B.. Osteopath 403-409 SONS OF THEAMERICAN REVOLUTION. BOO STARK. E. C. Executive Special. Tldellty Mutual Life Association of Phlla.. Pa... 001 STUART. DELL, Attorney-at-Law.. . 617-61 STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703 SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P. TERMINAL CO : 708 STROWBRIDGE. THOS. H.. Executive Spe cial Agent Mutual Life, of New York.... .408 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201 TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 610-611 U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 907-808-009-910 U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH D1ST.. Captain W. C. Langfltt, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A. .... ....801 U. S ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W. C Langfltt, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A.. SIS WATERMAN. C. II., Cashier Mutual UX cf New York . 404 rotary Native Daughters . .. 716-717 WHITE. MISS L. E., Assistant Secretary Oregon Camera Club 214 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N Phys. & Sur.304-5 WILSON, DR. GEO. F., Phys. & Surg. .706-707 WILSON. DR. HOLT C Pbje. & Surg.6O7-B03 WILSON & McCALLAY TOBACCO CO.; Richard Busteed. Agent 602603 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO. ..613 A. ttrvr more elesrnnt offices may be tod by applying? i-o Portland Trust Company of Oregon, 109 Third st., o to tbe rent cleric In the bnlldrasr. Samples . HetomsmerKJ; rVnANaOj ttHEWf ce."uurj3 M 1 WAI1 TAPER I. . - il v jk- -4U