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THE M0KNI2sTG OTTCOONTA; MONDAY, MA& -28, -1900. AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES (Copyright, 1D0O. by Seymour EatonO THE-ORECONI A.N'5 HOMESTUDYCIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON VIII EFFKCTS OP MEXICAX "WAX. BT JESSE MACY. Liu D. The Nevr Territery. The final settlement with Mexico at tho rlrwp hf fh tear rave to the United Hta?r- enother "enormous addition of territory, 1 which Included California, Texas, revada. Utah, Xew Mexico, Arizona and parti of Wyoming and Colorado. Shortly before this, in 1S46, a treaty with Great Britain adjusted our northwestern boundary and secured an undisputed title to the States of Oregon and "Washington. This, with the Gadsden purchase from Mexico in 1B53 of a strip lying south of Ariiona and JCew Mexico, fixed the boundaries of the United States as they still remain. While the ratification of the Mexican treaty was etill pending occurred the dis covery of gold in California, which led amid grfat excitement to the pouring in of a flood of adventurous population het erogeneous in character, but much of It rough .and lawless, and all moved by the overmastering greed of gold. The whole -of the territory .acquired from Mexico (Texae excepted) was inhabited by Mex icans, Spaniards and Indians, none of them capable without long training of appreciating and accepting the principles of free government as understood by Anglo-Saxons. Hera were conditions to tax the strength, the wtadoxn and the vital assim ilating force of the most powerful, the most experienced and the most united of states. But the United States was weak ened by sectional divisions: every prob lem Of stateomanshlp which arose was now complicated by the Inevitable slavery question, and Its discussion embittered by the personal feeling which every al lusion to slavery aroused. Thoughtful patriots looked anxiously Into the future. Shoiild the new possessions be dedicated to freedom or to slavery? Could North and South agree upon a division? Texaa was conceded to slavery; what should be done with the rest? Tlie "Wllmot rroviso. At the very outbreak of tho Mexican War It was foreseen that the result would be an addition to the possessions of the United States and that such accessions would unavoidably Involve divided opin ion respecting the extension of slavery to the new soil. A bill was before the House In 1846 to appropriate money for the purchase of territory from Mexico, when David Wllmot, a Democratic mem ber from Pennsylvania and a warm friend of the Administration, moved to attach to the b.Il a proviso forever excluding slavery, from any territory so gained. Von Hoist .likens the proposal of such a meas ure Jo "the eprlnging of a mine which shook both the Union and slavery to their very foundations." The amendment passed the House, but, though repeatedly brought up, It never passed the Senate. Still the bare suggestion was sufficient greatly to Inflame the South, while hs principle embodied in it was at first eagerly adopted in the Xprtn by men of all parties. The settlement of the status of the pur. chased territory In respect to slavery was seen by North and South to be Impera tive, and Southern Democratic leaders de termined to oppose the principle of the Wllmot proviso. Many Northern Whig newspapers declared for it, and. while seeking to avoid "the untempered zeal and fanaticism of the Liberal party," strove to1 commit the Whig to its support. Anti slavery Whigs hoped by supporting the Wllmot proviso In the election of 18S to draw all the anti-slavery forces to a union within the Wh'g party. But, as we have seen, the Whigs were again too timid to promulgate definite party principles, and once more shirked the real iecue, hoping to appear as the opponents -of slavery ex tension while placing at the head ot talr ticket the name of a Xoulslana -sugar planter and slaveowner who should at tract Southern votes. The panacea for the National disorder proposed by the Democratic nominee was the principle of "squatter- sovereignty," which would leave the people of each territory to decide for themselves the Question of freedom or slavery. The Whigs gained the election through the defection of the anti-slavery Democrats of New Tork, but nothing was settled thereby, and both the Abolitionists and the slavery faction grew only the more determined. Meantime anti-slavery sentiment had been growing stronger in the Democratic party, as well as among the Whigs. Va rious Democratic county conventions held in the North dur'ng the campaign, of "4S passed resolutions demanding the support of the Wllmot proviso. The revolt of "the New York "barn-burners" or free-ll Democrats was follow ed by a similar party defection In Illinois and Wisconsin, while several other Northern States were rep resented by Democratic delegates Jn the New York State Convention at Utlca and In the National convention at Buffalo which both nominated Van Buren as the free-soil candidate for the Presidency. Throughout the campaign the v antl-siav-ery Democrats protested loudly against the opinion announced "by Cass that Con gress had no Constitutional power to pro hibit slavery. There were Whig anti-slavery "bolters" also, though In many states the party maintained a gloomy and anxious silence. At the fame time -certain newspaper sup porters of Taylor ceased not to proclaim that "the Whig party north Is the true anti-slavery party of the Republic," and that the Wllmot proviso "is now and ever has been the doctrine of the Whigs of the free states."" Other Northern news papers made frequent allusions to "the Whig principles of the Wllmot proviso." A large number of the members of the part- solemnly pledged themselves to vote for no man who was not a declared op ponent to the Introduction of slavery Into the territories. True to this pledge, the Whigs of the western reserve In Ohio formally repudiated the party nominee and a erred that the Whig party had been "basely betrayed aye, sold to the Southern slaveholder." But they were displeased likewise with the nominee of the free-soil party. Many felt that they were tricked and Insulted by the effort to force them to vote for a life-long Democrat and a man of Martin Van Bu ren's principles. Tho Wllmot proviso had dealt a blow to National politics which waa ultimately to rupture the Democratic party perma nently, to kill the Whig party outright and to create (In 1853) a new Republican party. But all this could not have been accom plished without the lamentable failure of the Whigs In party wisdom, as well as in true statesmanship, after their sec ond rise to power in 1S4S. The Sltnntlon In 1830. California presented herself for state hood in December, 1849. She had a pop ulation In excefs of the requirement. Most of It was from the Northern States: some came from Europe; much from the South ern States. The conditions were such as ImperatUely demanded a settled govern ment. President Taylor, the leading hero of tho war, was thoroughly conversant with the situation, and urged on the move ment for entering the Union. Slavery was excluded, by Mexican law, from the whole of the ne,wly-purch&sed territory, and the constitution adopted by the Cal ifornia convention expressly prohibited it. The South, undr a Democratic Admin istration, had brought on the war for the sake of maintaining and extending South ern power through the extension of slave 0 territory. The outcome had been the ac quisition of a domain far exceeding its hopes. But now it appeared that freedom might gain more than slavery, after all, and Cal'fornla, the richest province of the t whole, threatened to slip at once from Southern grasp. Pro-slavery Whigs unlt , ed with the Democrats in opposing the v admission of California unless the Gov ernment would give assurances of pro tection to the interest of slavery in the rest of the new purchase; and they called i upon the President to aid them In their , purpose bv refuslnr his al-mature to the . California bUL The stern old warrior an swered that he would sign any Con stitutional law passed by Congress, And led his questioners to Infer that he fa vored the application of the Wllmot pro- j vieo tp the territories. To threats by Southern Congressmen that they would dissolve the Union, he replied by declar ing himself ready to take the field In per-. son to enforce his country's laws and to harg without mercy the very Btatesmeni to whom he spoke should they be taken in rebellion. He was to be no tool of the slave power. It was clear. Indeed, his chief counselor was now the young: and ardent William H. Seward, of New York, whose far-sighted aim it was to I MAP SHOWING TERRITORY make the Whig party the great exponent and agent of the opposition to slavery ex tension. This sentiment had always ex isted in all the states North and South; It had always been strong In the Whig party and was gaining ground In the Dem ocratic party. Northern Abolitionists (with the exception of the extreme Garrl sonlan wing, which was always numeri cally small) would have been won by a sincere and straightforward course on the part of the Whigs to a hearty allegiance to that party. Had Taylor lived and had the other Whig leader been able to see that now as never before there lay be fore them an opportunity to moke their party a truly National partya compact, fully organized political force based upon an issue in the broadest sense popular and National; had they but held calmly and firmly to the principles already associat ed with the party name, the principles of non-interference with the affairs of the in dividual states and unflinching resistance to slavery In the territories then, indeed, would the aftcrcourse of our history have been different. The times were ripe as never before for tho final triumph of Na tionalism over the threatened sectional disruption, and the great parties were the bonds, the only bonds, which might have been made strong enough to hold the Union intact. The Compromise of 1850. But once more Henry Clay came for ward to smooth the troubled surface ot the political waters with tho oil of com promise. He trusted to be able to heal all wounds, adjust all differences, save the Union and unite In brotherly harmony the distrustful factions by the mutual concessions which he demanded from North and South. The gist of the eight resolutions which were to effect all this was, as stated by himself, forbearance by tho North to insist upon the application of the Wllmot proviso to Utah and New Mexico; forbearance by the South to In sist upon the express Introduction ot slavery Into those territories. Tho par ticular points were "only tho feathers to "WlIHnra II. Seward. fly the arrow." California, was to be ad mitted as a tree state; the slave trade should .be abolished in the District oft Columbia, but slavery should remain; a stringent fugitive-slave law, which the slaveholders had long demanded, should be enacted: the claim of Texas -to a large part of New Mexico should be quieted by a large money Indemnity. No interfer ence with the Missouri compromise wqb suggested, and no appl.catlon of the doc trine of popular sovereignty was to ba made to the new territories. After long debate and various changes in form the measures were finally passed. The doom of the Whig party was now sealed, and the great tragedy of our history drew on. The Surrender of Oaaian. Stephen Crane In The New Llpplncott. On the cold, cloudy morning of Decem ber 11. 1877, when or.ow lay thickly on all the country, a sudden great booming of guns was heard, and the news flew swiftly that Osman had come out of Plevna at last and was trying to break through the cordon his foes had spread about him. During the night he abandoned all his defenses, and by daybreak he had taken CULLISON & CO. Grain " Provision BROKERS Direct Wires to New York Stock Exchange Chkrap Board ef Trade 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon r J'VVV,?2--vV7xJd "Tj m'A tJ.v.' - J. J'.t"T . t JC. (cx2 the greater part of his army across "the River VId. Advancing' afong the Sophia road, he charged the Russian lntrench ments with such energy that the Siberian Regiment stationed at that point was al most annihilated. A desperate fight went on for four hours, with the Russians com ing up battalion after battalion. Some I time after noon all firing ceased, and later the Turks sent up a white flag. Cheer after cheer swelled over the- dreary plain. usman nao. surrcnaerru. The iere had lasted 142 days. The Rus sians had lost -iO.OOti men. The Turks bad lost 30.000 men. The advance on Constantinople had been checked. Skobelcff said: "Osman the Victorious he will remain, in spite of his surrender." WOMAN AND THE BALLOT. VIctt That She Xeed It to Protect Her ia. Her Rlffkts. PORTLAND. May 26. To the Editors Two editorials have appeared in your .paper In the past week which I desire ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO. to answer. "The points made -were as fol lows: f X. Woman suffrage has made, no prog ress. 2. Everything "that suffragists httvo -worked for has been gained, but suffrage. 3. Women do not need the ballot to right any civic or legal wrong. - 4. The family Is the unit ot society and the basis of suffrage. 5. No class whose exercise of the fran chise is neither beneficial nor neceBsafcy has any right to the ballot. C. Property is not the basis of suffrage, and the taxation argument is a fallacy-. 7. The ballot is an artificial right. 8. The ballot will desex woman. "" At the beginning of this century-women had no political, social or Individual rights. Today full suffrage prevails in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Idaho; mu nicipal suffrage in Kansas, Province ot Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Ire land; the right to vote on taxpaying ques tions In Montana, Leulslana and Iowa; school suffrage in 26 states in- -the- Union, and full suffrage in the Isle- of Man, New Zealand. South Australia and West Aus tralia. Such facts, In lieu of the- fact that the cause has had-to batt.e against the preju dice and the ignorance of the past ages, are strong evidence ' that tho cause has made progress. Becond Every property, educational, so cial and Individual right that has been gained for women has been secured through the hard work of the advocates' of equal suffrage. The masses opposoj higher education for women, said it would destroy her womanliness; In fact, the: eqUal suffragists have been the main ones who have 'brought about the very condi tions that makes It possible for the anti-. suffragists to 'get Inany of their work.,T xne ngw to vote, aiiecting tne iuuaa mental or organic life of the Nation, is a broader and more comprehensive ques tion than educational or social rights; hence it will take a longer time to fee? cure the ballot for women than other rights. Again, the educational right paves the way for the recognition of the value and necessity of the political right Third A right conferred upon another party is only secure so long as the party granting it is agreed to It. The ballot Is needed by women to protect their rights; from a Governmental standpoint, the. right. to the ballot Is the right of rights. Fourth Every man at the age of JSL unless otherwise disqualified, is granted the ballot, whether he be at the head ot -a. family or not. No ""woman, left a widow, with a family to support and care for Is given the ballot because she represents the family. If household suffrage is the basis of voting In a country, then the family with a large number of sons h,ave creater tower than the one with a. larire number of daughters. In short, household' sunrage does not prevail in mis country. Fifth The great rank and flle of women are Interested In the betterment of man kind, and by so much as the home and the state are related, by just so much will woman's vote be of values and serv ice to the state. Sixth Standard authorities on political economy agree on the' proposition that- governments,. are founded on. the rights of private property and the vested inter ests in. the same. This proposition be'lhg true, it forms, a basic argument for tho principle, that taxation and representation go hand In hand. However, It Is not al together a question of the protection, but. the question as to how the taxes col- lected from either man's or woman's prop- erty shall be expended. So long as a woman owns property, pays taxes on that property, she. by virtue of this fact. Is entitled to the ballot. Seventh The ballot Is an artificial right. Then how does The Oregonlan reconcilo Its other proposition that the ballot is based on manhood? Is manhood an arti ficial thing? Governments that have their basis In the rights of private property con fer upon their subjects only an artificial right to the ballot, and every reason claimed by man for the use ot this arti ficial right can be Justly claimed by woman. When the time comes that gov ernments are founded wholly, upon "the natural and human rights of the people, then both men and women will be pos sessed of their Inherent right to be the real rulers of themselves. Eighth The ballot will deser woman. Sex is determined by the Creator, and if by act of human legislation woman becomes desexed. then it -Is possible for the creature to destroy the work of tho Creator. Such an argument is thorough ly atheistic In Its tenor. The ballot is not a masculine right, for It It were It cou'-d not be taken from man by legislative pow er. The man wh6 Is committed to the penitentiary Is deprived of the ballot, but Is Btill a human being, vested with all tho rights of manhood. If the right to the ballot was a distinctly masculine right, women could not exercise it; but they do vote. Hence the argument is a fallacious one. In Wyoming the school census increased more In the past 10 years than in any pre vious 20 years, which is a conclusive evi dence that the women of the state where equal suffrage has prevailed for 30 years have not forsaken the high and holy call ing of motherhood. Under natural normal conditions woman gladly welcomes moth erhood, and liberty for woman will mean b'etter mothers, and better mothers will mean better sons and daughters. Will the men of Oregon lead In this onward march of progress? We believe they will. M. LENA MORROW. Dodging: Shell. National "Review. Bombproof shelters were, of course, built or excavated In Ladysmith, but thee were naturally not conspicuous. Thero were many of them In the river bank, where they were easily constructed. At the Cordon's camp an Indian was per- I manently on the watcbt wljh.eyp glued, to Downing; TOpkin & Cd. Chicago Board ,6t Trade " vO DA IX C?0 S New York Stock Bccliange' OK-UIVTUKO Room 4 QroundFIoor - --Chamhep of Commerce ',. TBOTHjTEI. S.-S.-GEQ.-W: ELDER-, .CAKK!iOM VWHr positively sklKfromrtldrion v ; ' . V .' ; rS'aturday; ftiay i4t '190.0;'V VX-7 .-; ' Will ; saii from JpSrtfand, iSattirda&; . - -- " V 'v -June 2,.jad0.. "., Baggage can-now be checked at the office of the Bf & O. T.-Co.; '. ' "" " " Cor? Fourth and Slark Streets. , . - ' . - e ; roil RAT.An tXrORMATIOK APPLT Tf CALIFORNIA, k Mm COASLS. S.. CO; ? r IAUMOARTKeK, 2S3 Washlnaton St. ' W. A. Mltcfaell A Go-ajl A rata San KraBcisee. -.- 3 Pacific Coast Cap& Nome Gold Fields THE NEW PAIiATIAI. STEEI STA24SHrH ' - v y m&Smzlh the . --..1 1 . "Senator" will sail from Seattle direct June 2J, July 21 and August 20. ? -, - "The "Senator" Im&'ir-capaoltr'otiSSoO tooa. Hr atcond cabin and steerage accommodation are aupertor to the firet-cluS'ACCoisinoAatlont' ot moot of the steamers advertised for Nome. .The Pacific, CoaM Steamship Cah" bjn running Its steamer to Alaska winter and sum mer for 25 yeara. afcd Is the ptonwr Pactflc Coast line. Seattle f relent and passenger rates ap plr from Portland. Kor further tmtormatlcn laqutr'orOOOrj'AI.1i, PERtfrN'S JS'COr, General Areata. 10 'Market, San Franctoco, or N.-POSTON. .Agent. 20 Waaliliigton t.. Portland. Or. a telescope. Long Tom -was fired TfrUJi black powder, and wlien. to- watchman . saw -the puff of moke,:Wh!cb showed that the. sun hnd.beea dcharsed,P te called out in a high, crawlln -voice: "Bulwa-a-ana La-anr T-a-a-m." -Twenty-threo seconds -elapsed between'. the firfafeof tho shot and the arrival oktfce shftll. and JMila. save plenty of! time for every ono within J hearing to Teach shelter. . The Indian, i with the composure of his vrace,, aat un moved "at 'his lookout, 'hni was .never hit. Elsewhere a bugle call "Was the danger signal, A'Cbne cavalry ca'mp.l iros 61dT the ' horses got "to, knaw.hja bugfre, 4qulto well and. .when the. call,acnt thejnen nin ntng io. -shelter the horpp, wquld shojtf thel uneasiness .by stampbc on tn ground and tossing their headaT .AS "a rulo, both horses and' battle "Were very little harmed by shell fire. Herds b oxch" and troops of htfraes and 'mule -used 'to be sent to graze wherever grasscould bej iuuuu wiuuu me circuit 01. our u?ieiu;es. The Boers oftenisbeUed,.thenvr-witbout, much effect. If a ahell bqrat near -tho, horEs, tb.ey would trjJt 20 yardswith Jalls and cars up,finiff"the dtr "f&r'apoment, and. ,th,en, ,go on grazing. ' The Icxenl 'on; the other. ?ian.d,,tooKjiDr.notijct whatever' OUR TRADE WITBrCHINkV1.1 The Empire Take's ,More of o'tvra,Ht bends U 4c" ni Uer rWarjeii. TVASHrNpTON.' "MayC:,S3.-Cfonatul-Gen-eral'Jaines W." Rags&aie,y stationed aV Tie'n-tslnthlria.'Mn a report? to 'te 'State Department, on the commercial Johdltrotis and possibilities 'of Ihar'cbuntrjV.has'ilje. following to sayr JJ, . '' . f c "Comparing , the aggregate MmpArts for all of China for .the yeVr" ISSfSvlth thpsc' of 1S9S, we find "much of Interest. The lmpbrts from the. United Spates increased some 5.CP0.000 taels ($3,470,005), while .the exports to, me united, states decreased, by a similar amount, maklpg the balance of trade In our fayor .nearly ,10.060.000 taqls (J6,94O,0Q0). The imports from Qrqat. Brit ain decreased oyer 5.QO0.OQ0 tflelsJJ?.47D,000), and the.expoxts.toPreat Brltajn decreased. over z,wo,wo taets (fi.ftt.oan. . "As will be pjen, there has. been an. Important export of wool ,io the United btaics ourjpgjtho.year.., Th,e qqUxe hold-, eVs"have,pluckily carried their stocks, hop ing for better nrice .but, .the American buyers were not at all disposed. o con sider business except .with concessions- -nhlch they generally got by waiting, .nd. in tho Jatter part pf thjo-year a falling ex change has helped matter? by giving gold a greater purchasing power as silver, de clined. Ode ofrthe things 'that has af fected the- price ' of ?law-grade wool vejry,-- auverseiy lor some time past is tne iQn, prjco of. eross-hred .-wqol from South America, Xow ZealancLand Australia. This description of sheep .ha.lnpreastd at a4 xapia rato oi inie yeam .not jor tnet sak ui me vvuui, out ir uie muuon. im lower grade of wool is nxxw usid. JdrgelJ. by the manufacturers of carpets,, and con soquently comes In sharp.competttlon with Mongolian wools. Pv. w-r "Tho importation of lumber. from the Unlted States- this enr has doubled that o'f 1E3S owing largely to tho Improvements at New Chwang. Port Arthur.. and .other new, ports. The .demand- fqr, 1900 vrjll ba, unprecedented. The Russian iaUw.iys will need , crosstles, bridge timber, eta The wharves, tramways, breakwater, gpdowris, stations and otbexu-lmprovcnientp to be made at Chlnwang-to. the new, treaty. por Just oponed.near Shanhalkuaa, al6ne, V wiu need, many -cargoes. Tils port is located about. 2Qp - miles lp .. northeast direction from Tien-itsn, and wltiln four or "Ave miles from the xallroajl.-,-, "When the breakwater and tramway -are , com pleted, the largest (vessels w'll, be able to land and discharge cargoes -without llchterlntr. it is claimed, at .all masons 1 of the year, t w)U then be possible for our merchants, to -charter7 ships- direct from foreign countries, and aavdtthe aS so often experienced at Shanghai, where cargoes are shitted frpm large tq small vessels. - ,,- , "Notwithstanding tho-:pecjiiiar situation of Tlen-t3ln, the bad harbor, and the fact tljat for three months -in the year hbyI- . gatlon Is prevented by Ice, the . aumber L ot steamers tqai aixjve ana depart average more than 00. each. ar. to say nothing of the sailing vcsrels and junks that pome in and go ouU. numbering up inth-; thou sands. "All merchandise destined for the United., State? or Eurppe or Intended for consump tion In Northern China must be trans shipped. The parts' of trans-shipment for Europe or America are Shanghai. Hong fKong or Yokohama. The opening bf the new port at Chlrf "Wang-tb may cause a bappy change, as it Is erpeetecTrhat tha largest vessels will be able to land 'at the wharf at any time fns the yefcr when. MANHOOD m viTiir.r- r.-ri-.rs-rTi ,j rf.Va"vp!5PtP5aaiRajoDstTeqcapyiicuin;wuvqmcriyeuByoa'orau rmwfM f"SUn.' fc2,fc,'fcBltiail 'v3JH r ItttupsaJIIoee-tbydaroriilght. PrevcnterctcteiesQ4(scfa8rgF;wbicti If not checked r'Jeado to SperaUrrhcM-And all the horror of Impotrsqr. CTDPIBENEcleanestho tod restores smin ')'i;V--laoroll tapurU caPUESEumpMu rffr2r'5?riri!Sn.,flaffef?ra f ,ot CBr(1 by.boctoislsbwsanaiperceiiilLfe troubled with Prostatitis. lAJPiDEiE the only known remedy to cure without nn opraUon...f000 5tUinoMiala. A wrlttea paranteejclTen and moqry rettirnr! If 6 boxe doea sot effect a permaeeat care. 11X0 a boxfor 34(30, by mail. Send for rnsK circular aatl testlsioolTls. -rw' ? -. v f . Tor sale by Aldrtch." P&tijiaer. S(5thcaadas,YhIa)n greets, Pertland, Or, " v . '!S. S: NOMMTY; J.' ! & J?. t Steamship , Co cargqes WIU be. shipped; direct without the sxpenye .-trarts-shlprnfrnt and 'delay now occasioned -at the-' ports-above mentioned.,fc r, Afe aVbUJ SUCCESS. dver40tKT twrPdolft cm the j Cfondactbrs' fci TheSbhductorst-Teicursidn'to The Dalles yeaterdafya w& a 'decided -success. Three trains pujled.out of the Union depot about 8 A. M each consisting t 20 .coaches. The coochefl-jverejarge onps, holdjng between 00 'and .0 people, Awhlle altogether there .wera about',000 npeople'jJJon - board. The band was. on the first section, but llvelv croyrds.-Dn fie others marie tip for the .absence of music. A number' of people arrlyed in. Portland from the Valley towns tOi-'go -TQn-.thfi. rexcurslon, tbut-ohanged their mlnds.un..reachlnghere. an.4 .spent th.etdayin thcit. , , TJhejWaaljier wa,g fine all day, in ontrnst to, .tho rainy dayinPur-tland. .and-InrThe Day.ea the auu. was .almost. uncomfortably, warm. The.-Jlrst' two sections arrived in Jforiland on . the-, return trip between9 craa -i:xf, rbut- the Jflsfc section- tlld not cpme.4n..until.l -o'clock. this morjilnc The Icauao of tne delay was an aecjaent'o f the englne"hear Cascade Locks. ' ' ' "-"Accident b Eftslne." J . ," .TI?E.DAL"C!ES, ,May27T The third sec tion. Qf iTJie', Dailear excprslon. train -was de;ayetd.tnlgL thjemjlea east.f; Caa ca'de Iktcks, jn the return trip to Ports. land. abqut 7j0, ,-The- archplre in the , epgjne ,drawlns-rf tjo, Iralp , wag broken, tolally disabling the locomotive. The train .came to a 6tand$tlll Jn a, desolate losal- vyf ,a. mes3Li,,e ivas sent iorwara to Cascade, Locks .-to .notify the. chief train Us.patch.er. 'The 50 coaches waited unlll locomotives xrlved from The PallesI "Th.e Arirngton..Record Is In receipt"1 of La..leUer f.rom"Hon. George Parnett, "Re publican nominee, for the -Legislature. In L which he said, he was married on the 23d, Inst. Messnv Barnett and Cattnnlch Lwero. both bachelors at the time of tbelr nomination. And, both have since married.' TRAVELERS1 'GUIDE. t fn If ;qu:: ! Are Oqing East ))) Ana want to know what the trip 1) wilf cost, when iou will reach your destination. ajid ,why. you should take the Burlington 1, uoute ta-yjuaija. vuicagp, junr t- sas: Cltjv.Sr. JUouU or -ANY . Ol'riKR' "asitern tr: Southeast- rru uiio, (fiie iu uie under signed. a"hd receive by- return mall "a 'letter t gfvlrip-'you Juat exa"cflj..jh'e f Information j-ou need. - , , . ....Tik-ket Offlce... . !j j63rdf5ttr:sttfk,PirnriJ, 0j)u -... R. W. rOSTER. ' ? ; Ticket Agent. 8E0. STATLOR. Cllr Patoirfrtr Agtn.t. 2 " MEN'R Cure' Pay THE MODERN fAPPLIANCE A positive way to perfect manhood. The VACUUM TREATMENT CURES yoy'Vithout medicine of atttaervous or -diseases o the generative or gans, such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains, varicrceltfj-Impqoncjvetc Alen are quichlj re Btorei to- p-rf ect health, apd strength. S rite for Circulars. Correspondence confidential. THE HEALTH APPTjIAts'CE CO.. rooms'47-S Safe. Deposit .bulidtng, Seattle. Wsh. RESTORED CUPIDEME" "i rvr ? -..v- n rj"r . sr - ege- KmliW.QS-. XrrT2 !WlIt5."Plmple - fcp"n6i5 ' TRAVELERS' GCIIiE. LI I I f v& K ' UUoUUo liU-Q Ualem Deat, Sixth a,pj J Streets. THREE JRAiNS. DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CttlCAGO-PORTliAXD SPJSCIAIi.,,r'" Leaves for the. East, via Huntington, at 0:13 A. iL; arrives. -tP. AL SPOKANE FLYER, For Snokan T!aiitAni -VnsSlnirfftn. and Great Northern points, leaves atl) K M.; arrives at i .. -ATLANTIC EXPRESS, Leaves for The East. yla'Huntmgton. at 0 P. M,; arrives at S-40 A. "M. , i THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOUIUST SLEEPERS. Water lines schedule, subject to change -with, .ottt notice: OCEAN ANTJ RJVEU SCHEDULE. OCEAN DIVISION Steamships sail from AIns-arorth. dock at 8.00 P. "M, Leave Portland Columbia. Wednesday. lUy 2; Saturday. May 12; Tuesday-, May 2J. Friday, June lrilonday, Juna II. State or California, Monday, May 7, Thursday, May 17; Sundar, May 2T: Wednes day. June 6. CFrom.San Kranclaco State oC California. Thursday. May 3; Sunday. May 13: Wednesday. May 23; Saturday. June 2, Tuesday. Juno 1 Columbia. Tuesday. May S; Friday, May ia; Monday. May 28; Thursday. Jun 7. ' COLTJHBIA UlTOB DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally, except Sunday, at 8.00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10.00 P. M. Returning-, letives Astoria dally, except aun day. at 7:00 A. M. WILLAMETTE IUTER DIVISIOXr , PORTLAND AND CORVALLI5. OR. i Steamer Ruth, ror Salem, Albany. Corvallla 'and way potata, leave Portland Tueadajs. Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 0O A. U. Return In r. leaves Conrallli Mondays. Wednesdays aad Fridays at 0.00 A. M. .Steamer Modoc, ror Salem ncepenaence ana way points, leatca Portland Mondays. Wednea- dajTi and Frldaya at 6 00 A. M. Rturnin. leaves Independence Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at (i:30 A. M YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore, for Dai ton and way points, leaves Portland TUeadaja, Thursdays and Sat urdays at 7 A. M. Returning, leaves Dayton Sor. Portland and way points Mondays. Wednendayj and Fridays at 6 A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO . Steamer Spokane or steamer Lew!-ton leaj Rlparia dally at 3.33 A. M., arriving at Lewis ton at 3 P. M. Returning, the bpokana or Lewlston leaes Lewiston dally at 9 A. M.. arrlvlns at Rlparia same e-enlnc. ,, W. H. HURLBURT. General Paasenxer Agent. 'V. A. SCHILLING. Ctr Ticket Ajtent. Tclepbone Main 712. 50 Third street, cor. Oak. .NewSteimsliipLinetotlieOrient CHINA AND JAPAN". FROM PORTLAND. In connection srlth THE OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 100O (subject to" change): , Steamer. Due to Leave Portland,- "ARGYLL" A... May S3 "MONMOUTHSHIRE" .......v...,.. Junt 27 "BRAEMAR" J. jj...July IS For rates, accommodations', etc.. apply tt . DODWELL & COMPANY. Limited. General Atenta; Portljnd. Or. - To principal points in Japan and China. THE FASTEST AND MOST DIRECT LINE -TO THE EASTAiNDSOUTHEAST IS THE S Oir-rnR Th Direct Lincto Denv?r Omahx Kansas City, StrLouh Chicago anti-Other Eastern Points TWO DAILY SOLID VEST1BULED TRAINS. Portland to Chicago Less Than Three Days. Only Four Days to New York and "- Boston. Through larace and Tourist Sleepers, - Buffet Library Cars (Barber 'Shop) Dining Cars. (Meals a la carte) Free. Reclln- ihffChalr Cars. Through tickets, baggage checks, and sleeping car accommodations can ba ar ranged at CITY TICKET OFFICE ,135 Third Surest Portland, Orcaos J. H. LOTHROF.' GEORGE LANO. Gea'l Aginu . Oty Pass, dk Tku Agt. r -Tho magnificent 100 A 1 iron steamer ' " CHAS. D. LANE" - 4000 tons capacity, TV-WARNER. JIaater. Sailing . from Seattle, May 31, Direct to Nome. i Jor -tickets and Information apply to E. I. .Balrd, Esmond Hotel: Geo. Taylor, 100 Third .St.; A. B. C Dennisfon. 2C3 Morrison St.; A. D. Charlton." iS5 Morrison st. CHAS. CONKLIN 6L CO.. - Seattle. 'Astoria & Columbia I River Railroad Co. MiXVE5r Tot' Hayrers. Rainier. ARRIVES UNION jdaUkanle. '.Vestport. UNION "DEPOT. DEPOT: Clifton. Astoria. War- ren?on. Havel. Ham- mofd. Fort Stevens, dtarhirt Park. Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Exp rest. Dally. Astoria Express, Dally. SOOAilL 11:15 A. M. 6;55 p. iL 0:t0 P. m. -Ticket office. 355 Morrison st. and TJn'on depot. J..C. MAYO. Gen. Pass. Art.. Astoria. Or. WHITE. COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA RIVER ft PUGET SOUND NAVI GATIQN CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. X& BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street dock) Leaves Portland dally e-very- mornlns at 7 o clock, eacept Sunday. Returning-. leaes Ao- torla every jilcht at 7 o'clock, except Sunday Oregon 'phone Main 351. Columbia 'phone 33L . U. B. -SCOTT. President. . SKAGWAY AND DAWSON 'Alaska'StcamshipCompany NEXT SAILING. ROSALIE. MAT 31. The, only company having through trade ar rangements to Atlm and the Klondike. Weekly nailing frctn Tacoma. For full'Infbrmallon ap ply la J. U. HARTMAN. AgeaU Portland. Or 3 Chamber ot Commerce. -is inc. ; NO TRAVELERS GUIDE. EAST m SOUTH Leave Ceit fifth aad I Strtth Arrlr OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAIN3 for Salem, Rose burs. Ashland. Sac ramentc. Orden, San Francisco, Mo; Jave, Los Angeleo. El Paso, Neur Or . leans and the Eat At Woodbura (dally except Sua 'day,monilnK train connects with trAm for Mt. Ansel. Sll ve.rton. Urownv 111. SprlnsflsW and Natron, and evening- train for Mt. Angel and, 31, ert0n. . Albany passenger Corvalllf passenger Sheridan p&naenjcer 8op:m. ,3:30 A. M. 7: A.M. CUJO P. M. -OOP.,M. J7 30 A. M. t.SO P. M. 1OU0A2C. X0P. M. Ji3 A. M. Dally. JDaify except Sunday. Relate tickets on sale between Portland, Sac ramento and San Franaisca. Net rates $17 first class and 11 second class, including sleeper. ."Rates and tickets to Eastern polfits and Ea rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA. Can be- obtained from J, B. KIR1CLANO. Ticket Asent. HO Tntrd at. TAMHILL DIVISION. Paasenser Depot, foot of Jefferson Street. Leare for Oswcso daily at T-0. 0.-0 A. M.; 1? 30, 1 55, 3:23, 4.40. OJ15. M. 11.J0 P. M.; and 0 Ou A. M. on SunJj s only. Arrive at Portland dally it tJ.33. s.3u. I0 80 A. M.; 1.35. 3.10. 4.J0, C.15. 7.40. 10 00 P. M.. 12.4U A. M. daily-, except Monday. 8.30 and. i0.03 A. M. on Sundas only. Leave for Dallas Cally. except Suttday, l ft 03 P. M. Arrive at Portland" at 31S0 A. ii. Passenger train leave Dallas for Airlift Mon dae. Wednesdays and Tridays at 215-P. U. Returns TueMay, Thursdays and Saturdays. -iacepc Sunday. R. KOEHLKR; C. II. MARfcHAM. Manacer. Gen. Frt. A Pass. Ast. iDOUBLE pAILV THAIN SERVICE. The Pioneer BlnlnR" nntl Otiacrvntlea Car Route. Union fJBpott.Iban!l JSts No. 2 2 P.M. North Coast Limited. For Tacoma. Seattle. North Taklma, oi kane, Pullman, ales-cow-. Lewlston. Uovj land." H. C . Buti. Helena. St. PauJ. Min neapolis. ChiCaKP, Ron ton. New- York and atl p6Int3 East and South east. Twin City Iicpre5. F6r Tacoma. Seattle. No. 1 7A.M- No. 4 llo P. M. No. 3 8 P.M. ISpoknno. 1'ullman, Moi- lajid. B." Cl Nelson, Hlena. Butte, St Paul MlnwapolK Chicagci. Boston. Baltimore, Nejv York, Washlntetgn, and all points Kast -untl gouthonst. v . Take North Coast Limited Train. No. 2 for Smith Bend. Olvrinia and Grav Harbor Mtnts. - i5 tne rvortn uoasr Jimitea. JSiegant up holstered, Toarist Slcplns Cars, Pullman Standard Sleepers. Dinlns Car and Observa tion Cut. all electric lighted. Solid restlbuled trains. Ticket sold, to all points In the United States and Canc,ila. and .baSKacn checked to destination of tickets. For Information, tickets. slccDlns-car reset- n-atlons. etc.. call on or write A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General rancnger Affent, 253 3Iorrlon St.. Cor. Third, Portland, Orejron. fAeiins iOO PACIFIC USz Offers the LOtTKST RATES ard BEST SERT lce to aid frOrr. all Eastern points and Europ. Through tour'it cars from 'coast to St. Paul. Toronto. Mcdtreat aa 'Boston- WIT1IOU3 CHANGE. Direct Route to Kootcnay Mining DJstrJci ' British Columbia Canadian Fscltv- Ttji: Ici.'l Jitaw&tp line tt Tapar --i1 lui'ral.s. . Fti ralm and information, apply ta H. IL ABHOIT. A cent. E. J. COYLE. 146 Th'rd street, city. A. Q. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C SJREATPRTOERN Ticitt Office, 285 Horrlsaa Slrrtl, 'Plijue 6S0 LEAVE. No. 4 COO IV M. The Elytp, daily to and inytrw froirf it. Pant, Minn.- Ai-IVB-apolU, Dulutb. Chlcar Jo- "- nd all points Kait. , 7.00 A. M. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. DlnlnS and Buffet Smoklns-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHiP KIMSHJU MARU For Japan. China and all Aslttlc points wia leave Seattle About June 4th. e o for Cape Nome And Yukon River Points S.'S. "OHIO," 3500 Tons- Sails from Seattle About MAY 24TH Second Soiling about June 30 Reservations can: now be made for Juna sallins upon application to any railroad or sub agent of the International Navigation Com pany, or to E3IPIR.E TltANSPOHTATIo'y CO.. SBiATrtrLE. WASH. Pacific Coast Steamship Co, FOR ALASKA. THE COMPANY'S elegant steamer". Cottage City, City of Topcka. Quen and Al-KI leave TACOMA II A. M.. SE ATTLE 0 P M.. May 5. 10. 15, 20, 23. 30: June 4. a, I, IB. 10. 24. 29. July 1. 4. 0. For further information obtain company's folder. The company reserves the right to change steamers, sailing dates. and hours of salting, without previous notice. AGENTS N. POST6N, 243 "Washington St.. Portland. Or.: F, AV. CARLETON, N. P. R. R, Dock. Tacoma. J. F. TROWBRIDGE. Puget Sound Supt.. Ocean Dock. Seattle. GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agts.. S. . OOSCEH 4 SHASTA il UfY "T5 JO Hi Wf3Ty4fl LJ PT W? jHir alil fnl MiiBtriff il raKiAiiKi iiWiiWi irSfada-s.a-fc