Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, June 25, 1900, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text- THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY," JUNE 25, ISOC IS RELIGION DECLINING? SERMON" BY REV.- ARTHUR W. ACK ERMAJf. He Says Chnrch Membership Is Jnst r Sow at an Inexplicable Pacse Other Sermons. , At the First Congregational Church the pastor. Rev. Arthur W. Ackerman. spoke on tho condition of the churches, and dis cussed the question. "Is the Interest in the churches and in religion declining?" He prefaced his sermon by saying that he believed that the records of other churches would show substantially the same results as those of the Congrega tional churches, and then proceeded to examine tiie condlt'ons of Ms own denom ination. He .said, m part: "The Congregational churches In tho country numbered 1C less at the close of 1899 than they did In 1SSS. Only once stnco 1S6C have we organized so few new churches, and never In cur history have we dropped so many from our roll In one year. The reason for this is found in the uneasy condition of the population of small and new towns; the majority of our new churches are in the new states, our losses have been there also, and more than half of those that have been dropped this year were organized within 10 years. No inference of lack of Interest can be adduced from this fact, for in 1861 we reported a loss of 28 churches over the previous year, and since then we have added aver 3000 churches, and during the last 15 years we have gained an average of over 100 churches a year. Churches are subject to the laws of fluctuations that affect all human institutions. "We have gained in church membership only IteO; but three times in our history have we made so lltt e Increase. But there are reasons for the abo, for never has our total death rate been so large as in 1SC9, and our churches all over the country have been stung with the gadfly of cleaning up their rolls. In th last live years we have dropped ZS.AiO names, of those who have either proved themselves unworthy or have neglected their cove nant obligations. But the fact remains that we have added during the last 15 years 22S.225 to our total membership, and have received into fellowship in the same period 403,453 persons, who have professed thtlr faith In Christ. Our Sunday schools have made only a small Increase; the losses are In the Eastern States and the gains In the newer states. Tnere is no doubt that rnpdern life is against this form of church activity. The bicycle Is a convenient and subtle form of Sunday excursion, the Increasing pressure of pub lic school work, the demands of society upon children much too young and the lock of parental authoi !..., are all causes lor the lack of progress in the Bible Bchool, "But certainly religion is not losing Its interest when men pour their money into It. Do men put money into that in which they do not believe? The Congregational church spent $297,213 more last year than In the j ear before for the support of the gospel In our home church Only twice In all our history have we spznt so xnu:h for this purpose. In the matter of sup porting the work of preaching the gospel to others these churches increased their benevolences $217,494. Before Hie year 1S9S we never gave so much as we have given this year, and sinco 185S Ibe Congre gational churches have given an average of over $2,600,000 a year bss-dc the legacies which would greatly lncr ase the amount. "It Is needful that all who would speak the trurti about the churches should con sider that for many and various reasons ooano of which are beyond human knowl edge, the churches are at a pause, and that Jut such a pause has of.cn preceded a surprlalng period of activity. There is nothing new in our condition, and the fu ture has great things in sxre for us." TRAPPING MOUNTAIN TROUT Flagrant Vloliitlon of Fish Laws In Crook County. The attention of the Fish Commissioner ind of the ofllcers of the Oregon Fish and Game Association has recently been called to the report of a most flagrant violation of the trout laws in crook County. The Upper Deschutes River has long been known as an excellent fishing ground, but probably lew people are Uware of the wholesale slaughter of trout which It appears has been carried on there for some time. At a point In the Deschutes River called Prlngle Falls Is what Is locally known as the ""fish-trap." Just below the falls is a small branch of the river which again unites with the main river a short distance down stream. In this ehort branch or arm is a pool, about five feet In width, from which a very narrow flitch, probably made by beavers, leads to the main stream. During the months of June and July the trout, which are mostly of the beau tiful Dolly Varden species, while on their way upstream to spawn, in their endeav ors to get over the falls, rush Into this narrow channel and are there entrapped by means of a small gate placed In the beaver ditch. The falls above being Im passable and the gate below being closed, the flsh, which sometimes collect by the hundreds in the small pool, are an easy prey to the land sharks, who take them out by moans of dipnets, spears, pitch forks, buckets and other unlawful means. The gate Is then opened and a new lot of flsh entrapped. It has been reported that many thou sands of pounds of fine trout have been taken from this pool within a year, and it Is surprising that the stream Is not already depicted of large flsh. It is needless to say that an effort will be made by the ofllcers of the associa tion to stop this wanton destruction of trout. The great difficulty seems to be in obtaining sufficient evidence to convict the guilty parties without going to the expense of sending a man from Portland to the spot for the express purpose of se curing the necessary evidence, ns the farmers and ranchers living In the vicin ity of vthe trap hesitate to inform on their friends and neighbors. But the law will be enforced and steps will be taken at once either to destroy the possibility of thus entrapping the trout or to bring the offenders to Justice. INHARMONIOUS POPULISTS. Pettlsreiv and Allen, Ilnrrln and' Butler, Heltfeld and Tnrner. WASHINGTON June 20. There is rather a curious collection of Populists In the Senate, and the developments dur ing the closing days of the session were especially Interesting. Pettlgrew. who was once a Republican and then n Silver Republican, but Is a now a bona fide Populist, and Allen, who was a Populist ever since that party assumed a lead ing place In Nebraska politics, are bitter enemies. There has always been Just a little bad blood between Pettlgrew ana Allen. Both being more or less dema gogic in their natures, they naturally clash for the position of the most disa greeable man in the Senate. Pettlgrew has easily won that distinction. But the real fight was at the Sioux Falls Con vention, when Pettlgrew and Butler com bined to force the nomination of Charlie Towno upon the Populists over the re monstrance of Allen, who claimed to be the direct representative of Bryan In tho Populist party. There have been several little occurrences since the Populist con vention which show the enmity these two men have for each other. Allen has given forth some very strong expressions in commenting upon Pettlgrew. Then there Is another breach between Harris and Butler. They have no use for each other at all, and while they have not said very much In the Senate, several things have occurred in the va rious Populist conventions outside which indicate that these two men would po litically knife each other on very slight provocation. It so happens out of all this that Pettlgrew and Butler flock to gether. Butler Is absolutely dominated by Pettlgrew. and will do anything that the South Dakota man wants. Harris and Allen are naturally close together by force of circumstances, although Allen is the kind of a man that makes no lasting friendships. Heltfeld and Turner are also close together, but have no partic ular relationship with the other Popu lists. Turner himself Is more of a Dem ocrat than a Populist Just now, and act ed as a member of the Democratic Na tional Committee when it met here last February. Teller,, a Silverlte. who was once a Republican flocks by himself, as 'neither Jones nor Stewart, of Nevada, who once bore the Silver Republican stamp, have any affiliations with that curious organization. Both claim to be silver men. and are so regarded in the Congressional Directory. As a matter of fact, both are more in sympathy with the Republican doctrines than they ever have been with anything else. They are sliver men, because Nevada Is sil ver. On almost all other questions they are Republicans. So It appears that tho Populists, a minority party, cannot pos sibly agree among themselves, and are split up into small factions, each work ing for its own Individual interests. The Philippine and China. New York Commercial Advertiser. There Is food for reflection Just now among anti-expansionists on the value of the Philippines as a stepping-stone to China at a time when defense of American interests there would have found us In a pretty plight if we had not Manila as a base. It does seem that the occupation of those islands wore an indispensable preparation for assertion and oversight of even more Important Interests on the adjacent main land. Without the Philippines we might not have had a warship or a marine on the spot to share with the other powers m the duty of protecting threatened lives and Interests. This Chinese situation Is the strongest argument American expan sion has yet had. and will finally remove It as a debatable issue from domestic politics. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. F A Carrick. San I'm W A Williams, Louis ville. Ky T H Phillips. Tacoma H Silver. Seattle G V Piper. Seattle H R Robertson, do DrTD Ferguson. Colfax. Wash Dudlev MrAilnv f "Kt Inmtm V "V 1 H Brownlcc and chid Atlln. B C Dr C V Thomas. Spo kane. Warn J A Joseph. Danville A B Smith, Omaha A G Jacobs, Or City F D Arlington and wf, Xew Vnrlc mnsr "Kellar" J E Keltv. NVtr Vro-V- J F Taylor. Halifax juuuH u Jieier, cuy C W Cook and ron, do .w,v aiiu evil, u'j 14 V- mil-il. zii,j L Schllsky. New York Mr and Mrs Alfred Bat- u c Hirscn. city B Schloss. San Fran L D Ross. Colorado yj -w uuiiini, iTan rruu.cj r-urccn. Don .rran W F k'Mn r?hlfni- R F Lytle and wife. S J Straus and wife. Chicago Mrs A H Cas.cn, Lon Hoqulam C M Toros and wife, T.lnfwln con H S Kins. San Tran W T Durham. fThlrnirnif V T?.nfrm Qcntrlo Mtes A Schurlrer. I W II S Pen'nlncton, Hawaiian Islands 1 Tacoma Mm G E Williams, S F J W Allen and wife, Mls E E Williams, do j Seattle. Wash Mrs L C Ohse. N V p Bcrkman and wf. do Colntnblu River Scenery. Regrulntor Line steamers, from Oak street dock, daily, except Sundays, The Dalle. Hood River, Cascade Lock. and return. Call on. or fone Agent for further Information. THE PERKINS. P Williams. Maukate 1 Mrs H Fraser. Dalles Mrs llllams, do L S Read, Los Angeles C M Anderson, Wasco H M Pomeroy. Los Mn A M Anderton, Uol Angeles, Cal Annie Moore, Vancon- j Mrs H M Pomeroy. do vr- JJ'li I A 1 Brooke, N Y C M Shurte Chicago G S HIckox. Omaha C M Engle. Omaha J J Dondul. San Fran A. i Ilaboldge. Astortaj Mrs J Dondul. S F I L Rowan. Crocket f H Mitchell. Ballard Dr Kate C Moody. Lo, Mrs F H Mitchell, do Angeles, Cal Miss Mitchell. do C i, Moulton. Tacoma j XV M Patter. M D H R Klncald. Eugene Spokane. Wash E U Dixon. Seattle C Butler. Pt Toa-nsend H J Wallace. Salt Lke C D Rand. San kS? Mrs II J Williams, do! Mn C D Rand, do J. i J!"?1 Granville i Dr R J Pllklngton. T J Wade. Tacoma Antelope, Or R E IVasley. Waila. II Hamilton. Oakland 1 ",? "htield Miss M Hamilton, do A T V, eller. Salt Lane) Miss V Knise. Marsh T H Park. Iln.it ( flcM r ' " Mrs T II Parks, do Mrs 1 L Smith. S F Master P?irlr An Mrs W S Jacobs. Spo- D M Trench. Dalles L Craft. Maakhain. A D Stlllman. Pendletn Gray s Harbor Capt Downs. USA Geo Clark. do t Astoria G Manley. Astoria ( W S Lytlo. Portland E G Hovrman. Rainier I L M Bradley. Cairo Lee T Yin. Itnlnlor- Mn I. xr ii. j- ncMju. i uan S-oU Br,aai v" ' Dr r.A Carr. Seattle W W Skinner. Salem Dr W v n'nwin a. L U Mills. Astoria C Borsland. Astoria C Babcock. Or City H V Crook. Or City I R A Kuner. San' Fran I Mrs E F Perkins, do Jirs ii b Blake, Che halls, Wash u u uemmens, do 1 A Johnson. Astoria G E Porteous.' S F $2 !&&y& ' Be.r-.Sumpter Mrs A D Marshall, do G MnnlfV A.tnrln O E Marshall. Astoria Mrs E Ogden Maloney. Wnahlncrnn. n i W Klemburg. Seattle J II Oaks. Prinevllle Mrs J 1 r-v An W Chlshoim. Seattle Geo NeUon. Seattle Mrs Arthur Miller . Miss Oaks, do W R Nlcoll, ship 1 Wendur tr i .... .-v... . Ashland. Or Mrs Frank Dickey, do Mrs E A Young, do ) r?V?Ty' ".. I s c J,,Utr' Dunsmulr Mrs V McCarthy, do L Lcbeck. Astoria THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowle. Manager. John Jones. Astoria R Hlnton. Bake Oven vtctj omiin. .AKioria i juary Hlnton. do G C Wallace, North Yakima R C Judon. city , Ed in Stone. Albany v u layior. uailes H C Gearin. city Mrs Joseph. Dusty S J Cormiin, Chicago i Mrs Davis,' do ii r uavis, Hauua W el Pangburn, Spo H D Wlllard. Denver Kane, nosh D M Stuart, Astoria F C To-vers. Utlca W Rlrhv. 01 .mrs ward. Denver N Klrkwood, Denrer Master Klrkwood. do W O Beckman. S F Mrs ltlgby, Cal JO Booth. Grant's Ps J L Zlrrfer. St Paul VI O Patterron. city C H Clements, Drain i3. Patters-on. city Mrs V Clement, do C II Carter. Pendleton 1 Mrs C J Smith. Pcn J J Balleray. Pendletnj dleton G Russell. Oakland E S Pellln-. Phlla C W Twnend. Wash-j K P Barbce. San Fran Ington. D C Julius Arnson, city E E W!lon. Corvallls E K Campbell. Denwr J E Moore. Any Old H S Jordan. Grand Placo Rapids. Mich A Seufert, The Dalles) Mrs Jordan. do S J Oliver. Omaha I Grace E Jordan, do G H Burnett. Salem II C Smith. Astoria C SullK an. Albany ,E Welch. Huntington E Glltr.er, Salem Mrs Welch. do S Hamilton. Astoria I W G Howell. Astoria C Brown. Astoria I Mrs C L Houston, do V. D Hare. HIlNboro J C Bell. Astoria R R Hlnton. Bake Ovn, O Gamson. Grand Ruds Mrs Hlnton, do THE ST. CHARLES, r OGalther. Chinook W W Myers. Riverside P Colbert. Or City lMrs M Smith. Grand J Martin. Or City i Forks J r Graham. Marsh- Mrs F Cornwcll. do t ;?., . r- , ' U J03- Grand Forks I U lkstrom. Kalama) D Roberts. Salem C B May. Astoria I E F Allender. Salem A i West. Clayton (Mrs Carter. Astoria Mrs Wise. Clayton 1 Miss Carter. Astoria L Honslcker, Clayton J J A Stephens. Astoria L. V. Sucker. Carson j T O Sexton. Aurora T McCormack. S F IE Durrah, Rrookneld J L Dernback. Stevens! Ed Jones, city Wm RiddelL. Stevens 1 A J Blums, city J O KuwlL Stevens JG O Mills. NewWr L Kellog. Moro A A Bonner, Kelso W E Howes. Moro C Fannin, LaCentr C R Hchkws. city D McDonald. LaCente. C A Heath. South End I Mrs McDonald, do C Lever, city F W Phlbb The Dalle-, A H Dray. Uoble Mrs Phlbbe. do O C Kelso, Ft Canby j Wm Brur.e. The Dalles m Adktns. do i Mrs Brune. do T Turner. Lewlsvllle J C Beasley. Tlllamooic ti Brown. Charopoeg , H Herden. Tillamook 3 T Ketllft. Jeftereon i W H M Cary. do r. l-enaieion. ao u K Turner. Alrlle I Leslie, Jefferson V Buh. Jefferson II Jorr. S1ti C M Fowler, city i tinier, cuy O E Morderly. Rainier U J Noble. Heppner II M Smith. Monmouth! A J Delano. Canby N Naglngast. Salt Le,Q A Barnes. Qulncv Mrs L Boxarth. Van- ij Mallon, Astoria " couver jj Medler. Astoria H Strong. Woodburn iV Loose. Astoria Mi G R Gallant, Oak-S C Sheelr. llalnler land Geo Smith, Missouri Mrs O C BrlMow, do j j r arown. tanby Hotel Ilrunvrfelc, Seattle. European: first class. Rates. 75c and up. "Ont block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan Rates. J3 and up. Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma. European plan. Rates. SOc and up. Ho! for the Paris Exponttlon. Get your outfit at Harris Trunk Co. F0UR1H IS APPROACHING AXD PLANS FOR BIG CELEBRATION ARE C03IPLETE. The Parade "Will Be the 3Iot Splea- dld Pageant Ever Seen la Portland. As the Fourth of July approaches, brighter and brighter grow the prospects for tho Jubilee celebration a Jubilee for more reasons than one; because it Is the 124th anniversary of the country's birth; because It is the 50th anniversary of the first great demonstration held In Port land; and because this year's will be the last celebration held In the nineteenth century. These reasons and many more the fact that this Fourth is the second anniversary of the destruction of Cerve ra's fleet, and the second since the close of the Spanish War have led the com- J E. R. Freeman, story-and-halt dwell mlttee to strive for a celebration that ' Ing, Ellsworth street, between East Thlr- wlll surpass all others ever seen in this vicinity. This evening the general committee consider the final apportionment of funds among the various committees. The finance committee has been working act ively since the last general meeting, and has reduced the deficiency from JGOO to 250. When this last amount Is secured It Is assured that the whole novel pro gramme will go through unchanged. Bands, some of them from outside the city, outside troops, fireworks, floats, dec orations, band and reviewing stands, transportation and advertising, amuse ments for the public, prl2es for contest ants In the athletic sports all these re quire funds, and it has been an enormous task to raise the necessary thousands. Now this has been accomplished, with the exception of a few hundreds yet to be raised. The prominent business men who are members of the general commit tee are therefore correspondingly Jubi lant, and are working with renewed en ergy. A graceful thing will be dope this year In inviting the officers and prominent veterans of the Civil War, Indian wars and Mexican War to occupy a reviewing stand especially devoted to their use, where they will obtain an ex cellent view of the parade. This stand will be situated on West Park, near tho Park School, and here the parade, after passing, will countermarch down the oth r park street, giving those In the parade an opportunity to tyse Its splendors. Those Inside the block and the veterans on the stand will have an unexcelled opportunity of seeing the effect of the pageant. The square will be illuminated with lanterns, and the brilliancy of the scene can only be left to the Imagination. The floats in the parade will be one of tho most attractive features. The ac companying illustration, showing the Na tional float In outline. Is an example of the many beautiful and graceful cars that will cover the line of march. In the shell. Uncle Sam and Columbia will ride with Oregon as another principal figure. Ceres and her attendants will pour out the horn of plenty, and in the corners will stand representatives of the various branches of the Nation's service. The decorations of the float will be red, white and blue. Other floats which are being prepared are those representing the Native Sons. Red Men. Elks. A. W. U. W.. Eagles. Woodmen of the World. Modem Woodmen of America. Foresters, Second Oregon Regiment, letter-carriers, and In addition the Are chariots that will appear In each division. The Chinese di vision, under Seld Back. Jr., will have a mounted Chinese, squadron, two charac teristic floats, and a great, squirming dragon, which Is to be Imported from Marysville, Cal. Fireworks and myste rious Chinese fire devices are being pre pared to mystify the public The parade will be led by a strong military force, composed of the Oregon National Guard, the regular infantry from. Vancouver, with their regimental band, the visiting companies from up the Valley, Battery A of the O. N. G., and the two companies of tho Naval Reserve. The parade will have six divisions, each with bands and fireworks; two military, two civic and fraternal; the Chinese and the industrial. Formation of Parade. General Summers earnestly requests all organizations desiring to take part In the parade to communicate with him or with General Gantenbeln. stating the na ture of their representation and their plans, so that they can be assigned a proper position in the parade, and be In structed where to make their rendezvous along the line of march. This should be done at onco. PROVIDING HOUSE ROOM. Xew Dwelling Are Going; Every Hand. Up on Many new dwellings are being hurried to completion throughout the residence portion of Portland, and many new found ations arc being laid for other modern structure, but the Issuance of building permits goej on as though the building season as Ji'st about to begin. Of the business blocks, those nearlng comple tion are ihe Ccrbett four-story brick, corner of Fifth and Stark, and the three story brick of the Oregon Telephone & Telegraph Company, corner of Alder and West Park, while the new headquarters of the Multnomah Club assumes all the appearance of a finished edifice. Botn clubhouse and handball court annex have been painted a brown color, with butt trimmings, and the lofty structures are recognized as ornamental landmarks to that portion of the city about the head of Yamhill street. Among the more Important buildings now well under way are the Fechhclmcr brick, corner of Seventh and Washing ton: the basement of the Falling four- r brick, at Third and Washington, and that of the King three-story brick, at Fifth and Stark. Tho Good Samaritan Hospital walls are already well past the solid basement, and timbers are being put in position for the second floor. The walls of this four-story brick building are constructed of carefully selected brick, and some delay has been encoun . tered In securing these, but the work is ' expected to proceed from now on without J " interruption through lack of material. J City contractors are not complaining of lack of mechanics, as was antlclpateo, as new men came In from the East to fill j I the places of those who left for Alaska, j j and Interior points. More carpenters will j be needed, however, as the season pro- I j gresses. and tne numoer requirea to nn lsh the buildings under way and pro l Jected will be quite large in the aggre I gate. Among the recent building permits I issued by the City Engineer are: j W. P. Olds, basement for store. TJnlou 1 avenue and Hassalo streets; $3003. Falling estate. basp"int walls for four story brlrk, corner Thin" and Vasb'iig to streets: $2003. George Shearer, two-story "welling, Belmont street, between East Seven teenth and East Eighteenth: J1S00. Gus Rosenblatt, one-story building, northwest corner Washington and Six teenth streets: $2500. M. Zan, two-story dwelling. Kearney street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty sixth; J50CO. THE NATIONAL FLOAT, DESIGNED BT iJRNEST ty-elghth and Bast Thirty-ninth; 11200. J. Hewett, story-and-half dwelling, cor ner Eugene street and Union avenuo; ?1H)0. M. D. Chandler, two-story dwelling, Tillamook and Thompson streets; $2000. J. A. Martin, two-story dwelling. Twen ty-fourth, between Kearney and Love- J Jr street?: 55000. South Portland Planing Mill, dry kiln. Front street, between Glbbs and Grover streets; $1203. August Dlppel. story-and-half cottage, Broadway, between East Eighteenth ana East Nineteenth streets; $1650. M. Lund, story-and-half dwelling. Sell wood street, between Gantenbeln avenuo and Commercial street; $1200. WILL BE WBLL REPAIRED. 7fo Reason to Fear Ruination of Al der Street Pavement. There have been many complaints made about the cutting of a trench through the asphalt pavement In Alder street to lay conduits for telephone wires. Judg ing from the experience of the past in the matter of breaking up paved streots. there Is good cause for complaint In this matter, but there appears to be no good ground for the fears expressed that Alder street will not be restored to its original condition. Outside of the advantages of having the telephone wires placed under ground, which eeryhody can appreciate, it may be said that the trench in Alder street was cut under the direction of the Tririldad Asphalt Pavement Company, who are under heavy bonds to keep the street in eood repair for" a. number of years who are to repair the pavement, and who will make it as good as new. An asphalt pavement with a concrete foundation can. If the work is properly done, be mended and made as good as new probably more easily than any other kind of pavement. It will be noticed that the trench Is narrow, the conduits are Imbedded in concrete, forming a solid mass at the bottom, the earth as it is thrown back into the trench is well tamped and made solid. The concrete foundation put in unites with the original foundation, and the asphalt will be re placed, so that It will be as good as new. It therefore seems that the. complaints which generally come from others than the Interested property-owners are un called for and without Just grounds. City Engineer Chase says this breaking up of .streets has been done In all cities since the days of Babylon, and always will be done as long as the city stands, or until the people are able to pay for large underground conduits, as is done In some parts of Paris. It often happens that although the work done one year In the way of piping, wir ing, etc. is of the very beat at the time, the advance of science often renders it necessary to change It entlroly the next year. So much Injury has been done In years past to streets by plumbers and others Improperly filling trenches dug In the laying of water and gas pipes, etc, that any one Is excusable for feeling nervous when ho sees a new asphalt pavement broken up. But Mr. Chase says If the public will have a lit tle patience they will find that Alder street will be properly repaired and put In as good condition as when new. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY Penalties of 1800 Cenitns Staffing; Come Back on Guilty Heads. Denver Times. Omaha people are much chagrined over the preliminary report from Washington that the census returns will show that city to have fallen off some 20,000 hi pop ulation since 1S90. An effort will bo made to havo a recount, and a great deal of fuss will be kicked up over the affair, but, come what may, Omaha will be greatly damaged by the report. In this matter Omaha Is paying the penalty for the perjuries committed in that city in the taking of the census in 1SS0. The boom was on then, real estate sharks were sail ing farm lands out neaf Waterloo at fan cy prices, and the boomers thought the city would have a population of half a million souls in a few years. A cheap po litical faker from Lincoln was appointed superintendent of the census for the state. These was no limit to the padding of names. Editor Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee. and other men who saw the results thcC would follow such recklessness pro tested and demanded a fair and honest census. Their demands were ignored, and there was great Jubilation over the re turns, which showed that Omaha had a population of 142.CO0. It is announced that the present census will credit Omaha with a population of 120,000, or about that. Thte is probably a conservative estimate of the population at this time. If the truth had been told 10 years ago, Omaha Vould have nothing to regret now. The city then had a popu lation of about 100.OC0. ne has gained about 20.030 In the 10 years, and Is more prosperous today than at any time In her history, but file must pay the penalty of being listed with the cities that havo "shown a decrease in population within tho decade, .....s. TiI.Ur. DENTAL SCHOOLS UNITE NORTH PACIFIC AND OREGOX COL LEGES CONSOLIDATED. Old Differences Are Settled and All Will Be Harmon?- in tho Fntart. The Oregon College ort Dentistry and i tho North Pacific Dental College are no longer hated rivals, and uio longer will work in opposition to cs.cn otner. All their disputes and differences have been harmonized, and arrangemcusts for con solidating tnem have been completed, but owing to legal technicalities, the union or absorption of one by the oher, as the case may be, cannot be consummated for a few days. Considerable hard feeling hns been en gendered among the members of the den- MILLER. tal profession through the establishment of these rivals schools, and they havo been divided into two factions, and somo things have been said and done whicfi it will be wise to allow to be forgotten. To stir up over the rivalry and Jealousy be tween the two factions and resurrect the causes which brought about all tho trou ble and hard feeling would be an ungra cious, needless and thankless task. Sufflco it to. say that the North Pacific Dental College passes out of existence, being absorbed by the Oregon College of Dentistry. The change in the board of directors of the North Pacific school .at the lasr. election of officers enabled this arrange ment to be brought about. It Is ratner early to state deflnltely who will comprise the faculty of the re organized Oregon College, but It Is un derstood that Dr. Barber, dean of the Northern Pacific, and Dr. Miller, dean of the Oregon School, will both retire, and that Dr. Norris R, Cox Is to be the dean of the consolidated school. Dr. H. P. O'Connor Is, it Is said, the only member of the faculty of the North Pacific school who will have a place in the Oregon school. It Is a well-known fact that the leading dentists of this city had no desire to have a dental school established here. Tho profession has long been overcrowd ed, and it was the general opinion of members of the profession that the es tablishment of a dental college would havo the same result that the establish ment of medical and law schools had had, to flood the city with a crowd o;C graduates to contest with the old hands for a share of the already limited patron age. It was, however, contended that if it was necessary or desirable to start a dental achool here, there was talent enough in the city to run it without im porting any. There was a dental school at Tacoma, where there was no reason on earth for one, and the promoters of this institution decided to move It here, or, as It has been put. to unload the con cern on Portland. Some Portland dentists favored this scheme, and the school, with its corps of professors, In whole or In part, came here, maugra the expressed ioc. an Trade ( scpplied by I ioc. and upward. intention of ther Portland dentists to furnish a set uol entirely controlled and operated by iVatland people. The Tacoma .school had a membership In the National Association, which gavo it a standing which the Oregon School could not claim, .and depended upon this to crush out its rival. It Is understood that tho Oregon College of Dentistry was likely to secure membership in the Na tional Association this year, and it is also stated that tthre was a probabillty that tho North Pacific College mUtfxt lose its membership, xri this was a, potent factor in bringing .xlout the consolidation of the two schools. 'This Is the ta-m used to denote the proccs of unton, lwit some would say that the one school -was ab sorbed or swallowed up by the other. It has not yet Ibeen fully decided whether the Oregon College of 2entlstry will remain In the Mbikey block at Mor rison and Second streets, or remove to the Medical College building, where the North -Pacific Dental School has been located. NO PLACE FOR ADVENTURERS Penniless Americans "JVill FadHard Sledding: in Portto Rico. WASHINGTON, June . Join Nelson was one of the coast survey party that has been at work surveying the coast of Porto Rico, working from Ponce to the westward. In speaking of his work and his observations, recently! he said 1 th.ir th KnnnUh ciirvmn -cirortJ wrr .mil reliable, especially In relation; to coast woxlc We have altered the coast line considerably," he continued, "although we have not changed the location of the island! on the map to any extent. The Indentations of the coast lucro been more clearly marked as a result; ot our work. "I should 3trongly advlsso penniless ad venturers to avoid Porto tRleo," said he, changing to observatiorsi beyond the matter of surveys. "There is no oppor tunity for any one who las not money or a position under the Gbvernment. An American cannot live on tihe -wages or on the food that suffices for the native. A Porto Rlcan gets little to eat. He is ac customed to live on banitnas. with few other articles of food. Tno 'banana is bread and meat, axd a lltt3 piece of cod fish would provide a banqtect that woula be talked, of through a lifetime. The na tives were never so well off as since the American occupation. Gowernment sup plies have provided them with more to e.t than they have ever had before, and so long as it lasts there -will be little labor done on the island. Iti haa already affected the price of labor, and. such of the natives as will discuss the question of wage, demand aai American dollar in place of the Spanish peso for the same amount of labor, fh nMn' i ci.nnni!Mi amount of labor. The peso is supposed to be worth about 60 cents, a valuation that -will shrink materially-, since the Government has announced that the pe so "will not be received as coin of tho reaim at the expiration of a determined period. "Porto Rico '13 infernally hot, and great trouble is experienced -with the water suppiy, wnicn we ootainea rrom mount- aln streams and from cisterns. Even If clear when drawn, the water soon clouds up with anlmalculae, which gather quick ly and thickly. This -water produces dire results, especially upon the underfed na tives. The effect is to produce serious fevers and entirely to destroy the stom ach. The better class of natives use stone filters, and the American authorities have provided Pasteur filters for the use of the troops and the employes. Even this is not entirely sufficient, and the only safe way is to boll the -watendmmedlately i before drinking. "Ponce is a changed place. Since the Americans have been in control the streets have been paved wtth Belgian block, sewerage has been laid, house san itation to some extent is compelled, and the city is swept twice a day by con victs. "Conditions In the island arevery prim itive. Even in the bent homes the stoves consist of a cement arrangement that bears considerable resemblance to the. brick oven that any tramp who has been on the road has learned to make. Every- I thing is cooked over a charcoal fire. There is no color line In Poxto Rico Nearly 'every native fes strained'--with ne gro blood, and the spectacle of a negro and white In general oormmunication and on a footing of goneralUequallty is tan or dinary occurrence." Oriental Xcw by Modi. VANCOUVER. B. C, June 4r A party of miners, says the China mall, have suc ceeded in locating several promising fields of gold and other minerals in the north- eril iiiu.iiiv-co J. k... a . j..;.. u-i.. turn oc t eral British firms in China are 'becoming Interested. A Toklo dispatch states that the for eign trade of the Chinese Emptre for the second half of April showed an excess of "There is no making a good cloak out of poor cloth. " La Preferencia cigars have always been made frpm better tobacco than goes into many higher priced cigars. Smoke one and you'll see it yourself. At high-class dealers. S. SICHEL & CO.. Distributers for Portland, S. BACHA1AN & CO., General Agents, San Frandsco. THE HAVANA-AMERICAN CO., if akess. Imports over exports of 7,500,000 yen. This brings the total since January to 52,000.000 yen. The excess In the export of specie during April amounted to 5.800.000 yen. As the prices of commodities show a tenden cy to decline, and few orders for import goods have been given since March. It is expected that the situation may Improve. The plague in Osaka threatens to spread when the warm weather sets In, It cases having been reported early in May, when the disease reappeared. BROOKE IS ALL RIGHT. Hcjected Extra Cuban Salary Beforw the Scandal Came Oat. WASHINGTON, "jtlne 20. Lieutenant Edward C. Brooke, one of the Army offl Ct? Cuha, against whom the charge ot drawing a double salary from the Gov ernment was brought, is an Oregon man. and has been defended previously in these dispatches. There is no question in tha minds of the department officials here out what Lieutenant Brooke has con .ducted himself in a manner beyond ques tion and beyond reproach, and his record is without a blemish. In a letter to a gentleman In this city. Lieutenant Brooke says, concerning the charge that he is Cuba-11 addlUonal pa aa Auditor for "I have refused to accept any pay from the Cuban Treasury. I see. however, that I came in for a. xnwtni .,... ...- abuse from the Washinirton Pnir f Ar-u .,-... .. 8. ru3. OC April I- r"cu, ao a. maner ot tact T hail .. j ..- w- ... " iatt. nan re- xuacu 10 nave anytning to do with that B0. a way of setting paid before any of this matter came out In the papers, and if I deserved anything at all. It was praise instead of abuse. However. I sup pose everybody knows by this time that I am not Included In th lint t a ...... .officers that are drawing an Increase of B0.iu.try irom xne vuDan Treasury. I waa offered 51S0O a year. I even do not get the $200 a year as aid-de-camp, now that I am Auditor, for I hav? tww. u.i Auditor, for I have been nHri " ""s position on account of Auditor." being This statement of Lieutenant Brooks sets forth the facts plainly and concisely and should bring to this officer praise rather than condemnation. His record is clean; a mere statement of the facts is all the defense he needs. Excited Over Convent Fire. LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, June 24. The Ignorant peasantry of the Province of Huancayo and other parts of the inte rior are greatly excited over the recent oesxruction by fire, evidently of lnrn- diary origin, of the celebrated Convent of Ocopa. This fire and another they attrib- "te 4 the efforts and propaganda of the i -American missionaries in that section. Taylor Supposed to Be in Colombia. HAVANA, June 24. Taylor, who is be lieved to have gone to Colombia, to find a. safe place to act as the receiver of property stolen by C. F. W. Neely. late agent of posts at Havana, is believed to oft In tfnlrkTTtrliil fl-rwm Tiionj& . Ka ....i. l a. letter to a Havana friend. More cases of catarrh have besn cured oy Hood's Sarsaparllla than by any other medicine. No other soap in the world is used so much; or so little of it goes so far. AH norts of people use Pears? goup all sorts cf stores sell it, especially druggists. KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM .Or Your Hair Will Fall Ont Till Yoa Become Bald. Modern science has discovered that dan druff Is caused by a germ that digs up the scalp in scale?, as it burrows down ito the roots of the hair, where it destroys the hair's vitality, causing falling hair, and, ultimately, baldness. After Pro fessor Unna, of Hamburg, Germany, dis covered the dandruff germ, all efforts to And a remedy failed until the great labor atory discovery was made which resulted! In Newbro's Herplcide. It alone of all other hair preparations kills the dandruff germ. Without dandruff hair grows lux uriantly. "Destroy the cause, you remove the effect." "It costs no more to smoke the best." Pears'