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10 THE MOANING OTOBGONIAN. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1900. LITERARY REMINISCENCES BY DR.E.E.HALE' (Copyright, 1900. by tuc rtotr.mii . i,.f uMt: err ,r,v nor. c. uu. uKun.n.io u. .Lo.uui v,.ll. . .-,tt. . Tr . . . ,. L1 1 CtrtrI 1 AL.No , AND REMINISCENCES . BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE. VI. I first met "Whlttler when I was a very young man In a night ride in a stage coach. I did not know his name. Twenty years afterward I made his acquaintance in, a way which I like to describe to uuns peopie. I had been teaching in rather a forlorn way in a place rather forlorn. To meet my home engagements the next day I had to rise and dress before daylight, to eat a very poor breakfast and to hurry to a very early train. All this before sun rise. Onco in the car I nestled down In a dark corner and said to myself: "Now, at last, I can finish my night's sleep." I adjusted hat, shawl and curtain for the most comfort and closed my eyes. Eut not my ears! For a voice saluted me: "It Is Mr. Hale, I believe." "Could I not even sleep in my own car?" This was my mental ejaculation. It was met, I am glad to say, by the right reply of my decent conscience: "You fool, who are you that you cannot speak to a fel-low-travcler?" I simulated cordiality. The traveler never knew how cross I was as I offered him my hand and a scat, and lo! the despised traveler was the poet "Whit tier. He was charming in the 50-mlle ride whleh followed, and was I not glad that I had not been curt or rude that I bad. Indeed, met him more than half tray! " Dear, sweet saint, child of God, who knew his Father by sight, as the puro In heart do. he never meant to force him self on any one and he never did. But if at any moment the world needed a clarion cry here was the herald, here was the trumpet and here was the call to bat tle with no uncertain sound. All men knew then that they must prepare them selves. He wrote one of the marching songs The Songs of Degrees," as the book of Psalms calls them for the Kansas emigrants of 1S54, 1855 and 1836, the men and women who showed the courage of their convictions in those trying days. "We cross the prairies as of old Our fathers crossed the sea. To make the "West as they the East Tho homestead of ths Free." "Upholding- as the Ark of Old The Bible in our van. y?e co to match the truth of God Against the fraud of man." And this Is one of the battle songs rhlch has really been sung by tho?e who were doing the fighting. Often and often did the emigrant parties sing It as they waited for trains or gathered on tho decks of steamboats. Without at this moment saying any thing more of YVhlttlcr. to whom I will, perhaps, return again, I will ask some of the readers of these papers to do a little literary job for which the world Is wait ing. If I ever have eight days In the week for a year I will do It myself. For the present I confide the . necessity to him who rends. Do the work carefully and make up the history of America from the shorter poems of Wh'ttler. Eranon, Longfellow, Holmes and Lowell. You may add about SO more from Mrs. Howe, from Mr. Bur gess and other people who were Inspired. The collection mny begin with Dr. Holmes splendid appeal which was the reply to the arrogance which meant to destroy the dear old frigate Constitu tion, the "Ironsides" of New England enthusiasm: "Ay! tear her tattered ensign down" and it may end somewhere within 20 years of today. In writing of there poets T am not go ing to try to analyze their work nor In any way to critlcJ.se their poetry. I shall be glad If I can make the reader feel how unaffected and simple and human each of them was. There was nothing of the rolling up of the eyes, of the flutter ing hair, of the Icore necktie or open shirt-front In any of them. Their man ners were perfectly ylmplc, and in each case very cordial, though I might say of "Whlttler. i erhaps, that he was a little Bhy in unexpected Interviews or In talk ing with those who wcrp new to him. I suppose I had sepn Emerson In the pulpit, but of this I have no recollection. I do remember perfectly hearing him lecture on Mahomet when he was 28 years old and I was 10. And I remember that the lecture Interested me. The sub stance of It was" afterward printed as an article In the North American Review. But it was 10 years before I spoke to him. Tho interview was characteristic, so I will describe It In detail. It was in the college chapel at Cam bridge, the occasion being what we called the Junior exhibition. In Itself this was not unlike other school exhibitions, but for undergraduates it had the special In terest that on this occasion the parts were taken by the young men who had proved thomselves to be the first scholars of their class in the first three years of college life. As It happened, the ' firrt scholar was a dear friend of mine and a near relative of Waldo Emerson. His "oration" was the last part of the ex hibition, so that as soon as he closed the company broke up into groups, and thero was good occasion for congratula tions. I saw Mr. Emerson standing alone. I joined him and spoke in high terms of his couBln's bearing and address. 4,Yes," said the philosopher, with a grav ity which seemed to me a little oracular, "I did not know what a fine young cousin I had. Now, if only something can go amiss, if his father can be bankrupt, or If he should be unpopular here and (he boys perhaps send him to Coventry, all will be well all will be well." I was young enough to be very indig nant, though I did not say so. I was very fond of the "fine young cousin." and I thought this a very brutal way to welcome his successful, entrance into Ufa I even thought that It was affected, that Mr. Emerson was" posing as a phi losopher and wanted to say something out of the way. But afterward I came to see how un just I had been and how foolish. He was never affected. When I found in one of his essays the words. "Good is a good teacher, but bad is a better," I saw that he had learned that great lesson of life before I heard him express It In the college chapel. And when I came to read between the lines of his biography, when I saw that he took the drudgery and petty economies of life so sweetly as he did, I could Imagine him going back to his own college career. "President's freshman" he was that he might save to his mother the rent of his college room and afterward all along he was eager to relieve her of any cost or charge in the burden which was upon her In the training of all those fatherless boys, whose lives reflect such honor upon her management of them. After he abandoned the regular duty of the ministry he threw himself on the world, so far as what men call a "living" goes. He had to maintain in his affairs the most rigid economy. But you will search In vain in his essays or in his letters for any syllable of com plaint. Such annoyances were no more of a hardship to him than a Summer shower when he should have been glad to have It clear. The publisher of "English Traits." the lato Mr. Phillips, told me that when In 1850 or thereabouts he paid Emerson a check for the royalties on the first six months sale of that book, he did not know how to Indorse or cash a check, and he told Mr. Phillips that this was the first money he had ever received from the sale of his books. He owned many stereotype plates and many copies of the "Essays," but money from the sale of them he had never received until that time. Lowell calls him the Yankee Plato and Seymour Eaton.) . iMcrTc n nnnE ... .. --i. 1 wwicu di rnur. icinuus riuoi I . I -rr i .. . . . ... - . : u"ra vans aim me uuuuaa oi me I "YTjWB t T5 f Y Vt r a, n n n A -m t au V.) a W m en Eut he had a steady touch with , dally life which is more like Socrates than Plato, and which you look for In rain In the traditions of Buddha. Fortunate ly for us. this touch is revealed very dis tinctly In his letter, and in Mr. Cabofs admirable biography and porhaps even more distinctly In the "Reminiscences," by Dr. Edward Emerson, his distin guished son. He was as happy at Con cord In his simple New England home , .a , Tr.. ,,, cn.,1,1,,. ,- fnrA w ,,ii ... iJLa. xr would go down early to the village In Concord for his mall, that he might stand on the sidewalk with the market-garden men or with other neighbors, to discuss politics or to cet the latest points In the village news of the day. When we tried to organize what I think he called the "Town and Country Club," In Boston, he was the working center of tho common-sense party, who wanted a convenient place where out-of-town peo ple could meet people who had slept In town, could leave a wet umbrella or take "a hasty plate of soup." Alas! we of that crowd were "beaten out of our boots" by the larger crowd of cranks who wanted to "read papers" which no- EMERSON'S HOME, body wanted to hear. Such people are the bane and misery of all clubs. In this case they rallied in such numbers that they entirely outvoted and defeated the common-sense minority. And so the "Town and Country Club" died before it was born. But we went down fight ing gallantly to the last, overwhelmed by the hordes of cranks, and in every defeat we rallied round tho white plume of Emerson, our common-sense leader. I do not think that Emerson had met Longfellow before the Summer of 1S36. when Longfellow came to Cambridge, hardlv 30 years of age. as "Smith pro- fessof of the modern languages." In this post. Longfellow succeeded Ticknor. !.,.. ...,i7. t o..- HLmtHTY. 9 well-known. Longfellow and Emerson The witnesses examined were the broth became intimate friends. Their taste -W. H. Slmmons-the mother. Thomas i i u i .... iAir. TYintVi. lesgG, R H. Burner and Li. Zlmmer- ItCiU lilHini, HIVU) .w.. - ods seemed different, and they often met. Longfellow was but four years younger than Emerson. I was In college when Longfellow ap peared. His coming had been awaited with a good deal of Interest by us boys. Ills brother. Snmuel Longfellow, and I were Intimate personal friends, so that his arrival meant more to me than it did to most undergraduates. But to all of un there was a Summer-day feeling when this handsome young man, fresh from France and Germany and Italy, with the very latest tidings of tho literature and fashion and social life of Europe, appear ed like a flash of sunshine In the well shaded retreats of what our president, Qulncy. used to call "the seminary-" The duty of the Smith professor had been understood to be a general superin tendence of the study of the modern lan gun pes. The details of that r.Mdy were Intrusted to d'ff-rcnt gentlemen, who wc-e called Instructors. Mr. Longfellow was expected to ovrsee their work, and to lecture on such general subjects as he chose, relating to the literature of mod- i crn Europe. Rut Longfellow Intimated at once that he should have a class of his own In German. He thought he could teach Ger- ( man by piung"ns ngnt into me language with less detail than was then usual. And to this class of sophomores taught by him It was my good fortune to belong. He made us commit to memory a good many German ballads. We learned only the simplest Inflections of noun's and verbs. So to speak.we pitched Into the language and then paddled about In It as well as we could, much as little boys do who are learning to swim. It did not require such association to put us on good terms with Longfellow. From the beginning he was on easy terms. I think, with everybody in college. Certainly with all those in the three up per classes, nil of whom were required to study some modern language. You could go to walk with him. Yoa could nil ucon him. You could plav whist wlh him when making an evenlmr visit. He was older than we were, but he did not hold himself in the lean aloof from us. And when I look hack over 00 rears unon Harvard college I am ant to think that Longfellow's arrival and such freedom of his Intercourse with the boys almost marks an epoch In the roller. I think It had a great deal to do with the es tnbllrhment of those cordial relations be tween tenrhers and minils which give a sneclal charm to the Harvard life of to dav. His life and letters, as cdlM bv his 'brother Samuel, give a charming nlcture of the successful work of a klnd-horted man who loved work, who succeeded in his own line, nnfl who Torked resolutelv for mankind, while he was satisfied with no standard less than th highest of literary excellence. But I have thoucht that from a sort of modesty innate in the younger Longfellow he did not snv what he might have done as to Hnrv Long fellow's broad and generous llberalltv to ward all the children of sorrow. By a certain divine law of which the rPder can guess the origin, evorv traveling tramp in America, who had the slightest claim to a connection with literature, found his way to Longfellow's hospitable door. Russian. Po' Mo'davlon. Bul garian. Greek or Hungarian. Swedish. Norwegian or Icelandic German. Dutch. Flemish. French or Sonnlsh. Portuguese or Italian, black or white, brown or red. barbarian. Sevthlan. bond or free, all came to confld" tIr penurr to him. and to be relieved. Had he not translated Bishop Terner Hnd ho not-written of the St. Gothortl. In the eleventh ccnturv? Had he not written the "Spanish Stu dent"? Indeed. Indeed, he had. And with his own "elf-forgetting cor diality he welcomed them all. And they always left richer in pocket, more cheer ful of spirit, less hungry and better clothed. He lived through all his Cambridge life In the od W;hinrrton hour. as we lovd to call it. becruse there was Washington's headquarters In the berrinnlng of the Rev olutionary War. The doors of that.hoiie were always open. To th vnunge'st lit erary aspirant he was as co-dlnl ns to the most distinguished traveler. And no one ever asked for his criticism or advice hut was glad he had asked, and wont away hapn- -m the Interview. M, Roxbury. Mass. "Will Ride to Morsit Hood. Dr. L. E, Rockwell, D. D pastor of Centenary Church, trill Join a party which Intends to leave for Mount Hood next Tuesday. Rev. E. II. Todd, pastor or the J Mothndlst Church at Vancouver, and sev- erai others will make up the company. They will start from Portland Tuesday i0rningr and put In about two days In ( reacn.njr uoveranicui vuin.', mcj uc- sire to see the country. They will prob- ably ascend Mount Hood the third day. It will be Dr. Rockwell's first trip In that direction, and he Is looking forward to it with pleasure. There Is an excellent path to .Pleasant Home, and a plank road from there to Sandy, a distance ol 29 miles from Portland, so that wheeling to Sandy will be an easy and pleasant trip. From there on to .Government Camp the road Is reported in good con dition. Ar t fr -wt t atjtd nonOTJDTV OAJn Ui mx. lAuuiviriwu Jndge Morelnnd'n Residence Pnr chased for S2"JO Enut Side Xotes. The largest transaction In Mount Tabor real estate for several years was the rale of the home of Judge J. C Moreland to Lizzie M. Lytic, wife of the president of the Columbia Southern Railway. The transfer Includes one acre and the dwell ing, and the price paid was JS2J0. Judge Moreland built at Mount Tabor on the north side of the City & Suburban Rail way, a short distance west of West ave nue, over 10 years ago, and his family has resided there ever since. The nc"w owners will make some extensive Im- CONCORD, MASS. provements to the houso and grounds. In cluding the construction of a wide veran da around the ihouse. Judge Moreland and family have been prominent residents at Mount Tabor, and their departure from there will be much regretted. Verdict of Accidentnl Drowning;. An Inquest over the remains of Mary Violet Simmons, who was drowned from a floating house at the foot of East AnKeny street, was nem yesterday arter- noon at tne i.ast bide morgue, it was "ui sc&rcmns ujiu uiorougn rb uj possznio to maice it. ana it was wen mat " should have been, owing to a sus- plclon that had been entertained in con- nectloa with the drowning of this child. man. All tne circumstances were brought out. The testimony cleared up all sus picion that rested on Bumoy. who has boarded at this floating house for the past two years and who was inside the house alone when the girl came back and was on the platform of the float Just bofcre she fell Into the river. In fact, he saw her only a few minutes before she was drowned. Burney said that he was reading a paper when Mary came into the house, when she got some thing and then passed out. That was the last he saw of her. He heard no out cry nor splash in the water. Burney. ex plained that he Is partly deaf and could not have heard anything of the sort. There was some slight discrepancy In his 1 statement of the time, but not enough to cut any figure. Burney also stated that he took on active part In search ing for the body. His testimony was all straightforward and cjear and was cor roborated by others. It was shown that there Is no railing around the floating house, and also that very few of these floating houses are provided with this safeguard. The verdict was that the drowning of the girl was accidental. The funeral of the child took place yes terday afternoon, and was largely at tended by the friends of the family. Rev. Ray Palmer officiated. Dr. J. J. Dalton Accepts. O. M. Scott, member of the session of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, East Twelfth street, yesterday evening received a wire from Rcr. J. J. Dalton, D. D.. of Henderson. Ky., accepting the call to the pastorate of that church. Dr. Dalton Is one of the strong men of the Cumberland Prerbyterlan Church, and his acceptance of the call will be very satisfactory to the largo membership of the Portland church. He will bo able to come to Portland and enter on his work in the early part of September. The session has done much correspond ing over the selection of a pastor, as an able minister was wanted by the con gregation, and from the information that has rcen gathered the members feel that Dr. Dalton is Just the man. Rev. G. A. Blair, the retiring pastor of the church, arrived from the seaside yesterday. His resignation will take ef fect tomorrow, when he will preach 'his final sermons. He and Mrs. Blair will remain at the seaside until both are re stored. The former writes that he Is Im proving. Mr. Blair Is completely broken down with his Portland work, and will not accept a station until he is fully re stored to health. East Side ZYotei. Miss Myrtle Hunt, of Spokane. Is visit- ' ins Miss Carrie Ladd, of the East Side. She will be In the city two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Max Ruehl. of Rockwood. on the Base Line road, will celehrate their 10th wedding anniversary next Monday. They have sent out invitations to their friends lo join with them on that occa sion. H. H. Holmes. County Clerk, and his fairfily will leave for .Hood River next week, where they will spend the Sum mer months. Mr. Holmes has a cottage at Hood" River, where the family has been making a practice of spending the Summer for revcral seasons past. The cycle path on West avenue be tween the Base Line and the Section roada has been completed. Recently it was graveled and rolled to a compact surface. In places It was necessary to "so plank to bridge ditches, but the path Is well constructed And generally used oy wheelwomen. The funeral of Mrs. Mary P. Madden, pioneer woman of 1SGI. took place yes terday forenoon from the home of her daughter. Mrs. S. C Cobb. At the house Rev. T. L. Eliot conducted the services. The Rebekah lodre. I. O. O. F., of the East Side, of which she was a member, had charge of the services. The car tracks at the intersection of East Burnslde street and Union avenue bring disaster to many vehicles by twist ing the wheels cut of shape. Yesterday two women from the country drove post the Intersection, and one of the rear wheels of their buggy caught on th tracks and was badly wrecked. The rails project above the plank. Dr. Wise, room 614. The Dckura. Max Ruhle.' of the Rockwood Road house, invites his friends to attend his 10th wedding anniversary. Monday even ing. July 16. Women with pale, colorless 'faces, who feel weak and discouraged will receive both mental and bodily vigor by using Carter's Little Liver Pflls. THE NOME CITY IS SAFE OVERDUE STEAMER to-Wed into TORT TOTVKSEXD YESTERDAY. Wn Picked Up Helples Three Run. drert Mile Off Cape Flattery nnrlech Cantle Case Decided. The overdue Nome City, which has been expected at Portland for the past tlVe ll)lr In titttt V Tv Tnn.nar1 TSa news of her safety came from "that point! jwicnwy ancrnoon in a dispatch to t.ie Merchants' Exchange. It stated that the steamer had been picked up about 5C0 miles off Cape Flattery by the revenue cutter McCuhoch, with three of her pro peller blades missing. The news was not unexpected by f gent Baumgartner, for he had received advices from the captain, from Nome, stating that two of tho blades had been lost in the ice while en route for Nome. In such a condition there was considerable liability of an other of the blades being "fanned" off by the motion of the shaft. The steamer sailed from Nome City June 24. and went through Jnlmak Pass a few days- later at, a good rate of speed, in spite of her disabled condition. She has a fairly large spread of canvas, and thus aided she kept ahead of some of the Seattle steam ers for the first day out from the pass. After that she met with contrary winds, and the steamers soon left her, and noth ing was heard from her afterward until she was picked up by the McCulloch. While the delay and cost of repairs will be considerable, the Nome City Is ex ceedingly fortunate In being picked up by a Government vessel, as Uncle Sam's craft are not permitted to levy salvage claims on vessels which meet with dis aster, except for the actuil expense at tached to getting them Into a place of safety. The local agent of the Nome City had not received advices yesterday as to whether she would complete repairs on the Sound, or proceed to San Francisco. If she Is repaired on the Sound, she will call at Portland and load freight for San Francisco. She will not make an other trip North from Portland this sea son. BOTH SIDES WOX. Satisfactory Verdict Rendered in Jadrce Bellinger's Coart. The members of the crew of the Brit ish jship Harlech Castle, who libeled the vessel a few days ago for wages alleged. to be due them, received a verdict In Judge Bellinger's court yesterday which will leave them somewhat in doubt as to whether they won the case or lost It. From the testimony offered. It appears that Albert Parker, Thomas Krlstianson. John Parry, Olaf Peterson, John Ander son and Segurd Sorenton refused duty on the ship, deciding that tho work to which they were assigned, that of scrubbing the vessel's sides while she was being towed up the river, was dangerous. They were then placed on a bread and water diet, and. objecting to this, were discharged. hence the suit. The sailors were vic torious Inasmuch as they were awarded $75 each, but the victory was qualified by a condition attached thereto which obliged them to return to the ship and remain with her, otherwise their claim will be forfeited. As there Is a very re mote possibility of the men returning, the ship Is apparently ahead on the game; In fact, with the present rates, she will be ahead if they return. niLSTON'S HONEST SKIPPER. Hired Sailors for Paffet Sonnd and Sailed for Tocopllla. The British sh'ip Hllston, which a num ber of prominent marine papers have been posting as overdue, has turned up all right at Tocopllla, where she arrived July 4. Her reported sailing from Hono lulu for Puget Sound was part of a trick on the part of the master, who adopted this method of deception In order to se cure a crew. Sailors desirous of making a voyage to Tocopllla were so scarce In Honolulu when the Hllston was ready to sail that It was Impossible to secure enough men to man the ship, but there were plenty willing to make the run over to Puget Sound. Of course. It Is possible that a good and upright man like many of these British masters are would not be guilty of such dishonest practices, and the H1I ston's master may have been In Ignor ance as to how he secured his crew. In a sailor boarding-house man, deception of this kind would be most reprehensible but In a captain well. It was a smart trick, and his owners will pat him on the back, and give htm a shilling a month extra. AKOTOER P. & O. LINE. American Firm Appropriates British Steamship Company's Title. iJEW H.AA EN' C .n.. July 13. Judge Simon E. Baldwin, of the Supreme Court of this 3tate. sitting In the Superior Court, has handed down an order granting a new corporate name for the Southeastern Steamship Company, known as the Plant steamship line. The new name, as re quested by Judge Lynde Harrison, counsel for the company, and at the vote of the directors. Is the Peninsula & Occidental Steamship Company, to be known as the P. & O. The order amalgamates the two steamship lines known as the Plant and Flagler systems, the one running from : Tampa to Havana, and the other from I Miami to Nassau l nder the new consolidation, the com pany Is capitalized at $20,000,000, and will be run under one management, with the central office at Jacksonville, Fla. The Southeastern Steamship Company was In corporated In this state In 1SD3, and Is one of the largest assets of the well-known Plant estate. FRASER SALMON FLEET. Trro "of the Ships Were Chartered nt AS Shilling. The British bark Ilala, which Is now en route to Victoria from London, has been chartered to load salmon on the Fraser and at Victoria for 43 shillings, with op tion of wheat from Tacoma at the rame rate. The British bark Naiad, a vessel of about the same rlzc, has been char tered at the fame rate for salmon, with : the wheat option. These are the hlghest I priced salmon ships that have been re- ported for several years, and have a much better rate than the -earlier vessels taken for that business. The Clan Mnckenzle, which was the first vessel chartered for salmon this season, was taken at 36s 2d, and the Fiery Cross, Ardnamurchan and Slrent at 37s 6d. The Mnchruhanlsh was taken later at 40s. These vessels have a combined carrying capacity of over 4O0.CO3 cases of salmon. Thty will also carry as ballast ore from the British Columbia mines. SOME ANCIENT HISTORY. Conftnl McLean Han Discovered the Oriental Flonr Trade. WASHINGTON. July 13. Vice-Con sul-G-cneral McLean has made a report from Yokohama on the subject of Importation of American flour Into Japan. He says that the uec of flour is not confined to the large cities of Japan, but is Dooming more common throughout that country. He speaks of three or four American built flour mills, the largest havi:i a co paclty of 150 barrels a day. that are now jielplng to supply Japan with flour. There are many small native mills and Ji-tjid and water-power mills throughout the country, but their product Is of a coarse character, and they do not compete to any extent with the Imported stocks. American wheat Is also being imported Into Japan ard the considerable amount of flour made from It Is being sold there. The demand for flour throughout the Ori ent Is rapidly Increnslnr- the r- iT.ts of consumption at present being the Rus sian possessions In Northern China and Eastern Siberia. STEAM AXD SAIL. Ttto More Arrivals From Across the Pnclflc. The steamship Braemar, of the Dod well line, nrrlved In from the Orient, by way of Victoria, yesterday morning., and left up for Portland In the afternoon. The Braemar brings one of the largest inward cargoes that has reached Portland from the Orient for many months, there being nearly EOOO tons aboardl The steamer will commence discharging this morning. Another arrival from the Orient yester day was the British bark Nithsdile. which comes In ballast from Shanghai to load for tho United Kingdom. The vessel will remain at Astoria until the Ocklahoma arrives down today, and will then start up the river In company with the German ship RIgel. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, July 13. Arrived at 9 A. M. and left up at 1 P. M.-rBritish steamship Braemar, from Hong Kong and way ports. Arrived at S P. M. British bark Nithsdale. from Shanghai. Condition of bar at 5 P. M., rmooth; wind, northwest; weather, clear. San Francisco, July 13. Arrived Schooner Berwick, from the Siuslaw; steamer Areata, from Coos Bay: barken tine Retriever, from Pbrt Hadlock; steamer Sunol. from Unalaska. Sailed Bark Highland Light, for Tacoma; ship May Flint, for Seattle. Gray's Harbor Sailed July 13 Steamer Grace Dqllar, for Ventura. Port Townsend. July 13. Arrived Ships Agnor and Standard, from Honolulu. Eostcn. July 13. Arrived New Encland, from Liverpool. Havre, Julv 13. Arrived La Touralne, from New York. Bremen. July 13. Arrived Dresden, fr.im Baltimore. Genoa. July 13. Arrived Aller, New York via Gibraltar and Naples. New York. July 13. Arrived Pretoria, Hamburg and Plymouth. Copenhagen. July 13. Arrived Tlilng valla. New York. Tory Island. July 13. Passed Grecian. Montreal for Glasgow; Siberian, Phila delphia via St. Johns, N. F., for Glas gow and Liverpool. Lizard. July 13. Passed Kensington, New York for Antwerp. Hamburg, July .13. Arrived Kaiser Frlederlch. New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg. Browhead, July 13. Passed Steamer Etrurla, from New York for Queenstown and Liverpool. CORNERING PUBLIC LAND. Arrest of Prominent Farmer In Eastern Washington. Spokane Chronicle. Deputy United States Marshal G. L. Ide has arrested five of the most prominent stockmen of Lincoln County. It Is charged that they have fenced up the United States land there and used It for their own purposes. The men who were arrested were Jack McElroy, Stephen Devenlsh, Robert Potts, John Groves and Sam McFadden. All of these are well-known stockralsers of that section. It Is said that the two first mentioned have been In the business slnco along in the early '"Os. Robert Potts and John Groves have been living In that part of the country for the past 20 years. All of the men were brought before Jus tice of the Peace Bartal. who dismissed Sam McFadden and bound over the other four to appear before the grand Jury. Ball was fixed at $o00, which was fur nished by all of the men. All of the men are highly respected and among the richest settlers of that section. The charge on which they are accused Js a matter of legal technicality, and not one of the ordinary cases which occur every day In the Justice Court. There will be decided, when the case Is tried, a very interesting point of law, which In substance Is: Does a man break the law when he puts a fence on his own prop erty, thereby Inclosing some of the pub lic domain? The men who have been arrested on this charge, it is said, have purchased from the railroad company certain sections of land, which have been so placed that they have built only one fence around the whole tract. In doing this, however. It Is charged they fenced In a portion of the Government land. The portions fenced In vary from one to six or eight sections. This, it is .said, they kept for their own use In stockralslng, not allowing public range stock to feed there. The question which will have to be set tled by the courts Is whether a man has committed a crime when he has not put a fence on any but his own property. The defendants claim that they have not vio lated any law, while the Government au thorities, take the other view of the mat ter. The case will come up at the Septem ber term of court in Spokane. BARBERS TO BE EXAMINED. State Commission Will Malcc a Tonr of the Valley. Tho Oregon btate Barbers' Commission wl 1 make a trip through the Willamette Valley and Southern Oregon, starting from Portland Sunday, July 22, and will hold sessions In the various towns for tho examination of applicants for license. Tne commission Is -composed of Sam H. Howard. Portland, president; H. G. Meyer, Salem, secretary, and F. L. Rog ers, of Oregon City, treasurer. There are S5 applicants, and they will be examined on four subjects, is follows: "Sanitary Care of Barber Shop": "Me chanic 1 Science"; "Scltnco of Shaving," and "Surgical Science." Ten questions will be asked on each subject. They cover the ground quite thoroughly, and from the answers the fitr.efs of the applicant to work as a bar ber can readily be determined. Antiseptics and the sanitary care of too!s will receive special attention. This Is something in which barbers are now being very carefuhy drilled. The pub lic benefit Is apparent. Each applicant examined will be graded and his stand ing In various branches marked on a card, co that It can be rc?n at a gldnce just where ho stnnds. Barbers frequently ap P"1 when the commission Is not in ses lon At such times the applicant's rec ord Is Inquired Into. and. If satisfactory, a permit is Issued for him to work until the next session of the commission. It is the intention to be much more strict In tho matter of Issuln-j permits than for merly. Tho applicant will be required to g"ve references, and these persons must certify to the ability, sobriety, steadiness and honesty of the app.lcant, and if he falls in any particular he will be turned down. The commission has arranged for Its trio os follows: Achland Monday, July 23. Grant's Pass Wednesday. July 25. Roscburg Thursday, July 26. Eugene Friday, July 27. Albiny Saturdas. July 2S. Corv-Ills Monday. July 30. McMInnville Tuesday, July 31. Frm McMInnville the commission will return to Portland. - Artesian Water In tlio Highlands. Shanlko Leader. An abundant flow of water was struck at Guthrie, on the lipe of the Columbia Southern Railway, at a depth of 239 feet, this week. The railroad company is to be congratulated on Its enferr'se rnd de termination in sinking this well, thereby demonrtratlng the fact that water can b h-d on any of the highlands of Sher man County. The Editor Attends CHnrch. Junction City Bulletin. We attended divine rervlccs at Liberty rchoolhouse last Saturday night, and B&BiiffiK'f!hwi& frlrsa Pisskhsm person" ally attends io hei fro momJoFJs correspondence with suffering women Her trained assistants are aii women The letters from women are opened by women only They are read by wa man only They are answered by women and only women The correspondence is sacredly confidential Write for a book Ifflrs Plnkham has just pub" lishod which contains let" ters from the m.ayor of Lynn, the postmaster of Lynn and others of her owi city who have made careful investigation Mrs PSnkham has helped a milliojo women who scsffered with female troubles She, can cure YOU Her address is Lynn9 fiflass 11 t:n"d to a very able exposition of the power and influence of "Christian Zeal." by Rev. Hezeklah Rounds, of Monroe. "Wh'lo the attendance was not large. It was select. While attentively listening to the words of the minister, our glance fell, and this Is what met our vllon, carved on the top of the school desk with a Jack knife: "CLYDE MAHON." Some one had evidently thought to carve his way to fame. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Renl Estate Transfers. Adam Schultz and wife to the United States Fidelity Guaranty Company SO acres, section 16. township I south, range 3 east. July 11 $ 1 Mary G. Hart and James D. Hart to Martha E. Imbodcn, lot 4, block 12. Bralnard, June 8 1 W. H. Batson and wife to Nathaniel C. Dale, lots 5, 6 and 7, block 2, Howitt. July 10 475 William Reldt and wife to Henry Fassbender, east & of lots 1 and 2. block 3S. Wheeler's addition, June S. 1,200 Portland Lumbering & Manufactur ing Company to Oregon & Califor nia Railroad Company, right of way across the following premises: Bounded on north by Caruthers claim, south by land of O. R. & N. Co., east by Willamette River, and west by Hood street, 45 feet In width, being 22 feet on each side. May i 1 Robert Schulze and wife to H. M. Clinton, 5 acres, northwest i of section 15, township 1 north, range 1 west. August 20, 1S?6 1,600 Anna McMillan to R. M. Dooly, trustee, lot 6 block 19, Woodlawn, July 10 1 Myra Palmer and W. II. H. Palmer to Albert Meier, lots 1. 2. 3, 4. 5, 6, 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18, 19 and 20. block 3S. Tremont, June 8. 1S07 1,600 J. F. Kreper and wife to Lena Pein Inck. lots 10 and 11, block 1, Logan's addition. July 11 453 Jane G. Wllda. Elma and Anson H. Buckman and wife to Ludla Buck man, south of a tract of land con taining 5 acres, section 36. township 1 north, range 1 east; also blocks 1 to 19, except blocks 16, 17 and IS. anu iracuonai diocks io. i. i, is. 18. 20 and 21: lots L 2. 5. 6, 7 and , 8, block S and block 22. Lydla Buck- ' man's addition: also block 53. Stephens' addition: also lots 3 and 4. block 149. East Portland: also block 5. Sullivan's addition, except 50x100 deeded to Laura Buckman: also block 1. Sullivan's addition; also southwest of section 21, township 1 north, range 1 east; also 57xS0 rods, southwest corner of southwest hi of northeast V. of sec tion 23, township 1 north, range 1 east; also southwest 4 of south east of section 25. township 1 north, range 1 east, July 2 1 Butldlnrr Permits. George Hoyt, two two-story houses, be tween Hoyt and Irving. $6000. A. H. Wlllett. .two-story dwelling. East Fifteenth, between Tillamook and Han cock, $2C00. Mnrrlnnro License. C. E. Veatch, aged 22, and Kathleen M. Connor, aged 19. Deaths. July 10, Robert Burke, age 50 years, St. Vincent's Hospital. Injuries from fall. July 10, Bessie B. Monish, age 14 years, Gcod Samaritan Hospital, tubercular peri tonitis. July 11, John H. Unger, age 70 years, St. Vincent's Hospital, paralysis. Contagions Dlsenie. I. Brennans. age 10 years, 691 Second street, diphtheria. EVERYBODY GO. Special excursion to Bonneville, Sun day. Good music, Adgle and her lions, vaudeville performance, dancing, special ties. Leave Union Depot, 9:30 A. M.; 50 cents round trip. Performance free. IN TABLET FORM-PLEASANT TO TAKE. It comes like n rar of sunshlno and gladdens the heart of tho dsspondont. At lta approach dlseaeo tho jroldon throao of health. I la guaranteed to enro fa my crtornlvo cxperlT.ro I JmTO put Dr. Barkhart'a Yw cwblo Cnmponad to frcqnont and thoroncu test, and I can truthf nllj sav thnt It nver fallod to pcr- otorer of health and tho cemfortor of ermtr nianKinu. . , rorealehj-alldrnirelsta. Thlrtr darn treataifnt for rcc.::)'!-days' treatment Me. : Fix months' DR. W.S. BVItliHArCT. Cincinnati, o. Play! J Acr samo yon choose yoa can keep yonr blood cpol nnrt your nerves steady bydrinklccplentyoi Tho Favorite Temperance Drink. X Vmi paekafepirirt Seatloai. TATrtM fcr Un f prcmlaau offer! lire iar lrxti. CHARLES L HIRES CO., MAIYEEN , PA. ffif,iinrTmarr3I','r'T' "s us mvjs y na taj a a 222 a fat THE PALATIAL ouw mm Not a darlc offlce In the hnllcllnffl ttbsolnicly fireproof: electric Rents and artesian vratert perfect analta tton and thorongh ventllntlon. Ele. vator ran day and nlsrht. P'wns. AINSLIK. DR. GEORGE. Physician. ...n08-GM AI.DRICH. 3. V?.. General-Contractor 610 AN-DE50J7. GTJPTAV. Attorney-at-Laxr .RJ3 AFFOCIATKD PRESS: E. !. Powell. Msr .SM AUSTEN. E. C. Mannger for Orjron and AVaihlrjrtcn Bankers" Llf Arcatlon. of Bes Moines. la B02-SO3 BANKERS LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DE5 MOINES. IA :F. C Austen. Manajw..M2-303 BATNTt'N. GEO. R.. Mgr. for Chas. Scrlb- ners Sons 31a BEAT.S. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U. S. 'Wejithpr Bureau MO BENJAMIN. R VT.. DertW SI BTNCWANGER. DR. O. R.. Phy. & Sur 410-411 BROOKE. PR. J St.. Rhys. A- Surtr 70S-T00 BROWN. MYRA. M. D 313-3U BRUERE. DR. O. E.. Physician 412-413-m B1TSTEED. RICHARD. Acent Wllnon A Mc- Callay Tobacco Co 602-603 TATTKIN. G. E.. District Agent Traveler Iniurnnc Co. 71 VRDtVELI. DR. J. R 80 - proi.I. W T.. Serial Agent Mutual Reserve Fund T.'fe A'n 60t COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANT. . . . 0n4-C05-CC0-r,07-r,lS.P,14-f.n nnVELirs. C "W.. Phr. and Sun-eon.. 2HJ fOYFR F. C. Cahtr Fn,iitnbt- Llf 30 COI,LIER. P. F.. Publisher: S. P. McGutr. Manairer 413-418 '"AT. J. G ft T. N SIS WAV!". NAIOLEON. Provident Columbia Tolephnn Co tV7 DICKSON. DR. I. F.. Phyifclan 71.VTU DRVKE. DR II. B.. Phrs'rlan B12-313-B14 mYTER. JOE. F. Tobnccos 401 EDITORIAL RCOMS EUhth floaf EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY: L. Snmuel. Minntrer: F. C. Cover. Cashier 3CI EVENING TELEGRAM S2S Alder etr-t FENTON. J. D . Phyclan and Suncefn !W0-M1 FENTON'. DR TUCKS r . F.v and Ear Ml FENTON. MATTHEW p.. D-ntlKt 5C FIDELITY MUTUAL T.TFE ASSOCIATION: E. C Stark. Minajc;r 01 GALVANI. W. II.. Engineer and Draughts man OM GAVIN. A.. President Oreircn Camera Club. 214-213-21G-211 GE4.RY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and Funcnn 212-211 GEBItl prB ro . Ltd.. Fine Art Publish ers: M C. MrGroovr. MfT 013 GIFSY. A. J. Phr.itMan and Surgeon. . .700-710 GODDARD. E. C ft CO.. Footwear Gmtmrt floor. 120 Sixth street GOT.DM4N.WILI.rAM. Mannrer Manhnttan Llf Insurance Co. of New York 2O0-2H GRANT. FRANK S.. Attomer-at-Lmr C17 ITVMMAM BATHS. King A Compton. PropstSOJ HAMMOND. A. B 311 IIEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO.. Pianos and Organs 121 Sixth tr1 HOLLiSTER. DR. O. C. Pfcyji. Sur .304-30J IDLEMAN. C M-. Attorney-at-Law..41C-17-lS JOHNSON. W. C 3ir-310-31J KADY. MARK T . SuporvUor of Agents Mutual Reorve Fund Life Ass'n t04-C03 LAl'iONT. JOHN V!c-Prldnt and Gen eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co 001 LTTTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surgeon.. 20 MACRUM. W. :.. Sec. Orejrnn Cimrn Club.2H MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phy. ami Surg. .711-713 MAXWELL DR. W. E.. Phys. ft Surg. .701-2-3 M-COY. NEWTON. Attomey-at-Latr 71J McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer 2" MrGINN. HENRY E. Attorney-at-Laur .311-313 McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers Represents tJve soi METT. HENRT 21S MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and Oral Surgeon nns-cos MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-31 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. of "Sew York: W Goldman. Manacer. . 2O0-2H MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N; Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents. .WM-Cni MeELROY. DR. J. G.. Phys ft Sur.701-702-703 MrFARLAND. E. B., Secretary Columbia Telephone Co 0d9 McGUI"E. S. P.. Manager P. P. Collier. Publisher 413-418 VpKIM. MAURITE. Attorrey-at-Law 50s MUTUAL LIFE INCURANCE ro.. of New York: Wm. S. Fond. State Mgr. .404-405-408 NICHOLAS. HORACE B . Attorner-at-Law 711 NILES. M. L.. Capnier Manhattan Llf In surance Co.. of New Tork 2C OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHT. Dr. L. B Smith. Osteopath 40S-M ORFCON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-210-217 PATrERSON. PETER 00 POND. WM S.. State Manage' Mutual Life Inn. Co. of New York 4M-405-4O PORTLAND EYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY. Ground floor. 13.1 Sixth tree: PORTLAND MINING ft TRUST CO.: J. H. Marshall. Manager 31 QUIMBY. I P- W.. Game and Forestry Warden ., 710-717 ROSENPALE. O. M.. 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A.. 818 WATERMAN. C H.. Cashier Mutual Lift of New York 0 retary Native Daughters 710-717 WHITE. MISS L. E... Assistant Secretary Oregon Camera Club 21 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. ft Sur.304-J WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phya. ft Surg. .700-701 WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phye. & Surg.C07-30a WILSON & McCALLAY TOBACCO CO.; Richard Busteed. Agent C02-S03 WOOD. DR. TV. L.. Physician 412-413-41 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO. ..611 A ievr more elesnnt office nay & Iiad J.y npilylntr to Portland Trust Company of Oregon. 100 Third tw o to the rent clerlt In the bulldlnc MEN sr; THE MODERN APPLIANCE A posltlvs way to perfect manhood. Tho VACUUM rnEAIMENT CURES you without medicine of all nervous or diseases or the generative or gans, such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains, varicocele. lmrJotency. etc- Men are qutcklj re stored to perfect health and strength. "Writs for circulars. Correspondence confidential. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO.. rooms 47-iS iiife Dcycuit building. Seattle. Wash,