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r5?!jp5ig??5 r frrv)r " wpkj - ' Tpyr fi7 vfy(j st e jfr- vy?-r5'Jr3FTr "-"Tp"jr 'vp -T P9rwTfw - TC"f yt 'J .THE MOBNIKGF OREGONIAK, MONDAY, 'JULY 23, 1900. ff THE -STRUGGLE FOR (Copyright, 1900, by THE ORfcGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: AMERICAN POL1TICALPARTIES , BY HON. JESSE MACY. XIV. (Concluded.) The Federal Governors. It was in the Territory of Kansas that the sectional question of slavery or no slavery formed the absolute line of di vision between the political parties. Un til that question -was determined, no other matters could receive attention. The Territorial Governors appointed by the Democratic pro-slavery Administration at Washington were, of course, Pro-Slavery 3emocrats, sent out every man of them to serve the Southern cause. But the fact that, once -upon the ground and the situation grasped, thesp same Pro-Slavery Iemocrats almost without exception were won to the free-state side of the quarrel, speaks loudly for the Justice of that side. Andrew H. Reeder, of Pennsylvania, entered upon his official duties In Octo ber. 1854. He was an cyathuslastlc Demo crat of the Douglas school, a lawyervof reputation, and an honorable man. He honestly desired to quiet the turbulent ' spirit already manifest on the border, and ' to deal fairly with all. Having traveled J over his domain, he ordered an election ( for a Congressional delegate. By the aid j of 1729 votes of Mlssourians. who came Into the territory on election day for the J sole purpose of casting those votes, the J pro-slavery candidate was elected and ( took his seat unchallenged In the House i of Representatives at Washington. The J following Spring similar tactics, -with even j more barefaced fraud and violence, de- J posited SO per cent of the ballots cast and chose a Territorial Legislature of tho j desired complexion. Governor Reeder having canvassed the returns and heard J the protests of the free-state settlers, was convinced, as he stated In public, that ' tho principle of popular sovereignty had been utterly overthrown In Kansas, the I Tights of her citizens outraged, the coun try conquered by force of arms. But re gard Tor the wishes of the President and J his party obliged the Governor to content himself with throwing out a few mem bers as chosen by force and fraud, leav ing the Legislature strongly prp-slavery Btlll. Not content with this, that body showed Its contempt for law and Its de fiance of the Governor by immediately seating every man to whom he had re fused credentials. A bitter quarrel en sued, and charges against the Governor were made at Washington. He was vir tually removed by the President, and at once actvely Joined the tree-state party, becoming one of Its trusted" leaders. Shannon of Ohio, who succeeded Reeder, arrived In September, 1853, and put him self at once( -with Intemperate zeal upon the side of' the lawless pro-slavery fac tion. The territorial government and tho state government, under the Topeka con stitution, were now contending for recog nition and the logic of events wrought a considerable change In Governor Shan non's views. But his unwise course at the beginning of his incumbency rendered it Impossible for him to play the pacific part which he later undertook, and he finally fled In all haste to secure his owp safety from the territory which ho was Incompetent to govern. James Buchanan. f- C5fl.rv of Pennsvlvnnln fn11vn.w4 c-. tember, 1S56. He had been chosen no less ior his executive gifts than for his Demo cratic sympathies. Tho Presidential campaign was at Its height when Governor Geary reached Kansas, and he saw that Kansas must be pacified with all speed or the Demo cratic party was doomed. He declared to the Mlssourians that one more of their raids would defeat Buchanan So deter mined and so skillful were the Governor's measures that a short-lived quiet did settle over the territory in course of a few weeks, and had Geary been honest ly supported by the Federal Administra tion, he would no doubt have Kurrwvii In establishing Justice and order In Kan sas. But he, too, soon leaned too plainly toward the free-state party, and, losing favor at "Washington, he was forced to resign, Robert X "Walker, of Mississippi, was the fourth Governor of Kansas. By the time of his appointment, in the Spring of 1S57, the hope of making Kansas a slave state had been abandoned as fu tile, and all Administration energies were to be concentrated- upon tho effort to make a Democratic state. It was for this purpose that a man eminent, and ex perienced in party tactics was chosen 4or a position so inferior. Governor Wal ker proved an excellent official, winning the confidence of the free-state settlers and inducing them to tako part for tho first time in October, 1837 In the election for the Territorial legislature. But the high-handed proceedings of the pro-slav-ory party in respect to the Lecompton constitution drove Governor Walker also Into 'the ranks of their opponents. He could not countenance -the Iniquity upon which President Buchanan was deter--mined of .forcing the Lecompton consti tution upon the free-state population of Kansas and. yielding to th6 President's wishes, fco took himself out of the way. Even hlsTdtrltorlal Secretary, Stanton, r'wTWk A n . A L A T&E TTESTEBIT TERHIT0BIES fr AFTER THE PASSAGE OF l jF u P Y T P O THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL q J KANSAS IN 1855-58 Srraour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON who was .left as Acting Governor when Walker Journeyed to Washington to state his case to the authorities, was summar ily dismissed, December, 1K37, as coriduct ing himself too much after the manner of his official chief and effectually aid ing the free-state cause. General Denver, of Virginia, who came next upon the roll,, announced his inden tion to carry out tRe policy of his pre decessor. -He accepted the appointment unwillingly, determined to resign as soon as possible, which lie did In October, 1E5S. He had striven Ineffectually for fair deal ing and political Justice. Of all the Ter ritorial Governors hitherto, ho was tho only one whose resignation was wholly voluntary. To him succeeded Governor Medary, of Ohio, whose administration fell In more peaceful times. The Lceompton Constitution. One of. the promises by "-fchlch Governor Walker induced the anti-slavery settlers to share in the October election of 1SS7 was that the Lecompton constitution should be submitted to popular vote. The pro-slavery Legislature, which was Just retiring, had called a constitutional con vention, wMch was still In session at Ie compton, and did not adopt a constitu- tloa until November 7. The October elec tion aneantlme returned a free-state Leg islature and Congressional delegate. In December the? .convention, by a shallow and Ignoble trick originating, we are told, in the high circles of the Wash ington Administration, called upon the people to vote only upon what were called the slavery clauses of the Consti tution. The question was "the Constitu tion with slavery or the Constitution with no slavery." But by clauses not submitted to vote "the Constitution with np slavery" still made slavery perpetual so far as concerned the slaves already in the territory4and their offspring. The free-state men, as a. matter of course, refused to vote, but tho new legislature, which they controlled, submitted tho whole Constitution to the people In Jan uary, 1855, and It was voted down by an enormous majority. The slave state party had in their turn declined to vote, but an honest ballot had beea taken and a comparison of the figures with those of previous elections showed that Kansas Voters were at least two to one against slavery. News of the lecompton Con stltutldn swindle revived tho declining interest of the country in the fortunes of Kansas. Appeal had been made to Con gress for the admission df the territory to statehood under the' Lecompton Con stitution, and the Democratic party was soon In a violent wrangle over the vex ing question. Douglas" and many other Northern Democrats and party newspa pers protested against the measure, to which the President adhered tenaciously. The election of Jnnuary, which showed beyond question the real wishes of the Kansas settlers, effected nothing with the Administration. Every resource of of ficial patronage was brought to bear to advance the cause of slavery. The bill passed the Senate, but hung Are In the House, and Anally failed to pass. Dis graceful scenes occurred during the heat ed Congressional debate. The bitterest and most scorching words were not enough; many of the members became engaged In actual list flghts,.and only be cause more dangerous weapons happened not to bo at hand was there no blood shed or serious bodily Injury. The wound ed feelings were not soon healed. " Tlie Dred Scott Decision. The whole subject of slavery in the .Federal domain came before the country in- a new phase, while the status of Kan sas was still unsettled. The Dred Scott decision of tho Supreme Court will be considered 'more fully hereafter, for Its Important bearing upon party history. It Is mentioned here only to show its .connection with the original subject ot dispute in Kansas. Dred Scott, a, negro slave, liaU sued for his freedom several years before on tho ground that he had been taken by his .master to the free state of Illinois and to the freo territory of the northern por tion of the Louisiana purchase, where, according to the Missouri Compromise, slavery could not exist, In due course the case came before the highest court of the Nation, and two days after the Inauguration of President Buohanan the decision was rendered. The negro was -returned to slavery, since no negro ot slave ancestry could stand before a court of the United States as a "citizen" com petent to sue or be sued. Tho court then went on to discuss the other chief Constitutional points Involved, and the , decision pronounced the Missouri Com promise act not warranted by tho Con stitution and therefore void." This ab solutely knocked all foundation from the doctrine of popular sovereignty under which the-long struggle for Kansas had Board of Trade and Stock Exchange Brokers QRAIN Provisions. STOCKS and - COTTON . BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR CASH OR CARRIED ON MARGINS 4 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon CULLI50N&C0. been carried on, for since Congress had no power Jo forbid slavery In a .territory, it certainly could hot create a territorial Legislature which should possess that power. No territory, then, could under any possible circumstances bar out slav ery, and the doctrine of popular sover eignty worked only one way to permit the citizens of a Fedoral territory to vote tho Institution up, never down. Only a sovereign stato could establish freedom. XCanuR State. In 1S53 the Kansas Legislature once more called a Constitutional convention, which met at Leavenworth. The free state party was now supreme, and tho Constitution adopted prohibited slavery. It -was ratified by tho people and sent to Washington. But once more the pjp slavery Senate refused the appeal, this time on. the alleged ground that the pop ulation of the territory was insufficient. The following year still another conven tion adopted the Wyandotte Constitu tion, which also prohibited slavery. Thl3 was ratified by the people, sent to Con gress, and Kansas was at last, after years of waiting and repeated refusals, admitted as a state. But It was not until after the Union had been dlsmemoerea and the Senators from the seceded state3 had withdrawn that the opposition of the upper chamber was overcome. Iowa College. A WISE MAN IN KANSAS CITY Looked Like a Piano-Mover or Hod carrier, bnt Got Jf evr Yorker RoIL New York Sun, "I wouldn't ha minded It so much If Id got mine back here In the old burg, where any man's liable to stack up against a grafter that's got a new one rehearsed; but to have a dead new one sprung on me way out there in Kansas City, and to have the bundlo pulled off me by a guy that looked as If he was taking a day off from his Job In a holler factory well, say, gimme air!" moaned the Tammany man with, the wide brimmed Panama hat, making the figure S on the table with the bottom of his highball glass. "Trapped your roll out there, hey7" said the other man at the table In. a tone of no particular Interest. "Spoe some Kansas City doll throw her arms around your neck on the street and yelled that you were her long-lost cousin, and when you convinced her to the contrary, and she wont away, dabbing at her eyes, you found when you held yourself up that you wore minus the wad, eh? Say, you don't call that a new one, do you?" "I know some knockers that are good enough at It to build a battle-ship come back to the home sack, I called you out," replied the Tammany man, mourn fully. "Nix, It wasn't any doll. Ho might have been a hodcarrier or a piano mover, though, by the looks of him but wise! Say, lemme tell you .how wise that one was: "The second afternoon I brpke Into Kansas City I got mixed up with a bunch .of those Clark people from Montana, and It was too sptinty a game for me. When I had four of those murdering Mamie Taylor things lined up In front of me at one and at the same time, I figured 4t out that If I stayed along with that gang of Indians for another 20 minutes It would be a case of two crapshootera on the hotel staff picking me up at the head and feet and lifting me up to my bunk like a scuttle of coal. "I never butted into a bunch in my life like that Clark outfit, and I've mixed It up with a-plenty of crews around this way that could go the distance at that. They'd heave In a basin of the old red every minute all day and up to 4 o'clock in the morning, and then they'd .go upstairs to their rooms, change their collars and cuffs, come downstairs to the dining-room with eyes as clear as moss agates and nerves as steady art hitching posts, eat a couple of pounds of steak for breakfast, with dozen or so o wheat cakes on the side, and 20 minutes later start right In again on the pink stuff in the tall tumblers.as If they'd been rest ing up on a farm for a month or two. I used to think lhat some of the gang around this way were stayers, but we're only quarter horses alongsldo of those Montana Blackfeet. "Well, as 1 say, I saw that I was out classed, and I didn't Intend to be put out In: a punch and miss the fun, so I told the circle of Clarkites that I was with that I wanted to see a man at the hotel desk and 'ud be back in a minute. Then I drilled out the front door and hopped on an open car that was passing. I want ed to let the wind blow on me, and I wanted a chance to think It over. I didn't know where the car was going, but the end of the lino was good enough for me. "The end-seat hog gamo don't go out there, and so tho duck who was on the outsldo moved back to let me have his borth. Ho was a husky-looking geezer. In rough toga, a white shirt with nothing to show for the collar but a big bone collar button, and a bum straw lid. He looked like xl homy hand all right, and ho was pulling on a corncob pipe. Wo had tho seat to ourselves. I passed him tho prop er thank.for moving along and giving me the oUtsldo seat, and then the conduotor came along and I reached Into tho change hole In my pocket for tho nickel. I was all ou on the change game, and so I dug Into my left-hand waistcoat pocket for the main wad, which I got out after some bother, for It was a oig bundle of the smaller ones, and it fit tight. I stripped a two-spot off the roll and handed It to the gy-ard, and then soaked the roll It fig ured up about $19 In that left-hand vest hole. "Tho bollermaker on my left didn't ap pear to be paying any attention to my end of It until after the conductor slipped along, but he then turned his moon face to mo with a yappy grin and said he: " 'From the old town, huh, pardr " Tako tho head of the class, and don't guess any more said L That's whero I'm from.' " 'Used to work there myself,' said the plano-movor guy, good-naturedly. "Ban a donkey engine at Havemeyer's Sugar Works. Ever been through 'em? " 'Well, I played 'em for a few last Winter, when the market was going up,' said I, 'but tho market didn't soar any more after I got my checks down. That's tho limit ot my tag-playing with sugar.' "My truckman seatmate seemed to bo next to that, all right, lor he swelled the grin, and then wo got Into a general line of chawerlno. He'd been In Kansas City a whole lot longer than he wanted to be, he said, and he had it in mind to take another hack at the New York end ot" the Atlantic seaboard before Jong. Said he had to pretend out there that he was doad stuck on Kansas City, and all that, but that, on tho dead quiet, he'd rathor bo In or around New York with a broken back and 40 cents to tho bad than be Governor of Missouri. That line of spiel kind o warmed me up to the duck with the bono collar-button, and I told him he had the right Idea of It, and so on. He moved a llttlo closer to mo. In order to tell me what a bum town he honestly thought Kansas Clty was, saying that he'd get a ducking In that mud stream out thero If any Kansas Cltylte happened to overhear him taking a bite out of tho town, particularly for the benefit of a stranger. "We were rattling along out In the sub urbs, when a big black mammy with a basket spotted our seat as the one where she wanted to plant, and when the car stopped she climbed up. I'm such a con firmed end-scat hog myself that I let her crowd by me, and my pal, the piano mover, didn't want to bo shut off from the delight and lnstructlveness of my conversation, for ho let her crowd by him, too. It was a tight fit, for the old mammy was up near the 3W mark, and she had a big market casket along, too. She was still trying to wedge herself by. I and was tight between me and my seat mate who longed for the old town, and Downing, Hopkins & Co, Chlcagd Board of Trade Q DO 1 ETOQ ' New York Stock Exchange DKUJvIZLKO Room 4, Ground Floor . BOTH TELEPHONES CAPE i Sails on Her Second Trip This Is the only exclusive livestock steamer in the Nome trade, Bookings rioV being made. WR RATES AJTD KIFORMATIOR JLPPIT TC i CALIFORNIA & OREGON COAST S. SCO. F. P. BAUMQARTftKR, Agent, 253 Washington St. XV. X. Mitchell Jb Co. General Asrents. Snn Francisco. Pacific Coast FOR NOME direct THD IfEW PALATIAli STEEI, STEAMSHIP "SENATOR" Will sail trim Suttle ind Tacssa id or about Auiutt 6, and Srpttiaber 6. Tho "Senator" has a capacity of 23C0 tons. Her second cabin and. steerage accommodations are superior to the first-class accommodations ot most of tho steamers advertised for Nome. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company has been running Its steamers to Alas kaWinter and Summer for 25 years, and Is the pioneer Pacific Coast line. Seat tle freight and passenger rates apply from Portland. For further Information Inquire of GOODAXiI.. PERKINS & CO.. General Agents, 10 Market. San Fran cisco, or N. POSTON, Agent. 24fr Washington at.. Portland, Or. when the conductor started the car, it went with auch a jerk that tho old mam my fell between tho two of us. "Well, that's when it happened. It waa a good deal of a job to help the old black woman and her basket over to her scat, and I was pretty well clawed up in the mix. When, she was finally planted, the bollermaker on my left gave a tug at hla hat, knuckled his forehead some, said Glad to've met a gent from the old town.' whistled between his teeth to sig nal the conductor, and got off. "I went to tho end of the line, took a return car and got back to the hotel, where I fell in with jsomer of my own gang, which meant somo more spend. That's- when I found out aboufmy abent roll. 'That's when tho great light burst upon me. I wont righfaway by myself to think It over, and then I sailed over to headquarters and whispered , my llttlo twirl to tho man, who smiled olllly. " 'You've been up against ono of tho" Btars, If it's going to do you any good to know that,' he told me. still smiling that way It tickles 'em almost foollBh out that way when a New York man gets a con dose. That Duck was Altoona Tim, and it's his graft to flash the 'make up of a homy Wand, He works, the open cars quite a lot. We didn't know ho wLs in town, but, of course, we'll go right after him this minute. Ho's probably wearing a plug hat and jow6lry and drinking champagne on a parlor car bound for somewhere or other by now, but we'll go right after him, -anyway-honest Injun, wo will.' r i . "Well, Altoona Tim's still e?v. route f6r somewhere or other, but ho hasn't come back and handed me my $180 up to date. I telegraphed my wlfo to draw another bunch out of tho bank and wire it on to mo, and she's been jrfvincr me tho sad and wistful gazo about that over since not about tho dough, y see, but I think sho's got it doped out that I must ha' bought a pearl tiara for tho Queen of the May with tho roll that was pulled away from me. And all this In Kansas City Just stick a pin In that, will you? In Kansas City, and me a smooh, fair haired boy that knows it all, having been born and brought up in a ward whero the " "Say, that's a good traneo," broke In the other man at the table, yawning. "Give It to us straight, what limit were you playing when you dropped that bunch?" "Kln-nocker," said the Tammany man, 'I didn't touch a Chinese visiting-card from the tlmo I left New York until I cot back." STURGEON AND CAVIAR. n.pld Destruction of the Flub. Threaten Early Extermination. Philadelphia Ledger. It may surprise some persons to learn tha a full-grown female sturgeon Is as valuable a creature as tho fur seaL Yet thlsls a fact. It may also Interest and surprise many to be told that more than a. million dollars aro Invested In the shur geon catching Industry In the Delaware River alone, and that more than seven eighths of the caviar sold in thlB country as Russian caviar Is mado a few miles below 'i1b city from eggs of tho stur geon caught in this -vicinity. Yet both these things are true also. The slaughter of the fur seals indenting Sea and their threatened early extinction by Canadian poachers produced at ono time widespread excitement throughout the country, and for a while caused de cidedly strained relations between tho Governments of the United States and England. Tho sturgeon is as perilously near extinction as the fur seaL At the rate this valuable flsh is disappearing, and unless something Is promptly done to prevent it. In five years thero will be none to catch. To show how rapidly the sturgeon aro passing away It Is only necessary to refer to tho roport of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. According to that document between the years 1SS0 and 18S9 it was not uncommon for 1000 sturgeon to bo seen on the dock at Bayslde as the result of ono day's catch. In tho latter named year the flsh began to decrease In num ber rapidly. Tho average satch to a net that season was CO; in 1EM. about C5; In 1S92 it was 3; la 1S93 it had fallen to 32; In 1K1 down to 26; t In 1333 the average to a net rose to 72, but In 1S3S It, fell to 27; In 3S37 tho average was 22; In H93 It fell to 13, and In 1S99 It sank to 8. Ih 1S8S the total catch of sturgeon In the Delaware Bay and River was over 3000. Lost season It was 3310. It cannot take long at this ratio to bring extermina tion. . Caviar", which Is only cleansed sturgeon eggs submitted to a pickling process and dried, used to realize to ih concerns N3ANHOOD RESTORED;S!'53!E bloVltaHier,theprcflcrlpUonofafMaoD3 French physician, will qnlcklycoroyou fall nervous or dbaes ut tho generative orgaus, such as irost 2Xnnuoo, Intoranla, 1a1rs Ira th Bck(fcrraina XiiiUalous. perron Debility, XMzuploa UKlltae to Harry,. VzUannilnc Srnlnt, Taricoccle and 'onnilpntloa. Ititojisall iftseesbrday ortitrhw PrevontaQu'.cxnesaot discharge, which It nofchecked leads to Sperm Atorrbtoa and all f od horrors of lmootncy. CCriD3GNKcleanestha llvsr. Ihft cldnfkAnr1 th nHnitrr AmA nf nil ImniiHHM tfTIT TTV W. tToiirthnt and restores small xak organs. Thoretson sufferers ar hot cered by Doctors fsbensnS0pr cr ntaro troubled with ProstAiltl. CUPIDE2CE tho only known rcm5y to cure without na operatl6n. 8500 tentimotlUils. A written gnaran teo given and money murtwwl If 8 boxes dei not effect a permanent euro. sl.GOAbox.sxorMOu, bymau. Bend for yhjtucfrctiUr and testunonlcia Address, AVOX. X1.2UCIMK .. i o. Box 2W8. Han Praacfaco. CaL . . For sale by Aldrlcb. Pharmacy. Sixth and 'Was hlngton streets. Portland. Or. Chamber of Commerce NOME T on or About July 20, 1900 Steamship Co. making It from 16 to $3 a keg of 1S5 pounds; now It brings from $110 and up ward to a keg, and when In shipping It tho duty and other charges are added tho cost of tho caviar before It Is of fered to the consumer Is over $130 a keg, or nearly ?1 a pound. In addition to this there la the flesh of the flsh. which when smoked brings high prices. Male and fe male sturgeon yielded the flshormen in lfQ3 In. both eggs and flesh on an average $40 each, and specimens of the female alone have been known to bring nearly $100. The story of the rapid disappearance of tho "sturgeon In the Delaware Is th'e story told of every other water in all parts of the country. The Industry has gone from the Chesapeake and lower Sus quehana, and the catch Is decreasing In the Great Lakes In the same proportion as in the Delaware. It Is the samo all along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. It is ndt so much heedless methods of fish ing or the ruthless -destruction of the ydung that Is causing this rapid exterm ination of the sturgeon for the fisher men are thoroughly alarmed at the sit uation" and aro doing what they can to preserve the young from harm as It Is the phenomenally Increased demand Jor the. cayiar and flesh. .Both tho United States and Pennsyl vania Pish Commlsstbps havo, had their attention called to tho danger which threatens the Jftdustry, and strong ap peals have beeij iqade to.Jhem io under take artificial propagation, but owing to the parsimony of Congress and the Leg islature of Pennsylvania neither can yet see Its way clear to do so. The mere work of taking and hatching the egg3 Is comparatively an easy task, but tho cost Is very greaL There Is no doubt of the necessity of somo action being tak en, and It might perhaps be well If the United States and Pennsylvania were to join forces In sturgeon hatching. Unjre Marrlnpe Aprency. London Mall. While the British housewife Is bewail ing the ever-Increasing scarcity of "gen erals" and house and parlor maids, the Queensland Government agents In the country are shipping young women to their colony in thousands. Some Idea of tho extent to which the demand for sin gle women In Queensland Is being sup plied from the country districts of Eng land may be gathered from the fact that on last Thursday alono 215 healthy young domestic servants were dispatched to the Brisbane hiring depot by the colony's agents, and with the farm laborers, their wives- and families, the total shipment for the day comprised 430 persons. For the readiness to quit England for the new life In the sunny South several reasons are assigned, not tho least Inter esting of which Is the prospect of mar riage with the well-to-do selector who raises coffee, cotton, tobacco or sugar on hla outback holding. It is the common belief qf the intending emigrant and tho notion Is carefully io3tered by the hus tling agent that once in Cooktown, Mackay, Bowen or Colrn3 she will speed ily capture the susceptible squatter, mar ry him and pass In a month from the lean-to kitchen Into the best room of the home station. For every man or woman secured by the energetic agents who travel over the United Kingdom they are paid 10s Cd, and for eachchild us 2d. Sir Charles Tuppor, tho Canadian statesman, who will soon retire from public life on account of his advanced age. is the last survivor of the organizers of the Dominion. He Is by profession a physician, having taken his degree In Edinburgh 57 years ago, but entered upon a political career at an early age, and rapidly went to tho top. His knighthood and baronetcy were conferredupon him In reward for his public services. MEN 5. r; THE MODERN APPLIANCE A posltUfl vay to perfect manhood. The VACUUM "THEATMENT CORES you without medicine pf all nervous or disease zl the generatlvo or gans, such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains. At lHnostt nulldlne. Seattle. "Wash, varicocele, lmpotoncy. etc Men are quickly re stored to perfect health and strength, write for circulars. Correspondence confidential. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO.. rooms 4T-1S TRAVELERS GUIDE. WHITE COLLAR LINE BAILEY GATJ5ERT (Alder-street Dock) Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o clock, except Sunday. Returning. leaves As toria evory night nt 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregqn phone Main 321. Columbia phone 301. TRAVELERS' GUILE. Union Depot, Sixth Had J Streata. THREE TRAINS DAJLY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CHICAGO-POIlTIiAND SPECIAL." Leave for th& East, vl HunUnfilon, at 0.13 A. M.; arrives. 4P.JI. SPOKAAE JKLYEIt, For Spokane. Eastern Washington, and Great Northern point, le&res at 0 P.il.: arrive at IA. M. ATLANTIC EXPRESS, LeaVs for the East. via-. Huntington, at S P. M.; arrives at 8.40 A. M. THROUGH PULLMAN' AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. Water llces achedule. aunject to chanz with out notice: OCEAN AND HIVER SCHEDULE. OCEAN DIVISION SteanwhJps sail from Alnavrorth Dock at 8 P. M. lave Portland Columbia. Sunday, July 1; Wednesdaj. July 11 : toaturday. Jmy 21. Tuesday. July ai; Fri day, Aug-. 10. State of California. Friday, July 0: ATonday, July 10; Thursday. July 'Ml Sunday. Aup. G. Froav San rranclsco Leaving Spear-Street Pier No. 24. San Francisco, at 11 A. M.. as follows: Stato of California. Monday. July 2; Thursday, July 12. SundaJ, Julr 22; Wednes day. Aue. 1: Saturday. Aug. 11. Columbia. Saturday, July 7; Tuesday, July 17; Friday, July 27. Monday. Aug. fl. COLUamiA UIVER. DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Hasaalo leaves Portland dally, except Sunday, at 8 00 P. M.: on Katurday at 10:00 P. il. Returning-, leave Astoria dally, except sun day, at 7:(X A. M. Steamer T. J. Potter leaves Portland Tues dajs and Thursdays at 0 A. M : Saturdays, 1 P. M., for Astoria and Long Reach. lAes llwaco Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sundays from 0 to S P. M . according: to tldo. "WILLAMETTE 11IVEK DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM. OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem and v.ay points, leaves Portland Mondays, Wednesdays and lrt days at COO A. M. Returning, leaves Salem Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 0.00 A. M. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore, for Dayton and way points. leave Portland rueadaja. Tnursdays and Sat unlay at 7 A. M. Returotnr. leaves Dayton lor Tortland and -way points Mccdaji. Wedneid&yi and Fridays at 0 a. M. SNAKE UIVER ROUTE. RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAH Steamer Spokane or teain;r Lewlirton leaves Rlparla dally at 3.35 A. M.. arriving at Lewis ton at 3 P. M. Returning, the Bpokano or Lewlston leaves Levrlston dally at 9 A M-, arriving at Rlparla same evening. W. H. HURLBURT, General Pajwenger Agent V. A rTOTT.T..T7Crv r.ltv Ticket Arent. Telephone Main 712. 0 Third street, cor. Oak. NewSteamshipLinetotheOrient CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. In connection with. THE OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 11)00 (subject to change): Steamer. Due to Leave Portland. "MONMOUTHSHIRE" Juno 21 "BRAEMAR" July 15 "ARGYLL" Aug. 5 For rates, accommodation, etc. apply to DODWEli. & COMPANT. Limited, General Agents. Portland. Or. To principal points In Japan and China. POSSIBLY YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF, THE FAST TIME AND SUPERB SERVICE Now offered by the S PicTOf WE HAVE DAILY FAST TRAINS TO THE EAST 2 If you cannot take the morning train, travel via tho evening train. Both are finely equipped. "Our Specialties" Fast Time Through Service PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERS. PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPERS. PUI.LMAN DINERS. LIBRARY (CAFE) CAR AND FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS. Hour in Time Saved to Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, St. LouIh, X'err York, BoMton, And Other Kantera Points. Tickets good via Salt Lake City and Denver. It Is to your Interest to use THE OVER LAND ROUTE. Tickets and sleeping-car berths can be secured from GEO. LANG, City Pass, and Ticket Agent. J. H. LOTHROP. General Agent. 135 Third St.. Portland. Or. AN IDEAL HOLIDAY TRIP Have you thought of the Steamer Trip across the "GREAT LAKES"? It com bines the attractive features and bcnolits of an ocean trip -without the attendant discomforts. Furthermore, It Is less expensive than traveling by rail. The "Imperial Limited." with first-class sleepers from Vancouver and Tourist Sleepers from Seattle every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, connects with one of the MAGNIFICENT STEAMERS of tho C. P. Ry. at Fort William. If you are going East we would be glad to give you some facts and Information resardlng thl3 trip. H. IL ABBOTT, Ant. B. J. COTIiE. 140 Third st.. Portland. A. O. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C Ticket Office, 26S Harrison Street, 'pfcne 633 LEAVE. No. 4 0-00 P. M. The JTlyr, dally to and from St. Paul. Minne apolis.. Dulutb, Chlcajr ltd ail polnu XCaiU ARRIVE. No.3. T'OO A. M Through Palace and Tourlat Sleeverj. Dlalnj and BuSet Eisoklng-Llbrary Can. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP RIOJUN MARU For Japan, China and all Asiatic polnu win leave Senttl About July 18th. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOR ALASKA. THE COMPANY'S elegant steamers Queen. Cottage Citv Clty ot TopeJca and AI - Kl leave TACOMA 11 A. M.. SE ATTLE 0 P. M.. July 1. 4. 0. 14. 10. 10. 24. 20. 31; AMg. 3. S. 11. 15. 18 23. 2X; Sept. 2. and every lltth day there after. Por further Informa tion obtain company's folder. The company reserves the right to change teamers, sailing date? and hours of sailing, without previous notice. AQKNTS N. POSTON, 249 "Washington st. Portland. Or.; F. IV. CABLETON, N- P. B. B. Dock. Taconwt; H. H. LLOYD, Puget Sound Supt.; C. W M1LLKR, Asst- Puget Sound Supt., Ocean Deck, Seattle. COODALL. PERKINS i CO.. Gen. Agts.. S. V. 'hi -4--' ljSiAT0R7HHwl B aSJ2u2&a! TRAVELERS' GUIDE. DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN SERVICE. The Pioneer Dlnlnjr and Observation! Car Route. Leave Union Depot, 6th an! JSti Arrtva No. 2 2 P.M. North Coast Limited. . For Tacomo, Seattle, North Yakima, opo- Ho. 1 7A.M. kanc. Pullman. Mos cow. Lew iston, liwi land. B. C Butt. Helena. St. Paul. Min neapolis. Chicago. Bos ton, New York and all points East and South east. No. 11 SO P. M. Twin City Express, for No.3 8V.M. Tacoma. Seattle. Spo kane. Helena, Bvite St. Paul. Chicago. Bos ton. New York. Omaha. Kansas City. Council HhiJTs. St. Louts, and all points east and southeast. Through train serlco v'a Northern Paclflo and Burlington line rrom Portland to -Omaha, Kansas City. St. Louis, Quick tlmo and un cqualed accommodations. Take North Coast Limited Train. No. 2 fot South Bend. Olympla and Grav't HarDoi points. Se tho North Coat Limited. Elegant Up hulslercd Tourist Sleeping Cars, Pullman Standard Sleeper?. Dining Car and ObHerva tlon Car. all electric lighted. Solid estibuled trains. Tleketn sold to all points In the Unlte4 States and Canada, and baggage checked ta destination ot tickets. For Information, ticket", sleeping-car reset vatlons. etc.. call on or write A. D. CHARLTON Assistant Gcnernl Pn.ijenger Ascnt SSS MorrlHon St.. Cor. Third. Portland. Oregon. - EAST SOUTH (?J SUNSET - O CCCE.N&SHASIW 1! tn rcxHis Jfnf Leave D:gt Filth anil Streets Arrive OVERLAND EX. - PRESS TRAIN9 for Salem. Kce- 9-ifl v nr hurg. Ashland. Sac- . ,- . 3.30 P. M. ram.mo o g d e n. ' : A.M. San Francisco. Mo- a.v a it Jve Loa Angelea. 8.30 A. M. El VaEOt 2jcw 0r .a30 p. S, leans and the East At "Woodburn (daily except Sun da)), morning train connects with train for Mt. Angrl. 311 v e r t on. Browns ville. SprlngHeld and Natron, and evening train far Mt.. Angel and St. verton. 4:00 P. M. Albany passenger 10:10A.M. $730 A. M. Corvallls passenger J3.C0 P. M. ;4:50 P. M. Sheridan paasenger JS:2SA-M. Dally. tD&lly except Sunday. Rebate ticket on sale between Portland, Sao ramenio and San " ranclaoo. Net rate SIT n clam and $11 second chiv including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern polnu and Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTBALIA. Can be obtained from J. B. KIIIKLAND. Ticket Agent. 14a Third st. YAMHILL DIVISION. Pa&senger Depot, foot of Jefferson Street. Leave for Oswego dally at 7.20, 8:40 A. M.J 12.30. 1.55. 3.25. 4.40. 0.25, H'oO. 11:30 P. M.; and O'UO A. VL wn Sunda oniy. Vrrlva at PortUnd dally at O.J5. a .30. 10 30 A. M.; 1.33. 3:10, 4.30. G:13. 7.40. 10 00 P. M.. 12.40 A. M. dalir. except Monda). 8.3(r and 10.03 A, M. on Sundays only. Leae for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at 6.0C P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0.30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon dae, Wednesdaj s 'and Fridays at 2.43 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHIJER. Manager. C H. MARKHAM. Gen. Prt. & Pass. Aft. ooeeooocoovooeoeaeooeeoeo Burlington trains now arrive at and depart from Portland every day In the week. They brlnff the Southeast nearer the Northwest than ever before. They take you through to Kansas City and St. Louis wlthqu,alnrle change of cars: to New "Toik, (Phil adelphia, Baltimore and Washing ton with but one change. Leave Portland at li:S0 P. M. to day, tomorrow, next day. any day. In the St. Louis special, and you can sleep In a, sleeping-car, dine In a. dlnlng-car or recline In a reclin ing chair car all the way to St. Louis. Ticlcet OOTce, 100 3rd St.. car. Stark, Portland, Orcgw. o s o e e e e o e 6 9 i 0 e 9 O o 9 9 '9 9 O e o e o e R. "W. FOSTER. Tlclctt AgnU MO. 3. TAYLOR. City Pasrnger Agent. e eoetoeo9cooo909ooo9oi90e Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION Tor Maygsrs. Rainier. Clatskanle, Westport. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. DEPOT. LCllfton. ttorIa. wr Ftavel. Ham rent on. mond. Fort Ste-; ens. Gearhrt Park. Seaside. Astoria and Seashor Express. Dally. Astoria Express. Dally. Seashore Expres3, Saturday only. 8:00 A. M. 11:1QA.M 0:40 p. n. 0.40 P. M. C-55 P. M. 2:30 P M Except Saturday. Ticket offlee. 253 Morrison st- and Union dtpot. 3. C. MATO. Gon. Pass. Act.. Astoria. Or. for L.ape And Yukon River Points S. S. "OHIO," 3500 Tons Soils from Seattle on or about Aug. 25 Reservations can now bo rnada upon applies tlon to any railroad or sub-agent of the Inter national Navigation Company, or to CMFIRB TRAXSPOrtTATION CO.. SEATTLE, WASH. i The Burlington I I Reaches i e