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THE MORNING , OJREGONIAN, SATURDAY, .SEPTEMBER 8, 1900.
STUDY OF POE: BY
(Copyright, 1900. by
THcOREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE:
LITERARY TALKS
AND REMINISCENCES
(Concluded.)
It is not the purpose of this article to
follow In detail the checkered life of
3?oe In New York and Philadelphia, The
&opes with which he had come north
ward proved false. He succeeded, it Is
true, in getting his longest story, the
"Narrative ot Arthur Gordon Prm,"
printed by the Harpers, but It attracted
little attention in this country, and,
'although the pirated English edition
proved very successful, Poe never re
ceived a penny from this source. He was
deduced at one time to the editing of a
-textbook on cpnchology, a piece of
read-and-butter work over whose orlgin
"tallty there has been an absurd dispute.
3Tor his own original and unique work he
txecelved at this time little or nothing.
tThe Harpers refused a collection of his
tales offered to them for nothing, as
"too obscure and refined for the public
tMoxon in England refused Dickens' re
quest to publish an authorized version of
these stories. A Philadelphia Arm under
cook their publication, allowing Poe the
munificent remuneration of 20 copies for
nhis friends. But they had cause to regret
their rashness, for we find them a little
Sater complaining that the work had not
"returned them the expense of publication.
Sor such work as "Liegeia" he received
irom forgotten Baltimore magazines $5
'Or $10 an article. He acted as assistant
editor on various periodicals at the usual
xate of $30 a month, Including contribu
tions; at one time, indeed, he estimated
Jhis pay for proofreading, revision, compi
lation and general superintendence at
tabout M a week.
Poe never long retained his position on
the staff of a magazine, a fact uniform
ay attributed to his bad habits. But not
aa single discharge on any ground is re
corded against him, and two at least of
fills employers were quick to take up his
cause against Grlswold's defamation. But
It is very probable that Poe was not an
'-easy-going hack. Proud and shy, given
'to brooding over wrong, real and Imag
inary, bittorly detesting the commercial
Influences which then dictated the ut
terances of periodicals, he was restless
3n harness and moved too readily from
one post to another. Throughout his life,
moreover, he cherished the idea of found
ing a magazine of his own, which should
e based upon merit and form the organ
lor what he loved to call "The Aristocracy
of letters."
A chance came to him at last when he
obtained control of the Broadway Jour
lial. but the necessary funds for its sup
port were wanting, and it broke down
just as it seemed on the point of success.
Poe has been ridiculed for his assertions
of what a magazine such as he had In
mind might be and do. But the truth
Is he was the first man In this country
to recognize the vast field that was
opening Tor periodical literature, and
5iis own experience, particularly on Gra
ffiam's Magazine, where In a year the
circulation rose from S00O to 40.000. made
him sanguine of success. As an original
writer Poe never received the recogni
tion he merited; as an editor he never
obtained the opportunity he desired.
Small wonder that he became gloomy,
auspicious and pessimistic when snarling
rivals assailed him on every side and
one hope after another failed.
But Poe had a deeper and more inti
mate sorrow than the failure to achieve
woTldly success. During his stay In Phil
adelphia his dearly loved child-wife broke
a blood vessel and lay for weeks at
death's door. She seemed to recover only
to again be prostrated. It was to the
horrible alternations of agonizing hope
and blank despair during the six years
remaining of her life In death that Poo
attributed his final loss of power to re
sist the temptation of seeking the relief
of unconsciousness In liquor or lauda-j
num.
"I took leave of her forever." he said,
referring to her first .ttack, "and under
went all the agonies of her death. Shp
recovered partially, and I again hoped.
At the end of a year the vessel broke
again. I went throuph precisely the same
been . , . Then again again and even
once again, at varying Intervals. Each
time I felt all the agonies of her death
and at each accession of the disorder
1 loved her more dearly and clung to her
life with more desperate pertinacity. But
I am constitutionally sensitive nervous
In a very unusual degree. I became In-
William E. Benton,
Owect of the Gentleman's Magazine, edited by
Poe.
sane -with long Intervals of horrible san
ity. During these fits of absolute un
consciousness I drank God only knows
how often or how much."
Sunt lacrlmae reram. A stronger man
would perhaps have come through the
trial better and all the tenderer for his
suffering, but the strain was too great
for the high-strung and sensitive temper
ament of Poe. After all, in his craving
for a respite from the Intervals of hor
rible sanity, there Is nothing of the
greedy desire for vulgar pleasure which
marred the life of Burns nor of the weak
yielding to physical pain which shattered
tho greater mind of CoWldge. Yet neither
Burns nor Coleridge has been as heartily
abused as Poe.
The most outrageous slanders have
been circulated In regard to Poe's treat
ment of his wife. One reverend revller
goes so far as to charge him with having
caused Virginia's death that he might
have a fitting theme for the "Raven."
the fact that this poem appeared two
years before she died in no way affecting
this gentleman's belief in the truth of
his statement. Others have said or In
sinuated that Poe allowed her to perish
elowly of want and neglect while he
wasted his substance In riotous living.
ThORe who know anything of the bitter,
grinding poverty In which Poe contin
ually lived will realize the Improbability
of this accusation. But an even better
answer is the testimony of an evewltness
of the last months of Virginia's life.
Mrs. Gove visited th rottage at Ford
ham In the Fall of 1846 and found her
in thft drendful chills that accompanv
consumption. Poe had thrown his great
coat over her. and sat cherishing her
hands while she hugged their pet cat
to her breast for warmth. An announce
ment est their miserable situation ap
peared In the New York rmners. and led
to a subscription for their benefit. Mrs.
Shnw. through whose efforts this was
accomplished, testifies that "actual wnnt
nnd hunger and cold had been borne bv
this heroic husband In order to supnlv
food, medicine and comforts to his flying
wife,' attributes the utter wreck of
Poe's constitution in grat part to his
privations durlnr these last months.
In Jamiarv. 1R47. th long stniegle
endod. Virginia died and Poe brok down
with brain fever. H recovered, indeed"
and lived for some 18 months longer, but
he was never himself nrain. In fact. It
is hardly fair to fejrnrd the actions of- his
lonesome latter life In anv other light than
as those of a man drlftlne toward in
sanity and death and clMchlne dsper
ately at any Wndly hand that semed hlfl
out to eaVft him. In particular he somrht
tho sympathy and support of women.
DR. T. M. PARROTT
Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED B PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
He may well have shared the opinion
of his friends that his only salvation
was to be found in marrying some one
who should at once support, strengthen
and comfort him. It was probably with
this end In view that he became engaged
to Mrs. "Whitman. The engagement was
brought about against her better Judg
ment by his passionate appeal, not so
much for love as for rescue, and was
broken off after a dreadful scene In
which she confessed that she" loved but
dared not marry him. The two incidents
have been distorted by Griswold into the
shameful slander that Poe visited her
house in such a state of intoxication
that the police had to be called In. He
engaged about the same time In a long
and emotional correspondence with a
married woman to whom he addressed the
lines "For Annie," a poem which ex
presses as nothing else could do that
craving of the body for the repose of
death which at this time dominated the
poet's mind. In the last weeks of his
life even he seems once more to have
formed an engagement, this time with an
old friend In Virginia. .
A certain mystery hangs over the
cause of Poe's death. The common story
that he died from the results of a drunk
en spree seems to have no better au
thority than Grlswold's statement, and
we have already seen how little this per
son Is to be trusted. Mr. Sartaln believes
that he was drugged and robbed bj' a
pair of rogues who were seen following
him in Baltimore. All we know Is that
he was found unconscious In the streets
of that city, thinly clad and exposed to
the chill October air. He was carried
to a hospital whose attendant physician
afterward testified that he found not the
slightest odor of liquor about him. But a
violent fever accompanied by delirium
set in, and the wornout body was unable
to resist the attack. "Having become
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The Cottagre at Fordham, N. J.,
Now owned by tho Shakespeare Society, where
Poe's wlfo died In January, 1847, and where
he wrote "Eureka."
enfeebled from exertion (during the de
lirium)," says the doctor, "he became
quiet and seemed to rest for a short time;
then gently moving his head he said,
1xrd, help my poor soul,' and expired."
Another episode had closed In that mot
ley drama which angels call the tragedy,
"Man."
Few of those who knew Poe were in
sensible of the fascination of his per
sonal appearance. He was .somewhat
ovor the average height, erect and with
the unmistakable stamp of West Point
in his bearing. He was of marked bodi
ly strength and In his youth quick at
all athletic exercises. In dress he was
fastidious but simple, wearing usually
a black coat and stock carefully brushed,
but showing too often signs of the pov
erty that haunted him throughout life.
His curly black hair was brushed back
from a broad high forehead, his face was
pale and intellectual, haggard In repose,
but lighting up at the approach of
friends. A short black mustache only
half concealed the habitual movement
of his nervous mouth. But his great
charm lay In his eyes, steel-gray, with
an Iris that constantly contracted and
expanded, and shining with Intelligence
and feeling from under the long black
eyelashes.
Poe's character was a strange com
pound of attractive and Tepelling ele
ments. He was from the first proud, re
served and self-centered. Yet he min
gled easily with the pleasures of his fel
lows too easily, for his early excesses
undoubtedy laid the foundation of habits
which helped at least to ruin his life.
Yet in his excuse it must be said that
his physical constitution was quite un
able to withstand the slightest Indulgence
in alcohol. One glass was sufficient. In
the words of a college mate, to do him
up, and when under the Influence of
liquor his whole personality seemed
changed. He became suspicious, quarrel
some and liable to strange delusions, un
der whose Influence he acted In the most
extraordinary fashion. He knew his
weakness and fought against It, and his
fits of excess were much less frequent
than Is commonly supposed. But they
occurred more often In his latter years,
and It Is of these, unfortunately, that
the most Is known.
Poe made many bitter enemies, mostly
by the severity of his criticism. His
Ideals In literature were at once high
and peculiar, and he never hesitated to
lash an Impostor or assail an opponent.
But he was not without friends. Al
most without exception those who knew
him best speak of his modesty, his In
dustry and his appreciation of benefits
conferred. Toward women his manner
was marked by the old-fashioned chivalry
of the Virginia gentleman. He was the
idol of his sick wife and of her gentle
and devoted mother. Not without faults,
his very weakness endeared him the more
to the kind hearts who divined the sor
rows of his life. All In all. let us say. a
man more sinned against than sinning,
the spert of unkindly fates, and to us at
this time one who should be the object
of slncerest pity when we reflect what
he was. what he did and what in happier
circumstances he might have done. His
fame as an artist Is established on two
continents: It Is time for Americans to
show a gentler feeling toward the most
unhappy renlus of our country.
A-3
Princeton University.
WILL BUILD FREIGHT DEPOT
Ent Side Railway to Improve Wharf
at Madison-street Bridge.
The Bast Side Railway Company has
been making extensive improvements to
the elevated roadway on Hawthorne ave
nue, between East First street and tho
Madison street bridge, and now It Is pro-Madlson-street
bridge, and now it is pro
south side of the bridge approach. It will
be used as a sort of freight depot for
the electric railway. At present these
freight cars are taken across Madison
street bridge and have to stand In the
street on the West Side frequently for
some time while loading, and thus they
obstruct the street to a considerable ex
tent. By transferring the freight depot
to the East Side dock, when it has been
put in shape, there will be no streets
obstructed and no complaints can be
made. The work of filling up the dock
will be begun shortly. It will be en
larged and used also for office purposes.
AmonR the Fire Companies.
Two changes have just been made in
two East Side fire companies. At the
Highland Chemical Company, Driver
Cadwell resigned and Edward Davy, ex
tra man of Hose Company No. 3,
Stephens addition, was appointed to that
place. A better selection could not have
been made, as he Is a thorough fireman
and knows how to handle horses. Ho
entered on his duties the first of the
month. Foreman Fleming, of the Sun.
nyslde Volunteer Company, who resigned
to accept a place on one of the bridges,
has been succeeded by B. J. Depennlng.
The company at Sunnyslde were per
mitted to make their own selection of
foreman and selected Mr. Depennlng. At
the Sunnyslde hose house the tower haa
been made ready for the electric fire
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alarm apparatus, whenever that is ready.
The upper portion of the tower has-been
Inclosed for the apparatus. When the
wires are In place the regular fire alarm
signals will be repeated by the bell In
the tower of the Sunnyslde hose house.
Funeral of Mrs. Ingleroclc.
The funeral of Mrs. Nellie Inglerock,
who died Thursday from the effects of a
dose of carbolic acid, taken accidentally,
will take place this morning from the
house, 360 East Davis street. Green
wood Cemetery will be the place of In
terment. Rev. Mr. Ghormley, of the
First Christian Church, will conduct the
services at the house. Orphla Temple
No. 18, Rathbone Sisters, will have
charge at the grave. Mr. and Mrs. Brla
tow, the stepfather and mother of Mrs.
Inglerock, and one sister arrived from
Pleasant Hill yesterday. Mr. InglerocK,
who has been at St Vincent's Hospital
undergoing treatment for severe injuries
to his head, is suffering frorn the shock'
of his wife's sudden death, but was rest
ing easily yesterday. The maiden name
of the deceased was Nellie WIthlngton.
She was born at .Rainier. Her father
has been dead for some time.
Will Dedicate Hall.
There will be a meeting of the M.A. Ross
Post and Woman's Relief Corps at Pleas
ant Hoine this afternoon, and among tne
business will be making provision for
dedicating the hall In about two weeks.
Several carpenters have been at work
for some time on the building, and they
expect to have the hall completed within
that time. The building Is being en
larged by an annex of 26 feet In the rear,
and also the front Is being changed.
There will be a storeroom and a lodge
room on the first floor and a large hall
on the second floor.
East Side Hotes.
Mrs. I. P. Hosford, wife of Captain
Hosford, has returned to her homo at
14 East Ash street.
Milton Sunderland and family have re
turned from the coast, after an absence
of two months.
Mrs. A. T. Webb, who Is still at her
cottage at Seaside, is improving, and her
friends hope that she will be fully re
stored. Mrs. Sophia Backus and family, who
have been absent from the city for the
past two weeks, have returned to their
home at 347 East Twelfth street.
Rev. J. J. Dalton, D. D., pastor of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, has
rented -the house of Mr. Lucas, S2G
Grand avenue north, and moved his 'fam
ily there.
Republicans of the Eighth Ward are
Invited to assemble this evening at
Gruner's Hall on East Seventh and East
Stephens streets, at 7 o'clock, to attend
the Republican ratification meeting-,
which takes place In Cordray's theater.
It Is desired that as large a number as
possible go there In a body.
Dr. Wise, room 614. The Dekum.
PORTUGAL'S INTENTION.
Military expedition Going to Lon
renco Marques.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: The
news telegraphed from Lisbon yesterday
that a military expedition 1000 strong Is
about to' leave the Tagus for Lourenco
Marques, has caused much speculation
as to the Portuguese Intentions In South
Africa, For some time It has been hinted
that Important developments in Portu
guese policy might shortly be- expected,
and many people believe that there Is a
secret agreement between Great Britain
and Portugal, which will enable the form
er power to exercise a long-cherished
right of pre-emption of Delagoa Bay.
Others connect the Portuguese reinforce
ments with an Intention to refuse
the Boer fugitives an asylum in Mozam
bique and the determination of the Lis
bon Government no longer to permit the
Dutch forces to draw supplies from Dela
goa Bay.
As long as the Transvaal was an lnde
pendent state Portugal had no right
to prevent goods other than contraband
of war reaching the frontier, nor could
she prevent unarmed burghers from en
tering the territory; but If Portugal rec
ognizes the British annexation of the
Transvaal as valid, she will be entitled
to treat the Boers as rebels against a
friendly state, and could refuse to grant
Kruger or other leaders of escaped Boer
combatants permission to seek refuge
within the domains of King Carlos.
The English Government is extremely
anxious that the ex-President should not
slip through their fingers, and Portugal
would certainly be doing the British a
very good turn If she denied the old
man asylum and so compelled him to sur
render to Lord Roberts. It is still more
Important that supplies from Mozam.
blque should be cut off from the various
guerrilla bands which are quite likely
to remain In the field even after the 'final
collapse of Botha's army.
There are many signs that the mili
tary authorities regard the end of the
war as close at hand. Lord Roberts Is
making preparations to return to Eng
land, and has already sent four of his
chargers down to Cape Town. The Gen
eral belief Is that Lord Roberts Is com
ing home to take up the post of Commander-in-Chief
of the British Army,
which Lord Wolseley will vacate in Octo
ber. Other Indications of the same kind
are that the personnel of the army trans
port in the Orange River Colony has been
paid off and disbanded and the Imperial
Yeomanry and Scouts employed In that
country have arrived at Cape Town, also
wlth the object of receiving their final
pay prior to embarkation. It Is hoped
the war may be declared offlolally over
before the general election, which Is al
most certain to be In October.
The greater portion ofX-ord Roberts'
army will have to remain In South Af
rica, probably under the supreme com
mand of Sir Redvers Buller, several
months longer, but they will be consider
ed as engaged In police operations on an
extensive scale rather than as occupied
In a regular campaign.
There Is no truth In the statement that
Sir Charles Warren has been appointed
to succeed Lord William Seymour in
command of the British troops In Can
ada, and nothing whatever Is known or
any such appointment, either by the of
ficials In Pall Mall or by General War
ren himself.
Remains of Nnvnl Heroes.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. The officials
of the Navy Department re making ar
rangements for bringing home to the
United States for Interment the remains
of officers and enlisted men of the Navy
and Marine Corps, who died or wer
killed in action, ashore or afloat, and
were buried outside the continental lim
its of the United States since April, 1898.
Careful research shows that there ,are
103 cases of this description, Including
five 6fflcers, 57 enlisted men of the Navy,
and 43 enlisted men of the Marine Corps.
It is the purpose of the Navy Depart
ment to have these remains interred
at the places in the United States select
ed by the next of kin. Where no pref
erence as to place of Interment is ex
pressed by the next of kin -the bodies
of all brought home from the Philip
pines, China and Pacific points will
be Interred at the National Cemetery,
near San Francisco, and all unclaimed
bodies brought home from the West
Indies and Atlantic points will be In
terred In Arlington Cemetery, near this
city.
It Is suggested that persons Interested
In the disposition of these remains com
municate with the Bureau of Naviga
tion, Navy Department, Washington, D.
C, before September 21 next, If possible,
for Information and Instruction.
Carter Wants to Get Out.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7. The Post Dis
patch says:
Telegraphic advices from Chicago to
day state that Captain Oberlln M. Car
ter will apply, to Judge Thayer, of the
United States Circuit Court, through his
attorney, Frank P. Blair, of Chicago, for
a writ of habeas corpus. The applica
tion will be made some time Saturday.
HEAVY AUGUST EXPORTS
CUSTOM-HOUSE REPORT MAKES A
FINE SHOWING.
Receipts for Duties Averaged Over
$2200 Per Day Tyr in Port
Marine Notes.
The Portland Custom-house collected
an average of over $2200 per day during
the month of August, and there was an
average of $16,000 per day of exports dur
ing the month, practically all of the lat
ter being Oregon and Washington prod
ucts, the money for which is distributed
in local channels of trade. The value of
exports was slightly smaller than It would
have been had the regular Oriental
steamer, which was taken up for trans
port service, cleared with cargo. The
month of September will undoubtedly
make a better showing' than that of Aug
ust, as already two sailing ships and
One Oriental steamer have entered with
cargo. The statement of business for the
month of August, as Issued by the Col
lector, Is as follows:
Vessels entered from foreign ports 2
Vessels cleared for foreign ports 8
Vessels entered from domestic ports 18
Vessels cleared for domestic ports 8
Entries of merchandise for duty 70
Entries of merchandise free of duty 13
Entries for warehouse 3
Entries for export to adjacent British
Provinces 11
Entries from warehouse for consump
tion 28
Entries for Immediate transportation
without appraisement 47
Entries for consumption liquidated 83
Entries for warehouse liquidated 3
Certificates of registry granted 1
Certificates of enrollment granted 6
Licenses for coasting trade granted 11
Licenses to vessels under 20 tons grant
ed 2
Value of exports
Domestic $494,055
Receipts from all sources
Duties on Imports $68,358 85
Fines, penalties and forfeitures... 6 30
Miscellaneous customs receipts... 154 65
Official fees 47 60
Total $68.567 30
Amount of refunds and draw
backs paid 404 54
AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS.
Millionaires Will Bnlld a Fleet of
Bis Carriers.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 7. The Commercial
Gazette says:
Pittsburg and associate Interests have
placed a hurried order for the construc
tion of a fleet of 10 great freighters that
will ply from Lake Erie ports via the
Welland Canal and the Gulf of St. Law
rence across the Atlantic, carrying Iron
and steel. The fleet will cost something
like $3,500,000. The work of construction
has begun In the yards at Lorain, Cleve
land and Detroit Various Interests have
placed 'the orders, but the notable pur
chasers are the Carnegie and Rockefel
ler Interests. i
For the canal-boats, the orders were
placed In the past fortnight, and attend
ing them, orders of greater magnitude
have been placed for freighters to ply
over the Great Lakes in the ore and coal
trade. In all, the contracts are for. 19
vessels and the lake freighters will be
built to carry a tonnage of 7000. to 8000
tons. ' The lake carriers will cost an
average of $500,000, and the combined or
der will aggregate an expenditure of
$8,000,000. Construction of the craft is
to be hurried to completion.
The fleet of canal and ocean freighters
will take on consignments of Iron and
steel' for export at the harbors of Cleve
land and Conneaut. ,
THE TYR' IN PGRTV
Norweglan Steamship Makes a Fast
Run From Vladivostock.
The Norwegian steamer Tyr arrived In
yesterday ' morning, and-left up' shortly
after noon. She made a quick trip from
Vladivostock, and will be given quick dis
patch on the return trip, as her cargo
Is already on the dock awaiting her. This
Is the first trip of the Tyr to this port,
but she has taken cargoes from Puget
Sound and from San Francisco, The
presence of so many Russian troops In the
far East, and the extensive operations
of the Russian Government In the vicin
ity of Vladivostock and Port Arthur,
have Increased the demand for Pacific
Coast products to be shipped to that
country to such an extent that no less
than half a dozen buyers for these mar
kets are moving around the Coast, pick
ing up cargo for the steamers. The Tyr
Is consigned to Henry Mett, and will
take her flour cargo from the Portland
Flouring Mills.
PACIFICO IN DISTRESS.
Arrives at San Francisco With Many
Repairs Needed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7. The Chil
ean bark Paclflco put Into port in dis
tress today. A good portion of her rig
ging was gone and the vessel bore other
signs of having encountered hard weather.
The Paclflco sailed from Port Blakely
Juuly 6 with 180,000 feet of lumber. After
touching at Pert Townsend on July 10.
Captain Kruer set sail for Antofogasto,
Bolivia.
All went well until July 27, when In
latitude 20 north, Iongtltude 126 west, a
heavy gale was encountered, carrying
away the rigging of the foretopmast. The
foretopmast with everything attached
was lost. The wind also carried away
the jlbboom and sprung the bowsprit,
throwing the vessel on her beam ends.
A leak was started and It was found nec
essary to throw overboard 25,000 feet of
lumber to get the vessel on even keel.
NEW STEAMSHIP LINES.
Baltimore fc Ohio to Do Something
for Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7. The Balti
more & Ohio Railroad. Company, whose
new pier at Jackson-street wharf ha3
just been completed, Is reported to have
closed contracts with the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company, and with an
English steamship line for regular ser
vice between Philadelphia and Bremen,
and between Philadelphia and London
respectively.
For the time being, chartered vessels
will be used for the London service,
which will be followed by other vessels,
probably thofle of the Leyland line, which
now trade to New York. The Leyland
company will probably build steamers
for the Philadelphia Service.
Two Reported All Well.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 7. The Norwegian
steamship Tyr, Captain Z. M. Gram, that
arrived in this morning, reports having
spoken August 31 a United States steam
transport flying the letters "P. C. K. R.,"
bound west, In latitude 51 north, longitude
162 west, and reported all well.
September 3 she spoke the schooner Al
talr, Of San Francisco, 17 days out, bound
for Alaska, In latitude 50:10 north, longi
tude 143:30 west. She also reported all
well.
Marine Notes.
The United States transport Lennox is
due from the Orient today or tomorrow.
The steamer Columbia made a good
run on the up trip ending yesterday. She
arrived In at Astoria shortly after 5
o'clock yesterday morning, and was at
her dock In this city at 3:15 In the after
noon. The American Trading Company, which
rechartered the steamship Oak Branch
from the Pacific Export Lumber Com
pany, has chartered the sailing vessel
Wlllscott to load In San Francisco for
Port Arthur.
The Tlllle E. Starbuck has arrived at
Philadelphia frOm Honolulu with the
largest Hawaiian sugar cargo ever landed
In the Quaker city. Captain Curtis kept
If you suffer with pain any kind of pain keep in
mind that pain is but a symptom, not a disease; that
what you must fight is not the pain but its cause; that
liniments and oils for external application are almost
worse than useless. To overcome the cause of pain,
internal treatment is necessary
Pains, whether in muscles, joints, head or elsewhere
will disappear when you purify and enrich the blood
and strengthen the nerves.
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Rheumatism is a disease of the blood; Neuralgia
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SSSffilM
his record good by making the passage
in IIS days.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Sept. 7. Arrived Steamer
North Star, from Alaska, Arrived in at
5:30 A. M. ad left up at 8 A. M.
Steamer Columbia, from San Francisco.
Arrived at 7 A. M. and left up at 12:50
Norwegian steamship Tyr, from Vladi
vostock. Sailed Steamer Del Norte, for
Coos Bay and way ports; steamer W. H.
Harrison, for Tillamook. Condition ot
the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, north
west; weather, cloudy.
San Francisco, Sept. 7. Arrived Steam
er Alesla, from Kobe; steamer Newport,
from Panama. Sailed Steamer Curacoa,
for Guaymas. Arrived Steamer Empire,
from Coos Bay; steamer State of Cal
ifornia, from Portland; schooner Jas. A.
Garfield, from Coos Bay; schooner Chas.
E. Falk, from Coos Bay; bark Paclflco,
from Port Blakeley; schooner Letltlm,
from Port Gamble; steamer Czarina,
from Tacoma. Sailed Schooner C. R.
Hill, for Kodlak; steamer Magnolia, for
Nanalmo; steamer Rival, for Wlllapa
Harbor; brig Harriet G., for Gray's Har
bor; schooner Sailor Boy, for Gray's Har
bor. New York, Sept. 7. Arrived Meckla,
from Stettin; Lady Armstrong, from
Stettin; Burgermelster Paterson, . f rom
Shields.
Boston, Sept. 7. Arrived Ultonla, from
Liverpool; New England, from Liverpool.
Southampton, Sept. 7. Sailed Fuers,t
B-'smarck, from Hamburg for New York.
Liverpool, Sept. 7. Sailed Corinthian,
for Montreal. '
Movllle, Sept. 7. Sailed Laurentan, for
New York; Astoria, for New York, both
from Glasgow.
Port'Gamble, Sept. 7. Arrived Barkcn
tlne "News Boy, from Honolulu.
Neah Bay Passed September 6 Steam
er Senator, from Seattle, for Cape Nome.
Port Townsend, Sept. 7. Sailed Steam
er Dolphin, for Skagway; ship J. B.
Thomas, for Adelaide.
New Whatcom Arrived September 5
Chilean bark Altcar. from Port Town
send. Taku Arrived August 25 Schooner Lot
tie Bennett, from Port Gamble.
Iqulque Arrived September 6 British
ship Queen Elizabeth, from Port Blake
ley. Table Bay Arrived September G Brit
ish ship Glenesslln, from Chemalnus.
Shanghai In port 'September 3 British
ship County of Roxburg, for Portland.
Or.
Nagasaki Sailed September 5-BrItlsh
bark Conway, for Portland. Or.
Port Townsend, Sept. 7. Passed up
German ship Slrene. from Yokohama.
Neah Bay Passed September G British
ship Warrimoo, from Sydney, for Van
couver. Havre, Sept. 7. Arrived L'Aqultaln,
from New York.
New York, Sept. 7. Arrived Trave,
from Southampton; Auguste Victoria,
from Hamburg.
Genoa, Sept. 7. Arrived Alsatla, from
New York.
Hamburg, Sept. 7. Arrived Kaiser
Frederick, from New York.
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT.
Papers Generally Pleased "With Ger
many's Stand.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Germany's reply to the Russian pro
posal for the evacuation of Pekln Is com
mented upon by nearly every paper this
morning.
The Times states that tho German de
cision Is one to which nobody need ob
ject. It is for Germany as for each one
of the powers to settle for herself what
her own position requires.
The Standard says the answer from
Berlin Is In fact a rejection of the Rus
sian recommendation, though in form It
appears to be highly conciliatory.
The News remarks that the reply is as
might have been expected, neither com
plete acceptance nor entire refusal. In
form, It Is nearer refusal than accept
ance: In substance, It Is nearer accept
ance than refusal.
The Telegraph says nothing but a re
fusal to evacuate Pekln was to be ex
pected from a nation which through the
murder of Its Ambassador has suffered
In a peculiar degree from the brutal
recklessness of the Boxera.
The Mall says that Germany's decision
to retain her troops at Pekln was certain
from the first, for though the German
policy is above all things anxious to avoid
quarrels with Russia, It is not less anx
ious to avoid making Itself ridiculous In
the sight of the world, which result must
inevitably have followed had Count von
Waldersee landed at Taku to find that
even the German Army had retired.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times says the Viceroy of Wu Chung has
telegraphed to the British Consul-Gen-cral.
urging that Great Britain should
without delay initiate peace negotiations.
He lays stress upon the magnitude of the
British trade interests, which are seri
ously threatened by the possibility of a
continuance of disorder.
Railroad Station Held Up.
ST. LOUI3, Sept. 7. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Marshall, Mo., says
Between 1 and 2 A. M.. H. H. Mowrey,
night operator of the Chicago &. Alton
Railway, was held up by three masked
robbers, who entered the station and
commanded him to open the safe. He did
not know the combination and refused.
No attempt was made to blow open the
safe, but one of the robbers cleared out
the money drawer at the ticket window,
securing a few dollars. S. C. Aulgur,
nlghtwatchman, on his rounds discovered
the Intruders and, pointing his pistol
latic or
iraitie
pis
rasszsisisEssEf
through the partly open door, commanded
the men to surrender. The man at the
cash drawer, who was nearest to Aulgur,
jumped toward the latter and shot him
through the right eye. Aulgur also fired
one shot at his antagonist, but It is not
known that It took effect. Aulgur fell
In the waiting room and died soon after.
The robbers escaped.
JfcTT Yorlc Central's Report.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7. In the annuat
report of the New York Central Railroad
for the year ending June 20 last. Issued
today, the directors say It is considered to
be for the best Interest of the company
that It should become a shareholder In
certain railroad companies operating be
tween the Atlantic seaboard and the Mis
sissippi River. With the approval of the
board, therefore, there have been made
from time to time purchases of stock of
the Lake Erie & Western, the Cleveland.
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis and the
Chesapeake & Ohio. Gross earnings were
54.562,952, an Increase of $S,438,93G over the
preceding year. Expenses were SSi.Col.S'-B,
an increase of $S,8S0.429. Net earnings
were J20.511.365, a gain of ?2.53S,506 over
the preceding year.
Contracting Company Responsible.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7. Coroner Lloyd to
day rendered a verdict finding the Seck
ner Contracting Company responsible for
the death of Patrolman John P. Looney
and Nicholas Beckman, who were killed
several days . ago by electric shocks
while using the police telephones. Th
Coroner said he found that the Seckncr
Company's power wire, which had
crossed with the telephone line, was im
properly placed, causing the death of the
officers named. Fourteen other officers
who were severely shocked and burned
at the same time are recovering.
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AIXST.ITJ. DH. GEORGE. Phrtc1an....GC3.G03
AI.DP.ICH. S. W.. General Contractor.. ....OI
WDEilSOM. OUSTAA. Attorory--t-rJnw.r.l3
ASSOCIATED PRESS: T.. L. Powell. MKr-.SCW
AXTSTEX. P. C. Mnnnxer for Or-iron and"
Wnh!nKtcn Bankers Life Anrs!ntton. of
Viet Molnew. Ta BTC-.WI
BANKrnS' LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DH?
MOIXES. IA.:F. C. Austen. Mnnnirer. 002-503
BAYIITUN. GEO. P... Mgr. for Chas. Scrlb-
ner's Sens 31'
BEADS' KDW'ATtD A.. Forecast Oflcla! U.
S Weather Bureau -W
BENMAMTW R. W . Dentin "1
mxru;GEn. rm. o. s.. Phv. a sur4i"-tt
BROOKE. DR. T. M.. Phys Sure. ... .701-700
BP.OTVN. MTRA. M. T 313-.T14
BRHERE. DR G E. Phr"t'!-n ...-I12-113-H
BUSTEED RICHARD. Arent IVITkiij A Mc-
Cillnv Tohaco Co fi02-60J
CAI'KIV E.. District Ajrent Traveler'
Irnurarire Cc .................71
CVRDVT.r. rp T Ti 30
COLUMBIA TELEPnovF POMP NT
fio4-no.vcrm-r.oT-r,i.voi4-".
rnRN-KLIUS C W Phv nnA Surpeon 209
COVFR. T. C. r.ililer Eiiultibl Life 3W
fOI.T.IER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. iIcOulr.
Manager 413-4H
"Y J. n . T. JT sa
DAVIS. NAT-OLnON. President Columbia
Telephone Co n
DICKSOV. DR. T F. PhvMetin Tt"t-Tt
DRKr. DR II B Phvtclin D12-313-r.lt.
nU'TFT! .TOr. F Tcbaocw 4n3
EDITORIAL ROOMS Elnth Hoof
FQflTVRLE T.irr ?5TTTAVrT SOCIETX:
L. Sanv.iel. Mnmr: F. C. Cover. rah'er 3P1
EVENING TELrGPXM . . . .323 AUler rtreet
FEVTON. ,T. D PMrtetnn nn.l Siimeon.SOD-StO
rrVTnv rn Tllrr5 p. Ere mI Ear..,. 3Il
rEXTON. MATTHEW F. DentUt 3C9
TTDELITY MTTITAT. LIFE ASSOCIATION:
E r srarV. Mnnnr-r 1
GALVANI. W II.. TnKlneer am! Pranchts
man "
GAVIN. A.. Present Orejron Camera Club.
2 1 4-21. V2 10-21?
GE-MIT. DrI EDWARD P.. Physician nnrt
Sunrenn 212-2H
rnrurr rin " O Ltd rine Art Publlh-
er: Xf. C. XfeOreevy. Mf-r. ,3IS
OIF.SY. A. J.. Ph.rlolnn nnrt Surjceon...T0t-7t0
GODDARD. E. C. A CO.. Footwear
Ground floor. I2P Sixth street
GOLDMAN. WILLI A V. Ma racer Manhattan
Life Ir.uranee Go of Ne-r Torlc . .209-211
GRWT raNTC ".. Attornr-at-Lnw ...ftlt
IIAMMVM BATHS IClnr A Compton. Pror 1M
HAMMOND. A B 31
IIQGAN ROWENA M.. rhotocrnphlc Re-
toucher 700
H'M.I.lSTER. DR O C. Phva. A Sur..fi4-3I3
IDI.rMAN. C M.. Attomey-at-Law 4ir.-17-l
JOHNSON. W. C. 3ir-316-3j:
ICADY M RTC T. Supervisor ot AEonf
Mutual Reserve Fund Life A-'n i!0l-0J
LAliONT JOHN Vice-President and Gen
eral Manasrer Columbia Telephone Co Wl
LITTLEFICLD. II R. Phvs an.-t urjcfrnn..20t
M4GRUM. W. See Oregon Camera Clur..2H
MACK AY DR A E.. Phvn nnd Siirx..7U-7t2
MAXWFLL. DR W E.. Phys. A SurR. .701-2-3
MWOY NFWTON. Attornev-at-Law 713
JIcrADFN MISS IDA E.. Stenographer ..20
MeCIXV. HENRY I: . Attorney-at-Law. 311-313
MeKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers' Representa
tlve 301
METT HENRY 219
MILLER. DR HERBERT C. Dentist and
Oral Sun-eon flos-ona
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-31
MANHATTAN LIFr IVritVNCG CO. of
New York: W Goldman Mannirer ...200-210
MI'TITAI. RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N;
Mark T Kcdy Supervisor oC Agonti .C04-OOT
MrrLROY. DR. J G.. Phys. A Sur.7Ol-TO2-703
MeFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co U0
McGI'IRE S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher - 413-4IS
MoKIM MVI"RKE. Attornev-at-Law 301
MUTUAL LirE INCUP.ANCE CO.. of New
Yorlc. Wm 5. Tend. State Mar 4(4-4iC.-40
NICHOLAS HORACE B . ttorney-nt-Law.713
N1LES. M. L-. Casnler Manhattan Life ln-
nurance Co.. or New York 209
OREGON INFIRM KY op OSTEOPATHTr
Dr L. B Smith. Osteopath 40S-409
OP.rGON CAMER CLUB 214-213-2ia-2.T
PATTERSON. PETER , 0o
POND. WM S.. Stale Manage- Mutual LIf
Inc. Co of X'-v York 404-I0S-40I
PORTLAND E5TE AN PEAR INFIRMARY.
Ground floor. 133 Sixth street
POiTLND MINING & TRUST CO.: J. H.
Marshall. Manager BIS
QUIMBY I I- "W Game and Forestry
Warden Ilfi-717
ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and Mln-
lntr Enjiln-T .....313-310
REED A MALCOLM. Opticians. 133 Slxst tret
REED F C. FNh Commissioner 4r
P.YAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law .......417
SAMUEL. L-. Mnnaeer Fiultahle Life. .. 300
SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
CO H F Bushongr. Gen. Apent for Ore.
ar.d Wash ...801
SHrRWOOD. J W.. Deputr Supreme Com
mander K. O. T. M ...31T
FMITH. Dr L. B.. Osteopath 408-tOO
JONS OF TIIE AMERICAN RE VOLUTION. COO
aTARK E. C. Executive Speclat. Tldellty
Mutual Life Association of Phtla.. Pa 601
STUART. DELL. Attomey-at-Law.....fll7-fi:s
STOLTE. DR. CHAS E.. Denthu 704-703
SUKGFON OF THE S. P RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO T0
STROWBRIDGE. TITOS IT Executive Spe
cial Agfnl Mutual Life, of New York 403
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201
TUCKER DR GEO F. Dentist 010-011
U S. WEATHER BUREAU.. 007-OOS-000-010
U. S. LIOHTHOUSC ENGINEERS. 13TH
DIST. Captain W. C Lanfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A S
U S E Givrr OFTTCP- niVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W.
C Lancfltt. Corp." of Engineers. U. S. A..S19
WATERMAN. C. II.. Cashier Mutual LIf
of New YorV .....40(1
reti-.ry Native Daughters 718-71T
WHITE MISS L. E.. Aanlstant Secretary
Orecon Camera Club ......... ............ 21
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. A Sur.304-3
WILSON DR. GEO F.. Phys. A Surjr. .70-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Prya. & Sursr.SOT-303
WILSON A SIcCALLAY TOBACCO CO.:
Richard Bustced. Ajrent C02-C03
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Phjslclnn 412-413-414
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