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KtLti MoKtfUCG OKEUOaiAN, TUEfctoAtf, SJbii-TKMBEK 18, 1900.
THE EXPLORERS OF
(Copyright, 1000, by
THtOREGONlAN'6 HOME STUDY CHICLE:
DISCOVERERS AND EX
PLORERS OF NORTH AMERICA
XI.
(Continued.)
Zicxrlm and Clark.
We acquired Xxulsiana in 1S03. Jef
ferson was President. At that time prac
tically nothing "was known of the vast
region from the mouth of the Missouri
to the mouth of the Columbia. The ge
ography of the region -was a matter of
the imagination, and a few -widely-scattered
Indian trading- posts were the only
visible marks of civiliration. In 1803, the
act for establishing these trading nouses
-with ithe Indians being about to expire,
Jefferson, in a special message, proposed
some modifications of the act to Con
gress. The message proposed the send
ing of an expedition to traco the Missouri
to its source, to cross the Rocky Moun
tains and to follow the beBt water com
xmnlcation to the sea. Congress voted a
gum of money for carrying Jefferson's
'euggestions into execution. Captain
Meriwether Lewis solicited and obtained
the direction of the enterprise. Jefferson,
Sn his "Memoir of Lewis," says of the
axploren
"I had had an opportunity of knowing
Sm Intimately. Of courage undaunted,
'-possessing a firmness and perseverance
jo purpose which nothing but Impossibil
ities could divert from Its direction; care
fiul as a father of those committed to lilfl
charge, yet steady in the maintenance
of order and discipline; intimate with
the Indian character, customs and prin
ciples; habituated to the hunting life;
'bonest, disinterested, liberal; of sound un
derstanding and a fidelity to truth so
Scrupulous that whatever he should re
port would be as certain as if seen by
SouTBelves, with ail these Qualifications, as
rff selected and implanted by Nature in
Xraa body for this express purpose, I
.'could have no hesitation in confiding the
!atorprise to him."
Three octavo "volumes are devoted to
tthe story of the journey of Lewis and
jClark. From May, 1804, toN September,
3806, they traversed the plains and moun
tains to the Columbia, noting the nat
Tirel features of the region, the mouths
of Its rivers, its falls, rapids, islands,
portages, the mode of Indian life, the
Indian tribes, their languages, their
food, their laws and their customs. The
itnimals and minerals, the flowers and the
Lieutenant William Clark.
physical features of the country were
also scientifically noticed and described.
They passed the Mansan villages, near
Bismarck, up the Missouri, across Da
kota, across Montana to the present site
of Gallatin, to the headwaters of the
Salmon River, where they slaked their
thirst for the first time in the springs
whose waters flow to the Pacific; thence
to the Snake and to the Columbia, where
.they saw "the waves like smaU moun
tains rolling out in the sea."
While this expedition was in progress
Colonel Zebulon Montgomery Pike (born
in New Jersey, 1779 died In. 1813) was ap
pointed to trace the Mississippi to its
eource. He performed this service with
in nine months, after much exposure to
peril and hardship. Pike spent the "Win
ter of 1805-6 among the Indians and agents
of the Northwest Fur Company on the
TJpper Mississippi, and in the Spring of
1806 he traced the river to its source.
In the same year Pike engaged in geo
jgraphlcal exptorations of the southern
part of the Louisiana purchase. He went
-up the Osage, across the Indian Terri
tory, traversed Kansas, measured the
.height of the great peak in Colorado
that now bears his name, turned south
to the Arkansas, and after untold suf
ferings from cold and snow and hunger
Jhe came out on the waters of the Rio
Grande. Here, in Mexican territory, he
was captured by the forces of the Span
.4sh Governor and carried to Santa Fe,
lafter his release he came home by the
-longer, but safer, southern route through
Texas.
These two great explorers, Lewis and
Pike, both died in the prime of early
manhood. Pike, at 34, was killed in 1813
by a magazine explosion while still In
the active military service of his coun-
General Z. 91. Pike.
try in the War of 1812. Lewis, at 35,
lifter his appointment as Governor of
Louisiana, met a mysterious death, by
suicide or murder, in a frontier cabin
In Tennessee in 1809.
Thlrt3'-five 3'ears. after these explora
tions we are attracted to the name of
John C. Fremont, whose exploits gained
for him the title of the "American Path
finder." In 1842 Lieutenant Fremont was
instructed by the War Department to
take charge of an expedition for the
exploration of the Rocky Mountains. The
object was to examine and report upon
the rivers and country between the
frontiers of Missouri and the base of the
mountains, and especially to learn more
of the South pass, the great crossing
place to these mountains on the -way to
Oregon. Fremont reached the pass with
in four months, which he describes as "a
wide and low depression of the moun
tains where the ascent Is as easy as that
of the hill on which the capitol stands,
and where a plainly heaten wagon road
leads to.-the Oregon through the Valley
of Lewis River, a fork of the Columbia."
With four of his men, Fremont climbed
one of the loftiest peaks of the -Rockies,
which has since borne his name, whence
he "looked down on ice and snow some
thousand feet -below and traced in the
distance the valleys of the rivers which,
taking their rise in the same elevated
Mm jl&jy&zSl
THE GREAT WEST
Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED rtt PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
ridge, flow In opposite directions to the
Pacific Ocean -and to the Mississippi."
Fremont's report of this expedition at
tracted wide attention, and in the follow
ing year he set out on another, deter
mined to explore the middle region be
tween the Rockies and the Pacific, fur
ther to promote geographical knowledge
and discovery. Thomas H. Benton is un
willing to attribute the expeditions of
Fremont to the 'zeal of the Government
for the promotion of science." Govern
ment may have the merit of merely per
mitting the first, but it was not wholly
passlve as to the second. Benton relates
that when young Fremont left St. Louis
for the frontier Mrs. Fremont (Benton's
daughter) was requested to examine the
letters that, came after him and to "for
ward those that he ought to have." Mrs.
Fremont received countermanding orders
for her husband and detained them? and
Fremont "knew nothing of their exist
ence until he had returned from one ot
the most marvelous and eventful expedi
tions of modern times."
Fremont, with 29 men. after traversing
a region of 1700 miles, reached the Great
Salt Lake. His account did. much to cor
rect erroneous ideas of the region, and It
promoted the settlement of Utah and the
Pacific States. It was probably his re
port that gave the Mormons their first
idea of Utah as a place of refuge and res
idence. From Salt Lake Fremont pressed
on to the Columbia and Fort Vancouver,
where he was the guest of Dr. McLough
lln, the president of the Hudson's Bay
Company. Fremont chose as the direc
tion of his return a routheastern route
through the heart of an unknown region
from the Lower Columbia to the Upper
Colorado that flows Into the Gulf of Cal
ifornia. The maps of the time represent
ed a river In the middle of this region
flowing from east to we.t, from the base
of the Rockies to the Bay of San Fran
cisco the River Buena Ventura, Mc
Loughlln and Fremont both believed In
this river, and Fremont planned to reach
its rich bottoms before Winter set in. He
started on his perHous journey; he skirted
vast ridges of mountains; deep snow Im
peded his progress and drove him from
the highlands into the Great Basin, and
he found not the River Buena Ventura,
but a great desert and here he found
himself. In the dead of Winter, face to
face with death from cold and starvation.
He learned from his astronomical obser
vations that he was In the latitude of
San Francisco, and that that haven tas
but 70 miles away. But to traverse thosa
70 m les meant to cross snow-capped
mountains that the Indians told him no
man could cross in Winter. No reward
cou!d induce an Indian to become ills
guide -on such a pzrilous venture. Fre
mont determined to attempt the passage
without a guide. It was accomplished in
40 days, "the men and surviving horsos, a
woeful precession, crawling along, one by
one. skeleton men, leading- sKcleton
horses, arriving at Su'er's camp, In the
Sacramento Valley, where the party rest
ed and recruited."
Note This study, by Dr. J. A. Wood
burn, of Indiana University, will be con
cluded on Tuesday next.
SULZER AS A MANAGER.
A HiBh Old, Time With, the Funds
Collected for the Boers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. For the past
few weeks the Washington public has
been highly entertained; by a serio-comic
fight in the camp of the gentlemen who
so loudly proclaim their monopoly of the
good motives of the universe. The occa
sion for this ludicrous Jumble was fur
nished by the recent visit of the Bosr del
egates to the capital.
When It was positively known that they
were coming, it was the intention of the
citizens. Irrespective of party, to tender
them a proper reception. However, be
fore a meeting could be called by the
representative business men of Washing
ton, the" irrepressible Hon. William Sul
zer, the Tammany Congressman, who re
volves like a pin-wheel, bobbed up and
seized upon the undertaking.
It appears that Sulzer had taken the
precaution to have some correspondence
with the Boer officials, and this, accord
ing to the East Side mode of reasoning,
clearly entitled him to pitch in and be
come the whole thing. He called a meet
ing which was composed largely of gen
tlemen of the Sulzer caliber, and from
which the substantial citizens of Wash
ington remained studiously away. Sulzer
was chosen as chairman of the committee
to receive the Boers and was clothed with
extraordinary power. He appointed the
subcommittees, arranged the programme
tor the reception and public -meetlngr, and
the hand of the Tammany statesman was
to be found In all the most important
details. It was to be a Sulzerian. affair
from start to finish.
By this time it was plain to be seen
that the affair was being utilized as a
Democratic campaign card. Democratic
Senators and Representatives were se
lected as -vice-presidents and orators for
the meeting, but the programmes were
so carefully arranged that at each of
these functions Mr. Sulzer was the prin
cipal orator. All .the other orators re
volved about the Tammany Congressman
and at every turn the Boer delegates
made they bumped Into a large chunk
of the eloquence that made Sulzer fa
mous. The climax came the night the meet
ing was held In the Grand Opera-House.
Sulzer was in his glory and the only
person who approached him was the Hon.
Webster Davis, who was fresh from his
famous exploits In South Africa. It was
upon this occasion Mr. Davis paid his
much-talked-of eulogy to ex-Consul
Macrum and recited his thrilling experi
ence with the "horse dragoons." The
speeches of Sulzer, Davis, the Hon.
"Windy" Allen, of Nebraska, and a few
of the lesser lights were touching, and
that was Just what they were intended
to be:
After the speeches were well under way
Mr. Sulzer announced that a collection for
the benefit of the widows and orphans
of the Boer soldiers would be taken up.
and he Immediately cal'ed fcr subscrip
tions, leading off himself with a liberal
sum.- Repeatedly -would Sulzer call the
names of numbers of the audience and
suggest that they contribute. Placed
In such uncomfortable positions, there
was nothing for them to do but "shell
out." and when the sandbagging process
had been completed It was supposed that
the widows and orphans of the Boors
would be the recipients of over J18r0. The
meeting was votd a success from a
financial standpoint and the Boer dele
gates appeared to be hlsrhlv pleased
over the showing of substantial sym
pathy. But It is the sequel that amuses. By
this' time the pro -Boer movement In
Captain Meriwether Lewis.
Washington had degenerated openly lntp
a Democratic anti-expansion and Bryan
sideshow and the Bryanites were whoop
ing it up to the best of their abli.iy. How
ever, there was some degree of satisfac
tion to be found In the fact that J1B00 had
been raised for the distresced families of
the Boer soldiers, and the thought that
they were to be relieved even to that
extent was pleasing.
Mr. Sulzer, by icason of his position as
supreme dictator, was made the custodian
and disbursing agent of the fund and was
authorized to apply the same' to the suf
fering Boers as his judgment should dic
tate. How well he did this is shown
by the report of the committee appointed
to investigate the affair.
Dr. W. A. Croffut is one of the most
rampant of the local antl-expanslpnists.
He also makes a specialty of pro-Boer
sympathies. Being an all around antl
Admlnlstration man, the doctor entered
heartily Into the reception to the dele
gates from South Africa, believing that
considerable Democratic capital might bo
made out of the affair if it were properly
worked. However, the doctor is not an
ardent admirer of Sulzer, and a short
time ago he took It upon himself to
make inquiry as to the number of Boer
widows and orphans relieved by the' $1800
fund.
A little Investigation convinced Dr."
Croffut that none of the money had been
expended as It donors intended It should
be, and he openly charged that it had
been diverted. This led to a call for a
meeting of the Sulzer committee.
At that time the busy Tammany states
man was engaged in circulating between
Lincoln and Kansas City In his memora
ble candidacy for the Vlcc-Presldentlal
nomination, and his admirers declared that
Croffut's charges were but the outcome
of a deep-laid plot of -the trusts and
English money to bring about Sulzer's
defeat But Croffut Is a persistent per
son and continued to Insist that there
was something wrong.
Finally he succeeded In securing a re
port which showed that, after the ex
pense of the Grand Opera-House meeting
had been paid and a few Incidentals liqui
dated, the sum of $18 and a few odd cents
remained for the Boer widows and or
phans. It was under the cover of "Incidentals"
the richness was found. Under this head
railway fares, hotel bills and livery
bills for Tammany politicians were paid.
But the greatest of them all were the
wine bills.
It Is no wonder that the 51800 subscrip
tion was made to melt so rapidly. When
a Tammany statesman undertakes to
quench his thirst for liquor something Is
bourd to give way, and In this particular
case it was the fund for the widows and
orphans ol the Boer soldiers that van
ished. According to the report of the auditing
committee the Washington reception to
the Boer delegates was a disgraceful de
bauch and the gentlemen who traveled In
pood faith from South Africa to the capi
tal were Imposed upon in the most shame
ful manner.
Dr. Croffut is an ardent supporter of
Mr. Bryan, b ut he denounces the conduct
of the Democratic politicians in the most
emohat'ic language.
Up to the present, time the $18 and
few odd cents remain in the hands of the
treasurer of the committee, subiect to
the order of Mr. Sulzer. After this shall
have been disponed of, another .Incident In
Democratic sympathy for dowh-trodden
humanity may be considered as closed.
Lieutenant Steele Dead.
CHICAGO. Sept. 17. Police Lieutenant
Edward J. Steele died suddenly early to
day. Lieutenant Steele was the man who
led the police up 'Desplaines street to the
scene of the Haymarket riot, his com
pany being at the head of the column
that advanced to disperse the anarchists
who were making the speeches. He was
prostrated by the force of the bomb ex
plosion and one.of his wrists were broken.
Nine out of 24 of his company were se
riously injured.
Secretory of Legation Drowned.'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. News was re
ceived at the State Department today that
Francis Jones, secretary of the United
States Legation at Buenos Ayres, Was
drowned at Charlesville, Friday.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PERKINS.
C J Ehrman, Junction! C E Wilson. San Fran'
W J Snodgrass.Astorlaj J P C Upshur, Aatoila
Mrs AUco Blake, city Grace May Lamkln,
Miss Clara Moyer, do Boston
O -TV McBratnoy. I H S Lynch. San Dlero'
Olympla
Mrs H S Lynch, do
Miss Lynch. do
E R McBratney. do
Frank Snyder, Seattle
Lena V Campbell, Dal
las Mrs C W Prlndle.Oak-
land, Cal
J W Preston, Seattle
Mrs E J McCormack,
Dawson
David B Porter, Seattl
O BPlayter, Seattle
TV FarnhiU. Seattle
T L Garland, St Louis
Mrs A M MacLeod &
2 ch, Goldendalfc.Wn
L A Smith, La Grande'
G "VV McBratney.Olyp
pin.
R E McBratney, do
E B Fletcher, Gcrvals
Mrs E B Fletcher, do '
Mrs John Richmond,
Pendleton
L B Thomas. Dufur
Wn G Hughes, Heppnr
S B Reynolds, Oaklndj Robt Leland, Heppner
cjcu vooji, Auin, is uijuhi nugncs, iieppner
W A -VlMlttflTVl ?. 1. T?flnll O-.. ..., Tama
W A Williams, Castle
Ralph Sperry. lone
ROCK
I IC Pray, Ga
T B Hawkec, Duluth
Isaac E Staples, Lit
tle Falls, Minn
L G Holmes, Astoria
F L Hager, Gearhart
Ernest Werner, Marys
Brannar Reese, lone
E G Sperry, lone
J N Cardwoll, Pomeroy
Wm J Warren. Cath-
lamet
J E Stanton, Lexlng-
ton, or
I J R Leach, do
I J F VaugHh, Heppner
vine, iiont
L A Loom Is, Ilwaco
Maud Stewart, Forest
u E .Beckett, Eight
Mile
lirovfr
B F Manning. Goldendl
F J Martin. McMlnnvl Frank Ward. Hood R
J M Garrison, ForestGI J C Falrchild, Tacoma
Mrs L Clark, Hood R M M Kerr. Pullman
Mrs J Ingle & chdn, J W Edgcomb, Seattle
wewni, c. or itjios Simmons, Tacoma
Mrs H W Bodner, La
M C Chapman, San Fr
uranae
Mrs Geo Balrd, Union
Mrs C H Marsh, do
J R Douglas, Aberdeen
M Patterson, Baker C
Mrs Patterson, do
xi u uiton, roruana
J S Willis, St Louis
Mrs Willis. St Louis
Sam B Tarrante, Man
chester, N H
Mrs S B Tarrante, do
Mrs G Bier. Seattle
Mrs W H Brown, do
E S Collins. Ostrander
Mrs Collins. Ostrander
Mrs B Laffey, do
Mrs John Dottern, do
Mrs M Brewer, Spokan
Mrs 33 Brewer. Spo3c&xl
J G Wobb. Seattle
Mrs Webb. Seattle
O E Brooks, Bridal VI
Mrs Brooks, do
H E Perkins. Salt Lk
Ben Brown, Union
Mrs J Garety, Isld Cy
Miss Fannie Brown,
Union
33d Conl-y. Island City
Mrs uonley, do
J J Conley, La Grande
Mrs conley, La Grand
Rev L Charlln. Tacoma
Ada Ellsworth, Isld C i Mrs L Charlln, Tacoma
Frank Walters, do i A A N
Nicol, South Bend
Mr Bloonquest. Nelll
A A Atkinson, Ban Ra
Co
Mrs Bloonquest, do
Emmet Shackleford,
Nelll Co
Scott Saton. Nelll Co
Frank MacMasters, do
F E Nelson. Marsh-
fleld, Or
fael, cal
Mrs W I Barrett, The
Dalles
A G Washburn & boy,
Vancouver, Wash
L C Klnaey & -wife,
Astoria
Chas McDonald, do
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles, Manager.
Mrs T Baldwin, Dalles! Chas S Mortimer, S F
Miss Baldwin, Dalles L "H Cannon, Milwk
Miss Spearman, Grand
Capt Pat Sullivan,
Rapids
W Keeling, Boston
W'H Douglass, St PI
Dr J" M Chalmers.
Ridgefleld
Casper, wyo
J V Morrow, Heppner
Mrs Morrow, Hoppnor
O D Taylor, The Dalls
F W Fletcher, Mlnnpls
Geo E Waggoner, city
Mrs Waggoner, city
John McChee, Salem
H E Ankeny, Jacksonvl
Mrs R H Hovey, For
est Grove
Miis Florence Countls,
Forest Grove
Mrs Clayton Wents,
Salem
F T Powell, Kansas
Mrs Po-well. Kansas
F W Kaser, Walla W
D C Guernsey, Dayton
J K Gambell, Roanoke
Mrs Gambell, do
G T Hall Eugene
J W Bones, Cased Lks
J L Weaver. Bolso
B Bohlmaner, Cased L
T T Goer, Salem
Mrs Goer. Salem
Chas B Bruman, Cot
tage Grove. Or
F J Berrlford. St PI
Master Powell, Kansas
W H Brunner. SeattlelH J Adams, Lebanon
J W Welch. Astoria
J H Booth. Rosebunr
F P Barbeo. San Fran
Mrs B F Jackson,
Clyde. O
Master Jackson, do
Mrs Booth. Roseburg
Mr Flint, Roseburc
Mrs Flint. Roseburg
Leopold F Schmidt,
olymola
Mls F Warron & maldl
Cheyenne
M F Mayvllle. Kalama
Col A P Hanson. 1o IC W Ferrlll, Long Bch
Mrs Hanson. - do jMrs Ferrlll, do
Capt Pitt Covert, do HC Thompson, Astoria
Mrs Covert. do J Whitney, JVoodburn
Columbia River Scenery.
Regulator Line steamers, from OaR
street dock dally, except Sunday, 7 o'clock
A. M. The Dalles. Hood River. Cas
cade Loclcs and return. Call,on. or 'fone
Agent for further Information.
Hotel Urnnsirlclc. Seattle.
European; first cIacs. Rates, Too and up. On
block from depot. Restaurant next door.
Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma.
American plan Hates, 13 and up.
Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma.
European plan. Rates. 60c and up. -
THREE BIG FLOURCARQOES
AKOTHBR STEAMSHIP TO LOAD
THIS MONTH FOR THE ORIENT.
September Flour Shipments to China,
Japan and Siberia Will Total
100,000 Barrel Marine Notes.
The war In the Orient has interfered
slightly with the transportation facili
ties which "Portland has heretofore en
Joyed, and has also disarranged the flour
trade to a certain extent: but if there
were any doubts fof a moment that this
city was to recede from tho advance she
has made in the business with the far
East, thoy will be dispelled very short
ly. Th.e steamship Monmouthshire sailed
Saturday with over 25,006 barrels of flour
for Hong Kong and Japanese ports, the
Norwegian steamship Tyr tfill sail today
for "Vladlvostock, with about 30,000 bar
rels, and the German steamship Eva Is
due tomorrow to load nearly 50,000 bar
rels of fldur for Hong Kong and Vladi
vostock. ThlB will bring the month's
shipments to the Orient up to 100,000 bar
rels or over, a greater amount than has
over gone forward to that field In a sin
gle month from Portland.
The Eva, the lost steamer of the trio
to load here, has been chartered by the
Portland Flouring Mills Company, which
will load her to her fullest capacity with
flour. She is a steamer of S08S tons net
register, and will carry about BOOO tons
of cargo. She arrived in San Francisco
from the Orient nbout 10 days ago, and
was ordered to Comox to coal for th6
outward trip. She is supposed to have
left Comox last evening, and will prob
ably reach the mouth of the river today,
and Portland tomorrow.
The Norwegian steamship Skarpsno,
which is coming over from the Orient, Is
now loading and will bring a full cargo
of inward freight.
OIL FREIGHTS BOOMING.
Advance "Within a Year Fnlly Equal
to That of Wlient Rates.
The American ship Tlllie E. Starbuck
has been chartered to load rase oil at
Philadelphia for Japan at 20 cents. She
carries 70,000 cases, so her earnings for
tho voyage will be $21,000. The St-irbuck
Is now discharging a cargo of sugar at
Philadelphia, on which she received ?19.
000 freight from Honolulu, and when she
discharges at Japan, she can make a run
across to Portland In bnllast in about SO
days, and secure a cargo of wheat, the
freight on which will bring her owners
gross earnings of over $00,000. The Star,
buck is a smart ship, and can come very
close to making these three voj'ages In
side of a year. Oregon, wheatgrowers are
disposed to grumble at the advance In
wheat freights, and yet the advance in
oil freights has been fully as great. If not
greater. One year ago oil freights were
22 to 24 cents per case, and wheat rates
37s 6d to 40s. Today wheat rates are
45s to 47s Cd, although there Is almost a
certainty that they will show further
advances.
THE GRAIN FLEET.
Two More September Ships Will
Finish Load in sr Tills Week.
The British ship Marathon left up from
Astoria yesterday afternoon, and is duo
at Portland today. Nono of tho grain
vessels which were working yesterday
finished, but two of them, the Jupiter
and the RIversdale, are being rushed
along to completion as rapidly as pos
slble. and both will finish today or to.
morrow. The Semantha, the .last arrival
In the river prior to tho Marathon'!? ap
pearance, will also be given very quick
dispatch; and will probably get out of
the river In advance of some of the ves
sels which arrived ahead of her. A
northwest wind has been blowing for
several days, which is unfavorable for
the arrival of vessels, especially those In
ballast. Quite a fleet is due or close at
hand, and as soon as the wind changes
they will undoubtedly show up off the
mouth of the river. The Genista and
tho Oreall r-re at Astoria, waiting for
crews.
THE MARVELOUS DEUTSCHLAND.
Developes 1000-Hornepovrer More
Than Was Promised by Builders.
The Hamburg-American liner Deutsch
land, In her recent record-breaking voy
ago across the Atlantic, not only cut five
hours from the best previous record, but
she showed a speed far in advance ot
what her builders expected, and devel
oped engine-power which was a surprise
to every one.
The Vulcan Shipbuilding Company, af
ter some hesitation, agreed to guarantee
for the mammoth quadruple-expansion
engines a power equal to that of 35,000
horses, and even after the maiden voy
age had nearly developed that force, the
engineers did not hope to go much, It
any. beyond it. But on the voyage Just
completed 36,000-horsepower was record
ed, and the engines are none the worse
for their extra work.
Alanka Steamer Burned.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17. The steamer City
of Grand Rapids, built for the Yukon
River trade, was burned to the water's
edge In the "Went Seattle- harbor today.
She was valued at $20,000. George IAbbe
owned the vessel.
Marine Notes.
y. C T"lrsra3erra returned yesterday from
a trip to Coos Bay, and reports shipping,
shipbuilding and their 'kindred interests
enjoying a boom all through that coun
try. The Norwegian steamship Tyr will fln
ish loading lumber at tho North Pacific
mills today, and will leave down tne
river tomorrow. She is an enormous
carrier for her tonnage.
The steamer Columbia arrived at her
dock, In this city, shortly after 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. She made a good
run up the coast, In spite of adverse
winds toward the close of the voyage.
The Penthesllea, which hod such an ex
citing collision off Cape Horn, Is at tho
Gas Company's dock, undergoing repairs.
It will cost the underwriters several thou
sand dollars to got her In proper shape
again.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 17. Arrived at
5:80 A. M. and left up at 8:20 A. M.
Steamer Columbia, from San Francisco.
Left up at 2:30 P. M. British ship Mara
thon. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.,
smooth; wind northwest; weather hazy.
Glasgow, Sept. 17. Arrived Assyrian,
from Philadelphia; City of Rome, from
New York; Savonia, from Montreal;
Spartan, from Montreal.
New York, Sept. 17. Arrived Astoria,
from Glasgow.
San Diego Arrived Sept. 16. Steamer
Herodot, from Hamburg.
Port Townsend Reported In Straits
September 16. British steamer Condor,
from Callao. Passed in Sept, 17. Steam
er Breconshlre, from Yokohama; Bark
Ventura, from Antwerp.,
Port Ludlow1 Arrived Sept. 16. Barken
tlne Benecla, from Port Townsend.
Seattle Arrived Sept. , 16. Steamer
Humboldt, from Skagway; steamer Wil
lamette, from Port Valdes.
Port Townsend, Sept. 17. Passed in
Steamer Valencia, from Nome, for Se
attle. Seattle--Arrlved Sept. 15. Steamer Al
JCl, from Dyea; 17, steamer Excelsior,
from Cook Inlet. Sailed Sept 16. Steam
er Dolphin, for Skagway; San Pedro, for
Noma; steamer Czarina, for Tacoma;
steamer South Portland, for" Nome, via
Skagway;
Bremen, Sept. 17. Arrived Grosser
Kurfurat, via Southampton.
London Sailed Sept. 15. Neko, for San
Francisco.
Bremen Sailed Sept 16. Friederlch der
Grosse, for New York, via Southampton
and Cherbourg.
Cherbourg Sailed Sept. IC. Steamei
Deutschland, from Hamburg and South
ampton, for New York.
San Francisco, .. Sept. 17. Arrived
Steamer State of California, from Port
land; steamer TItanlai from Nanaimo;
schooner Vine? from Port Gamble; bark
entine J. L. Eviston, from Tacoma;
schooner Lena Sweasy, from Gray's Har
bor. Sailed Steamer Warfield, for Che
mainus; schooner Albion, for Coqulllo
River; United States steamer Adams, for
Puget Sound.
New York, . Sept. 17. Arrived Minne
haha, from London.
Cherbourg SaHad Sept. 16. Aller, from
Bremen and Southampton for New York.
Southampton.. Sept. 17. Sailed Frieder
lch der Grosse, from Bremen for New
York.
Sydney, N. B. "W., Sept. 17. Arrived
Aorangi, from Vancouver via Honolulu
and Brisbane.
St. Johns. N. F.. Sept. 17. Arrived Gre
cian, from Liverpool for Halifax, N. S.,
and Philadelphia.
Montreal. Sept 17. Arrived Corinthian,
from Liverpool; Rosarian, from London.
GOOD TENNIS GAMES.'
Most Interesting Matches That Have
Been Played.
The good weather yesterday permitted
the tennis games to be played off as
scheduled, and the matches held were the
most Interesting yet. The players were
evenly ranked, but no surprises resulted,
those carded to win In every instance
carrying off their match.
In the moming Mrs. Baldwin defeated
Mrs. Cook In a very pretty contest, 7-5.
6-1. This match was characterized by hard
swift play, the ball generally being killed
on the first return. Cheal won from
Loiter, 8-6, $-3. With the games 5-1 against
him, Cheal by hard smashing of Lelter's
short lobs and by clever volleying of his
low strokes won out, 8-6. In the second
set the result was never In doubt, Cheal's
superior net work accounts, for the vic
tory. The first match in the afternoon was
between L. B. Wickersham and R. L.
Macleay, both of the third class, the form
er winning, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. The two play a
similar game, both playing safely and' at
tempting but few drives. Wickersham
won through better placing, making 51
passes to Macleay's 20. This makes
Wickersham winner of the third. class.
The best ladies singles match yet
played was that between Miss Morse,
scratch, and Miss Josephi, receive 2-6. Miss
Morse won, 6-4, 6-S, 6-3. This places Miss
Morse In the finals against Mrs. Bald
win. Cheal and La Farge, scratch, Teached
the semi-finals in the men's doubles by
defeatlng Cook and Ollphant, receive 5-6
of 15, 6-1, 6-8, 6-3. Coolc played an excel
lent Individual game and made many good
returns. Cook and Ollphant won the sec
ond set, 8-6, but they had shot their last
bolt and cov 1 not hold out This was
tho best double uatch yet played.
Miss Senders and Miss Clagett de
faulted to Mrs. Baldwin and Miss Gold
smith. Lewis and Mrs. Chapln defaulted
to Leiter and Miss Morse.
Today's matches will be played as
scheduled in Monday's Oregonian. The
matches between Andrews and Lewis at
noon, and between the winner of this and
Cheal at 5, will be the most interesting.
These three men of the second class are
quite evenly matched, and the probable
outcome is a source of considerable spec
ulation. The class winners ars as follows: Class
1, Goss; class 3, L. B. Wlckersha-m; class
4, Brandt Wickersham; class 5, Thielsen;
class 6, Lombard; class 7, McCracken;
class 8, Townsend. '
OFF FOR COLLEGE.
East Side Boys Start Array to
School.
Robert Rae, Kirk Sheldon and Bert
Staver left yesterday morning for Eu
gene, where they will enter the State
University. Sheldon, who has been with
a Portland electric company, will take a
course of electrical engineering. He is the
son of the East Side station-master. Har
old Shaver and his sister also left yes
terday to enter Pacific University at
Forest Grove. They are from Portsmouth,
and were students of Portland University.
Luther Johnson, who is taking a course
of mechanics at the Corvallls Agricultur
al College, left yesterday for that place.
He will graduate this year. David Hlrs
tel also left for Corvallls, where he will
take a course in mechanics. Albert Wells
has re-entered the Portland High School
to take a courso preparatory to taking
a courso of civil engineering at the State
University. The students of Portland
University, which consolidated with the
Willamette University, are generally
scattered among the state Institutions.
East Side Notes.
Mrs. J. B. Hutchinson has gone to Al
toona, Pa., on a visit, to be absent for
some time.
At tho Sunnyslde Methodist Church
Sunday evening it was found that all
expenses for the year had been met with
the exception of $18 60. W. R. Insley
undertook to raise this sum, and inside
of five minutes !30 was subscribed, thus
closing the conference year with a sur
plus of cash on hand.
Tho Portland Christian Endeavor Union
will meet tomorrow evening at the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church, East Tay
Rr and East Twelfth streets. Miss Louise
Ross, secretary, who has returned from
London., will give a report of the conven
tion held there. Reports from this con
vention and also from other gatherings
will be given, and the meeting promises
to bo ono of Interest and profit.
Dr. Wise, room 614, Tho Dekum.
Cruise of the Kenney.
BAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. The
schooner Louise J. Kenney has arrived
from Behring Sea. She left Point Hope
7 days ago, and at that time whalers
wero Just preparing to enter the ice. All
hands on the whaling fleet were well.
She brings 'home 1400 pounds of bone as
the "result of her trading cruise.
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Taken regularly, It will cure indigestion,
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VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLS 'OPEN WITH UNPRECE
DENTED liNROLtMENT.
Number of Pnplla Was 02S4, Which
Jb 702 More Than on Opening
Day Last Year.
Pupils to the numbeir of 92S4 assembled
at the public schools of Portland yester
day to meet 263 teachers after the Sum
mer vacation. Only a portion of the
morning was spent In school, however, as
a considerable number of books have to
bo bought or exchanged as soon as each
scholar's standing was determined and
the list of purchases decided on.
City bookstores were, therefore, crowd
ed for the remainder of the day with
children and parents. An extra force of
cterks stood behind the various counters
to hand out the parcels and take in the
silver. Customers stood In rows waiting
for their turn until quite late in the
afternoon, "and the amount of money
spent in book purchases would prove to
be considerable if the aggregate were
known. Books and blanks, however, are
cheaper than they used to be. and there
seemed to be very little complaint on
that account. Parents noticed that edu
cation is dispensed nowadays on more
scientific principles than when they went
to school, and that the blanks and text
books of the present lead the pupil on
along more pleasant lines than then.
This was particularly noticeable in the
drawing blanks for the younger pupils,
which seem to have been gotten up for
the purpose of dlverson as well as of edu
cation. Then there are lead pencils, pens,
erasers, rules, sponges and other con
veniences to which the early-day school
houses were strangers, though the pupil
of the present considers them Indispen
sable. The dread of school days which had
been harassing boys and girls during
the closing weeks of their three-months'
vacation seemed to disappear under cho
excitement of meeting new teachers, as
sembling in now rooms and purchasing
school supplies, while the barter and
trade of old books for new proved quite
an Important event with many, as money
could often be saved when the second
hand books had been taken care of. Clty
teachers have recently been Inculcating
a spirit of care in the handling of books,
as those In good order are more readily
disposed of at the beginning of tne new
term.
This morning the routine of school
work illl begin for the term, and both
teachers and scholars have made up their
minds to devote seven hours a day, for
five days In each week, until the Christ
mas and New Year weeks will give them
a little leisure again.
The increased attendance over the first
day of last year was 762, which was
much more than City Superintendent Rig
ler had expected, and he 13 at a loss to
account for ' It, except by a heavy in
crease In Portland's population.
"It may be possible," ho said yesterday,
"that families have returned from their
Summer outings and from tho hopfields
earlier than usual, owing to the attrac
tions of the Carnival, but it will take
some tjjne to decld as to this. If the
increase for the first day Is due to more
population it would signify that nearly
11 CCO children will be in attendance when
the school season Is at Its height.
"City schools are now comfortably full,
but we can care for as many as 12,000 If
wo are put to our utmost exertions, as
we have several unoccupied rooms In the
Holladay, Thompson, Chapman and South
Portland districts, which can be fitted up
In a short time."
Professor RIgler was unusually busy
yesterday, reorganizing the personnel of
the staffs of teachers throughout the city.
Principals of the various institutions were
met in the superintendent's office in
squads, and conferences were -held as to
the various details and changes. By this
morning everything will be In regular or
der throughout the city's large school
system and business of teaching Port
land's young Ideas how to shape them
selves In the right direction will have
begun.
Attended Woodstock School.
The pupils of parents living Just across
tho line from tho Woodstock district in
the city district started to attend the
Woodstock school yesterday, but they do
not know how long they will do so. The
directors of the city district have agreed
to turn over to the Woodstock district
the state and county tax, which amounts
to about 58 per pupil, which is the same
offer made a year ago. It Is thought
that some arrangements will be made
by which the pupils from the city dis
trict will be permitted to attend at Wood
stock. They cannot attend the Clinton
Kelly school, for the reason that it Is
too far off.
The Doernbecher Factory.
The Doernbecher factory has about ICO
men employed, and Is In full operation.
Fifteen carloads of aBh lumber have Just
been received on the grounds. At Kelso,
Wash., 100.000 feet of ash lumber awaits
shipment At Rainier, where a sawmill
was recently completed, fully 800,000 feet
of lumber has been cut and Is ready for
shipment to the factory.
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